Bates

Glitterskid · **Joined:** Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:44 am **Posts:** 41

The sooner he is back the better, adds composure at the back and helps the midfield from being over run. Never thought I'd be saying that mind!

Ritchies birthmark · **Joined:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:31 am **Posts:** 5637

Yet the game before we had a clean sheet. Defeats makes the mind think differently.

A good defendce has a good left back

chunky1988 · **Joined:** Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:33 pm **Posts:** 1066

Think you'll also find the same left back plAyed in both games.

The whole defence struggled yesterday, no-one comes out of it with credit. On Tuesday we ground it out and actually had a holding midfielder in featherstone to help us when Northampton finally decided to join the game

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

Duckworth was nearly as bad as Austin yesterday the whole defence got pulled all over.

chunky1988 · **Joined:** Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:33 pm **Posts:** 1066

Stevenage were a lot better than I expected, especially given the injuries they had

The lad who scored twice was a right niggly player but looked good to me considering he's just starting out his career

agentpop · **Joined:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 6:55 pm **Posts:** 4

That also had a captain that let them have it when getting out of shape.we need a new one to keep us on our toes.

mib1975 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:02 pm **Posts:** 308

Thought they were shocking myself.. How stevenage fans can watch that every week is unbelievable , Westleys teams are always like that the last 20 minutes was mind numbingly boring, fair play there tactics worked but the ref needed to he strong and he was a disgrace let them get away with everything

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

mib1975 wrote:

Thought they were shocking myself.. How stevenage fans can watch that every week is unbelievable , Westleys teams are always like that the last 20 minutes was mind numbingly boring, fair play there tactics worked but the ref needed to he strong and he was a disgrace let them get away with everything

They tortured us how you can say they were shockng is beyond me they should have been 4-0 up at half time. If they were boring what were we we barely had a shot they could have scored 6 or 7. Probably the best performance I've seen at the Vic this season.

Aberdeen Pools · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 4:00 pm

Duckworth isn't a great defender, which will limit how far he goes in the game. Going forward he is fantastic but defensively quite naive at times.

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mib1975 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:02 pm **Posts:** 308

Best performance of the season are u winding me up? Ok if your kicking for touch at twickenham!!

grumpytheelf · **Joined:** Sun Nov 23, 2014 1:21 am **Posts:** 158

Amazing how things change because the last time I saw Bates play for us I couldn't see how he was earning a wage as a footballer.

alleztfc · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:27 pm

He is bobbins. One of many wage thieves currently masquerading as players.

horden · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:38 pm

Bates has give the defence extra protection, as has Tsishbola, but that means we struggle to score from midfield, which is why at the moment we will never get a result away from home

chunky1988 · **Joined:** Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:33 pm **Posts:** 1066

Yesterday both woods and tshibola looked to get forward and got caught further up field when stevenage attacked.

Not necessarily their fault but having a midfield protector I guess allows them to worry less about being caught out. Fenwick fully fit gives us a chance to score goals but definitely think 4-3-3 which we played looks best given the options we have.

billythefisherman · **Joined:** Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:40 am **Posts:** 388

m and m's are shit

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