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Post by baldy on Jan 8, 2011 18:37:40 GMT
As far as hold up players go I think he's among he best I can recall at the club but should we be concerned that he's not scoring ?
I'd be slightly less concerned if we had midfielders or defenders who weighed in with goals but, Heslop aside, we haven't and it puts a lot of pressure on who is up there with McLean to grab a goal. I suppose what I'm asking is do we go with a player who possesses undoubted technical ability but with a poor rate or do we play,say, Beano who is no comparison as a footballer but looks more likely to score.
I'm not convinced Potter is the long term answer for us out wide but I d prefer one of the three front men to have natural width and when you play with three out and out strikers there is a tendency that they all look, naturally, to come inside and gravitate towards goal as opposed to stretching the full backs on the outside.
I think Craddock has to start as the main striker and it's perming one from the remaining four to play alongside. Is McLean that man ?
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Post by bornyellow on Jan 8, 2011 18:41:21 GMT
while he continues to set up goals it's fine like today he could of shot at goal (many would) but he played it in for Cradock to sot home.
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Post by followtheox on Jan 8, 2011 18:43:14 GMT
As far as hold up players go I think he's among he best I can recall at the club but should we be concerned that he's not scoring ? I'd be slightly less concerned if we had midfielders or defenders who weighed in with goals but, Heslop aside, we haven't and it puts a lot of pressure on who is up there with McLean to grab a goal. I suppose what I'm asking is do we go with a player who possesses undoubted technical ability but with a poor rate or do we play,say, Beano who is no comparison as a footballer but looks more likely to score. I'm not convinced Potter is the long term answer for us out wide but I d prefer one of the three front men to have natural width and when you play with three out and out strikers there is a tendency that they all look, naturally, to come inside and gravitate towards goal as opposed to stretching the full backs on the outside. I think Craddock has to start as the main striker and it's perming one from the remaining four to play alongside. Is McLean that man ? With the system we play i am not that concerned as we always have two other attacking players up there too. |
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Post by nerps on Jan 8, 2011 18:55:18 GMT
scoring - great
not scoring but providing for others - great
not scoring - not providing - that's when we might worry just a little bit.
until then - great !!!!!
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Post by hht on Jan 9, 2011 3:56:51 GMT
If we keep All our current forwards i see no problem. Beano and Craddock definately are able to bag 15-20 goals a season in this league. Midson the jury is still out if he can do it consistently and Green has yet to get giong in this league. Green and Potter both have goals in them, even if they havent done much this season goal wise.
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Post by 'Beav' on Jan 9, 2011 6:03:57 GMT
Apart from Southend and Torquay he's got an assist/goal in every match
Chesterfield - goal
Barnet - assist (great ball over to Beano and then the OG, also part of build up with potter for 2nd)
Macclesfield - assist (Through ball to Heslop - goal)
Southend
Torquay
Aldershot - assist (lay back to Craddock)
4/6 games he's been a major part in at least one goal in games that we've won.
66% of the games he has played in have resulted to him helping find the back of the net.
If he didn't score again in this campaign yet still had that ratio of assists i'd be more than happy!
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Post by Gavin Archery on Jan 9, 2011 9:12:21 GMT
Yes. He is a striker isn't he?
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Post by rsrp2 on Jan 9, 2011 10:05:48 GMT
His link up play gives us an extra dimension.
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Post by Long Live Clarkey on Jan 9, 2011 10:35:09 GMT
Maclean must be played in a 4-3-3 if he continues not to score. Craddock to start up as main striker, Beano on the left - they'll both score goals from that position. If Maclean is played in a 4-4-2, then there's far too much pressure on his partner to score, and that's not a position we want to be in.
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Post by ConcreteBob on Jan 9, 2011 13:11:23 GMT
If you went to watch Oxford once in a while baldy you'd see that McLean's lay offs and passes add steel to our attack. He's had a couple of assists already I believe?
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Post by paulayres on Jan 9, 2011 13:16:01 GMT
Baldy knows very little about football as you can tell from his posts. No concerns about Maclean other than the fact its his last game for us next Saturday unless we sign him.
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Post by Long Live Clarkey on Jan 9, 2011 13:19:14 GMT
Baldy is simply commenting on a potentially worrying issue, not saying we should drop Maclean. He's completely entitled to do so, and if we were struggling to score I might be inclined to agree with him. Considering we scored 4 goals against Torquay without starting him, you can understand the idea that maybe Maclean isn't quite so vital to the attack as we think. I certainly don't think he's the million miles above our other players that he was toted as after Chesterfield.
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Post by junior1 on Jan 9, 2011 13:42:45 GMT
Bob bald is a season ticket holder, is that not enough?
Didn't midson get stick on here for lack of goals despite setting goals up?
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Post by ConcreteBob on Jan 9, 2011 13:45:50 GMT
Bob bald is a season ticket holder, is that not enough? Didn't midson get stick on here for lack of goals despite setting goals up? Thanks for that LapDog, I'm sure he'll be proud of you. Personally I think McLean is a class player and we need to sign him ASAP. |
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Post by junior1 on Jan 9, 2011 13:47:22 GMT
And I agree, but what's the point of the dig at bald not watching him play when you know he's a season ticket holder?? There's plenty others who you can have a pop at for non attendance ahead of bald...
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Post by rollsy89 on Jan 9, 2011 13:47:50 GMT
Bob bald is a season ticket holder, is that not enough? Didn't midson get stick on here for lack of goals despite setting goals up? Thanks for that LapDog, I'm sure he'll be proud of you. Personally I think McLean is a class player and we need to sign him ASAP. Agree with you CB. Maclean has improved us attackingwise. Problem on here, the main posters and biggest voices don't go to games. Thats why i don't come on here as often anymore |
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Post by ConcreteBob on Jan 9, 2011 13:51:20 GMT
And I agree, but what's the point of the dig at bald not watching him play when you know he's a season ticket holder?? There's plenty others who you can have a pop at for non attendance ahead of bald... Of course, you've never had a pop at me for being a student. No, not you LapDog. Anyway look, i'm not going to argue in this thread. |
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Post by junior1 on Jan 9, 2011 13:56:54 GMT
And I agree, but what's the point of the dig at bald not watching him play when you know he's a season ticket holder?? There's plenty others who you can have a pop at for non attendance ahead of bald... Of course, you've never had a pop at me for being a student. No, not you LapDog. Anyway look, i'm not going to argue in this thread. admit your wrong about bald attending games then... |
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Post by 'Beav' on Jan 9, 2011 14:10:59 GMT
I know very little about football as you can tell from my posts. No concerns about Maclean other than the fact its his last game for us next Saturday unless we sign him. baldy is a very good poster. If you disagree with a point he makes doesn't mean he 'knows very little' about football. |
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Post by brockpass on Jan 9, 2011 20:12:27 GMT
McLean reminds me a lot of John Byrne, has a touch of class about him and he always seems to create something when the ball's played up to him.
He didn't score lots of goals either, but he brought the best out of our other forwards.
The fact he's not scoring at the minute doesn't concern me - it's probably helping us because he's not grabbing the goalscoring headlines, though anyone who sees him play knows he still makes a telling contribution.
If we are to mount a realistic challenge for the play-off's, I think keeping McLean will be key - he's a class act and we've improved greatly as a team with him in the side.
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