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ferrarilover wrote:
He was good at Stevenage in the first half, he didn t do so much in the second.

I know something you don t know (doo dah, doo dah)

This system pivots on CV fitness, when we have the ball, Manse pulls the strings, runs the plays, he is the offensive coach (yeah, like NFL comparisons are gonna make this EASIER to follow).
Macklin and Wayno push wide and make the pitch as big as possible (our Wide Receivers). EoK comes short, and looks to take the ball from Lamby, turn and pick a decent wide or forward ball (he is our Quarterback). Benners makes as much of a nuisance of himself as possible up front (our Tight End). This gives us three options at every stage. Lamby goes short, long or wide. EoK goes left right or centre. It s a very versatile pattern against a side with limited ambition.

When we don t have the ball, Zedders and Wayno drop back and in (they do this anyway) and EoK joins Manse in a narrow central four. The job of the wide men now is to force their guys either wide, into Robbo and Nico, or inside (depending on the striking preference of the Macclesfield man) to run into Lamby and, to a lesser extent, EoK.

My issue is that, playing Danny, EoK and Benners, we look awfully small and weak in attack. We are fine at the back, but I get the impression that the opposition, especially a less talented opponent (none intended, but Macclesfield are not one of this division s better sides) we look as if we can be brushed aside. That said, this wouldn t be a problem if the standard of refereeing in this league wasn t as hit and miss as it seems to be.

On this note, who comes up with the stats in the programme? Whoever they are, they need to pay more attention. They had someone else down as “Hit woodwork” most times, THREE! Well blow me down, I must have imagined the FIVE which we had against Southend and another three against Stevenage,. We must be up to a dozen this season, at least. And as for the idea that we are the dirtiest team in the league (most fouls) where on Earth do they get that from?

Matt.

Sorry for very boring post, I will refund any dissatisfied dot netters the three minutes it took them to read this, just as soon as I have finished my time machine.