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Whitey19 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:09 pm Akinola wasn’t playing LB?

RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:07 pm Not surprised to read about Akinola because that's his first game at LB. It's clear he should play RB or CB otherwise he's wasted .

jamespevans wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:17 pm Strange game, we were set up to pressurise in the first half and always had a goal in us, except we decided not to play Johnson who has been starved of any decent service in recent games. In the second half we didn't come out and any chance we had was ruined by some bonkers substitutions, even the (probably) forced substitution of Akinola.

Vigouroux - 8 - some excellent saves in the second half even though he could have done better for their second.
Brophy - 6 - played his part in the constant interplay in the first half but rarely made an impact in the second half
Happe - 6 - too easy for their runners to open us up in both halves
Coulson - 6 - invariably looking like a player at the end of his career
Akinola - 6 - ditto Happe, hopefully didn't pick up an injury
Thomas - 8 - MOM, was a constant threat with some intelligent play in the first half. No reason for him to come off late on
Cisse - 6 - didn't have a particularly bad game but when you have three centre backs a holding midfielder is a waste
McAnuff - 6.5 - a bit off his game today
Kyprianou - 7 - was playing well until Boss decided he should play centre back
Wilkinson - 7 - like everybody else, made little impact in the second half but in the first half was responsible for some excellent link up play
Dennis - 5 - was pointless as our target man and even more pointless when he went into midfield

Johnson - 6 - no real impact when he came on
JMD - 7 - sparked a bit of life into us when he came on
Ling - not giving him a rating but I know he will start next Saturday. Boss does what Boss does

Bergen wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:43 pm Vigouroux 8
Coulson 5
Happe 7
Akinola 5.
Thomas 7
Kyprionou 7
McAnuff 7
Cisse 5
Dennis 3
Brophy 5
Wilkinson 6

y o y o y wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:22 pm

RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:07 pm Not surprised to read about Akinola because that's his first game at LB. It's clear he should play RB or CB otherwise he's wasted .

Don't believe all you read. You didn't see the game did you. Akinola didn't play left back. Ling scored, not Wilkinson as you said elsewhere.

Very poor from the O's. Only L Vigouroux came out with any credit. The noise of the knives sharpening on here is deafening, but Boss has brought a lot of that on himself today with todays setup, tactics and team selection

Bergen wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:01 pm Dennis 2 ? Not possible.

Ronnie Hotdogs wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:36 pm

jamespevans wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:17 pm Strange game, we were set up to pressurise in the first half and always had a goal in us, except we decided not to play Johnson who has been starved of any decent service in recent games. In the second half we didn't come out and any chance we had was ruined by some bonkers substitutions, even the (probably) forced substitution of Akinola.

Vigouroux - 8 - some excellent saves in the second half even though he could have done better for their second.
Brophy - 6 - played his part in the constant interplay in the first half but rarely made an impact in the second half
Happe - 6 - too easy for their runners to open us up in both halves
Coulson - 6 - invariably looking like a player at the end of his career
Akinola - 6 - ditto Happe, hopefully didn't pick up an injury
Thomas - 8 - MOM, was a constant threat with some intelligent play in the first half. No reason for him to come off late on
Cisse - 6 - didn't have a particularly bad game but when you have three centre backs a holding midfielder is a waste
McAnuff - 6.5 - a bit off his game today
Kyprianou - 7 - was playing well until Boss decided he should play centre back
Wilkinson - 7 - like everybody else, made little impact in the second half but in the first half was responsible for some excellent link up play
Dennis - 5 - was pointless as our target man and even more pointless when he went into midfield

Johnson - 6 - no real impact when he came on
JMD - 7 - sparked a bit of life into us when he came on
Ling - not giving him a rating but I know he will start next Saturday. Boss does what Boss does

Generally agree with your comments but think overall marks are too high across the board.

Vigaro MOTM for me, Thomas didn’t do enough defensively to warrant it. Hector was class again, it’s ridiculous that he’s only just starting out and looks so instantly comfortable playing men’s football at this standard, He will be too good for us in next to no time.

Dennis can’t play up top. Would have been better off switching him and Wilko if needed to rest DJ. Akinola has got worse game by game and looked totally disinterested. I’d pack him up and persevere with Thomas instead, who at least tries to get involved.

Admin wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:08 pm Coulson and Dennis nowhere near this level and we look bang average if Jobi’s not on it.

Four four two wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:10 pm Impossible to judge players today playing in an unnecessary change of formation that was forced on them AND playing in wrong positions. Back 3 look nervous because of loads of space down the channels. Brophy and Thomas in no mans land. Kyprianou poor kid shunted to centre back later on ! Dennis shouldn't be on the pitch let alone playing at centre forward (instead of Johnson) then midfield ! I couldn't keep up with the changes during the game so no wonder the players looked confused and bewildered. Shambles so no player should be judged on Embleton's experiment that was doomed from kickoff.

Ronnie Hotdogs wrote: ↑Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:06 am Danny Senda explained it clearly after the Charlton game - playing 3-4-3 helped us offensively in getting our creative players on the ball centrally. I’d agree with that. Although you could argue the case for sticking with 4-3-3, just getting the ‘wingers’ in the front 3 to play narrower.

Admin wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:08 pm Coulson and Dennis nowhere near this level and we look bang average if Jobi’s not on it.