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Macauley Gillesphey [Signed 1 year extension, pg 12]
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He definitely wasn’t the best of them defensively, but other than when he messed up for the goal, he was pretty much our only player passing the ball forwards and creating anything positive.Callumcafc said:Thought he was our best defender on the day personally. Ironically we looked a lot more fragile in general after he went off.
A lot of our best attacking moves started from a Gillesphey dribble and/or pass. And one moment of madness aside, his calmness on the ball was missing after he went off.I feel like we really need a proper proper defender in the middle of that back 3. Jones is the type of player but I don’t think he’s quite good enough. Hopefully one for the summer0 -
Having just watched Allison and Van Dijk give away a gift to Arsenal, it appears that such errors aren't limited to Charlton.....though Liverpool don't do it most weeks!1
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I think he'd look better with a more commanding goalkeeper behind him. Nor does having to come in and be expected to basically turn the chaos around seem to have done him any favours.
Not an auspicious start but I think he's better than he's shown so far, hopefully N. Jones will get the stupid mistakes and uncertainty out of our defence.1 -
He was excellent yesterday again another who needs few more weeks to get up to full speed .. one of the problems buying 9 players in Jan they don’t have pre season to become part of the team0
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He was excellent yesterday once up to speed will be a permanent fixture in our back 4/5Braziliance said:Looks pants, weak, slow. Can do as many long balls as he likes, we don't have the physicality up top to make it count. Was a huge part of why we conceded so another defender who is apparently really good but can't do what we actually need him to do. Not like we don't already have enough of those.
If he was as good as made out to be, he'd still be at Plymouth, at least as a bench option.0 -
This was a huge problem under Holden. No movement off the ball and sloppy passing led by hoofing it forward.Garrymanilow said:One thing I've been thinking about is how many other teams concede so consistently after making a mistake? How many other teams give the ball away and without fail see the ball go into the back of the net? We focus a lot on individual errors but those happen every single game to every single team and they can't possibly concede as often as we do off the back of it. I think in possession we just completely go to sleep and lose our shape, it means that the opposition have the clearest run imaginable on our goal. It's L1, we're not going to get hold of perfect players who never make mistakes but it would help if the other ones did a bit of defending when the mistakes happen
And we've regressed back to that. Our mistakes under Apples, while also bad, were different and often involved positioning or tracking. We're now just back to sloppy passes to the other team.
We've come full circle! And it should be noted we have at least half of a team of different players than those who played under Holden.0 -
I think it was MG whose pass to Kanu nearly created an equaliser? Dan’s header was tipped over the bar.NabySarr said:
He definitely wasn’t the best of them defensively, but other than when he messed up for the goal, he was pretty much our only player passing the ball forwards and creating anything positive.Callumcafc said:Thought he was our best defender on the day personally. Ironically we looked a lot more fragile in general after he went off.
A lot of our best attacking moves started from a Gillesphey dribble and/or pass. And one moment of madness aside, his calmness on the ball was missing after he went off.
I also remember Ness bringing the ball deep into Derby's half and electing to pass rather than shoot, when there was a real opening. Hopefully Jones will given them the confidence to take a pop occasionally at least.And I know I keep mentioning it, but it’s nuts that we haven’t got a single player who can take a long throw into the opposition’s six yard box. It’s a useful weapon (that we struggle to defend against). Even if only used sparingly.0 -
It's his anniversary
from wiki .. Gillesphey scored his first goal for Argyle on 5 February 2022 against Chelsea in the fourth round of the FA Cup at Stamford Bridge. The goal gave Argyle an early lead against the reigning European champions in a match they eventually went on lose 2–1 after extra time0 -
He's actually really good, isn't he8
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MOM contender in a match with a few to choose from1
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Friendship ended with Michael Hector
Now MACCA GILLESPHEY is my best friend11 -
Excellent tonight, after a very good cameo off the bench on Saturday.0
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Decent tonight. Needs to keep that level and he has a chance.0
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He was quietly very good tonight.2
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Thought we'd miss Jones but Gillesphey was almost faultless.3
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Excellent tonight. Go on Macca.0
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Thought he was class. Very assured performance0
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Think he's made that left sided CB spot his to lose now, would expect Jones to replace Thomas after Saturday
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Having a midfield and attack that properly fight and compete has got to help our defenders so much.Leuth said:He's actually really good, isn't he
Under Appleton every defender must have been written off at some point on here, but we were too soft as a team and too focussed on pretty football over winning the physical battle.2 - Sponsored links:
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It's a good problem to have! Thought Thomas was really good tonight tooMarriott110 said:Think he's made that left sided CB spot his to lose now, would expect Jones to replace Thomas after Saturday5 -
Gillesphey was utterly immense tonight. Starting to look very very good.
Would like to see REG at RWB and Jones, Hector and Gillesphey as the three CBs1 -
Just players backing each other up too. If a Derby player did get past their marker, instead of it being a clear run on goal as has happened too often, there was a black shirt behind the first man to make a block or tackle, and another black shirt behind that, and another behind that. Same on Saturday vs. Pompey. Means not every single tiny individual error gets punished and subsequently highlighted.Scoham said:
Having a midfield and attack that properly fight and compete has got to help our defenders so much.Leuth said:He's actually really good, isn't he
Under Appleton every defender must have been written off at some point on here, but we were too soft as a team and too focussed on pretty football over winning the physical battle.8 -
Don't know what you are going to do when Ness gets back to form and hector is fit. You'll have Hector, Gillesphey, Ness, Thomas and to a leaser extent Jones, all ball playing centre backs with a mistake in them. Don't be too fickle with your allegiance.Leuth said:
It's a good problem to have! Thought Thomas was really good tonight tooMarriott110 said:Think he's made that left sided CB spot his to lose now, would expect Jones to replace Thomas after Saturday2 -
Ness, ball playing?!Alwaysneil said:
Don't know what you are going to do when Ness gets back to form and hector is fit. You'll have Hector, Gillesphey, Ness, Thomas and to a leaser extent Jones, all ball playing centre backs with a mistake in them. Don't be too fickle with your allegiance.Leuth said:
It's a good problem to have! Thought Thomas was really good tonight tooMarriott110 said:Think he's made that left sided CB spot his to lose now, would expect Jones to replace Thomas after Saturday2 -
It was literally impossible for us to keep signing players that just weren't any good. It's so very clear that everything off the pitch has been affecting the players on it. It's still early days with Nathan Jones but at the very least he's made players who have had decent Football League careers look like decent Football League players again and that's massive for us.
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Gillesphey, REG, Thomas, Hector, Ness, Jones, Mitchell. 7 CBs. I wonder who stays next season. Suspect Thomas and Ness may leave. Don't know on Hector. Mitchell may need another loan. Still think that for promotion you need one real stand out, Santos-esq CB in that group.0
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Agreed, and currently would be very harsh to drop either, but think Lloyd Jones has been immense since Jones arrived and I think REG has his RCB spot locked down so would only leave ThomasLeuth said:
It's a good problem to have! Thought Thomas was really good tonight tooMarriott110 said:Think he's made that left sided CB spot his to lose now, would expect Jones to replace Thomas after Saturday0 -
Think Hector will be gone rather than Ness, his contract is up end of season and will probably be earning too much money to sit on the bench with all the other options available to us especially when Jones has said he wants to trim the squad size down, Hector would seem an easy way of doing that.Athletico Charlton said:Gillesphey, REG, Thomas, Hector, Ness, Jones, Mitchell. 7 CBs. I wonder who stays next season. Suspect Thomas and Ness may leave. Don't know on Hector. Mitchell may need another loan. Still think that for promotion you need one real stand out, Santos-esq CB in that group.8 -
Thomas defensive side of the game is very solid, lots of times he wins and maintains possession of the ball under pressure with a neat bit of skill.
He also has that ability to step out with the ball on occasion as well.Issue for me is his clearances always feel like they get us in trouble somehow.4
