Nads and TS should know that expectations were high and we needed to hit the ground running.
We won't win with 1 up front. Change the formation to a bog standard 4-4-2, using both wings to attack.
He probably won't, and this will be another boring display/defeat. Then Nads will be within 4 games of losing the support of the fans, and possibly the owner.
The Good news is Tom Dean the 21 year old 200M freestyle Gold medal winner and 200m relay gold medal winner, had a really bad bout of Covid when he struggled to walk up and down stairs in his house early this year. Thankfully he made a complete recovery because he had a good core fitness. Hopefully Alex Gilbey will reach his optimum ASAP, we all wish him well in his recovery from Covid.
Nads and TS should know that expectations were high and we needed to hit the ground running.
We won't win with 1 up front. Change the formation to a bog standard 4-4-2, using both wings to attack.
He probably won't, and this will be another boring display/defeat. Then Nads will be within 4 games of losing the support of the fans, and possibly the owner.
Which 2 central midfeilders do you expect to do the job that 3 haven't been able to do?
We won quite a lot of games with 1 up front towards the end of last season, including 1 when we scored 6.
Washington must be a non starter so another source of a goal has gone.
Our super sub Aneke has Gone.
The Elephant in the room Ronnie Schwartz is no where to be seen.
Josh Davidson should play despite looking short of the standard. At least he will run and run and despite the poor lob against Wimbledon did produce one of our few decent shots on target this Season. Play him nearer to Stockley so he can at least attempt an effort on goal plus it supports the lonely Jayden.
Davison. Heard it being pronounced with a hard ‘a’, as in Davos. Or Davros. I think you’re right by the way. Anything is worth trying, even if only for 30 minutes.
I predict a narrow defeat. Followed by a Monday management/owner crisis zoom meeting and a CL meltdown.
So, Washington, Gilbey, Schwartz, Purrington out, Inniss semi-knackered. Good job we have strength on the bench (Watson, Pearce , Davison and a bunch of kids who do not look up to it.) All going well, Tommy.
Washington must be a non starter so another source of a goal has gone.
Our super sub Aneke has Gone.
The Elephant in the room Ronnie Schwartz is no where to be seen.
Josh Davidson should play despite looking short of the standard. At least he will run and run and despite the poor lob against Wimbledon did produce one of our few decent shots on target this Season. Play him nearer to Stockley so he can at least attempt an effort on goal plus it supports the lonely Jayden.
Davison. Heard it being pronounced with a hard ‘a’, as in Davos. Or Davros. I think you’re right by the way. Anything is worth trying, even if only for 30 minutes.
I predict a narrow defeat. Followed by a Monday management/owner crisis zoom meeting and a CL meltdown.
Washington must be a non starter so another source of a goal has gone.
Our super sub Aneke has Gone.
The Elephant in the room Ronnie Schwartz is no where to be seen.
Josh Davidson should play despite looking short of the standard. At least he will run and run and despite the poor lob against Wimbledon did produce one of our few decent shots on target this Season. Play him nearer to Stockley so he can at least attempt an effort on goal plus it supports the lonely Jayden.
Davison. Heard it being pronounced with a hard ‘a’, as in Davos. Or Davros. I think you’re right by the way. Anything is worth trying, even if only for 30 minutes.
I predict a narrow defeat. Followed by a Monday management/owner crisis zoom meeting and a CL meltdown.
On me 'ead Son.
Davros. Creator of Dalek Hales, who went around exterminating opposition defences. And pigeons.
Nads and TS should know that expectations were high and we needed to hit the ground running.
We won't win with 1 up front. Change the formation to a bog standard 4-4-2, using both wings to attack.
He probably won't, and this will be another boring display/defeat. Then Nads will be within 4 games of losing the support of the fans, and possibly the owner.
Which 2 central midfeilders do you expect to do the job that 3 haven't been able to do?
We won quite a lot of games with 1 up front towards the end of last season, including 1 when we scored 6.
The formation isn't the problem.
It is a problem at the Valley when we have no goal scoring midfielders, No super sub Chuks who could score and now no Washington who most of his career could score 1 in 3 in League1.
I like Stockley but he won't score many on the deck in the area without good support.
The Plymouth 6 goals was a freak result as for once we had support in the box and Gilbey was on Fire along with Millar and Stockley plus we had Chuks to bring on to run riot. We created more chances in that away game than 4 home matches.
I said we would struggle to score from open play in August with the 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 before the Sheff Wed game and so far just a Penalty and a header from a free kick.
With the players available, we are not set up to score and now Nigel's master plan of 25 clean sheets is looking dubious with the mandatory mistakes.
Not the formation per se, but we appeared to be one even more defensive when we went 2-1 down against MK Dons who couldn't believe their luck how easy the game was at 2-1 up.
Did you not want a striker to play along side Stockley ? Forget about anyone else I'm only talking about Cafc not Man city.
So, Washington, Gilbey, Schwartz, Purrington out, Inniss semi-knackered. Good job we have strength on the bench (Watson, Pearce , Davison and a bunch of kids who do not look up to it.) All going well, Tommy.
Seeing as Washington looks like he will be missing there should now be no good reason why Schwartz can't be on the bench.....or are you telling me we will he going into a home match with just TWO strikers. One playing & 1 on the bench.
Got my prediction spot on for MK apart from our goal scorer. Let's hope I get this one wrong. Apologies to those that dont like negativity but can only see a 0-2 defeat at least. As I say, let's hope I'm wrong.
So, Washington, Gilbey, Schwartz, Purrington out, Inniss semi-knackered. Good job we have strength on the bench (Watson, Pearce , Davison and a bunch of kids who do not look up to it.) All going well, Tommy.
Seeing as Washington looks like he will be missing there should now be no good reason why Schwartz can't be on the bench.....or are you telling me we will he going into a home match with just TWO strikers. One playing & 1 on the bench.
You'd think Ronnie would be selected. He's had 4 weeks of training under his belt. He can't be that unfit.
So, Washington, Gilbey, Schwartz, Purrington out, Inniss semi-knackered. Good job we have strength on the bench (Watson, Pearce , Davison and a bunch of kids who do not look up to it.) All going well, Tommy.
Seeing as Washington looks like he will be missing there should now be no good reason why Schwartz can't be on the bench.....or are you telling me we will he going into a home match with just TWO strikers. One playing & 1 on the bench.
You'd think Ronnie would be selected. He's had 4 weeks of training under his belt. He can't be that unfit.
Only played 45mins though, the rest of the squad were at that stage of fitness a month ago
So, Washington, Gilbey, Schwartz, Purrington out, Inniss semi-knackered. Good job we have strength on the bench (Watson, Pearce , Davison and a bunch of kids who do not look up to it.) All going well, Tommy.
Seeing as Washington looks like he will be missing there should now be no good reason why Schwartz can't be on the bench.....or are you telling me we will he going into a home match with just TWO strikers. One playing & 1 on the bench.
You'd think Ronnie would be selected. He's had 4 weeks of training under his belt. He can't be that unfit.
Only played 45mins though, the rest of the squad were at that stage of fitness a month ago
So good enough for a spot on the bench with half hour of playing time possible? You'd think so.
So, Washington, Gilbey, Schwartz, Purrington out, Inniss semi-knackered. Good job we have strength on the bench (Watson, Pearce , Davison and a bunch of kids who do not look up to it.) All going well, Tommy.
Seeing as Washington looks like he will be missing there should now be no good reason why Schwartz can't be on the bench.....or are you telling me we will he going into a home match with just TWO strikers. One playing & 1 on the bench.
You'd think Ronnie would be selected. He's had 4 weeks of training under his belt. He can't be that unfit.
Only played 45mins though, the rest of the squad were at that stage of fitness a month ago
That is my point mate, he played for the U23's the other night. If he isnt in the squad on Saturday NA must really not fancy him. I personally would love to see him feature as I think DJ and Kirk might be just be able to supply balls into the box that he could feed on
So, Washington, Gilbey, Schwartz, Purrington out, Inniss semi-knackered. Good job we have strength on the bench (Watson, Pearce , Davison and a bunch of kids who do not look up to it.) All going well, Tommy.
Seeing as Washington looks like he will be missing there should now be no good reason why Schwartz can't be on the bench.....or are you telling me we will he going into a home match with just TWO strikers. One playing & 1 on the bench.
You'd think Ronnie would be selected. He's had 4 weeks of training under his belt. He can't be that unfit.
Only played 45mins though, the rest of the squad were at that stage of fitness a month ago
That is my point mate, he played for the U23's the other night. If he isnt in the squad on Saturday NA must really not fancy him. I personally would love to see him feature as I think DJ and Kirk might be just be able to supply balls into the box that he could feed on
If he was on the way out though I'd question if Adkins would even bother worrying about getting his match fitness up.
Leave that to the other poor sods that'll sign him if anyone.
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We won't win with 1 up front.
Change the formation to a bog standard 4-4-2, using both wings to attack.
He probably won't, and this will be another boring display/defeat. Then Nads will be within 4 games of losing the support of the fans, and possibly the owner.
The Good news is Tom Dean the 21 year old 200M freestyle Gold medal winner and 200m relay gold medal winner, had a really bad bout of Covid when he struggled to walk up and down stairs in his house early this year. Thankfully he made a complete recovery because he had a good core fitness. Hopefully Alex Gilbey will reach his optimum ASAP, we all wish him well in his recovery from Covid.
We won quite a lot of games with 1 up front towards the end of last season, including 1 when we scored 6.
The formation isn't the problem.
Good job we have strength on the bench (Watson, Pearce , Davison and a bunch of kids who do not look up to it.)
All going well, Tommy.
It is a problem at the Valley when we have no goal scoring midfielders, No super sub Chuks who could score and now no Washington who most of his career could score 1 in 3 in League1.
I like Stockley but he won't score many on the deck in the area without good support.
The Plymouth 6 goals was a freak result as for once we had support in the box and Gilbey was on Fire along with Millar and Stockley plus we had Chuks to bring on to run riot. We created more chances in that away game than 4 home matches.
I said we would struggle to score from open play in August with the 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 before the Sheff Wed game and so far just a Penalty and a header from a free kick.
With the players available, we are not set up to score and now Nigel's master plan of 25 clean sheets is looking dubious with the mandatory mistakes.
Not the formation per se, but we appeared to be one even more defensive when we went 2-1 down against MK Dons who couldn't believe their luck how easy the game was at 2-1 up.
Did you not want a striker to play along side Stockley ? Forget about anyone else I'm only talking about Cafc not Man city.
Only played 45mins though, the rest of the squad were at that stage of fitness a month ago
Leave that to the other poor sods that'll sign him if anyone.