[valemadness]

Interesting that we had a behind closed doors match with Sheffield United to give Richards and O'Shea some game time.

[Norton Blue]

valemadness, on 15 February 2014 - 07:56 AM, said:

Interesting that we had a behind closed doors match with Sheffield United to give Richards and O'Shea some game time.

Any details?

[valemadness]

Norton Blue, on 15 February 2014 - 10:55 AM, said:

Any details?

No only that it was supposed to be youth team, but cooky asked if some of our 1st teamers could play.

[starsky72]

Makes sense I guess. If you've been sticking with the same side then some guys will need/want a little more game time to keep them sharp

[Westbars Spireite]

dim view, on 14 February 2014 - 06:04 PM, said:

I'm flying out tomorra, weather permitting, so I miss both matches. I hope Player works in Playa. My priority is slightly different. We MUST get through on Tuesday, and worst case scenario, I'd accept a draw tomorra on the grounds that we are going to get promotion anyway. I just think getting through will mean so much to PC - his first success in England, whereas failure will knock him sideways. So, fingers crossed tomorra that Tommy, Evatt, and Roberts all survive unscathed.

I do that trade also.

[60s 70s Spireite]

starsky72, on 15 February 2014 - 11:13 AM, said:

Makes sense I guess. If you've been sticking with the same side then some guys will need/want a little more game time to keep them sharp

If the wind carries on blowing like this, we could do with Ben Ainslie at the helm, never mind Ian Evatt!

[h again]

brianclose, on 14 February 2014 - 02:24 PM, said:

Well of course it is about passing, but also scoring goals, crossing and dribbling ability and initiating attacking plays.

JOS actually described himself as a playmaker when CFC did the Paint Pot Challenge - Im assuming this wasnt an ironic retort to RPL!

Right. It's about passing, then. Playmaking is what leads up to scoring, and dribbling nothing to do with it unless it ends with a decent pass.
So playmaking is passing. Did anybody ever think differently?

[h again]

valemadness, on 15 February 2014 - 07:56 AM, said:

Interesting that we had a behind closed doors match with Sheffield United to give Richards and O'Shea some game time.

Sensible. We're going to get some squad rotation whether we like it or not, and I'd certainly start O'Shea today, because he won't be the right man for the job in the scrap against Fleetwood, so somebody who is can be rested today.
Richards just needs games to get back the form that wasn't there when he came on as sub.

[60s 70s Spireite]

h again, on 15 February 2014 - 01:01 PM, said:

Right. It's about passing, then. Playmaking is what leads up to scoring, and dribbling nothing to do with it unless it ends with a decent pass.
So playmaking is passing. Did anybody ever think differently?

But not all passing is playmaking, for example multiple passes across the backline, ending up with a pass back to the keeper. Swansea have been guilty of that. Indeed that was our problem when we went through our sticky patch.

[starsky72]

TEAM NEWS: Chesterfield: Lee; Darikwa, Evatt ©, Cooper, Humphreys; Ryan, Morsy, O'Shea, Banks, Gardner; Doyle.

Subs: Dunbavin, Hird, Togwell, Smith, Roberts, Gnanduillet, Richards.

[Trigger]

Talbot?

[Spike The Spireite]

Talbot has a back injury. Roberts dropped as a precaution

[valemadness]

Spike The Spireite, on 15 February 2014 - 02:02 PM, said:

Talbot has a back injury. Roberts dropped as a precaution

He tweeted last night about not catching a break

[spireite0312]

Don't we have a match thread or is this it?