Wilkins

[yunggravesendian]

I know Craig wants to leave, we can't stop him if he accepts an offer from another club and moves on and i understand why he wants to leave but i feel we must try and do as much as we can to keep him. Todays performance showed that, he played out of his skin, my MOM closely followed by the beast.

Whether he plays up front or in defence he is a solid player.

 

Amittedly though when Duku returns his place will be threatened especially in a back four, but if andy wants to continue with the current shape i feel that he would play well in the central 3 with 2 of either Duku, Barnett or Burton.

[Stu B]

i agree,its a shame he feels like he does,he's a good player who scores a few,is versatile(a great attribute in a time like this with all the injuries we had/have), but,as yunggravesendian said,its hard to fit him into the team when we dont have the injuries,its esecially hard when you have just bought players like Kevin Budge for money,expecting to play,pressure from fans and board members to play him,so you have to,then he's got competition from liam and che,and obviously in defence,not his best positition and with andy looking for new defenders it very difficult,you have to feel sorry for him but thats the way football is.I fully understand his decision.

Good luck to him for when/if he leaves

[Matt (GNFC)]

Been out all day today so havent logged on. Where's the bit about Tostao gone Dave and the post i put up?

[David Holden]

Pass Matt, I don't know what has happened to it <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

[FleetFanatic]

Yep - thread started about 'TODAYS GAME'

by yunggravesendian had disappeared.....

[Alan W (GNFC)]

As I said elsewhere, I think its all postings between 1144am Saturday & 147 Sunday that had disappeared.

 

[Student Scum]

Just wanted to add that I thought Wilko was absolutely outstanding on Saturday.

So strong in the air & on the deck.

Extremely versatile, dependable, determined...I could go on but we all know the score.

I just can't understand why he's not running away with the MOTM poll....??!!

Not to take anything away from Liam - who I thought had a good game given his recent injury woes - but I don't think he made as big an impression on the game as he is capable of.

He will improve as he gets match fit again, and it was good to see him out there harrying the way he does.

I thought Matt Lee played excellent too (one of our most consistent players) and was unlucky to be subbed in favour of Tostao.

If anything I think that we should have reverted to a flat back four and withdrawn Coyle - who again looked completely out of his depth faced with the sort of pace that Yeovil had.

Evans too looked hopelessly lost in the first half up front but what a revelation in that role throughout the second. Budgie looked useful too, chasing everything and making some good runs. The second half was every bit as good as I've seen us play this season - I just can't wait to get a few more players back and finish respectfully in mid table.

 

[Alan W (GNFC)]

Is it surprising that Coyle found it hard? After all, he only had a handful of games last season at Ryman level & this is a step up from that level.

 

What he really needs, is the opportunity to play a few games later on in the season, hopefully once we have secured our safety.

 

Evans & Budge will both, no doubt, have periods where they look a bit lost, especially Evans, but again, thats hardly surprising when they've stepped up a level or two, and we cant expect them to make a totally smooth transition. Both do look quite capable if they get the chance to bed in properly.

 

I also thought Justin Skinner had a good game, with some crunching (but fair) challenges.