| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it 07:50 - Dec 8 with 1329 views | cookra |
Rotation actually is working!!
Yes the results haven't been exactly what we have wanted them to be. However, look at Saturday, Coventry flying high but with key players out and lost.
Towns squad is almost 100% fit, with those who are out coming back onto the training field and playing games for U21's.
Busy period is upon us, squad depth, fantastic league position and looking strong.
McKenna is playing a blinder
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:09 - Dec 8 with 1101 views | GavTWTD |
Either that or the team we fielded at the start is our best 11. I hope we don't make 6 changes for Stoke, |  |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:10 - Dec 8 with 1093 views | NedPlimpton |
Fantastic league position?? |  | | |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:14 - Dec 8 with 1081 views | Metal_Hacker |
Let's judge the rotation at the end of the season and how it pans out |  |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:21 - Dec 8 with 1052 views | Herbivore |
Mate, don't be the positive equivalent of the knee-jerk numpties who make sweeping judgements about Town based on individual results. Great win on Saturday and this period of the season is where we should hopefully reap the benefits of keeping everyone match fit while others could struggle, but it's one game and we can't say off the back of it that rotation has worked. We're still a good few points adrift of the top 2 and a way off Coventry. If we're top 2 and closing Coventry down come February then we can be a bit more sure that rotation has worked for us but even then it'll be where we end up in May that is the litmus test. |  |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:25 - Dec 8 with 1029 views | cookra |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:21 - Dec 8 by Herbivore |
Mate, don't be the positive equivalent of the knee-jerk numpties who make sweeping judgements about Town based on individual results. Great win on Saturday and this period of the season is where we should hopefully reap the benefits of keeping everyone match fit while others could struggle, but it's one game and we can't say off the back of it that rotation has worked. We're still a good few points adrift of the top 2 and a way off Coventry. If we're top 2 and closing Coventry down come February then we can be a bit more sure that rotation has worked for us but even then it'll be where we end up in May that is the litmus test. |
I look forward to coming back to you at the end of Jan with more positive vibes | |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:25 - Dec 8 with 1025 views | cookra |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:10 - Dec 8 by NedPlimpton |
Fantastic league position?? |
Strong league position ? | |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:27 - Dec 8 with 999 views | Herbivore |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:25 - Dec 8 by cookra |
I look forward to coming back to you at the end of Jan with more positive vibes |
I also look forward to it but best to let it play out how we hope it'll play out rather than going early. | |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:27 - Dec 8 with 994 views | melbs_itfc |
Good to see you on here Keiran. |  | | |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:31 - Dec 8 with 964 views | Jon_456 |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:09 - Dec 8 by GavTWTD |
Either that or the team we fielded at the start is our best 11. I hope we don't make 6 changes for Stoke, |
We’ll obviously be forced into one change with Hirst being suspended.
Theres really no excuse for any other changes in my opinion. We look a lot more solid with Taylor next to Matusiwa and the three behind Hirst all played well Saturday. Kipre was also my motm so hoping he keeps he position. | | | |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:39 - Dec 8 with 920 views | NedPlimpton |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:25 - Dec 8 by cookra |
Strong league position ? |
I think even that's putting it kindly
We're 4th with 12 points between us and the league leaders. We're 5 points off 2nd and the teams above have all picked up more points over their last 5 games than we have
The Coventry result was fantastic but one swallow doesn't make a summer and this season has been largely disappointing so far. | | | |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:55 - Dec 8 with 866 views | cookra |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:39 - Dec 8 by NedPlimpton |
I think even that's putting it kindly
We're 4th with 12 points between us and the league leaders. We're 5 points off 2nd and the teams above have all picked up more points over their last 5 games than we have
The Coventry result was fantastic but one swallow doesn't make a summer and this season has been largely disappointing so far. |
Sorry Ned, I cant help but think you have acquired a liking to the Towen in recent years.
I'm a little longer in the tooth here and can appreciate the fantastic league position, squad and manager we have.
Expectations have been incredibly high , however, the amount of change the squad has gone through is a massive factor .
Seeing it all now coming together with the rotation is something we could have only dreamed of 4-5 seasons a go. | |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:56 - Dec 8 with 852 views | cookra |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:31 - Dec 8 by Jon_456 |
We’ll obviously be forced into one change with Hirst being suspended.
Theres really no excuse for any other changes in my opinion. We look a lot more solid with Taylor next to Matusiwa and the three behind Hirst all played well Saturday. Kipre was also my motm so hoping he keeps he position. |
Kipre was a beast on Saturday. Him and O'Shea getting there heads and bodies constantly in front of the Cov players .
Seeing Nunez in full flow was amazing too . He is a difference maker | |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:58 - Dec 8 with 838 views | weepingx2018 |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:09 - Dec 8 by GavTWTD |
Either that or the team we fielded at the start is our best 11. I hope we don't make 6 changes for Stoke, |
its making me anxious already to see if he makes sweeping changes to a successful team. | | | |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:00 - Dec 8 with 830 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
We'll never know.
We may have been better off points wise without it.
I think its more like picking your best team works
Having a parachute team budget works. [Post edited 8 Dec 9:02]
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:01 - Dec 8 with 819 views | NthQldITFC |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:00 - Dec 8 by Marshalls_Mullet |
We'll never know.
We may have been better off points wise without it.
I think its more like picking your best team works
Having a parachute team budget works. [Post edited 8 Dec 9:02]
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But almost certainly worse off later in the season. |  |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:03 - Dec 8 with 806 views | Dubtractor |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:14 - Dec 8 by Metal_Hacker |
Let's judge the rotation at the end of the season and how it pans out |
This. Saying that it has worked or failed at this point (depending on how positive or negative you are) is going too soon.
We'll find out the answer at the end of the season. Though this current busy spell is a bit of a test of the policy. |  |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:04 - Dec 8 with 793 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:01 - Dec 8 by NthQldITFC |
But almost certainly worse off later in the season. |
We'll never know.
We are not on the 2 points per match we were targeting.
I think we would be better off without the mass rotation. | |
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| Nice spin on 09:13 - Dec 8 with 751 views | Dyland |
Not saying ya wrong ba, but one swallow a summer does not make. Think we were decent on Saturday but rode our luck. Small margins went our way, and some of the more dumbfounding recent performances (first half Hull, most of Oxford game and all of the Blackburn bizarre spectacle) weren't about being on the other end of small margins but rather being slow, pedestrian and shot of any confidence, leadership and cohesion. I suspect that soft underbelly is still there, but we shall see. If we can get the confidence, fire and fight going strong and click into gear, we can make a mess of teams this season and penty of time to cement top two. It's still a big if for me though buh. Not convinced by the mindset in this team. No lack of effort, just seem a bit flakey confidence wise. |  |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:17 - Dec 8 with 740 views | NthQldITFC |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:04 - Dec 8 by Marshalls_Mullet |
We'll never know.
We are not on the 2 points per match we were targeting.
I think we would be better off without the mass rotation. |
We'll never know applies both ways.
Two conflicting theories:
-A- Play your 'best' players all the time and get off to a good start (con: those players get injured and you end up playing a weaker and underprepared team and get reeled back in).
-B- Rotate a strong squad from the start of the season, minimising injuries and having everybody prepared for when injuries inevitably do occur (con: get off to a slow start and fall too far behind the leaders).
Evidence-wise:
1. We're way behind Coventry
2. We're right up the arse of everybody else
3. We're doing very nicely on minimising injuries
4. Other teams are starting to suffer from lots of injuries
5. Players who would not have been 'best XI' at the start of the season have come through and are doing really well (Taylor, Kipre, Nunez)
So point 1. supports approach -A- if you need to finish top and second place is not deemed success.
The rest probably support approach -B-.
But we'll never know. | |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:23 - Dec 8 with 717 views | Pinewoodblue |
You have to judge in a match by match basis. It worked against Coventry but not against Oxford nor Blackburn.
Depth of squad is our biggest asset, not seen anyone comment on it but Coventry had two goal keepers on the bench Saturday. Suggests to me thry could struggle in the weeks ahead. |  |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:29 - Dec 8 with 689 views | bobbyramsey |
It MIGHT have worked once this season.... |  | | |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:31 - Dec 8 with 664 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:17 - Dec 8 by NthQldITFC |
We'll never know applies both ways.
Two conflicting theories:
-A- Play your 'best' players all the time and get off to a good start (con: those players get injured and you end up playing a weaker and underprepared team and get reeled back in).
-B- Rotate a strong squad from the start of the season, minimising injuries and having everybody prepared for when injuries inevitably do occur (con: get off to a slow start and fall too far behind the leaders).
Evidence-wise:
1. We're way behind Coventry
2. We're right up the arse of everybody else
3. We're doing very nicely on minimising injuries
4. Other teams are starting to suffer from lots of injuries
5. Players who would not have been 'best XI' at the start of the season have come through and are doing really well (Taylor, Kipre, Nunez)
So point 1. supports approach -A- if you need to finish top and second place is not deemed success.
The rest probably support approach -B-.
But we'll never know. |
Happy to agree to differ.
We have a hugely expensive squad that has so far under performed.
Let's hope we see less rotation going forward. | |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:51 - Dec 8 with 567 views | Guthrum |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 08:31 - Dec 8 by Jon_456 |
We’ll obviously be forced into one change with Hirst being suspended.
Theres really no excuse for any other changes in my opinion. We look a lot more solid with Taylor next to Matusiwa and the three behind Hirst all played well Saturday. Kipre was also my motm so hoping he keeps he position. |
Horses for courses. A Ferrari might be good for getting somewhere quickly, but it isn't much use for towing a caravan.
In the modern analysis-heavy era, teams will be tailored to match each specific opponent, so far as possible. We haven't got so much of a quality advantage that our "best team" are going to be able to overpower any and all we come up against.
If Stoke don't afford us the space that Coventry did (trusting in their own attacking ability), we aren't going to be able to the same job on them. Will need different keys to unlock the defence. |  |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:52 - Dec 8 with 566 views | NthQldITFC |
| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 09:31 - Dec 8 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Happy to agree to differ.
We have a hugely expensive squad that has so far under performed.
Let's hope we see less rotation going forward. |
Nothing on the arguments in favour then? | |
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| Rotation : well who'd of guessed it on 10:30 - Dec 8 with 466 views | cressi |
Should be 30 is plenty at every championship club for away fans
When you consider travelling food etc 16 and under a tenner all mercenaries. | | | |
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