w / e 23rd November 2024

[Moonie]

Donny at home (providing the game is on, temperatures up here aren't forecast to get above freezing often or for long this week) will give us a real indication of how much improvement we're making.

 

[SaddlerJonny]

Going to be a difficult one for us. Walsall will have had a two week break whilst we've had a long trip up to Barrow and we're at home to Accrington tomorrow night. At least we will have our player's back from international duty .

We typically over the years start slow after having a week off, so it may be a case of you being "sharper" the first half and us then being fresher in the second. Going to be an excellent game either way!

When we had an international weekend called off last month, we were at sixes and sevens first half away at Grimsby but thankfully went in nil nil at half time, and then came out and turned it on in the second.

 

[クレイグ]

Accrington at home. Don't think I've ever enjoyed a match against them.

 

[Dan Phillips]

I'm not saying their world beaters and admittedly I don't know much about their defenders but the likes of Jack Payne, Teddy Bishop, Harry Anderson, Anthony Scully, Owura Edwards and Lyle Taylor under the Cowleys are better than 21st in L2.

Writing that out though, it does read like a list of players that were good a few years ago and perhaps not now. Throw the likes of Woodyard and Hopper in and it does maybe feel like the Cowleys are getting the band back together once again. Seems like their book of contacts isn't too big.

Exactly that. Just a bunch of cloggers who had a good season or two years ago.

They're worse than what Lincoln were under the Cowley's.

 

[SuperHans]

It sounds daft at this point in the season, but given our poor home form - 19th worst in the League - we need a win here.

Last 2 games we have been terrible, look disjointed, with some poor decisions from Cook (I still love you Paul) - such as leaving subs far too late against Harrogate.

Naylor at CB has to end - he’s not a centre half but does a decent job, he is one of the best defensive midfielders in the division though, which is where we are losing the battle at the minute.

A couple players warrant dropping - Dobra being one who needs a game or two sat on the bench IMO.

Boot
Tanton Williams Grimes Gordon
Naylor Oldaker
Markanday Mandeville Colclough
Grigg

 

[Si Robin]

I honestly have no idea how Tranmere are doing, so really don't know what to expect on Friday.

We were decent on Saturday in our defeat at MK, but we seem to be set up tactically as a team that is more suited to playing away. I suspect it'll be a draw, but really I'm just guessing.

 

[spireite]

It sounds daft at this point in the season, but given our poor home form - 19th worst in the League - we need a win here.

Last 2 games we have been terrible, look disjointed, with some poor decisions from Cook (I still love you Paul) - such as leaving subs far too late against Harrogate.

Naylor at CB has to end - he’s not a centre half but does a decent job, he is one of the best defensive midfielders in the division though, which is where we are losing the battle at the minute.

A couple players warrant dropping - Dobra being one who needs a game or two sat on the bench IMO.

Boot
Tanton Williams Grimes Gordon
Naylor Oldaker
Markanday Mandeville Colclough
Grigg

eeesh, that defence concedes 2 easy. Fritten me to death if we play that. Dunkley has been training for a bit now and Araujo came on last game so must be available, so I'd play those 2 at CB and I hope Thompson is back. I think I'd try a bit of familiarity in the attacking 3, because something isn't working there the last few weeks.


Thompson
Tanton Dunkley Araujo Gordon
Naylor Oldaker
Mandeville Dobra Colclough
Madden