Accrington Stanley v Cheltenham Town
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Team news, live updates and reaction all here this afternoon: https://bit.ly/AccStanleyA
For those not listening to the radio comms, Paul Godfrey just said that the club received a very rare apology from the FA last season after the ref failed to send Harry Pell off against us at WR for his terrible challenge of Callum Wright. I remember that was probably the angriest I've seen MD, as to happened almost right in front of him (and the useless 4th official).
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Ross Stewart: he’s coming for you.
Pell bottled it.
Pell bottled it.
Sadly seems to be becoming more of a trend. What the hell he was doing earlier going for a ball that Boyle was challenging his man for, leaving a man completely free where he should have been, God knows, and he appears quite slow to read the game sometimes. Plus the two goals that he could have done better for.
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Sounds like poor communication, so partly due to Boyle too.Shade wrote: ↑02 Apr 2022, 14:57Sadly seems to be becoming more of a trend. What the hell he was doing earlier going for a ball that Boyle was challenging his man for, leaving a man completely free where he should have been, God knows, and he appears quite slow to read the game sometimes. Plus the two goals that he could have done better for.
Speaking of whom, in some games the issue has been that Freestone has had to worry about covering for Boyle missing the ball or being outpaced as much as he has the opposition. Williams can deal with that because of his pace but as Freestone is slower I am sure it impacts on where he stands and runs.
The same way Williams makes Boyle look L1 level, replacing Boyle with a faster and more consistent CB would help Freestone be more comfortable.
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I find it quite baffling why Matty Pollock is the one being left out recently. Unless he's carrying a knock i would be playing him ahead of Boyle and Raglan on form.CTFCfan99 wrote:Whole new defence in summer please. What the fvck was that
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Yeah, he's the only one I'd actually have there right now. Boyle has been shite for a while, Raglan on poor form and Long isn't a CB.Warwickshire Robin wrote: ↑02 Apr 2022, 15:18I find it quite baffling why Matty Pollock is the one being left out recently. Unless he's carrying a knock i would be playing him ahead of Boyle and Raglan on form.CTFCfan99 wrote:Whole new defence in summer please. What the fvck was that
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Boyle and his man were in front of Freestone, Freestone inexplicably ran to them and still lost the ball which ran out where he should have been. The other instances were nothing to do with Boyle. One was a poor header in the area that hit Lloyd and the other he was just in the wrong position and didn't react quickly enough.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote: ↑02 Apr 2022, 15:17Sounds like poor communication, so partly due to Boyle too.Shade wrote: ↑02 Apr 2022, 14:57Sadly seems to be becoming more of a trend. What the hell he was doing earlier going for a ball that Boyle was challenging his man for, leaving a man completely free where he should have been, God knows, and he appears quite slow to read the game sometimes. Plus the two goals that he could have done better for.
Agree except for Raglan, who has made god knows how many last ditch goal saving blocks in recent games. He's carrying the defence when Pollock isn't playing.CTFCfan99 wrote: ↑02 Apr 2022, 15:19Yeah, he's the only one I'd actually have there right now. Boyle has been shite for a while, Raglan on poor form and Long isn't a CB.Warwickshire Robin wrote: ↑02 Apr 2022, 15:18I find it quite baffling why Matty Pollock is the one being left out recently. Unless he's carrying a knock i would be playing him ahead of Boyle and Raglan on form.CTFCfan99 wrote:Whole new defence in summer please. What the fvck was that
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See above posts about defence. As soon as a home side comes at us, or man marks/press our back three they can’t cope.
Raglan in the back three next season will be fine but we need two L1 standard players alongside him.
The dilemma with Pollock is that his pace and mobility is barely any better than Boyle’s.