Exeter City (H) match thread - 13th April

[werstayinup]

18 hours ago, Nippy Naylor said:

 

I'd still rather play Lomax 

I've seen faster asthmatic snails than Sang 

Hence he's better off in midfield 

Hence you put Lomax in at RWB who can actually run and shows some desire 

Personally I would like to Sang back in the RCB role as i think he had his best game for us v Wigan in that position

I also expect that Wynne will be in the squad as well

[Birches Head Fred]

2 minutes ago, werstayinup said:

Personally I would like to Sang back in the RCB role as i think he had his best game for us v Wigan in that position

I also expect that Wynne will be in the squad as well

Let's hope it's a Wynne Win situation

[werstayinup]

12 hours ago, Diego Maradona said:

What about Dik and Dom?

I like Dik                                   

[upthevale]

32 minutes ago, werstayinup said:

I like Dik                                   

I had heard that rumour as well. 

[JRC]

Big big game. Not expecting high entertainment,  Exeter have only scored one more than us this season. They also have a pretty awful goal difference. What we can't do is go a goal down, they tend to get a result if they get ahead. Conversely they are almost as bad as we are at not get points if they fall behind and we are bad! They'll play 3421 possession based football, they normally have over 60% of the ball. It's going to be all about someone taking their chances.  If we can get ahead I think we'll score 2, if we fall behind I suspect they are too good at killing a game.

[Killersrevenge44]

Loft brace today... You heard it here first

[SuperHuman]

The minimum I expect today is for us to be bang up for it from the first second. Run your heart out, get in their faces, get the crowd behind you. We must play on the front foot and in their half.

I don’t want to come out of that stadium after a half arsed performance where we’ve look scared and lacked concentration. 

Exeter might be better than us and have better quality but we have 100x more to play for. Make that show.

We can not go a goal down. That’s the key.  

[Rampant Zebra]

This is the latest in a series of "must win" games... 

[JoeB2]

Win today and we probably only need 4 from the last 3 games - 2 at home.

Its massive. Into these.

[darren1810]

46 minutes ago, Killersrevenge44 said:

Loft brace today... You heard it here first

Leg ?

We've got enough injuries. 

[kevin_struggles]

On 12/04/2024 at 08:53, JRC said:

He hasn't but he's had a foot injury for a few games. Forest have played him as a forward. I don't think Moore rates him and played him at wingback at Wednesday. He's not a prolific goal scorer but as a defender I'd rather face Massey. Moore seems to prefer Massey's industry to Mighton's flare, or Chislett. At some point Moore has got to try something to get us more on the front foot. I still think we need to win the next 3 games. 

Playing 2 strikers ( loosely speaking) isn't making us more productive in terms of goals. I think with the players we have 2 tens get more goals in the team. A lot depends on Ojo being fit as we'll get overpowered in central midfield with any of the other possible pairings. In the ideal world the 2 10s would be Garrity and Chislett.  One, or maybe both, will be in central midfield on Saturday. Mighton and Weir can both play as 10s and I don't think either is less likely to score than Massey. 

The fact that he seems to favour massey over chislett is worrying

[Warren]

6 hours ago, JRC said:

Plant scored one of his 2 goals at right wingback vs Plymouth and the other as a defensive midfielder vs Charlton. He hasn't really got a position yet as a league player. Bromage was a good youth team winger who ended up as a decent wingback.  Most academies now move young players into different positions.  Aspin or Walsh playing many games at rightback didn't stop them becoming good centrehalves.  Loft was the 4th best leftback I've seen at Vale in 55 seasons, despite preferring midfield. Personal view was he could have made Championship level at leftback yet is nowhere near the top 10 midfielders I've seen at Vale. Sometimes build and physical attributes limits a players ability to play different positions; mainly centrehalves,  centreforwards and to an extent wingers. After that it's football intelligence.  Mills was the best rightback I've seen at Vale, yet he was a midfielder who was signed to cover longterm injury to Ray Walker. Walker was incredibly comfortable as a centrehalf because like Mills he had a good football brain. I'd agree that players who lack real football intelligence struggle and that certain positions are more specialised than others. Equally there are a host of examples of players who can play different positions almost seamlessly.  Chris Shuker was a prime example of an intelligent footballer who lacked height, strength and when at Vale pace; yet moved from flying winger to an excellent defensive midfielder because he understood football after we signed him. Play by numbers players can't adapt but that's a long way from all players. 

In terms of Plant I don't think he has the attributes to be above league 1 as a wide player,  unless he adds football intelligence.  He's neither quick enough,  good enough on the ball or enough one on one. He may develop the understanding of the game to go higher but to do that he needs more than impressive workrate, currently his strongest attribute.

I think another phenomenon at clubs like Port Vale is that some players stick around who could play at higher level. There can be different reasons for that, albeit I'm saying only a few players have been like that. My take on Shuker was that he was a fraction of the player I remember at Tranmere. Right at the very end of his career. 

Edited April 13 by Warren

[Valiiant]

 

Can only see a routine 0-2 win for Exeter this afternoon. Prove me wrong, Vale.

[darren1810]

6 minutes ago, Warren said:

I think another phenomenon at clubs like Port Vale is that some players stick around who could play at higher level. There can be different reasons for that, albeit I'm saying only a few players have been like that. My take on Shuker was that he was a fraction of the player I remember at Tranmere. Right at the very end of his career. 

Players stick around at Vale who can play at a higher level ?

Have I read that correctly Warren. 

Care to name one ? 

[Valiiant]

1 hour ago, Killersrevenge44 said:

Loft brace today... You heard it here first

Didn't think his teeth were in need of such a thing.