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Quote from: Ukrainian Alty on February 18, 2023, 11:21:47 AM

Quote from: HashtagAlty on February 17, 2023, 02:28:31 PM

Decent CB? Baines will be playing EFL football soon, and Jones got a move from North to League 2. He had Mullarky as well.

He needs to command that area. Not be glued to his line

Toby is in the past tense and therefore can have no bearing on our recent performances (0 points from a possible 12).

I agree with you that a keeper needs to be able to command his area but that is not his exclusivity and the outfielders recent defence of set pieces and crosses has been woefully poor.

I'm sorry but I don't see the same level of performance from James Jones that he displayed in the N.L.North where he was arguably the best CB in the League.

Lewis Baines... undoubtedly heading in an upwards trajectory as you say and I completely agree with you on this one.

Please give Ollie half a Dinanga of a chance.
   

Byrne once again showed what he is extremely good at (Shot stopping) and extremely poor at (moving off his line)

Agree re. Welch-Hayes. He offers us something going forward and is a decent defender too. In fact, I felt the entire defence did really well and we're very nearly able to grab a point against a Wrexham team which flattered to deceive to be perfectly honest. Marriott and Lundstram did well too - particularly the former (who was everywhere). Osborne was a weird selection over the likes of Pringle, but hey ho.
The obvious fallback is up front. I love Jordan, don't get me wrong but he ain't scoring and that's a problem. Sinclair and Kaja (when he came on) tried hard but there aren't many goals there either. I'd like to see Linney and Gyasi start the next game, because I feel they will offer more.
We're only 8 points clear of Gateshead - that's the harsh reality with a bad run of fixtures to come.
Hopefully we'll find the right combination up top - then we'll definitely be okay. Fingers crossed.

Quote from: rorysgrandad on February 03, 2023, 02:53:54 PM

The draw for the whole competition was made when the first round was announced. The Cheshire FA site shows the chart.
We are in the bottom half of the draw, as are Crewe, so we will play Crewe.

Not necessarily. If that was the case we would have played Alsager rather than the Stockport walkover in the last 16. I’d wait until it’s officially confirmed. Destiny suggests us vs you know who in the final though….baa

I'd go:

Byrne;

MWH, JJ, Baines, EJ;

Lundstram, Marriott

Kaja, Cashman, Quitirna/Sinclair

Linney

- - -

Hulme/Dinanga, Quitirna/Sinclar, Pringle, Osborne, Oyedele

Dinanga is not the long term answer but he’s the best option we’ve currently got for that position and we should get behind him. The reaction some fans make to his slightest mistake is absurd and really poor form, I’ve got to say. I’ve never ever experienced the sort of stick he’s had with any other player in my time.

Very lazy to call him lazy, would love to see his running stats vs. Jennings who left with our good graces despite offering nothing but a decent first touch (which Dinanga has, by the way.) Say what you want about his finishing but he is absolutely not a lazy footballer and I’ll back that all day. Amazed people think our management would accept that.

Think he will start with same 11 as Tuesday barring any injuries.

forecasting heavy frost on Friday night, so hope they have frost covers.

safe travels for all going to the game

It would be great to get beyond last season's total of 55. That would make it six consecutive seasons of improvement.