Team -v- Wombles

VALAIRIAN · 24-01-2015, 13:21

As the other one got a bit like "my dad's bigger than your dad"......Team for the Wombles game

Macey, Lidds, Tom, Rob, Deano, Proccy, Joyce, Naismith, Maguire, McCarten, Barry

deeayess · 24-01-2015, 13:57

No natural striker there. Looks like any threat will come from midfield on the break. Cold but sunny here at kingsmeadow so let's go for it

deeayess · 24-01-2015, 14:25

No real threat so far although just been a long range shot not far away. Wimbledon have been more like scoring and came very close early on

deeayess · 24-01-2015, 14:52

We looked like we were set up not to concede and failed. We haven't done much up front other than long range shots and done little with any corners we have won. We must get a striker on

yonmon · 24-01-2015, 15:36

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Originally Posted by deeayess

We looked like we were set up not to concede and failed. We haven't done much up front other than long range shots and done little with any corners we have won. We must get a striker on

Do the players look any happier in what they're doing today Deeayess ??.

yonmon · 24-01-2015, 15:38

Two down now.....where are the goals going to come from ??

yonmon · 24-01-2015, 15:48

Adam Buxton obviously !!....Supersub ???.

yonmon · 24-01-2015, 15:59

Another defeat then !...,...Wonder what the inevitable postmortem will reveal ?.

I'll be interested to hear about the level of team spirit which did appear so low at Tranmere,
And whether or not the Management team got it right or not ?, and should my worries about a potential slide towards the Conference give me cause for concern ?..
Can't wait for the verdict from our star pundits !.

deeayess · 24-01-2015, 16:03

Looked a lot better when gray and windass came on. Sloppy defending for their second goal. I'm not convinced re team spirit but we did look more positive. Was cold though. Could easily have went home after an hour - not!!!

smudgie · 24-01-2015, 16:36

Great to see Buxton back, as Coley said it's like having a new signing.

As for the result..... Not surprised, at all.

Chubbyman · 24-01-2015, 17:53

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Originally Posted by smudgie

Great to see Buxton back, as Coley said it's like having a new signing.

As for the result..... Not surprised, at all.

Funny he said exactly the same about Gray

Exile on Spencer St · 24-01-2015, 18:05

Pretty mundane from both sides in the first half, good long range shot from Naismith was one highlight, but Wimbledon scoring just before half time was kind of inevitable.
Much, much better second half from Stanley but undone with a bit of bad judgement from Liddle (otherwise played to his usual good standard) delaying his clearance and bad luck that ball broke perfectly for two Wombles to beat Macey.
Not a bad performance from Stanley in general except there was just no real threat in front of goal.
Coleman can't be faulted for the timing of his substitutions, and it was good for Buxton to get what turned out to be the consolation goal.
My MOM (despite my earlier misgivings) was Barry. He looked composed in midfield and played some delightful raking cross field passes. He was also very, very unlucky his curling, but deliberate, shot hit the woodwork in the second half.
On another day Stanley may have earned the draw they deserved but Wimbledon packed the penalty area when needed and thwarted Stanley's attempts, from McCarten especially, to create a genuine chance in the box.
Do either of Akinfenwa's brothers play football, I wonder. What Stanley would do for their very own YFB!

Chimer · 24-01-2015, 18:22

OK my two pennorth first (well Exile hadn't posted when I started typing), as it wasn't so far home for me .....

All in my humble opinion of course, and bearing in mind that I don't know the players well enough to identify many of them at 50 yards plus ....

The difference was The Beast, aka YFB. We actually did a pretty good job of containing him, mostly legally according to the ref, but he still picked up and held up a lot of their route one stuff. On the other hand, we had nothing to offer that way and kept trying chips into the corners behind their fullbacks for Maguire and Macarten to run onto - and they weren't quick enough or good enough to make much out of that, though they weren't short of effort. Naismith looked more dangerous coming from deeper on the left in the first half, but got switched to the right after the break. Atkinson and Liddle played well together in front of us in the second half, great shame that it was Lidds getting caught in possession that lead to their second goal - cracking finish it has to be sad from someone who'd only been on for 2 minutes, giving Macey, who'd had a good game throughout, looking secure under the crosses, little chance. Our worse failing from start to finish was delivery of the final ball, which ranged from hopeful to dreadful. Apart from our goal (which I couldn't really see) we only had two shots of note, one excellent save by their keeper, low to his right in the first half from Naismith, and Barry's screamer against the bar in the second - if that had gone in we might even have gone on to win.

Man of the match - Joyce for me, not least for being our biggest attacking threat in the first half.

Team spirit - looked OK to me. Officials - not great, probably to our advantage on balance. Substitutions - early enough, Gray for Maguire probably making most difference (but not enough, obviously).

Over to you to disagree, experts!

deeayess · 24-01-2015, 18:26

I think we are all saying pretty much the same thing. It is a fair summary of the game today so I won't disagree with you

FrankMoody · 24-01-2015, 18:30

Another poor performance on the whole, improved 2nd half when the subs came on - got to give them a start next week because his current plan ain't working!!