Wandering Yellow
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I'd like to see Winnall given a start. Lee Barker and Shodipo behind him we could be quite menacing
Fiat point, they both looked decent, some of our players don’t seem to be putting their bodies on the line, Tranmere’s first goal Ruffles just watched, he should’ve made a last ditch block, these things can be the difference....well placed certainly but having watched the Sunderland v Lincoln game I do worry. Both side outshone anything Utd attempted and both sides looked purposeful organized and confident. Let's hope this class-difference isn't enough to blunt our attempts at promotion, straight-up or play-offs.
Fiat point, they both looked decent, some of our players don’t seem to be putting their bodies on the line, Tranmere’s first goal Ruffles just watched, he should’ve made a last ditch block, these things can be the dif
Agree with that, having said that though, Eastwood should never have been beaten so easily on his near post, could have got a bus between him and the post.Fiat point, they both looked decent, some of our players don’t seem to be putting their bodies on the line, Tranmere’s first goal Ruffles just watched, he should’ve made a last ditch block, these things can be the difference....
That 1st goal was hit with some power and I don’t think he could be blamed for thatAgree with that, having said that though, Eastwood should never have been beaten so easily on his near post, could have got a bus between him and the post.
Robinson’s always been pretty loyal to players in a way that Wilder for example, wasn’t always. Think it’s a good thing overall - he stuck with Ruffels, Long, even Dickie, through dodgy spells and it’s paid off in the end.
His loyalty towards those 3 in my view has been totally vindicatedHe doesn’t sign full backs (or defenders much) so his loyalty to those players was mainly down to not having many options.
A big game this weekend
.Ipswich are on a poor run of form and a win for us could spell the end for Lambert. Tuesday was a blip. Back to our impressive best I think with too much pace and skill for the tractor men. Looking forward to a hat trick from Taylor as he shrugs off his recent poor return
Sykes. Gorrin BranniganStevens
Forde Moore Atkinson Ruffles
Gorrin Brannagan Lee
Sykes Winnall Barker.
Subs: Eastwood Grayson Kelly Henry Shodipo Taylor Ageyi.
With the players that are available the back 4, gorrin and Brannagan are nailed on, then plenty of options further forward. I dont think KR will go with shodipo and barker, as he likes a pacy player to bring on in the 2nd half. Hopefully another 3 points. COYY.
No manager is ‘loyal’ (what does that word even mean?) to every single player. Be it Chris Wilder, Karl Robinson, Michael Appleton or anybody else. Selling a player or dropping a player, or improving the squad doesn’t make you disloyal anymore than picking a player regularly means you’re loyal. You pick the team you think will win (in theory) and you sign the players you think will improve your chances of success (mostly). What’s the criteria for this ‘loyalty’ exactly? I’m not sure it was particularly loyal of our current manager to claim he never wanted to sign certain players, who then have to go into training every day having heard that being said on the radio, or when he singled people out for criticism by name in front of the press. When did Chris Wilder do those things in that manner? Just so I know what makes him a disloyal manager compared to the current one.Robinson’s always been pretty loyal to players in a way that Wilder for example, wasn’t always.
Don't think Lee is fit to start. I'd take a point.