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Chief crazy horse wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:56 am

Mistadobalina wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:38 am Clay was outstanding. He's a player with massive limitations but his ability to press does make us a higher intensity team. Apart from the first one, all of our goals yesterday came from closing down well high up the pitch, which is what we did so well at the beginning of the season.

Second half we played probably the best football we have all season, albeit against a weirdly disjointed and passive Hartlepool team who didn't seem to have done any homework on us.

Drinan is an odd one. He looks like an ungainly workhorse a lot of the time but his first two goal were genuinely quality.

Probably Kemp's best performance for us. Still worry he'll get bullied in too many games to be completely reliable but found space brilliantly today and meant that we could build from the middle and not just the wings.

I've never had a problem with Drinans ungainly, unorthodox style/ demeanour. That's what makes him a good fit in this side. Something a bit different, off the cuff. I'm not suggesting he's a first name on the team sheet, but he didn't deserve to be dropped for as many games as he was. Always presents a danger to defences.

Chief crazy horse wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:56 am

Mistadobalina wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:38 am Clay was outstanding. He's a player with massive limitations but his ability to press does make us a higher intensity team. Apart from the first one, all of our goals yesterday came from closing down well high up the pitch, which is what we did so well at the beginning of the season.

Second half we played probably the best football we have all season, albeit against a weirdly disjointed and passive Hartlepool team who didn't seem to have done any homework on us.

Drinan is an odd one. He looks like an ungainly workhorse a lot of the time but his first two goal were genuinely quality.

Probably Kemp's best performance for us. Still worry he'll get bullied in too many games to be completely reliable but found space brilliantly today and meant that we could build from the middle and not just the wings.

I've never had a problem with Drinans ungainly, unorthodox style/ demeanour. That's what makes him a good fit in this side. Something a bit different, off the cuff. I'm not suggesting he's a first name on the team sheet, but he didn't deserve to be dropped for as many games as he was. Always presents a danger to defences.

Petrov788 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:57 am That first goal was such high quality, Smith with the clever hold up and lay off, Drinan saw where he needed to be, made the run before his marker could clock it - and helped make Smith's mind up. We've got to utilise Smith's physicality and not just his height. I'd like to see him work more on holding the ball up and linking up play, laying it off wide and actually getting in the box where he's at his most dangerous.

Ronnie Hotdogs wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:10 pm

Chief crazy horse wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:56 am

Mistadobalina wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:38 am Clay was outstanding. He's a player with massive limitations but his ability to press does make us a higher intensity team. Apart from the first one, all of our goals yesterday came from closing down well high up the pitch, which is what we did so well at the beginning of the season.

Second half we played probably the best football we have all season, albeit against a weirdly disjointed and passive Hartlepool team who didn't seem to have done any homework on us.

Drinan is an odd one. He looks like an ungainly workhorse a lot of the time but his first two goal were genuinely quality.

Probably Kemp's best performance for us. Still worry he'll get bullied in too many games to be completely reliable but found space brilliantly today and meant that we could build from the middle and not just the wings.

I've never had a problem with Drinans ungainly, unorthodox style/ demeanour. That's what makes him a good fit in this side. Something a bit different, off the cuff. I'm not suggesting he's a first name on the team sheet, but he didn't deserve to be dropped for as many games as he was. Always presents a danger to defences.

Agreed entirely.

I’m still convinced jacketts first choice pairing was Smith and Smyth, with Drinnan as back up to Smith, but the way Drinnan was left out for so many weeks whilst Smith wasn’t really firing either didn’t make sense.

Glad Aaron is back and in form. (And Smith looks like he enjoyed having company on Saturday as well).

Petrov788 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:57 am That first goal was such high quality, Smith with the clever hold up and lay off, Drinan saw where he needed to be, made the run before his marker could clock it - and helped make Smith's mind up. We've got to utilise Smith's physicality and not just his height. I'd like to see him work more on holding the ball up and linking up play, laying it off wide and actually getting in the box where he's at his most dangerous.