I don't mind pedestrian passing football for spells, indeed

I think the ability to do that last season meant we struggled to take the heat out of some games. However, what you then need is the ability to change the pace or suddenly move the ball swiftly to open teams up and that's what I felt we didn't have yesterday as the side was too one dimensional.

That said if we'd got the opening goal (and we should have had a pen to enable us to do so) then i suspect we would have beaten them quite comfortably as we were playing well up until their goal. As it was, we went behind to a massive hoof down the middle and then it became easier for them to sit back and hit us on the break.

I will be very annoyed if we don't see Wes and Madders back in tandem on Wednesday with Nelson in front of them. That combo will suit our system a lot better.

Posted By: Jim on August 14th 2017 at 10:11:40

Message Thread

yesterday (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 14, 09:37:54
- All my troubles seemed so farke away... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Aug 14, 11:31:10
  - so many germans.... (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Aug 14, 11:32:30
    - All the germans, so many germans (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Aug 14, 11:34:09
      - Say we were to go down the obvious Straße of a Deutsche Elf I'd go for... (NCFC) - Tombs, Aug 14, 11:41:56
- Think we quickly need to get used to... (NCFC) - loz, Aug 14, 09:57:07
  - We didn't lose because they sat in, we lost because of our own defensive mistakes. (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Aug 14, 11:24:56
  - and that we need Wes and (when fit) Pritchard in the side (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 14, 10:07:58
    - Indeed but as we all know wes ... (NCFC) - loz, Aug 14, 10:14:01
    - Naismith was good when the game was stretched (NCFC) - Yellalee, Aug 14, 10:12:31
      - That was the bit that didn't make sense to me (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Aug 14, 11:53:50
      - Agreed. He was an important part of our good play in the first half an hour (NCFC) - jAC, Aug 14, 10:21:25
        
        That tactical piece posted below... (NCFC) - loz, Aug 14, 10:33:28
        
        Personally I don't rate Naismith, I can see he has been a decent player (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 14, 10:29:36
- I think I was more worried about our pedestrian possession (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Aug 14, 09:43:28
  - I don't mind pedestrian passing football for spells, indeed (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 14, 10:11:40
    - Agree with all of this... need to mix it up just a little as (NCFC) - Pixelman, Aug 14, 10:16:32
      - I also agree with you both, I found myself saying mix it up a bit (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 14, 10:27:07
        
        This is the issue we had in the Adams / Neil season (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 14, 10:47:27
        
        last Tuesday we chipped the ball over the top about 3 times (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 14, 10:58:34
      - I do also think though that we are going to create a few problems for ourselves with (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 14, 10:22:09
- A lot of passing - no end product (NCFC) - inutero, Aug 14, 09:41:51

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