Striker

[mushRTID]

Try Ajayi. Pointless bringing him in as one of our loan players and have him play 20 minutes every week. Give him a go in the 10.

I said that at half time, Ajayi for Sbarra in the 10, but instead he comes on and plays wide taking our two most dangerous players off

Said to my mate that it was a risk taking off both wingers at the same time. Both were playing well.

Ajayi came on and did very little.

Gibson came on and did absolutely nothing.

I think those subs hurt us.

Not making subs doesn’t seem to be an option which is a bit odd. Changing 5 players can be pretty disruptive to a team battling in a close game. Players can play 90 minutes. It’s not just us, most teams feel like they have to make all their allotted subs these days. It’s a bit premeditated. Moly had his best game of the season last night, he was great, yet he was subbed early (before the last minute), which is rare.

Fully agree with you and I felt the same watching the game unfold last night.

The only changes that needed making at that point were Broadbent due to being on a final warning and possibly Sharp a bit later.

A point would have been a great result.

[selby]

  I don't think it was exactly Sbarra's fault if you watch the whole run the ball didn't exactly run true and seemed clingy to the pitch, Mols and Middleton also had the ball get under their feet when running with the ball and couldn't get away from their markers easily
   A professional team and clever, could they have watched our team play on hard pitches at pace and let the grass grow long, and plenty of water, first thing that came into my head before that run.

[dickos1]

Molyneux was fantastic last night, I was in a box in the home end and none of the home Fans could believe it when we took him off.
They were also raving about McGrath,

[Padge_DRFC]

Molyneux had his best game last night and notably his right footed crosses were okay too.

[danumdon]

I think many have gone off on a tangent with these reviews. Like GM said himself we played very well against a much fancied team last night, fair enough we did not take our very good chances and should have been at least 2-0 up first half, GM said it should have been 4! The fact we are producing so many chances is the key here, just as in SOD'd day he was very much focused on the performances, if they are right then eventually things even out and we get the rub of the green. GM was thinking along the same lines, our performances, so far this early in the season are very good, but for some more composed finishing we could now be vying at the top of the league.

I know we all would like to have the option of a striker who could run the channels and create chaos in defences like Street did last season, its not happening just yet and we still have to integrate new players into the squad and develop our play but I'm quite sure we will see this full squad for all its components parts start to click, just one spark can kick this off, we have the players and the management to do so, wanting it all now is all our biggest faults, it will come.

[GazLaz]

Molyneux was fantastic last night, I was in a box in the home end and none of the home Fans could believe it when we took him off.
They were also raving about McGrath,

I’ve been critical of Luke this season but he was great last night. It’s not always about putting crosses in and having shots. He retained possession, got us up the pitch and brought others into play. The last 10 mins of the first half and especially the second half, we started going too long. It felt like the plan was to get the ball forward quite quickly but it became too aimless as the game went on.

[colincramb]

Try Ajayi. Pointless bringing him in as one of our loan players and have him play 20 minutes every week. Give him a go in the 10.

I said that at half time, Ajayi for Sbarra in the 10, but instead he comes on and plays wide taking our two most dangerous players off

Said to my mate that it was a risk taking off both wingers at the same time. Both were playing well.

Ajayi came on and did very little.

Gibson came on and did absolutely nothing.

I think those subs hurt us.

Not making subs doesn’t seem to be an option which is a bit odd. Changing 5 players can be pretty disruptive to a team battling in a close game. Players can play 90 minutes. It’s not just us, most teams feel like they have to make all their allotted subs these days. It’s a bit premeditated. Moly had his best game of the season last night, he was great, yet he was subbed early (before the last minute), which is rare.

I was a little surprised at the changes, with exception of broadbent who was a walking red card after the first yellow.

Wonder if the others were about maintaining freshness with it still being early in the season and the fact we have another away game Saturday?

Changes definitely made us weaker and their changes made them better, which ultimately comes down to squad depth probably

[donnievic]

Forget about Street. He wanted to go back to Lincoln so there was never any chance of us getting him.
Yes we do need a striker but so do most clubs in league 1. Unless we can unearth a gem from non league football then we will have to pay out big bucks and then there is no guarantee of success.

nothing to do with him wanting to go back or not,he was a Lincoln player and they wanted him back and was always gonna be out our price range really

[donnievic]

What gets me is that we've gone up a league, but our strike force is massively weaker.

Hanlan is a poor signing, like kwame thomas or rakish Bingham.

That's the last 2 games, we've not taken our chances.

so your blaming Hanlon for our strike force being weaker yet he didn’t miss any of the chances last night

[grayx]

Molyneux had his best game last night and notably his right footed crosses were okay too.

Agree Molyneux was very good last night. There were times he was  a bit too unselfish,when he would have been well within his right to have a shot himself.

[IDM]

For me we've got a great midfield, and we were giving Huddersfield the run around at times last night. I don't know why anyone would want to change anything at this point. The defense also looks fairly solid.

The problem is slapping us right there in the face. Sharp, for all he offers to the team (and he does), will struggle to break 10 league goals this season. Ironside will also struggle to get to 10, and Hanlan won't. So our striker force will  have a titantic battle to contributw 30+ goals this season, which is simply not enough.

Sharp has had a few efforts blocked by good defending..  might already have had a couple more goals this season otherwise..

[TonySoprano]

What gets me is that we've gone up a league, but our strike force is massively weaker.

Hanlan is a poor signing, like kwame thomas or rakish Bingham.

That's the last 2 games, we've not taken our chances.

so your blaming Hanlon for our strike force being weaker yet he didn’t miss any of the chances last night

Think it's gone over your head a bit.
Hanlan didn't start again because mcann has realised he's not up to it.
Had we had a better striker, he would have started, got in good positions and potentially scored.