Exeter City FC v Yeovil Town FC Matchday Thread

[davidjenkin]

1) Nardiello was not left midfield he was left of a 4-3-3 where he has played the majority of the time because he cuts in on his right and shoots.
2) Taylor is good as a forward because he wants what Tis wants as a front man. Pace, good first touch and can receive it to feet or in behind. No other member of our squad can offer this.
3) Bauza is being used as a link man like harley but in a slightly different role. Receiving the ball to feet or in the air for him to lay flick on to either Nards/frear or Logan, or lay back to Noble, Dunne or Sercs, which in turn draws a centre back out who has to mark him and so leaves gaps in their central defence to exploit.

Sounds clever to me

The logic is clever certainly, the execution on the other hand.....maybe when we hit form. For now, the above tactics leave too many players stranded out of position. Sooner we go back to 3-5-2 as the players clearly like, and start getting some safety points on the board the better

 

[Strongbow]

1. When Oakley was here something changed and the team gelled more effectively and the balance seemed better.

It did, Noble had someone who could play alongside him rather than two headless chickens who have both contributed pretty much nothing all season - although Sercs was better than he has been at Colchester

 

[DJH2005]

Clever? Clever?

Theres nothing clever about drawing to a team we should be beating with a plss poor performance week after week.

It can't be that clever as Nards hasn't scored from cutting in and Taylor hardly gets in behind and bangs any goals in, does he?

That's just wrong on all counts.

It is clever when it works as it's intended to. Other teams have a say in how a game pans out.

What gives us a divine right to be beating teams like Yeovil week in, week out? We're a low end Lge1 team this season, boof*ckinghoo.

Nards hasn't scored from cutting in? Are you sure of that?

 

[Poultice]

2) Taylor is good as a forward because he wants what Tis wants as a front man. Pace, good first touch and can receive it to feet or in behind. No other member of our squad can offer this.
3) Bauza is being used as a link man like harley but in a slightly different role.

2) Just a shame neither of them wants or actually is a forward that can score a goal.

3) I have the great pleasure to inform you that this quote has been entered into the Guiness Book of Records in the category of 'most clueless understatement'. Boozer and Harley's roles were about as alike as a goal keeper and a linesman's.

 

[AWD]

Today's performance was soso... A lot of passes were not good enough yet we did win the ball a lot and got some good blocks in, yes blocks aren't everything yet it can stop chances.

From my point of view we had good procession of the ball today yet we struggled to get past there defence with a decent finish, there were far too many shots that went wide, one may say greedy however there were cries from the big bank of 'shoot' which was met with a well wide shot.

Overall today, we deserved a draw and got it - our best football was clearly the last 8 minutes.

 

[Grecian2K]

about as alike as a goal keeper and a linesman's.

That could almost describe Artur's futilely flailing arm at the corner that led to their goal with uncanny perception.

You sure you weren't at the game today?

 

[RaeUK]

There was also a lot of wind, apparently, which didn't help ...

 

[Poultice]

There was also a lot of wind, apparently, which didn't help ...

And that affects just the one side does it ?

 

[dommers]

And that affects just the one side does it ?

No. It affects one more in the first and one more in the second.

 

[Alistair20000]

There was also a lot of wind, apparently, which didn't help ...

I make you right Rae.

I have just listened to the whole of The Cheese's post match interview on the BBC Sport website.