Carlisle

I was pleased when Wilks and Nolan started but Wilks was poor for the first hour (and was subbed just after he'd started to look threatening) and Nolan no great shakes.

The Don and Scotty Brown were my MOTMs.

Didn't think we should have lost. Both teams were poor in the first half with their no 9 making the difference. Second half we were the better team but fell apart at the end.

Chappers looked shaky, Clark and Kee not effective. Overall we looked a mid table team.
 
seems like last season over again. another lousy november and december. lets hope for an improvement come the new year like last.
 
Listening to Coley,s post match video looks like he has signings ready lined up for the opening day of the window lets hope they hit the ground running whoever comes in because we really need to turn this alarming slump around if we want to stay amongst the leading pack.
 
don't think the game was even worth talking about , came home on a very quiet coach .Most of the first half the sun was shining in our eyes , once we could see it was disappointing.
 
Maybe time to give the one loanee we have for the season a go get Stryic in the nets see if he can command his six yard box better than Chapman does and put some confidence back into an alarmingly leaking defence.
 
Apart from Carlisle's 2nd goal, which was outstanding, the defending for the other two was lamentable.
Their 3rd, where 4 or 5 of our defenders remained rooted to the spot as Carlisle fired home, was worthy of any pub team.
Judging by the snails pace reactions, I think we were suffering from mince pie overload??? :eek:
So that's 13 goals conceded in the last 5 games - 6 in the last 2!
Let's be honest, this is more than a blip, the team have run out of steam.
The momentum we had earlier in the season has just evaporated.
I hope Coleman has something up his sleeve for January, or mid-table obscurity may be optimistic. :o
 
andyd said:
Maybe time to give the one loanee we have for the season a go get Stryic in the nets see if he can command his six yard box better than Chapman does and put some confidence back into an alarmingly leaking defence.
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I couldn't go yesterday but based on the first half of Saturday's game I'd say it was the other way round - Aaron having to come right out a couple of times as he did showed like he had little confidence in the defenders in front of him. Hughes was having a nightmare & the others weren't much better.
No way would I change keepers at this point, but then I'm not in charge
 
AccyMad said:
I couldn't go yesterday but based on the first half of Saturday's game I'd say it was the other way round - Aaron having to come right out a couple of times as he did showed like he had little confidence in the defenders in front of him. Hughes was having a nightmare & the others weren't much better.
No way would I change keepers at this point, but then I'm not in charge
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I agree with that, like i thought our defence has been virtually non existent of late. i cant blame the keeper fer there lack of nouce.
 
In defence The Don has remained outstanding. Big Ben had a hard time against their very tricky and outstanding no 9 but did well enough and had a good game v Crawley, but been benched twice.
Chappers was a bit all over the place v Carlisle.
Formations have changed, the other fullback varied.
More stability is needed there but that's solveable by JC.

We are not creating chances. Kee and Jackson are good enough, Wilks lively enough....but not enough drive from central midfield. I think we all know that.

One good midfielder coming in might make all the difference. But where's that coming from?
 
Players should not be left on the bench as this is just wasteful. A rotation system and different tactics are needed desperately. we still play on the whinneyhill side, Nobody looks up and spreads the ball wide. We need a big central midfielder that can spread the game. Our keeper situation is critical. Chapmans nonsense against crawley was almost embarrassing. I have not seen the other keeper in action to compare but reports were that he was not anything special. This is a case of priorities. Keeper and central attacking midfielder. A rotation system to keep the players fresh.
 
Watched Stryjek at Wigan thought he looked quite handy spotting early runners and making quick no nonsense distribution.
 
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