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[georgefostersbeard]

Bloke behind me said he would have preferred to have lost last night by going for it more in the last ten than having another draw

[The Hoffmeister]

So called fans that sit behind me just wait for Akins to make a mistake so they can vent some rage . If that fails the next one is moaning why Clough sit in the dugout most of the time .

We wait for him to score a goal of at least have a shot.
For all his decent hold up play he's got no instinct to be in the right place at the right time and is caught back on his heels so many times!
Bloke behind us hit the nail when he said I bet Mullin was thinking i'd love to be in this side.

[part time pete]

Anybody think that is the fullest we have seen the North Stand since it became the away end. When they announced it as only 1484 as an away following I was shocked . Surely it must be at least 1684.

[stagmanrob]

For all the stick Akins gets, I'd bet my house on it that DKD would have nowhere near the amount of goals and potential suitors looking at him were he not playing alongside Lucas.

I bet he'd tell you such as well if you asked him.

The space that DKD thrives in is there as a consequence of Lucas and his back to goal play.

The same people who moan about Akins will be the same folk who used to give Emile Heskey pelters for England, but couldn't see that he allowed Michael Owen to be the European footballer of the year for club and country.

[Conker]

I’m still annoyed with that last night, we’ve got to be better in front of goal or we will draw our way to another play-off finish. So frustating considering the performance.

You got the feeling if we had a Mullin in our squad we’d have won that game by half time.

Totally agree with this. It drives me absolutely crazy that we don't have a goalscoring centre forward at the tip of our attacking play.

Our best finisher is probably Swan, who’s obviously not got going yet. We really need him to get game time and start scoring or I can see these frustating draws continuing to rack up.

[Jamie]

A little shout out for McDonald who I thought had his best game for us.

The whole back 4 were terrific. Cargill was my MOM. Our forward players simply didn't do the business when it mattered but overall we were excellent against a one dimensional hoof it side. Ref was crap.

Thought we only gave them the oprion of long ball first half with out excellent passing and passing. We made then look one dimensional. Second half was different, they worked the ball more, tried to get in behind us and did successfully on a few occasions. We ended up counter attacking more 2nd half.

[Stag95]

Bloke behind me said he would have preferred to have lost last night by going for it more in the last ten than having another draw

We did go for it? We had Flint up front for a decent amount of that time

[cassellswasmagic]

Bloke behind me said he would have preferred to have lost last night by going for it more in the last ten than having another draw

We did go for it? We had Flint up front for a decent amount of that time

The balance was spot on…don’t lose to a promotion rival. Should’ve been 3 points, but not a bad point.

[yorkstag]

I thought Akins was excellent last night and was pulled all over the place with little protection from the ref.

[Costastag]

Really good game we payed very well.As one of Bowerys biggest critics I thought he had his best game.Oates was inter viewed in the 1861 suite after the game and hopes to be fit in 4-6 weeks.He will make a big difference.Regarding our unbeaten run I think Portsmouth are unbeaten so far as well.

Great news about oates we really do miss his pace and directness,so long as we are there or thereabouts till he returns we will be fine

[Sandy Pate Best Stag]

Really good game we payed very well.As one of Bowerys biggest critics I thought he had his best game.Oates was inter viewed in the 1861 suite after the game and hopes to be fit in 4-6 weeks.He will make a big difference.Regarding our unbeaten run I think Portsmouth are unbeaten so far as well.

Portsmouth lost on penalties to Peterborough in the second round of the EFL Cup so aren’t unbeaten in all competitions this season.

[TheMyTStags]

Possibly a controversial one but I don't think our slightly underwhelming goals scored is much to do with our forward line. The front 3 of Akins, Maris and DKD we played last night have 13 goals between them, the rest of the side have 4. Last year we had quite a lot of spread throughout the team, and both Kilgour and Harbottle scored a lot. We also don't have much output in terms of assists from the wing backs like we have had in the last few seasons. Swan on form would of course help, as you'd have him on top of the aforementioned 3, but I do think with the way we play that some of the onus falls on the midfielders and defenders to score and so far they haven't really managed it (not one goal from a defender)

[georgefostersbeard]

Possibly a controversial one but I don't think our slightly underwhelming goals scored is much to do with our forward line. The front 3 of Akins, Maris and DKD we played last night have 13 goals between them, the rest of the side have 4. Last year we had quite a lot of spread throughout the team, and both Kilgour and Harbottle scored a lot. We also don't have much output in terms of assists from the wing backs like we have had in the last few seasons. Swan on form would of course help, as you'd have him on top of the aforementioned 3, but I do think with the way we play that some of the onus falls on the midfielders and defenders to score and so far they haven't really managed it (not one goal from a defender)

I don't think that this is controversial MyT - by this stage we would have hope for more goals from midfield and the back four. I do also think that we have had a tough run of games and this will come good

[stagsfan6493]

Maybe it’s a bit of a simplistic view but Oates and Quinn are just huge losses and the players replacing them cannot replicate what they do. If we have those two in the team last night, we definitely score imo

[Conker]

I thought Akins was excellent last night and was pulled all over the place with little protection from the ref.

Akins never gets anything any game, it’s how he comes across that goes against him.

[young vanish]

Request.
Can Castore make a special paper shirt for Akins to wear? He'd need plenty of them, so a box with a couple of dozen or so replacements for each match.

[oldweststander]

Maybe it’s a bit of a simplistic view but Oates and Quinn are just huge losses and the players replacing them cannot replicate what they do. If we have those two in the team last night, we definitely score imo

Yes they are great losses but would thier presence have produced goals.

The chances were there to be taken and, although a great asset, Oates isn't any better at taking those chances than the players we already have who are missing them.

We have been a striker short all season, it was a failure not getting another in.


We have thrown away at least a half dozen points by missing very good goal scoring opportunities.

[MTFCMusings]

Maybe it’s a bit of a simplistic view but Oates and Quinn are just huge losses and the players replacing them cannot replicate what they do. If we have those two in the team last night, we definitely score imo

Yes they are great losses but would thier presence have produced goals.

The chances were there to be taken and, although a great asset, Oates isn't any better at taking those chances than the players we already have who are missing them.

We have been a striker short all season, it was a failure not getting another in.


We have thrown away at least a half dozen points by missing very good goal scoring opportunities.

The proof is in the pudding, for once I’ll talk in terms of actual goals! 11 in 5 swhen they were available, 6 in 6 since.

12.09 xG in 5 games before, 7.03 xG in games since.

[victor A block]

It was a great overall performance , just missing a clinical finish.

Do we have one at the club?. Thats up for debate. Oates when fit blows hot and cold. Gale for me is raw and a year off making a huge contribution.

DKD plays better as the attacking midfielder. Like others I would have brought Swan on. He has the technical ability, can see how to break through and is probably our best natural finisher.
He could possibly even have come on for Akins. Accepting he got little from the referee, he didn't hold the ball up particularly well and is never now going to be a prolific striker.
As mentioned elsewhere, our crossing is very poor, but any prolific striker that plays in a team the way we played tonight is going to score some goals.

Will we miss not having a Langstaff/Mullin. Quite possibly.

[Marky Mark]

Possibly a controversial one but I don't think our slightly underwhelming goals scored is much to do with our forward line. The front 3 of Akins, Maris and DKD we played last night have 13 goals between them, the rest of the side have 4. Last year we had quite a lot of spread throughout the team, and both Kilgour and Harbottle scored a lot. We also don't have much output in terms of assists from the wing backs like we have had in the last few seasons. Swan on form would of course help, as you'd have him on top of the aforementioned 3, but I do think with the way we play that some of the onus falls on the midfielders and defenders to score and so far they haven't really managed it (not one goal from a defender)

Maybe it's as a result of securing the defence more, and with the addition of a more holding midfielder in Reed - we've conceded the fewest goals in our division and one of the fewest in the EFL, I think most people last season were pulling their hair out about the goals we were conceding and it seems to have been righted now. The good thing is that tightening the defence up hasn't come at the cost of chances, we've just got to put them away more often - we should have won pretty much every game we've played so it feels like the balance is right, hopefully it'll come - with Quinn and Oates to come back it'll give us even more. Some team is going to get smashed soon.

[MTFCMusings]

Yes, massive credit to Clough so far re the defence which was our Achilles heel for too long, we now boast the strongest in the league at this early stage.

[DoomMerchant]

Prime Stagsnetting that Akins can have such a good game and get grief off of sections.

[victor A block]

Yes, massive credit to Clough so far re the defence which was our Achilles heel for too long, we now boast the strongest in the league at this early stage.

Flint and Cargill look very impressive together. Makes the loss of Kilgour easier to bear.

[DoomMerchant]

Possibly a controversial one but I don't think our slightly underwhelming goals scored is much to do with our forward line. The front 3 of Akins, Maris and DKD we played last night have 13 goals between them, the rest of the side have 4. Last year we had quite a lot of spread throughout the team, and both Kilgour and Harbottle scored a lot. We also don't have much output in terms of assists from the wing backs like we have had in the last few seasons. Swan on form would of course help, as you'd have him on top of the aforementioned 3, but I do think with the way we play that some of the onus falls on the midfielders and defenders to score and so far they haven't really managed it (not one goal from a defender)

Maybe it's as a result of securing the defence more, and with the addition of a more holding midfielder in Reed - we've conceded the fewest goals in our division and one of the fewest in the EFL, I think most people last season were pulling their hair out about the goals we were conceding and it seems to have been righted now. The good thing is that tightening the defence up hasn't come at the cost of chances, we've just got to put them away more often - we should have won pretty much every game we've played so it feels like the balance is right, hopefully it'll come - with Quinn and Oates to come back it'll give us even more. Some team is going to get smashed soon.

I have to say that the signings of Cargill, Blunt and Flint have made an unreal difference at the back. Flint in particular must be as good a signing as this particular poster has seen in decades the difference he's made has been staggering.

Not only that, the fact that these lads are so comfortable on the ball has opened up Reed's (the crab) ability to dictate from the back.

Personally I'm thoroughly enjoying watching us play. Genuinely the only thing missing is that clinical edge.

[Marky Mark]

Possibly a controversial one but I don't think our slightly underwhelming goals scored is much to do with our forward line. The front 3 of Akins, Maris and DKD we played last night have 13 goals between them, the rest of the side have 4. Last year we had quite a lot of spread throughout the team, and both Kilgour and Harbottle scored a lot. We also don't have much output in terms of assists from the wing backs like we have had in the last few seasons. Swan on form would of course help, as you'd have him on top of the aforementioned 3, but I do think with the way we play that some of the onus falls on the midfielders and defenders to score and so far they haven't really managed it (not one goal from a defender)

Maybe it's as a result of securing the defence more, and with the addition of a more holding midfielder in Reed - we've conceded the fewest goals in our division and one of the fewest in the EFL, I think most people last season were pulling their hair out about the goals we were conceding and it seems to have been righted now. The good thing is that tightening the defence up hasn't come at the cost of chances, we've just got to put them away more often - we should have won pretty much every game we've played so it feels like the balance is right, hopefully it'll come - with Quinn and Oates to come back it'll give us even more. Some team is going to get smashed soon.

I have to say that the signings of Cargill, Blunt and Flint have made an unreal difference at the back. Flint in particular must be as good a signing as this particular poster has seen in decades the difference he's made has been staggering.

Not only that, the fact that these lads are so comfortable on the ball has opened up Reed's (the crab) ability to dictate from the back.

Personally I'm thoroughly enjoying watching us play. Genuinely the only thing missing is that clinical edge.

I think our defensive performance is all the more remarkable in that 3 days before the start of the season two of the back 4 (Flint and Bowery) were nowhere near any defensive plans for the season, and that's before we lost the guy that the defence was built around (Kilgour). I agree on Flint, I'd give him a contract till he's 50, he makes it look so easy.