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Play Elliot in the position he is most comfortable with – he may be off the pace to start with but look at Bennett…..
Dean won’t though, will he ?. Obsessed with this direct crap and likes to play with a target man. Appears he’s got one style of play and leaves the only striker we have on the bench who’s capable of scoring because of it.
Really needed the win today and should have gone for it. Perfect opportunity to go 4/4/2 and play Elliot up there but no, went negative again.
Again the opposition team changed shape to counteract what we did 1st half and as a result they had the better of the second half. Dean failed to alter tactically to regain the upper hand. This is becoming a recurring theme with Dean.
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Pugh and Shrimpton both been dropped was a bit odd. Those two were starting to gel together and have a good understanding and he dumps them both for York and replaces the pair of them.
I honestly don’t get him at times.
Bit unfair on nelson he had very little to work with and devised a system, style of play and an ethos and we played really good stuff towards the end of his tenure. Nelson needed time to adapt but you could definitely see what he was putting together.
Dean’s come in and by in large it’s all gone to shitty hoofball for the most part.
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Iron awe people know the situation we’re in and didn’t expect to blitz our way to safety but Dean is tactically negative and utterly shite. Sorry, you might not like it but he’s effing dreadful.
Nelson we had a pattern of play and a certain style, got the ball down and played through team with 2 upfront. Nelson got us playing some really good stuff.
This now from Dean is absolute dogshit. Long ball punts to Bennett who’s not very good and yet Elliot who’s hardly had a sniff since coming on, scored 6 in 8 for Gateshead and yet can’t even get a chance upfront despite us needing to score and win games.
Sorry, he’s shite. I thought we’d turned a corner when we won the other week 4-1 but now appears it was a flash in the pan.
Comparing how Nelson did with how Dean is doing now is like comparing night and day.
Nelson had very little and did a lot and Dean has a lot more and is doing very little. That just about sums it up.
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Dean should have taken Butterfield off and brought on Elliot and gone 4/4/2. I know he’s not done much since he’s been here but Elliot hit 6 in 8 for Gateshead and yet Dean only seems to play him out wide.
Too negative for me.
Give him till end of season and then bring Nelson back in. Let’s face it, we were playing better football under Nelson who had considerably less resources.
Struggling for goals and yet Elliot can’t seem to get a sniff. I thought our 4-1 win was the turning point but now suspect that was a one off.
I just don’t think Dean is good enough. Tactically he’s absolutely woeful and that won’t change.
Nelson was miles better. Not a fan of Dean at all. I hope Hilton swallows his pride and reinstates Nelson.
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As said above there’s no doubting his ability to score goals. As said many years ago about Godden, Poulter is without any shadow of a doubt “while it’s not saying much about who’s here at the minute” the best finisher at the club.
Tyrell sellers is talented too. We have a number of talented youngsters. I really like Jack Moore-Billam so it all depends on whether Dean knows how to handle young players and getting the right experienced players around them so they progress.
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Poulter does need a stink in men’s football and to beef up a bit. Scoring ability in the youth’s is akin to Godden’s. No doubt he has a lot of ability.
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Cassidy, when you have 2 midfield sitters who screen the back 4 they have to cover an awful lot of ground and be able to get constantly up and down the pitch to bridge the gap to the midfield 3 who are naturally a lot further up.
Whitehouse can’t get around the pitch like Pugh and Shrimpton, he simply doesn’t have the athleticism and running power of either of those two.
Does Pugh have deficiencies?, yes but he’s definitely improved, in fact I think he’s improved a lot. Shooting is crap mind and is passing is a little off at times but he brings a lot to this team and him and Shrimpton compliment each other incredibly well in there.
I was wrong about Shrimpton not being able to play that role as I didn’t think he’d be disciplined enough but he’s proved me wrong.
Whitehouse is a good solid player but he’s no world beater either. Whitehouse in a midfield 3 yes but not screening the back 4, he hasn’t got the legs/mobility.
Guarantee we took Pugh out and played Whitehouse in his place, we’d get played through a lot more easily. Maybe you see Whitehouse as a lower league Patrick Viera, cassidy ?
Shields or Feeney?
Shields by a country mile, we look a genuine threat out wide now with him and Wilson on either flanks. I like Shields from what I’ve seen so far, hard working and he’s direct.
Shields doesn’t piss about with it either, soon as he get’s a chance he get’s the ball whipped in which is how a winger should play. I like the fact he can go and take people on down either side.
Only will get better too as he’s still getting his match fitness. Bennett is what we’ve been crying out for up top. Pugh and Shrimpton we have two mobile, athletic , very hardworking midfielders which cover the ground fanatically well.
Solid at the back again and where the hell did that come from ?. A Jake Leake worldie run and calm finish. Shields and Wilson outstanding out wide and Butterfield was Butterfield.
Is it finally coming together now the players are becoming match fit ?
