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Quote from: graingrover on October 13, 2018, 01:53:47 pmI have changed my formation again as I agree that it is wise to split Wright and Butlerl who are both on 4 yellows ..so Grant here is your starting line up. Lawlor, Mason ,Wright ,Anderson , Andrew.Whiteman ,Crawford ,Copps , May , Marquis, Taylor.Why Lawlor?
I have changed my formation again as I agree that it is wise to split Wright and Butlerl who are both on 4 yellows ..so Grant here is your starting line up. Lawlor, Mason ,Wright ,Anderson , Andrew.Whiteman ,Crawford ,Copps , May , Marquis, Taylor.
Well we got away with that a bit, but Rochdale can only blame themselves with some very poor finishing as bad as ours last week. The two players who have been villyfied this week by some of our supporters as wanting dropping, Coppinger and Marosi, would be my picks for the man of the match award this week, Marosi pulling off a fantastic save in the first half when one of the Rochdale players actually connected with a shot on target From the start it was end to end, full of action, and full of mistakes by both teams. Both defences looked brittle, an our midfield totally at sea at times, and very disjointed. However the whole team battled, did not give in, and in Coppinger we had the player to make the difference, the setting up of the first and third goals being magical, and also well taken by Crawford and Anderson who scored their first goals for the club. Three great points which is what matters, lots to improve on, but winning when we are not at our best is a feeling I could get to like.
The manager passed a test for me today, we were not at our best, the midfield were all at sea, the centre halfs and goalkeeper kept us in the game, the two strikers ineffectual,which has happened before as they do not gell, Marquis rarely playing well when paired with May. But he found a way to win, fortunate yes, but the substitutes were spot on, Wilks playing well as mainly a lone striker, came on early enough to effect the game and got behind McGahey who had kept everyone in front of him, and was unfortunate not to win a penalty, and Anderson got what proved to be the winner with a run into the box. Taylor for Coppinger could have been 10 minutes later for me though.
I've been disappointed with copps impact this season. Today, superb. It is why I believe he shouldn't play every week. He's benefited from a slightly easier week this week.Nobody had really bad games or good games outside of that. Blair set a good tempo in midfield and the defence made some decent last ditch blocks. Arguably overplayed a bit and gifted the ball away though.Thought all subs made a strong impact particularly Anderson who looked strong and got around a lot. I didn't like him in his first appearance. However he seems to have grown in confidence and there is something about him.
I have changed my formation again as I agree that it is wise to split Wright and Butlerl who are both on 4 yellows ..so Grant here is your starting line up. Lawlor, Mason ,Wright ,Anderson , Andrew.Whiteman ,Crawford ,Copps , May , Marquis, Taylor.Envoyé de mon EVA-L09 en utilisant Tapatalk
Quote from: Bristol Red Rover on October 13, 2018, 02:47:20 pmQuote from: graingrover on October 13, 2018, 01:53:47 pmI have changed my formation again as I agree that it is wise to split Wright and Butlerl who are both on 4 yellows ..so Grant here is your starting line up. Lawlor, Mason ,Wright ,Anderson , Andrew.Whiteman ,Crawford ,Copps , May , Marquis, Taylor.Why Lawlor?Fortunately McCann doesn’t agree! Wouldn’t have started Taylor or dropped Blair either; would agree with benching one of Butler or Wright which is the only one I disagree with GM’s selection on.
RA, I agree with you , but he was the most influential player on the field, and was more so as the game went on, the player they were scared of on the ball, and were keeping close to him and at least two men back. As soon as he went off they had no need to be bothered picking up Taylor, who let his man run goal side of him in the short time he was on, giving our defenders another runner to pick up which caused us problems. Coppinger could have walked about in that area for ten minutes, and he would have commanded more attention from their defenders.