This is trolling.
Anyway, back to topic.
I think Jellis will be one of the backups if Hutch or Earring are injured/tired/not working. A position that was needed.
Again, you have no idea that you are talking about.
Gegenpress in league two with a centre half 
Thatâs me done for the day.
Yeah, very little to offer in terms of evidence as usual
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It what way do our possession stats not back it up?
You should go back and read the âNext managerâ thread, see how that looks nowâŚâŚ
Then try my Tom Knowles postsâŚ.
If you feel really brave you can then try the Liam bennet ones
*tongue in cheek
Well if you are aiming to win the ball back as quickly as possible after losing it then it stands to reason that you should be having higher possession stats, if you are doing it well. I think of Liverpool as an example of a team that does it and they regularly have 65-70% possession.
If you are aiming to win the ball back as quickly as possible and are having less possession than the opposition on a regular basis, then I would suggest something is going wrong. Nothing wrong with having less possession than the opposition by the way, plenty of ways to win a football match, You just often talk about something that in reality isnât really happening. In my opinion.
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Not really, if you aim to win it back then create a chance as soon as possible then you wouldnât expect to have much possession. especially if you are playing a team that tries to retain possession.
Again you ignore the example I provide too.
How many goals have we scored this season in this way? I donât know by the way, or have any way of finding out. Iâd suggest it isnât that many but I could be totally wrong.
I did miss your example to be fair, Iâm not sure about âagainâ, it got lost in between me posting. Iâd suggest more than one example would be needed if our whole game plan is based around it though.
Iâll be honest, sometimes I get more immersed in the actual game as a contest than the tactical side of things, and I always have a couple of kids with me. I am going to try and pay more attention tomorrow to certain things and I will post on the match thread.
We had a chance against FGR so that proves it
Moving onâŚ
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Not sure what you have to evidence that other than it being your opinion?
As I said before, which youâve ignored, which you have a penchant for doing when it doesnât follow the narrative (I think we get on well enough for me to say that with a wink 
), have performances without him been any more impressive than those with him?
Stockport at home? Crewe away? Salford away? Bradford away? Gillingham at home? Notts County away?
Any of those less impressive than Wrexham at home?
Stockport away wasnât great. Iâve said it before but Grimsby wasnât that greatâŚscoreline apart they bossed the game and we hit them on the counter for two goals before half time. Second half again couldâve swung on two penalty decisions in the space of a few minutes.
So Iâm not sure what youâre really basing this on other than you nailed your colours to the mast early doors and the Wrexham and Grimsby games with Earing returning full of beans have fueled your confirmation bias.
As an example here are the stats for the Harrogate at home game and Grimsby awayâŚand I know itâs a results business but youâd be hard pressed to argue that the performance without him in midfield (Grimsby) compared with the one with him (Harrogate), had any real influence on the performance or style in which we playedâŚ.other than being influenced by the scoreline.
Being 19th in League two.
And before you say⌠no, not the only reason. But just a reason.
Welcome to the Saddlers Jamie
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Thatâs the best you can do?
McEntee in midfield was the reason for that and the reason for a supposed improvement in style of play?
Not form, improvement, individual performances, opposition, fixtures order, luckâŚ.all players who returned from injury (earing included) but mainly Preistly?
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But we havenât played that way every game all season, so not sure what point you are making.
My point is the assumption that if Comley/Stirk/mcentee/Tierney are playing advanced midfield then âSadler doesnât know what he is doingâ because these players âarenât de Bruyne creating chancesâ.
I agree with the they âarenât De Bruyneâ point, but posters (by and large a certain academic with a closed mind) with this view are completely missing the point that they arenât meant to be pinging through balls for âagueroâ to finish.
They are creating chances by winning the ball back which as I understand it is one of the most productive way of scoring goals. It is also a sensible tactic against teams that hold possession in defence (e,g Salford, Crawley, Notts County).
I donât mind posters saying âI donât like that way of playingâ but this repeated assumption that these players are being picked for a role they clearly arenât is what is frustrating and shows a lack of understanding by the posters who do this.
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Gengenpress at league 2 level would just leave our players knackered by half time and space left everywhere for the other team to just walk through
We did a pretty good press in the second half against Notts County and did not run out of steam.
I see Jellis as a replacement for Tierney, by the way.
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Spotted this amongst all the other posts, good tryâŚ
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See my post:
Hard of reading surely.