Maidstone reaction

[NottsRed]

Anyone like to guess whats gone wrong with Fondop? Gone right off the boil after a promising start. Listened on the radio and i can't understand why Beavon didn't come on until the 88th minute?

[Redordead]

Originally Posted by NottsRed

Anyone like to guess whats gone wrong with Fondop? Gone right off the boil after a promising start. Listened on the radio and i can't understand why Beavon didn't come on until the 88th minute?

Must be a issue with playing on Astro turf?

[pagl]

Originally Posted by Red Light

Not sure what to make of the team selection - thought Beavon & Holroyd looked good together alongside Rutherford but then team selection changed again today - Holroyd not in the squad and Beavon introduced as a sub in the dying embers of the game - thankfully Walker knows where the net is.
A tough week coming up starting with Orient, then Barrow followed by Newport in the cup - perhaps a reason for squad rotation.

I think Sam needs to sort out a more consistent starting 11.
Walker better than Wright, Beavon better than Fondop and Pyke.
Rutherford flatters to deceive and JMD is inconsistent as well.

Were in a great position even with clear weaknesses but lack of goals and ruthless streak could be our undoing as predicted last season.
Learn from history and I am sure Sam is aware of the same as I think it explains the constant changes. Its not form that is keeping some in the squad.

[pagl]

Originally Posted by Redordead

Must be a issue with playing on Astro turf?

Is there a preference between astro and grass - never smoked astro

[Tom wafc]

Originally Posted by Wiltshire_Red

1 point behind the 98 points season as below:

Games W D L F A Pts
1 to 10 6 2 2 17 9 20
11 to 20 7 2 1 18 5 23

Thanks, thought it would be close to that season. Just need to stay with Orient and Salford until January transfer market. And then it's up to the board to back the manager.

[Red Light]

Originally Posted by Wrexham_fan_4eva!

If we won all all home games and drew the away games would we go up?

In reality we probably would go up.

However, perhaps to take 1st place and gain automatic promotion we need to win at home and pick up more frequent wins at clubs like Maidstone & Chesterfield - we wont always win away but it makes a massive difference when all those points are totted up - we can celebrate our home form and we can rejoice if we finish with 98 points - but meaningless if both Salford & Orient finish with more.

I suspect Ricketts will continue to shuffle the pack in the final third in the hope that he discovers the recipe that gets us more goals - but he's running out of options unless there are changes to personnel - beginning to wonder if there are any other goalscoring options we so far haven't tried - anyone fancy Walker up front next week ? it's that or January as a last chance throw of the dice unless someone suddenly discovers their scoring boots.

[shinton fox]

I thought we were fortunate to get a point today . We didn’t create much in the second half . Big Mike is short of confidence but hopefully will come good again . He is a beast but his timing for headers seems out . Beavon is a good 4 inches shorter but often beats taller defenders to 50/50 headers due to his excellent timing / spring

[Wrexpress]

On the train home. We dominated possession first half and looked in complete control but chances were few and far between.

They rallied after the break, rocked us back a bit and got the goal but Walker seemed to give us our composure back and the scrappy point may turn out to be a good one.

Make no mistake though, this was a horrible surface with players from both sides slipping and sliding and our forwards struggled to make it stick.

Presume the changes were squad rotation which makes sense as this is a marathon not a sprint and next week is a big one.

Thought Akil Wright had a good game today, breaking things down and making inroads into their half.

Before the game would have taken a point as they have picked up recently and the astro is tricky.

Having seen the game, it was a shame we didn't capitalise in the first half, but the team showed character to fight back in the second. Still happy with the point.

[Hampshire Red]

Just got back and thought we deserved the point but probably no more than that. Both I and the chap next to me thought Fondop had a good first half and had some good lay offs but seemed reluctant to shoot himself. Clearly his confidence is shot. When we kept the ball on the floor we passed it quite well and at times our link up play was good but failed to trouble them in the final third. Our defence was pretty solid and their guy was lucky to pick up a headed clearance. Most of their other shots from distance went high and wide. Was a bit disappointed with JMD who rarely threatened taking the ball forward. Others will struggle on the plastic pitch (in the last quarter it was quite slippery and a number of players lost their footing). It could be a point well gained come the end of the season.