Away Match Day Thread 21/5/2021 Playoff L1 Blackpool FC V OUFC

[werthersoriginal]

You lucky, lucky man!! Did you manage to convince her to ditch Man United to follow the mighty U's? I'll happily give her my half time chocolate biscuit in the 1893...

There just wasn't time! And it was a work thing. She did seem a friendly and natural person though.

 

[OUFCwaffle]

WE score in the first 20 mins
We get a second just after half time
They get one back soon after
WE then get a third........

So we lose 4-3 on aggregate

 

[OUFCwaffle]

Whatever happens tonight I am very proud of the team for getting where we have.

To think if we started the season well we would have gotten automatic promotion.

I'm just excited for next season where hopefully I can shout my lungs out again. All together now... We are the right side the right side the right side of London Road!!

 

[Older Shotts]

What odds Jack Stevens "doing an Allison" in the 90+4 minute to make it 3-3 on agg?

 

[headingtonoldboy]

I know this is quite radical, but I think we should play 3-3-4, starting with Shodipo, Taylor, Agyei and Barker up front, Gorrin, Sykes and Brannagan (if fit) or Henry in midfield with Moore, Atkinson and Ruffels in defence. Go for it. What have we got to lose?.

 

[Foley]

I know this is quite radical, but I think we should play 3-3-4, starting with Shodipo, Taylor, Agyei and Barker up front, Gorrin, Sykes and Brannagan (if fit) or Henry in midfield with Moore, Atkinson and Ruffels in defence. Go for it. What have we got to lose?.

If we lost 7 2 as we have nothing to lose imagine this place afterwards.
If we can score in the first 20 minutes and then score a second anytime until the 80th minute we put them under huge pressure.
Equal to scoring 3 is that we mustn't concede.

 

[bazzer9461]

As Jimmy Grieves used to say “ footballs a funny old game “ so anything is possible

 

[Paul Cannell]

*Greaves

I'm hoping it'll be ' Blackpool grieves' after a Taylor hat-trick and a 40-yard curler from Dan Agyei at 90+4.

Get at them from the start and we can do it.

COYY

 

[Essexyellows]

We thought the odds of us beating Burton and Accy doing Pompey were against us.....................


Dare to dream it`s what the game is about!!

 

[Oufcrealist]

As others have said, the most disappointing thing about Tuesday for me (other than the result and performance) was KR’s seeming failure to learn anything from the 2-0 League defeat in March.

We knew they would employ a high press and be strong at set pieces. Both goals in March came from corners....the second corner courtesy of a ridiculous pass by Kelly towards Hanson, which went nowhere near him and Kelly barely has played for us since). The first goal on Tuesday came from a set piece given away needlessly.

Hanson has no confidence to make a pass or take on a player or perhaps he was instructed not to. He and high presses don’t mix. He just played backwards or sideways or hoofs the ball up the line. Forde simply has to play tonight. Our entire right side was a disaster on Tuesday and it makes us easy to defend against when Blackpool only have to worry about Barker.

As others have commented, one would hope KR spent some time in the 10 days after the Burton game looking at how teams like Ipswich comfortably beat Blackpool twice or how Rochdale beat them in the run-in but there was little to no evidence of that on Tuesday. It seemed to be that we’ve won 6 of the last 7 so let them worry about us which is strange given our record against the top 6 this year.

I don’t expect a 3-0 win, obviously, but I do expect KR to change something to give Blackpool something new to think about because employing the same tactics and formation for a third straight game and expecting a different result would be insanity. Three at the back or straight 442 is never going to happen under KR and you can’t play a brand new formation for the first time in the second leg of a playoff semi!! Could we see 4231 or the diamond formation that we occasionally used this year with two up front? They were clearly troubled by pace so let’s put some more pace on the field and try something different and perhaps we can get an early goal or one of them sent off early. Agyei has to start! I would play something like:

Stevens
Forde Moore Atkinson Ruffels
Gorrin Sykes
Agyei Henry Barker
Taylor

As North Melbourne Ox says, the one thing that gives me a little hope is that this team never knows when it is beaten. Let’s see that spirit tonight. COYY!

A very good post!!

 

[bashamwonderland]

I know this is quite radical, but I think we should play 3-3-4, starting with Shodipo, Taylor, Agyei and Barker up front, Gorrin, Sykes and Brannagan (if fit) or Henry in midfield with Moore, Atkinson and Ruffels in defence. Go for it. What have we got to lose?.

Better than having Taylor sat up alone for 70 minutes followed by a Winnal replacement. Complete waste of time watching if we just do the same thing again.

3 at the back might be asking for trouble though

 

[moomooland]

Maybe we should ask Ruffles not to pass the ball to their players in the penalty box.

 

[mooro]

So we lose 4-3 on aggregate

What odds Jack Stevens "doing an Allison" in the 90+4 minute to make it 4-4 on aggregate

Then JS stepping up to slot in the final penalty in the shoot-out

 

[stokeu]

I'll happily give her my half time chocolate biscuit in the 1893...

I take it that's a euphemism?

 

[Paul Cannell]

3 at the back might be asking for trouble though

Wise words. Putting all your defence in 1 basket.

 

[m]

What odds Jack Stevens "doing an Allison" in the 90+4 minute to make it 3-3 on agg?

Name your price I would think.

 

[oufc1991]

Why not just go
Stevens
Atkinson
Brannigan
Lee Henry Sykes forde
Barker agyei Taylor shodipo

 

[Berliner]

My prediction:
Much the same team...and much the same result. Don't think we have what it takes to stop their two strikers scoring.
A good battling performance will do me fine.

 

[m]

Why not just go
Stevens
Atkinson
Brannigan
Lee Henry Sykes forde
Barker agyei Taylor shodipo

Brannagan's injured.

 

[Junior_1]

Brannagan's injured.

Might not be......