Post by northwesthoop on Mar 16, 2022 21:37:33 GMT
I know we are all minions who really know nothing about football, but nobody in a million years would be able to explain to me why we needed both Hendrick and Johansen at that point in this game. It used all our subs and we never got out of our half again. Absolutely baffling. I genuinely hope Warburton has to explain it, but he won't, he will just bemoan injuries and give other excuses.
I know we are all minions who really know nothing about football, but nobody in a million years would be able to explain to me why we needed both Hendrick and Johansen at that point in this game. It used all our subs and we never got out of our half again. Absolutely baffling. I genuinely hope Warburton has to explain it, but he won't, he will just bemoan injuries and give other excuses.
What doesnt make sense is that Warburton knows Wallace struggles to get through 90 minutes so to expect him to play 2 full games in four days was foolish. Forest knew he would struggle the longer the game went on and Spence proceeded to give him a torrid time.
Overall to have got 3 points from away games at Luton and Forest is something I would have taken before the games kicked off. The huge issue now is who do we have available to play in goal against Peterborough.
What doesnt make sense is that Warburton knows Wallace struggles to get through 90 minutes so to expect him to play 2 full games in four days was foolish. Forest knew he would struggle the longer the game went on and Spence proceeded to give him a torrid time.
Overall to have got 3 points from away games at Luton and Forest is something I would have taken before the games kicked off. The huge issue now is who do we have available to play in goal against Peterborough.
Exactly. It was obvious we were going to need a sub for Wallace later on, or to replace Gray so we could try and attack with more purpose as he tired. So to use our last 2 subs in midfield was just odd.
Does Hendrick's loan contract say he HAS to feature in x amount of games? Did MW forget he'd used a sub in the first half.
Good point about we'd have taken 3 points from these 2 games, but it's incredibly frustrating having led in this match to get nothing. These are huge games now and we can't afford to let points slip by.
Last Edit: Mar 16, 2022 21:57:22 GMT by northwesthoop
That is probably the wettest I've been at a match in years, absolutley horrifc weather tonight. It's gutting to lose as we did, but we never get results away to them so it should've been expected.
The A1 was shut on the way back to add to my misery, so trying to navigate through Melton Mowbray at midnight was an experience!
Disappointing result But we were unlucky with injuries last night They were dropping like flies in the end,unlike forest we have no strength in depth Gray looks pretty sharp last couple of games,when he cuts in he scores some great goals Bit down today but their first goal was world class and the last two were late ones when we just about run out of reserves literally We wasn’t totally hammered we were down to the bare bones with a injured keeper and defender in goal and 10 men in the end No shame in that but some poor tactics by warburton didn’t help last night
Felt MW made 1 too many changes last night instead of both Amos and Dozzell playing i would have played Johansen instead of Dozzell who again for me wasted a chance to impress....was very surprised Wallace played the 90 mins would have thought this was the perfect game to rest him.....surely he will be left out against peterborough???
Gray was the best outfield player we had last night seems to have got his MOJO back after a run of scoring in past 3 games
not sure on his statistics NWH but i heard on the commentary that was his 8th goal of season
im suprisingly not upset by last nights result as for me it was expected but i saw enough to know that we will give everyone a good game
not sure if we will be allowed an emergency goalkepper loan in? surely this should be allowed? several youngsters sat on benches on the premier big boys
i personally think we should be allowed to sign 2 keepers until Marshall or dieng are fit
will do my scores on the doors but like Ranger Boy states last nights weather was atrocious (when we were 1-0 up i was thinking i hope this weather doesnt continue because this could get postponed as waterlogged....now i wish it had been)
Marshall 8 (perfromed heroics even after his injury) Odubajo 6 Dickie 6 Dunne 6 Sanderson 5 (felt he was looking to be sent off again i wasnt over impressed with him last night even before we conceded strange as i know hes a good player) Wallace 6 Field 6 Dozzell 5 Amos 5 Willock 6 Gray 7
rub a dubs: Hendrick 5 Johansen 6, Chair 6 (but apart from setting up the goal and 20 minutes of average play in first half what did he do?)
...apart from setting up the goal and 20 minutes of average play in first half what did he do?
Little unfair on Illias Chair @tomcat75 I think! He came on and actually did far more of what Willock should have been doing - chasing the CBs when they have the ball. Had Amos, Dozzell, Gray and Willock been doing that more successfully we could have pushed up the field more and relied upon Sanderson and Odubajo to race back if required. Instead we allowed Gray + 1 to be outmanoeuvred and our midfield and defence to be exposed. Do agree that Gray looked far more active and threatening (at last) though, and totally agree about the weird decision to play Wallace. What did Braveheart offer? Going forward he is far more likely to play the ball back (as he does not possess the skills to take on players), and he defends by standing off the ball-player. Odubajo on the left (where he plays better I think) and Adomaha on the right where the correct choices. Dozzell worries me because he does not seem to be making as much progress as I expected. There is no doubt the talent is there, but he is not coping with the Championship pace and physicality well enough.
Last Edit: Mar 17, 2022 10:46:57 GMT by kingfisher
Post by northwesthoop on Mar 17, 2022 11:10:34 GMT
For once I disagree with you kingfisher on this one - I thought Willock looked outstanding until he got injured, he was getting in pockets of space and looked a real threat. Then apart from the assist Chair subsequently offered very little. In the second half he was verging on being anonymous.
Gray was very good until he got tired. Once they got level there was only 1 winner as our subs were wasted and we didn't have anything new in attack to try and 'go again'.
This is where I feel really bad for George Thomas. I know he is not a fan favourite, but I genuinely believe he is our most dynamic sub. He brings real energy and pace onto the pitch. After he came on against Blackpool and set up the winner he's not featured once. It is very harsh. He also came off the bench and played a big part in the win away at Coventry.
could see why he brought both Hendrick and Johansen on, game was slipping away from us so he looked to get control back in midfield. it didn't work and would have kept Amos on myself but can see why he did it.
I thought we played well last night, really poor second goal to concede which killed us as they are really good on the break when we started to push forward for an equaliser. Two good sides in a game that genuinely could have gone either way.
Sundays game is massive for us, have to win that, if we do we have to be pretty happy with 6 points from these 3
