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    MATCH: Wealdstone (H) 20/04/24

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    1 minute ago, AndyB2 said:

    It’s about value for money. He may be our best player but if binning him frees up budget and (it’s a big if) it’s spent wisely then we can have a better team overall. The case is made by reference to his salary. 
     

     

    If that's the only way to improve the rest of the squad then it's probably a sacrifice we have to make, but given he came in late in the day, I'm not sure that's the case....

    MATCH: Wealdstone (H) 20/04/24

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    2 minutes ago, Dave_Og said:

    True!  Looks like from open play Fondop and Norwood will have a pretty similar goals per minute record this season.  Nobody would have suggested that as recently as March

    It's a shame we can't get proper xg stats for our strikers from say the start of the year, would be interesting to see how big a drop of Norwood has had.

    MATCH: Wealdstone (H) 20/04/24

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    2 minutes ago, Dave_Og said:

     Who would pay what we're paying? 33 year old with a dodgy hamstring and an attitude problem

    Salford perhaps, Tranmere, Bradford. I reckon a fair few league 2 teams would be interested. For what it's worth I think binning off our best player because he's pissed off that we're shit might not be the best idea. Instead id try to look at making us not shit by getting rid of the terrible players (and possibly the man in charge)....

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    MATCH: AFC Fylde (H) 29/03/24

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    It took us going 3 down before we actually tried to string a few passes together. Constantly hoofing it to Norwood and Garner is a ridiculous thing to do, especially when the midfield aren't getting forward to support them. It's too easy for the opposition and it puts you on the back foot early on. With the exception of Sheron, all the midfield are at their best with the ball at their feet, so why ping it forward bypassing them all game. That's the gameplan, that's what they've been told to do, and it's bewildering because we're not set up to do it at all. That's why we've been battered here first half. Norwood & Garner are deep in the oppo half scrapping for knock-downs and the midfield is completely stretched either trying without success to get up to the forwards or trying to cover half the pitch. It's so easy to play through, beat one man (and we're not exactly robust in a challenge) and you're running at the defenders.

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    MATCH: Bromley (H) 05/03/24

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    0-0 was probably a fair result really, we had a couple of decent chances early in the first half and they had a few first half and 1 on the counter 2nd. Other than that it was just a bit of a scrappy contest, no real fluency from either side. I thought the set up was actually ok from us it's just we didn't have the personnel to make it work. Mcgahey & Sheron do a lot of work in the middle and it makes us more solid defensively, Conlon is better on the ball but what there isn't is someone who can carry the ball forward and drive us up the pitch. Thats why we often just resorted to hoofing it over the top hoping that Norwood & Garner create something for themselves, which every now and again will work, but isn't a reliable way of creating chances (and is also horrible to watch). Bromley are proof that you can have success playing garbage football in this division but my concern is that this style we have at the minute (I know occasionally we play some decent stuff but it's mainly rank bad, especially at home) won't work if/when we go up. The momentum of a promotion shouldn't be wasted on a style of football that we don't want to carry on with as we attempt to progress up the pyramid.

     

    Oh and can someone remind the ball boys what their job is. Won't move unless the ball is right next to them, lazy shits 😂

    MATCH: Bromley (H) 05/03/24

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    Played well in spells there but we've not been able to sustain any real pressure. I'd be tempted to get rid of one of the midfield 3 and bring Dallas on. Move Norwood into a deeper CF role and try to get him involved more, he's our best player on the ball by miles and it seems a waste to have him chasing long balls most of the game.

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