Macclesfield Town v Exeter City discussion thread

[IndoMike]

Given that you only have ten players in your team, there is probably room for Ajose already ! Lol.

Back to school, Ballzy.

 

[Snoop Fog]

Just seen the forecast on 10pm bbc news. This will be OFF. No question with Maccs dodgy pitch that doesn't drain well.

 

[Colesman Ballz]

Back to school, Ballzy.

Hands up, fair cop Indo ! That being said, Jay has finally come good playing in behind the strikers, so surely it would be a retrograde step to put him upfront again. So if Jay plays in midfield that means Bowman upfront on his own, and a six man midfield ! Ajose is getting better every game, and Oldham was his best to date so he has to play. Williams, Collins and Atangana are un droppable so that leaves a choice of Richardson or Dickenson in the other wide berth, with the other to come off the bench.

 

[IndoMike]

To be honest, it might not be a bad thing for City if it's called off. We've got away games at Pompey and Northampton and some players are out. too. A little break for the lads seems ok to me. Miserable day for the fans, too

 

[Legohead]

Just seen the forecast on 10pm bbc news. This will be OFF. No question with Maccs dodgy pitch that doesn't drain well.

We should have another prediction thread. Macc Town v Exeter - match ON or OFF prediction thread.

Personally i feel it will go ahead with little problem. I live in the Peaks and sometimes the weather has it's own mind. Often it's forecast bad and it doesn't really materialize and vice versa.

 

[SEA Grecian]

Hands up, fair cop Indo ! That being said, Jay has finally come good playing in behind the strikers, so surely it would be a retrograde step to put him upfront again. So if Jay plays in midfield that means Bowman upfront on his own, and a six man midfield ! Ajose is getting better every game, and Oldham was his best to date so he has to play. Williams, Collins and Atangana are un droppable so that leaves a choice of Richardson or Dickenson in the other wide berth, with the other to come off the bench.

Personally I wouldn’t be surprised if Matt Taylor gives Nigel and Nicky a rest and brings in Jake and Lee Martin. Jayden or Brennan is an interesting call; the former more exciting going forward, the latter a safer option and presumably better defensively. Given that Macclesfield have a reputation for not scoring many but being tough to break down I’d go with Jayden.

 

[Billy The Fish]

Big Nige has just had a couple of weeks off so I'd start him.

 

[geoffwp]

Lego quotes some impressive stats for a team flirting with relegation. To add to them, a quick look on stato shows they are the L2 home draw specialists with 8 drawn games, plus they are in 12th place in a home games league. So, a difficult to beat team with a good defensive record with awful conditions forecast that will make good football nigh impossible. Has 0-0 written all over it!

 

[IndoMike]

Hands up, fair cop Indo ! That being said, Jay has finally come good playing in behind the strikers, so surely it would be a retrograde step to put him upfront again. So if Jay plays in midfield that means Bowman upfront on his own, and a six man midfield ! Ajose is getting better every game, and Oldham was his best to date so he has to play. Williams, Collins and Atangana are un droppable so that leaves a choice of Richardson or Dickenson in the other wide berth, with the other to come off the bench.

Agree that Nige & Collins should play
This is going to be a bit of a battle against the conditions and Macca themselves, so I'm wondering if Jake should be in the team. MJ must be in the team.
In fact, I'm glad I'm not a bleddy manager. Great that we have such a good squad, though.
For me Richardson has to play on the right (if he plays). so Dickenson on the left
But it also all depends on the plans for Pompey and Northampton.

 

[Colesman Ballz]

Personally I wouldn’t be surprised if Matt Taylor gives Nigel and Nicky a rest and brings in Jake and Lee Martin. Jayden or Brennan is an interesting call; the former more exciting going forward, the latter a safer option and presumably better defensively. Given that Macclesfield have a reputation for not scoring many but being tough to break down I’d go with Jayden.

Think Matt has already indicated that Law won't feature, presumably to give him time to fully recover from both the concussion, and to whatever the niggle is that has been affecting him since the start of the year. Not quite sure why Lee Martin hasn't featured much recently, as he seems to have lost out to Ajose. Think that he should be another wide sub. He certainly adds bite to the press when on, but tends not to be effective after 70 minutes when he runs out of steam. He can still make a big impact as a late sub though.