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Time for a few to step up and show their mettle in the next three games. When the tide is with us we play some terrific stuff but what has worried me in the last few games has been the lack of leadership on the pitch. Ethan Ross is such a massive loss , not only for his goalkeeping but for his leadership qualities. Haven’t seen one bollocking on the pitch since his spell out of the team.

Three individual errors - three goals. Matt Gould looks tiny in the goals, we need Ethan back sharpish.

Far too defensive throughout the game. We were lucky to be 2 up at half time, but at that point we should have been able to see it out against a poor Fylde side. Just very strange that we seemed so happy to sit deep from the first minute and let them dominate possession, that was very much a case of 2 points dropped.

Ive been underwhelmed with Kyle Ferguson. He adds strength and height which in a lot of games is great, but his distribution is poor and that in a Parky team is a problem. I think we look best with a James Jones / Lewis Baines partnership.

We’re so low on belief and confidence. Beaten by a better side, but we didn’t even look like scoring. These next two games are make or break.

Id agree with this. There was a moment in the second half when Jordan got the better of one of the two centre backs he was battling with and there was absolutely nobody close to him to pass to. I think the players seem hesitant and lacking the confidence to commit themselves forward in case they are picked off on the counter. We won’t get anything in this league by being hesitant though, we need to have a real go at Torquay next week – fortune favours the brave.
The passing was awful yesterday too, we just couldn’t string together more than 3 passes and too many balls went long from back to front – again a confidence issue. Pringle has to start, comfortable on the ball and has the confidence to keep playing in a team that is clearly lacking it.

Very strange team selection tonight from Parky. Disrupting the Mullarkey / Hannigan partnership to bring in Digie, putting Mullarkey in centre midfield, then to round things off dropping Jordan and not playing a recognised striker.
The Pringle situation is baffling. One of the most gifted players we’ve had in years at Alty yet can’t get a start. Like mentioned above, I’d play him in the No.10 behind Jordan.
Stockport blitzed us at Edgeley, but tonight we surrendered before a ball was kicked. Think the wounds from Boxing Day hadn’t healed for Parky and it showed in the approach tonight.

An improvement on the previous game for sure, even though Wrexham weren’t a patch on Stockport. Thought we understandably started tentatively and there were too many long balls played but by the second half we looked more and more like a Phil Parkinson team there were some encouraging moments. Mooney gives us that direct attacking threat that we have been missing and hopefully he stays fit now for an extended period. We still desperately need a striker

That’s the first time under Parky in the National League where I’ve felt we’ve been totally outclassed and not close to the standard. Today was poor no doubt about it, and playing 5 at the back didn’t work but we won’t play against sides of that quality every week. As mentioned in previous posts Fitzpatrick was dire (though in fairness he isn’t a wingback) and Porter even worse. I have no idea how Porter gets a game ahead of our other midfield options on the bench.
Andrew Flynn mentioned a week or so ago about why it is we have players (today Hampson and Pringle) that go from the starting 11 to not even featuring on the bench ? Unless they are injured or covid related absentees than I find their omission from the squad today puzzling.