Best XI

[Phil Old Boy]

Sorry Pabird. Whether it’s me but I cannot decipher your posts.

[pabird]

I was commenting on Tackles assumption that the "best" eleven would have scored more goals against Cheshunt

Really I was supporting the lads who played against Cheshunt in dire conditions and gave everything for the full game

[Phil Old Boy]

That’s better Pabird. Not too hard is it. I can understand you now you speakkamylanguage!

[pabird]

O!k Phil

Coincidentally I genuinly believe under the conditions that we succesfully used the flanks with acceptable change of pace going forward and most importantly recovering back to assist the back three all night

Movement off and on the ball with back three mid-field and forwards kept the opposition at stretch for 90 minutes

Anybody not at the game should understand the conditions were awful

IE bloody cold & windy plus a bumpy pitch not made for controlled football and an opposition with nothing to lose plus the atmosphere was not exactly motivating

One of those nights when "well done lads" was the call

 

 

[The Great Eckscape]

5-3-2

 

GK Danny Potter

 

RWB John Kennedy

CB Gavin Cowans

CB Ross Johnson

CB Ben Chenery

LWB Steve Parmenter

 

MC Jeff Minton

MC® Lee Protheroe

MC(L) Spencer Knight

 

SC Lee Boylan

SC Neil Gregory

 

Substitutes:

 

GK Ashley Harrison

CB Steve Ward

SC Ollie Berquez

ML Matt Jones

MC Micky Bennett

[The Great Eckscape]

And as Tackle1000 said, had we kept certain players we could have fielded:

 

4-4-2

 

GK Danny Potter

 

RB John Kennedy

CB Peter Smith

CB Ollie Adedeji

LB Gavin Cowans

 

ML Steve Tilson

MC Adam Miller

MC Jeff Minton

MR Lee Protheroe

 

SC Neil Greogry

SC Lee Boylan

 

 

Substitutes

 

GK Ashley Harrison

CB Steve Ward

MC Steve Parmenter

CB Ross Johnson

SC Ollie Berquez

 

Sorry, this message doesn't count. The thread is concerned with the best XI we have at the club now. For the Best XI of alll time, see the CanvetFC website. Frenchy

 

[Matt H]

I feel that Jeff Minton is sometimes playing too far deep. He would more suit I diamond midfield formation sitting just behind Gregory & Boylan, he's not afraid to run a defences.

 

Also speaking of running at defences, why is it that when someone like Minton or Parmenter runs at an opposition's defence. They hold firm and try to stop them entering the box, when our defence lets the attackers run and run and enter the box and let a shot go and usually score!! Why don't they hold firm like our opponents?

 

When people say that a player holds onto the ball for too long, this is usually because they are trying to find an opening. Opposing attackers are just given too much freedom!! I think Kingstonian's equaliser last week proves my point.

 

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[pabird]

Technically the defenders role is first to create delay (allowing cover to gain position) , secondly to steer the opponent away from a shooting position and thirdly to make a safe tackle when the correct opportunity occurs

If an early opportunity to tackle is on then fine BUT:

What drives fans mad is when the shut down fails to include steering the opponent away from the danger areas and when other defenders or mid-fielders fail to use the time gained and take-up covering positions

Only my belief but where we consistently suffer is in not having a natural covering back 3 or back 4 player

OR

wide mid-fielders who get box to box in making solid defensive cover and assistance to the back three (JK excluded in the present selections)

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