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Post-match Thread: Rochdale v Charlton | Sat 06 Feb 2021|
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So frustrating how we can't see at least glimpses of that every week.
Some of them (Pearce especially) looked like different players.
Battling, pressing, not pissing about slowly at the back, lots of offensive stuff.
Purrington and Millar were fantastic on the left I thought.
Just really hope we can start to get settled and build on this, rather than another 3/4 changes for Gillingham, diamond formation and 1-0 down after quarter of an hour.
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The thing about this win was how convincing it was. That should build morale and take that onwards11
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That’s more like it! Very good all-round team performance. Well played lads.
The conditions obviously favoured us in the first half but we played very well too. Two goals, hit the bar twice, hit the post and we should have had a penalty when Millar was fouled. The second half was less expansive but we always looked like we might get another while Rochdale rarely threatened.
Good to be able to say the defence were much stronger. In particular:
- Gunter is a very strong right back. He’s less accomplished at centre back but its not his fault he’s had to play there out of position so often.
- Deji was Deji. Very happy for him that he’s taken his chance to shine.
- Pearcey was very solid. Good to see the Skip looking better.
- although Maatsen is a very talented young man, we somehow look more solid with Purrington at left back.
Lovely cameo from DJ, who really made things happen when he came on.
Chuks and Stockley combined well up front but I thought they both looked very leggy from half way through the second half and I think Ronnie should have been given a bit longer.
The key thing now is to consolidate and build on this. Let’s not throw it away by screwing up against Gillingham next week.
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That was a decent performance, but must not get carried away. Rochdale are mot the best in the division.
The most positive thing was the defending against Rochdale, the aspect of the game they are good at.0 -
First half was excellent, played like a team that was organised and controlled the game
Second half was extremely professional... Rochdale certainly improved, we dealt with them really well
Pearce and Purrington were outstanding at the back today, midfield apart from Millar could have done better when they had the ball at times (e.g. a few too many wasted balls at times) - Aneke and Stockley up top were outstanding. My only little nit pick is Stockley is so good with chesting the ball down but his fellow team mates just seem too far away at times for us to benefit from it, almost becomes an action that he's doing for the sake of it.
Would argue though thats his team mates job to get closer and be more aware rather than he stop doing it
Bowyer too... Been saying since Tuesday that he needs to go back to making three subs and he effectively did that today, yeah I'm aware he made four but that last one was purely to run the clock down rather than try and effect the game - Just keep it simple in that regard too
Probably helped though that were werent having to chase the game for once - Rochdale arent great but brushing a team of their level aside has been the biggest issue this season... Its another area we can try and build from9 -
Could of been 5-0 today. Played very well first half and saw it off quite comfortably in the second.
Solid in defence today which is pleasing.
Special mentions go to Purrington who was solid today tackling and blocking, Stockley and Aneke who were very good up top.
Looking at the fixtures coming up they are quite favourable towards us for a while and we have the luxury of not playing Saturday, Tuesday for next couple of weeks.
A lot of our rivals have a lot of games to catch up on and they are all playing each other so the games in hand on us might not be as bad as we thought.
Hopefully this is the start of a good run.
COYR!
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It was only one person's decision to play the diamond against Portsmouth mate.Off_it said:Bowyer has lost the plot. Doesn't have a clue. Has lost the dressing room. No Plan B. Too much tinkering.
Blah blah blah.
Great performance. Clean sheet. Never looked in any danger. Three points. Nothing more to say.
Look how well we have competed and played when we played a flat 4-4-2. As much as Bowyer should take credit for this fantastic performance, our best all season in my opinion, he is fully responsible for the shit show on Tuesday.
Stick with this formation, those two up front, and let other people make a claim to get in the starting XI.11 -
exceptionally composed performance. not as great as the 1st half of nottingham forest last year but very good.1
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So much easier for the players to play in that formation. Pratley thrived on being allowed to press rather than hovver about in a deep position. Millar was fine too as a left-midfielder. He's got such a good engine and levels of fitness, it's no problem for him. Two good forwards who closed their back-four down and stopped them playing at source.
Just keep it simple like that and the players will do the rest.7 -
Never mind all this praising the team for a good performance.
We should all be focusing on how Millwall came back to win from 1-0 down.
Honestly, priorities people.
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Great win and as for Deji's interview on steroids.. Exsqueeze me... Baking powder?0
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A platform to build on, hopefully we get a bit of confidence back. Very happy for Deji.1
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Shinnie:
He started off shite,
He finished alright,
Walking in a Shinnie wonderland.10 -
Watching Lee on the post match interview, god, he looks like
we just lost, give us a smile eh and try and sound positive0 -
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Credit where it's due to Bowyer, we did indeed just go to basics, had the two target men and we were solid. Rochdale showed they are a poor team but you can't just turn up and win.
One decent win is nowhere near enough yet so not getting carried away, but good start, definitely need to go unbeaten for the rest of the month.4 -
Good all round team performance - 442 suits our players - could easily have been 4 or 5 nil - back 4 all played well too - good to see both Pearce and Purrington have good games and Oshilaja getting better with every game - no more fullbacks or midfielders at centre back please.0
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Ben Purrington at LB and we look like a capable football team. No losing the ball from the back, and great overlapping runs.
I know it’s not all on that change, but our shape down the left side looked a lot better
Maatsen will have his chance again, but he’ll need to cut sloppiness out his game.11 -
Much better, I was disappointed we couldn’t go on and get one or two more in the second half for confidence. Other than that you can’t fault the team and the way we set up. Counts for nothing unless we don’t go on to beat Gillingham and start to put a run together. Let’s see where we are this time next Saturday. We need to start turning that sort of performance in, week in, week out
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Nice to have that Saturday evening post match feeling.
2 goals. Clean sheet. 3 points and a ruby on order at the local curry house.
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Hopefully this is something we can build on. We are definitely stronger after that window. Stockley and Aneke up front is a pretty good quality battering ram for this division.
Now to find some consistency with a more settled team....0 -
TellyTubby said:442 wins again. Let's stick with a winning formula Bow.
He should just play the exact same lineup until it fails. Don't over-think it.
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