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nzlatic

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  1. I’m struggling to see how that’s a more defensive line up than normal bearing in mind Green is out injured.
  2. Conlon more advanced seeing as McGahey stays in? Sachdev in theory offers more going forward at rwb than Sutton but needs to start showing it. Norwood for Fondop suggests not as much of the direct stuff.
  3. Buzzing for this one. A six pointer against a play off rival. Huge game, just gutted I have to watch on a stream rather than be there.
  4. Can’t see him changing formation so I guess we’re looking at a few selection choices… RWB - Sachdev or Sutton CM - McGahey or Conlon ST - Norwood or Fondop
  5. Dallas picked up a knock early on didn’t he? I think he would have had a lot more game time while Norwood was out otherwise.
  6. I still think its results rather than performances. Our 2nd goal against Eastleigh was a 17 pass move, but if we'd lost that game I don't think there'd have been many ok with the result because we played some good football. I don't think Mellon has to change style at home, I think he just needs to crack how to get better results. We'll need them next year anyway if we don't go up as we won't be able to compete for the title without a good home record.
  7. My guess would be that at the time he was expecting to move to a 433 or something like that but has since realised 352 is the best way with the squad which means there’s not really room for Walker.
  8. It’s the lack of balance that gets me. There’s nothing wrong with discussing the good and the bad obviously, but the negative chat on this board feels totally disproportionate to how we’re actually doing this season.
  9. This board cracks me up some times. Fighting over which players are the most shit, listing the shit flaws of players, pitch is shit, attendances are shit, formation is shit, playing 10 centre backs is shit, don’t play young players which is shit apart from ones who do get picked but are shit, manager’s playing style is shit. A latics fan coming out of a 5 year coma reading this board would be forgiven for thinking the lemsagams are still in charge and we’re 4 points from safety. As opposed to being owned by local people who are investing heavily in the team and the future and it looking more than likely we’ll have our first play off finish in 17 years!
  10. Can he play wing back or would we need to change formation?
  11. He did. Does better from season 2 onwards I think it was.
  12. He’s also improving each game which is what you’d want from a young player in his first proper run in men’s football. Strange for people to be so absolute about a young lad in his first season.
  13. This sneaking into the last play off place keeps getting a mention. We’re 4 points clear of 8th. We’re already firmly in the play offs!
  14. Agreed. A proper battle, draw is fair. We’ll be disappointed to not take those chances, they’ll be disappointed to not make more of their possession. After some poor home performances they should be applauded for the effort today.
  15. Decent game this between 2 well matched teams having a go. We’ve edged it, Sheron should have scored. Real shame for Green - was a threat and having a good game. That’s knackered our balance today as no obvious replacement.
  16. They’ve either turned the mics off or this has the atmosphere of a village cricket match.
  17. Just looking at Mellon's league results, if you remove our 3 home games against teams in or around the relegation zone (Ebbsfleet, Woking and Kidderminster) then our PPG is 1.8 over the other 6 games which would be fine. So we have 0 ppg against teams at the bottom at home and 1.8 ppg against everyone else. That's where I think the problem mainly is with home form rather than it being a more in depth problem. One factor could be that those teams would be looking at the fixture as a completely free hit. They can play with freedom and be very attacking knowing if they end up losing, it won't matter too much as they wouldn't expect anything from the game anyway. We have the opposite mentality - the expectation of 6000 people in the crowd and from the players/management is for a comfortable win. Any mistakes are made worse by it feeling like a massive missed opportunity.
  18. Actually yeah you’re probably right. He’s played a lot more than I thought he had and he’s only 26.
  19. He must think he’s dropped a right bollock.
  20. I was just looking at what we need to do to get ahead of Bromley. Beat them then make up 3 points over 10 games. We have to make up 6 points in 11 games to get past Barnet so they could get 2nd.
  21. Poached by Swansea. The perils of having a young progressive coach. Sniff of the big leagues and they’re off!
  22. True but not relevant to my point. He did very well for us and during his time with us I don’t remember many people saying he should be replaced.
  23. We signed Yarney just after that who was probably our best defender last season. I get what you’re saying about future returns but the club is still transitioning from being a circus to a properly run club. Clearly experience is preferred at the moment. It seems to be paying off.
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