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You said: ‘He changed things from when we played well against Stevenage last week for some reason and does weird shit’ - we made one change that was Bayliss for JP. With an assist and a goal, it’s clearly a justified selection. In that same post you talk about him not changing the system. So...

Would you keep the system and the squad selection the same, yes or no? If the game passed Bayliss by, the alternative, if we kept a ‘winning’ team, is JP on the wing again. I don’t think that’s better in any way. Moreover, I actually disagree, Bayliss got on some very good positions in the 1st...

That description describes all the defenders quite well. But particularly applies to McDonald - he lost 3 headers that led to goals and Grimmer was out of position for goals 3 and 4 and got skinned by Palmer for goal number 2. Willis and Haynes also share the blame for goal 3 but Grimmer and...

‘No Plan B’ is another bad football cliché. Analyse what you’ve just said, because your ‘Plan B’ sounds awfully like ‘Plan A’ but with Shipley LB and Reid on at presumable a weird quasi-centre-to-left midfield and Biamou on for our goal scorer. If you wanted to say Reid on for Shipley, I could...

Go and rewatch the goals, how you think Grimmer gets a 5 and McDonald a 4 with Haynes a 3 is laughable. Every one of their 1st half goals is prevented if McDonald doesn’t get bullied in the air. And Grimmer got skinned for their second and was lost at sea for the 3rd and at a stretch, their...

Grimmer has a catalogue of defensive errors this season, and for all the stick Haynes gets, I actually think Grimmer makes more mistakes out of the two. I think Grimmer and McDonald were weak links last night. If anyone rewatches the goals, and I’ve watched them all several times, you cannot...

Personally, I think your analysis is all off. We have had to sign 15+ players over this season — it’s a complete rebuild, and if you want to talk about fine margins; Lincoln, Luton, Notts County, Wycombe, Accrington Stanley and Exeter have roughly the same core of players as last season and...

They kept targeting Haynes, yet, if you look at their first three goals, McDonald loses a header every time: — first goal, McDonald gets beat to the ball, it’s nodded down to Rhead — second goal, their player flicks it on to Palmer, who absolutely skins Grimmer for an easy finish. McDonald lost...

Compared to his defending colleagues, what did he do that was so ‘abysmal?’

I actually thought we edged the first half, but, Lincoln dominated the second. They sat back, countered and I think the game was won by about 75m. I had quite a good view of the penalty shout, and I’m not 100% sure. McNulty and JCH were going down in the slightest of contact and I think Biamou...

It’s unbelievable how much of a free pass the other defenders get compared to Haynes. For if anyone rewatched the goals on the highlights, to rate Grimmer or McDonald higher in either the Yeovil or Lincoln matches, frankly, is blind. Burge, 6 - couldn’t really do anything about the goals due to...

- Taking Haynes off for Reid would be dumb. Shipley is not cut out to play the full back role Haynes plays, Reid at LB, I refer to Yeovil game. - I think Reid probably should’ve been brought on, but either a CM gets taken off or McNulty - leaving us with 2 against 3 and exacerbating the exposure...

Ok, but from that I deduct that you’d have kept the system the same... so what changes would you have actually made to the system then? You say we need ‘pace’, where is that coming from? We can’t make any transfers and we don’t have two wingers. Vincenti/DKE aren’t really worth dropping Kelly...

Tbh, he’s being targeted a bit unfairly, he did his bit on the left, and considering Rhead was bullying McDonald and Willis, is it really a surprise when he beat Haynes a few times. I think our defending in the centres has completely broke down lately - Stevenage were so poor against us, but...

That means Davies is back in the fold. Who is probably the most unluckiest of our players this season because every time he looks as if he’s establishing himself as a 1st choice, he get injured. I can see us signing a big gnarly CB who’s a threat aerially — it just about sums us up that a...

What would you do? It’s all well and good moaning for the sake of it. Your options are: - Bayliss RM in a 4-4-2 - Vincenti/DKE in a 4-4-2 - so Kelly or Bayliss miss out - Shipley or Reid on the right - they aren’t JJ - Play this weird 4-3-3 with McNulty our wide because the way our full backs...

I thought Haynes played alright, he put in some good tackles, in that respect, one of the better performances I’ve seen him in. However, they targeted both Grimmer and Haynes with diagonal direct balls. But Rhead and Palmer bullied our defence. I want to know what an earth has happened to this...

So we’re in the playoffs, with season ending injuries to two key players, and you’re calling for the manager’s head? I can’t really see what other options MR has really got? We have no right winger or right footed midfielder so we’ve had to move to a weird 4-3-3 type formation which I think...

The winner of this fixture more or less guarantees a playoff spot and I agree, it is a 'big game'. That said, a draw suits both teams well so common sense tells me (when it comes to CCFC my common sense goes out the window) that this will end in a draw. With Cheltenham and Morecambe left to...

I just don't get why you'd think Davies is an option over Willis - given recent form, McDonald's place is slightly better than precarious. His mistake v Stevenage was a very poor goal to give away. As for the Yeovil game, the whole defence broke down, but, I felt his defending was poor for goals...