Blackpool v Accrington Stanley Official Matchnight Thread 13.04.21

JJpool said:
We were never in for autos, often not clinical enough and sit back and conceed at times near the end crept in.

Should have scored the easy chance tonight, but poor overall. Need to be more clinical and not sit deep when leading.

Not sure why no changes tonight, we cant keep playing the same players so much, especially when its not going particularly well.
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Which changes would you have made with our bench?
 
Micky Walsh said:
Which changes would you have made with our bench?
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None as I posted when the game was on you had 4 defenders who can't play in midfield(maybe Turton)Mitchell coming back from injury(needed for Saturday),a youngster who wouldn't be anywhere near the bench but for injuries and Robson who else can we pick?
Forwards change games and we ain't got any.

I'd change tactics for Saturday Kaikai is to inconsistent on the left bring in Husband, push Garbutt further up in a midfield 5 and rest Simms.
 
I decided to wait to this morning before reflecting on last night's match.
For the first 20 minutes our tactics were spot on. We pressed high up, we got players and the ball forward quickly through midfield and could have been 2 up, with good saves from their keeper. Those were definitely the right tactics against a physically big side. We then changed our own tactics, playing much deeper and that tediios, slow possession football across our back line or back to the keeper. Far too much back passing. That allowed the oppostion to fill the midfield and press us high up, meaning we lost our forward momentum and our passing and defence was constantly squeezed. Our distribution from the back and from Maxwell was poor last night, especially when we were not using midfield. Why we did that change was a mystery to me, as it seemed to be a change we made rather than one was imposed by the oppostion.
Our fullbacks were all over the place last night and gave away some very silly fouls, I thought Gabriel had a poor game. Our defence looks more solid when Turton plays. In midfield Embleton and Dougall were below par and wasted a number of moves because of poor passing.
I know that our bench hasn't got a lot of options because the number of injuries we have got, but I will criticide NC for not throwing on Mitchell and / or Robson to shake things up and try to make something happen. To me that showed some lack of real intent to try to win the game, especially after we threw away 2 points against Lincoln. And there have been a number of other home games which could have been converted from draws to wins with a bit more ambition and intent.
Our last 2 draws have given the chasing pack a sniff of a chnce now and if we don't start winning at home on Saturday they will really be smelling blood
 
Finishing let us down . The early chance set up by Simms' derriere - tame shot, easy to save AND the double chance set up by Gabriel/Embleton, Yates .
Admittedly their keeper made a good save for the second attempt .
Stanley created very little, we had nearly all of the good chances.
 
bfcpete said:
I decided to wait to this morning before reflecting on last night's match.
For the first 20 minutes our tactics were spot on. We pressed high up, we got players and the ball forward quickly through midfield and could have been 2 up, with good saves from their keeper. Those were definitely the right tactics against a physically big side. We then changed our own tactics, playing much deeper and that tediios, slow possession football across our back line or back to the keeper. Far too much back passing. That allowed the oppostion to fill the midfield and press us high up, meaning we lost our forward momentum and our passing and defence was constantly squeezed. Our distribution from the back and from Maxwell was poor last night, especially when we were not using midfield. Why we did that change was a mystery to me, as it seemed to be a change we made rather than one was imposed by the oppostion.
Our fullbacks were all over the place last night and gave away some very silly fouls, I thought Gabriel had a poor game. Our defence looks more solid when Turton plays. In midfield Embleton and Dougall were below par and wasted a number of moves because of poor passing.
I know that our bench hasn't got a lot of options because the number of injuries we have got, but I will criticide NC for not throwing on Mitchell and / or Robson to shake things up and try to make something happen. To me that showed some lack of real intent to try to win the game, especially after we threw away 2 points against Lincoln. And there have been a number of other home games which could have been converted from draws to wins with a bit more ambition and intent.
Our last 2 draws have given the chasing pack a sniff of a chnce now and if we don't start winning at home on Saturday they will really be smelling blood
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He had a poor game but they had absolutely fuck all chances outside of the penalty. It's a complete myth that Turton is miles better at defending than Gabriel, it's just brought out when Gabriel has a bad game. And yet when Turton has a bad game, nothing is said. Our fans have a weird obsession with him.

We also drew 0-0, so that's a clean sheet for Gabriel and the whole defence.
 
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LA1 Seasider said:
I’d love to have another midfielder (youngish one) of real quality and with a greater attacking instinct and an eye for goal (KDH would be the ideal mould). If we can find such a player Stewart and Dougall would have to fight it out for a starting berth and Virtue would be forced to up his game too.
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Another Hoolahan would be great!
 
Personally I think John Coleman is a better tactician the NC.
He knows we like to keep the ball on the ground and build up from the rear.
He had his team using the long, high ball all the game. Then he had his players closely pressing ours when we had the ball on the ground.
However, we didn't lose, thanks to a fantastic save by Maxwell.
 
SeasideKurt said:
He had a poor game but they had absolutely fuck all chances outside of the penalty. It's a complete myth that Turton is miles better at defending than Gabriel, it's just brought out when Gabriel has a bad game. And yet when Turton has a bad game, nothing is said. Our fans have a weird obsession with him.

We also drew 0-0, so that's a clean sheet for Gabriel and the whole defence.
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To be fair, I think you are the one with a weird obsession with him.
 
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