| Jim McNulty 18:01 - Aug 27 with 6019 views | olympicdale |
Not making this a scapegoat thread, but surely we need to be looking at getting in a new left back. All teams can see the weakness down our left side, needs to be addressed quickly. |  |
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| Jim McNulty on 18:23 - Aug 27 with 5926 views | PassmondsBlue |
McNulty is not a bad player at L1 standard, the problem is he is being asked to play out of position and has unfortunately no cover in front of him. Henderson is playing left side of midfield and has a licence to go AWOL so McNulty is always going to be exposed. If you look at the right side with a true fullback (Raferty) playing in his regular position with a true right sided midfielder (Cannon) playing in front of him you will always have cover and they can work as a team. My suggestion would be to play McNulty and Canavan as the center backs with Tanser at left back with NML in front of him, this would free up Henderson to play upfront with Calvin or Davis. |  |
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| Jim McNulty on 18:26 - Aug 27 with 5884 views | 442Dale |
| Jim McNulty on 18:23 - Aug 27 by PassmondsBlue |
McNulty is not a bad player at L1 standard, the problem is he is being asked to play out of position and has unfortunately no cover in front of him. Henderson is playing left side of midfield and has a licence to go AWOL so McNulty is always going to be exposed. If you look at the right side with a true fullback (Raferty) playing in his regular position with a true right sided midfielder (Cannon) playing in front of him you will always have cover and they can work as a team. My suggestion would be to play McNulty and Canavan as the center backs with Tanser at left back with NML in front of him, this would free up Henderson to play upfront with Calvin or Davis. |
Except McGahey is easily our best centre half and neither McNulty or Canavan would be comfortable at right CH. Definitely agree that Tanser deserves a chance. |  |
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| Jim McNulty on 18:28 - Aug 27 with 5846 views | onedalefan |
Noticed that he was moved to centre back for the last 10 minutes. |  | | |
| Jim McNulty on 18:33 - Aug 27 with 5815 views | PassmondsBlue |
| Jim McNulty on 18:26 - Aug 27 by 442Dale |
Except McGahey is easily our best centre half and neither McNulty or Canavan would be comfortable at right CH. Definitely agree that Tanser deserves a chance. |
Agree that McGahey has done ok, I only had Canavan and McNulty together as they have played together last year and we have not had a clean sheet this season. | |
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| Jim McNulty on 18:37 - Aug 27 with 5784 views | 442Dale |
| Jim McNulty on 18:33 - Aug 27 by PassmondsBlue |
Agree that McGahey has done ok, I only had Canavan and McNulty together as they have played together last year and we have not had a clean sheet this season. |
That was with Eastham as the other CH and McNulty at LB. Canavan doesn't look anywhere near as effective on better pitches and playing a less direct style than we were last season when he and Holt arrived. His job then was to defend, nothing much more. | |
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| Jim McNulty on 18:39 - Aug 27 with 5768 views | R17ALE |
| Jim McNulty on 18:26 - Aug 27 by 442Dale |
Except McGahey is easily our best centre half and neither McNulty or Canavan would be comfortable at right CH. Definitely agree that Tanser deserves a chance. |
You're probably right about McGahey, but his distribution is appalling. The worst I've seen since Paul Butler! |  |
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| Jim McNulty on 18:41 - Aug 27 with 5747 views | 442Dale |
| Jim McNulty on 18:39 - Aug 27 by R17ALE |
You're probably right about McGahey, but his distribution is appalling. The worst I've seen since Paul Butler! |
That side of his game has got worse with every match. The limitations around the personnel being employed in midfield is helping none of the defenders.
Yes, we're back onto Henderson again. | |
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| Jim McNulty on 18:41 - Aug 27 with 5739 views | rochdalefan9 |
Tanser is a great player and would be fantastic at LB. Having Vincenti back from injury could make a huge difference to the side. Better to be in the bottom 4 in August than April so early days yet. Keith Hill is still the best manager we have had. | | | |
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| Jim McNulty on 18:46 - Aug 27 with 5707 views | SalwaDale |
| Jim McNulty on 18:41 - Aug 27 by 442Dale |
That side of his game has got worse with every match. The limitations around the personnel being employed in midfield is helping none of the defenders.
Yes, we're back onto Henderson again. |
But we'll always come back to that, as he's not a particularly good midfielder and is next to useless defensively. You certainly would not think he's one of the best players we've ever had at present. |  |
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| Jim McNulty on 18:56 - Aug 27 with 5665 views | 442Dale |
| Jim McNulty on 18:46 - Aug 27 by SalwaDale |
But we'll always come back to that, as he's not a particularly good midfielder and is next to useless defensively. You certainly would not think he's one of the best players we've ever had at present. |
Surely a current player, who has had success as a forward, would be expressing to his manager if he was unhappy playing a role in which he was struggling? Or his manager would be asking the player how he's finding the position as he's visibly not playing well there?
If a player is happy, the manager and the fans are happy. Usually. | |
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| Jim McNulty on 19:11 - Aug 27 with 5609 views | D_Alien |
| Jim McNulty on 18:56 - Aug 27 by 442Dale |
Surely a current player, who has had success as a forward, would be expressing to his manager if he was unhappy playing a role in which he was struggling? Or his manager would be asking the player how he's finding the position as he's visibly not playing well there?
If a player is happy, the manager and the fans are happy. Usually. |
I could easily be wrong, but my reading of the situation is that Hendo is playing deeper at his own request, in order to be more regularly involved in the game. For long periods last season he played as a lone frontman and whilst he put in some good shifts in terms of effort and closing down, he subsequently expressed disillusionment.
Surely he's best at the head of a midfield diamond, playing off a frontman? It's in persisting with something that's clearly not working that causes fans disillusionment, and growing frustration with both manager and player that then leads to unfortunate confrontations. |  |
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| Jim McNulty on 20:54 - Aug 27 with 5433 views | olympicdale |
| Jim McNulty on 18:26 - Aug 27 by 442Dale |
Except McGahey is easily our best centre half and neither McNulty or Canavan would be comfortable at right CH. Definitely agree that Tanser deserves a chance. |
Been really impressed with McGahey, strong as a bull, Canavan looks a shadow of the player from last season so far. | |
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| Jim McNulty on 21:56 - Aug 27 with 5342 views | Dickydaler |
| Jim McNulty on 20:54 - Aug 27 by olympicdale |
Been really impressed with McGahey, strong as a bull, Canavan looks a shadow of the player from last season so far. |
I'm not quite as impressed. He's certainly a player who uses his strength to good effect but if he isn't careful I foresee a penalty on the horizon. I also thought his distribution was poor today. (Although it was pretty poor throughout the team at times today!) | | | |
| Jim McNulty on 22:33 - Aug 27 with 5274 views | olympicdale |
| Jim McNulty on 21:56 - Aug 27 by Dickydaler |
I'm not quite as impressed. He's certainly a player who uses his strength to good effect but if he isn't careful I foresee a penalty on the horizon. I also thought his distribution was poor today. (Although it was pretty poor throughout the team at times today!) |
The midfield has to take some responsibility, no one taking control to make themselves available to pay out from defence. | |
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| Jim McNulty on 23:18 - Aug 27 with 5195 views | salty |
| Jim McNulty on 18:23 - Aug 27 by PassmondsBlue |
McNulty is not a bad player at L1 standard, the problem is he is being asked to play out of position and has unfortunately no cover in front of him. Henderson is playing left side of midfield and has a licence to go AWOL so McNulty is always going to be exposed. If you look at the right side with a true fullback (Raferty) playing in his regular position with a true right sided midfielder (Cannon) playing in front of him you will always have cover and they can work as a team. My suggestion would be to play McNulty and Canavan as the center backs with Tanser at left back with NML in front of him, this would free up Henderson to play upfront with Calvin or Davis. |
McNulty is a terrible player at league one standard, no awareness, poor distribution, and offers nowt going forward,always looks lost to me with the ball at his feet. Cannon just wasted at right back, what we lose in midfield isn't worth the sacrifice, if we can play Joe bunney at left back I'm sure there is another alternative at right back. Canavan and mcgahey ok at best,defending ok but again no distribution so no build up play from the back.the defence just don't compliment each other they all look at each other as if any bit of responsibility is someone else's job!! Raff eastham O'connell and Tanser was the best for me for complimenting each other, not perfect but 100% better than this line. How Tanser is not playing at left back I'll never know but as they say"it's a game of opinions" how was Lancashire playing last season before eastham? | | | |
| Jim McNulty on 08:23 - Aug 28 with 5058 views | Swissdale |
I'm completely baffled as to why Jim McNulty is still playing. I didn't think he was good enough at left back last season (not sure where to position himself, constantly being skinned) and this season he's been even worse.
I don't agree with the criticism of the other defenders though. I've actually been pleased with the defensive partnership of Canavan and McGahey (the latter in particular looks to use his strength really well to counteract his lack of pace).
Distribution from both hasn't been the best, but the options are pretty bloody limited. In our formation it should be Allen / Lund dropping deep to pick the ball up from them and spray it, which isn't happening all that much. The movement in general up top is poor, we dithered with the ball so many times yesterday on the half way line because nobody was making runs / finding space. Things only seem to happen for us at the moment when NML thinks "I've had enough, give me the ball and I'll just run at them", or its being pinged over the top to him.
Attack, not defence is where the biggest problems lie. |  | | |
| Jim McNulty on 08:38 - Aug 28 with 5037 views | TalkingSutty |
| Jim McNulty on 08:23 - Aug 28 by Swissdale |
I'm completely baffled as to why Jim McNulty is still playing. I didn't think he was good enough at left back last season (not sure where to position himself, constantly being skinned) and this season he's been even worse.
I don't agree with the criticism of the other defenders though. I've actually been pleased with the defensive partnership of Canavan and McGahey (the latter in particular looks to use his strength really well to counteract his lack of pace).
Distribution from both hasn't been the best, but the options are pretty bloody limited. In our formation it should be Allen / Lund dropping deep to pick the ball up from them and spray it, which isn't happening all that much. The movement in general up top is poor, we dithered with the ball so many times yesterday on the half way line because nobody was making runs / finding space. Things only seem to happen for us at the moment when NML thinks "I've had enough, give me the ball and I'll just run at them", or its being pinged over the top to him.
Attack, not defence is where the biggest problems lie. |
To be honest I am baffled by the whole shooting match. Camps was a absolute star last season and from the start seems to have been frozen out, I don't know what the hell as gone on there.
Henderson being deployed as a midfield player when he clearly isn't. That decision instantly weakens the middle of the park and weakens our attacking threat so it's a double whammy. Did we need to bring Logan into the net to replace our own perfectly good goalkeeper, a keeper who swept the board at the end of season awards. Could we not have utilised that wage in another area of the pitch?
We just seem like a team full of individuals who are frightened to death to express themselves, like they have been hammered with tactical nonesense. Play the players in their best positions and simplify everything. We also need a Captain, a leader of men who is respected by all and sundry. |  | | |
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