OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote: April 18th, 2022, 9:24 am
Blackandamber wrote: April 18th, 2022, 9:18 am
Come on James. You may be a very good coach at championship level, but today's the day for earning your stripes as a league 2 manager. No more talk of process and collective. Shake them up. Make some changes. You keep mentioning the squad of 26, well use them. Go for it. No more possession football in our own penalty area. If Cooper is 80% fit then play him. Give Ellison some game time. No more timid indecisiveness like Good Friday.
Not disagreeing with any of that. Would stress also that the players starting today need to take more responsibility and show a more positive and less timid approach also. It's not all down to the management. Believe we have reached 'it's now or never' point if we are to make the playoffs.
Totally agree regarding the players taking responsibility. However, it must be JR who is telling the keeper to give the ball to a CB in the 6 yard box and play keep ball with the other defenders. I noticed on Saturday that when Day rolled the ball to a defender we had 4 players in or just outside our penalty area. There was then a big gap to the midfield on the halfway line. JR needs to remember he has L2 defenders who may not have the skills to do what he wants them to do. After all, even PL players get in a muddle and gift goals when "messing about" in their penalty area. Our goal came from probably the only time we got the ball upfield quickly.
