Think thats it then. Need to face up to losing Horsfall, Roberts and McWlliams, and Eppiah back to his parent club and work out how to recruit some quality that can break people down. We wanted to sign Jacobs if we'd gone up, so know we're looking at the right type of player for that at least...
We've struggled to break down teams who have something to defend all year, which is why we didnt go up automatically and have such a poor record after going behind first. Short posession game isnt good enough to break down teams sitting deep, and if we leave at this stage its probably only fair...
I think the free kick was almost certainly a pen, but then again I'm not convinced Guthrie really won that foul at the end when Oates was almost free 1-on-1, so swings and roundabouts.
Port Vale I saw first game of the season, and I thought they gave us a good game even with 10 men for 45...
Going to be interesting to see how we set up on Wednesday, as Oates looks like he'd enjoy hitting us on the break a lot. Might struggle to make inroads at set pieces as well, O'Toole and Hawkins very good aerially today.
I think the first 11 is good enough for anyone in this league, but the...
Yeah, great ball in.. one of those that VAR would have caught, but too close to be upset by. I'd take 1-0 to Sixfields I think with Mansfields away form.
Based on all the promoted teams getting their managers pinched, much like Wilder in 2015 for us, maybe there's an upsize to not winning your playoff game. Providing you like your manager of course.
So when we played Mansfield, we'd been on a run of scoring 5 in 5 games, and we're heading into the playoffs with 13 in 5 games, so theres likely to be a less blunt attack. Main issue is that we have one attack partnership in Eppiah and Appere that work, and create chances. Everyone other than...
Rumours have been going round that Horsfall has signed a pre-contract agreement with another team, but no names on who. Roberts has been linked to Ipswitch, also out of contract at the end of the year, but they seem stacked there so seems perhaps unlikely.
We definitely got off to a flyer, and all in all it's probably a great result away to Barrow considering how they've done against the other promotion teams recently. I do think from a certain point, what we did was somewhat irrelevant, if Roverts had needed 8 or 9 today to go up instead of 7, I...
We've got the following under contract
GK
LB Ali Koiki
CB John Guthrie CB Ryan Nolan CB Max Dyche
RB Aaron McGown
LM Mitch Pinnock
CM Jack Sowerby CM Paul Lewis
RM Sam Hoskins
FW Louis Appere FW Nicke Kabamba
Of the 11 under contract, only Koiki might go as he did have some interest from bigger...
It's all a lottery, but over the last 8 games we're the form team, and over the last 6 Swindon (though splitting hairs as 1 point different either way), with Mansfield with the least momentum going into it.