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Revived Red · 01-09-2007, 19:00

I was not at today's game, but the posts in various threads make depressing reading.

It seems to me that we have not progressed from last season, at least on the field. There is still too much emphasis on the performance of the match officials and not enough on the performance of the team.

I'm not saying anything I have not said before - but I am going to say it again! In the games I have seen over the last year, I have seen little evidence of planning or tactics worked out on the training ground. I have seen no evidence of tactics being used to minimise the effect of the opposition's danger men. There is recent criticism of the midfield - do these players know what their role is? Do they know who they should be covering - and when? I have seen little evidence of players knowing where to run to collect a pass, of a timed run from midfield that other players will anticipate.

I think there are one or two weak links in the team, but generally our players are as good, man-for-man, if not better than those on view elsewhere in League 2. We are simply not getting the best out of these players. So that's my two penn'orth.

01-09-2007, 19:00	#7
Revived Red Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Portishead, near Bristol Posts: 3,087 Liked: 954 times Rep Power: 28175	Re: SOS (Save Our Stanley!) I was not at today's game, but the posts in various threads make depressing reading. It seems to me that we have not progressed from last season, at least on the field. There is still too much emphasis on the performance of the match officials and not enough on the performance of the team. I'm not saying anything I have not said before - but I am going to say it again! In the games I have seen over the last year, I have seen little evidence of planning or tactics worked out on the training ground. I have seen no evidence of tactics being used to minimise the effect of the opposition's danger men. There is recent criticism of the midfield - do these players know what their role is? Do they know who they should be covering - and when? I have seen little evidence of players knowing where to run to collect a pass, of a timed run from midfield that other players will anticipate. I think there are one or two weak links in the team, but generally our players are as good, man-for-man, if not better than those on view elsewhere in League 2. We are simply not getting the best out of these players. So that's my two penn'orth.