Think we missed Salech today…

…. As much for the headers he wins defending set pieces in our box as winning headers in theirs.

He would have certainly helped out massively

We 100% missed him today, plymouth were a much better version of Burton so the ball just wouldn't stick up top and kept coming back at us and Plymouth were way more ruthless than Burton so we were punished, it's game like these you need a target man

Lincoln will be the same and again another level up from plymouth

I think the main problem is three of our back four had a bad game (Ng excluded) and the midfield duo in the first half wasn't working.

I think the main problem is three of our back four had a bad game (Ng excluded) and the midfield duo in the first half wasn't working.

Not playing Wintle in this type of game was a big error but we live and learn on to Doncaster we go

I think the main problem is three of our back four had a bad game (Ng excluded) and the midfield duo in the first half wasn't working.

Not playing Wintle in this type of game was a big error but we live and learn on to Doncaster we go

Agree with you on that.

I actually think kellyman and Tanner were fine and we didnt miss salech. What we missed was 2 CBs having solid games and Wintle protecting the back 4. Bagan and Joel C looked shattered too.

I think the subs were wrong. We needed Energy down the left and we needed Wintle to come on

I actually think kellyman and Tanner were fine and we didnt miss salech. What we missed was 2 CBs having solid games and Wintle protecting the back 4. Bagan and Joel C looked shattered too.

I think the subs were wrong. We needed Energy down the left and we needed Wintle to come on

I agree. Salech is a striker not a defender and he would have made no difference to their goals.

BBM has been brilliant this season but that defeat I feel was down to him. Wintle should definitely had started and I would have kept fish in too.

We 100% missed him today, plymouth were a much better version of Burton so the ball just wouldn't stick up top and kept coming back at us and Plymouth were way more ruthless than Burton so we were punished, it's game like these you need a target man

Lincoln will be the same and again another level up from plymouth

Haha, first defeat since his injury and the Salech lovers are out claiming we would have won if he'd played.

Salech missed a hat full against Burton at home and isn't physical enough for the big CB's of this league.

Kellyman on the other hand is far too skillful for these CB's which is why we scored 16 in 5 games before Plymouth.

Would the score have been different if Salech played........yes it would have been 5-0 instead of 5-2

Yesterday was an off day for most of the squad probably down to tiredness and I think leaving Wintle out was a mistake and I would have left fish in too.

We reset and go again Saturday.

Leaving Wintle out was a strange one unless he had a slight knock from Tuesday.

He'd had a bit of a break when he was suspended.

We 100% missed him today, plymouth were a much better version of Burton so the ball just wouldn't stick up top and kept coming back at us and Plymouth were way more ruthless than Burton so we were punished, it's game like these you need a target man

Lincoln will be the same and again another level up from plymouth

Haha, first defeat since his injury and the Salech lovers are out claiming we would have won if he'd played.

Salech missed a hat full against Burton at home and isn't physical enough for the big CB's of this league.

Kellyman on the other hand is far too skillful for these CB's which is why we scored 16 in 5 games before Plymouth.

Would the score have been different if Salech played........yes it would have been 5-0 instead of 5-2

Yesterday was an off day for most of the squad probably down to tiredness and I think leaving Wintle out was a mistake and I would have left fish in too.

We reset and go again Saturday.

I didn't say we would have won if Salech had played, I said we would have had more of a focal point to play off and more of a presence at defending set pieces with his physicality, just because you don't rate him you can't see the bigger picture

We 100% missed him today, plymouth were a much better version of Burton so the ball just wouldn't stick up top and kept coming back at us and Plymouth were way more ruthless than Burton so we were punished, it's game like these you need a target man

Lincoln will be the same and again another level up from plymouth

Haha, first defeat since his injury and the Salech lovers are out claiming we would have won if he'd played.

Salech missed a hat full against Burton at home and isn't physical enough for the big CB's of this league.

Kellyman on the other hand is far too skillful for these CB's which is why we scored 16 in 5 games before Plymouth.

Would the score have been different if Salech played........yes it would have been 5-0 instead of 5-2

Yesterday was an off day for most of the squad probably down to tiredness and I think leaving Wintle out was a mistake and I would have left fish in too.

We reset and go again Saturday.

I didn't say we would have won if Salech had played, I said we would have had more of a focal point to play off and more of a presence at defending set pieces with his physicality, just because you don't rate him you can't see the bigger picture

Maybe he would have made a difference in defence for 2 of their 5 goals but the bigger picture is we would still have lost.

Regards his physical presence is concerned my 83 year old mother-in-law has more physical presence than Salech.

The big picture is, you don't change a skillful attacking lineup that's scored 16 in 5 games just to put a striker in that may make a difference defending set pieces.

We 100% missed him today, plymouth were a much better version of Burton so the ball just wouldn't stick up top and kept coming back at us and Plymouth were way more ruthless than Burton so we were punished, it's game like these you need a target man

Lincoln will be the same and again another level up from plymouth

Haha, first defeat since his injury and the Salech lovers are out claiming we would have won if he'd played.

Salech missed a hat full against Burton at home and isn't physical enough for the big CB's of this league.

Kellyman on the other hand is far too skillful for these CB's which is why we scored 16 in 5 games before Plymouth.

Would the score have been different if Salech played........yes it would have been 5-0 instead of 5-2

Yesterday was an off day for most of the squad probably down to tiredness and I think leaving Wintle out was a mistake and I would have left fish in too.

We reset and go again Saturday.

I didn't say we would have won if Salech had played, I said we would have had more of a focal point to play off and more of a presence at defending set pieces with his physicality, just because you don't rate him you can't see the bigger picture

Maybe he would have made a difference in defence for 2 of their 5 goals but the bigger picture is we would still have lost.

Regards his physical presence is concerned my 83 year old mother-in-law has more physical presence than Salech.

The big picture is, you don't change a skillful attacking lineup that's scored 16 in 5 games just to put a striker in that may make a difference defending set pieces.

I agree since he's been out we are so much more dynamic going forward I just feel for certain games like yesterday and Lincoln where they will just pump balls into our box a player like Salech just gives us a lot more defensive protection as he wins a lot of defensive headers in our box

We 100% missed him today, plymouth were a much better version of Burton so the ball just wouldn't stick up top and kept coming back at us and Plymouth were way more ruthless than Burton so we were punished, it's game like these you need a target man

Lincoln will be the same and again another level up from plymouth

Haha, first defeat since his injury and the Salech lovers are out claiming we would have won if he'd played.

Salech missed a hat full against Burton at home and isn't physical enough for the big CB's of this league.

Kellyman on the other hand is far too skillful for these CB's which is why we scored 16 in 5 games before Plymouth.

Would the score have been different if Salech played........yes it would have been 5-0 instead of 5-2

Yesterday was an off day for most of the squad probably down to tiredness and I think leaving Wintle out was a mistake and I would have left fish in too.

We reset and go again Saturday.

I didn't say we would have won if Salech had played, I said we would have had more of a focal point to play off and more of a presence at defending set pieces with his physicality, just because you don't rate him you can't see the bigger picture

Maybe he would have made a difference in defence for 2 of their 5 goals but the bigger picture is we would still have lost.

Regards his physical presence is concerned my 83 year old mother-in-law has more physical presence than Salech.

The big picture is, you don't change a skillful attacking lineup that's scored 16 in 5 games just to put a striker in that may make a difference defending set pieces.

I agree since he's been out we are so much more dynamic going forward I just feel for certain games like yesterday and Lincoln where they will just pump balls into our box a player like Salech just gives us a lot more defensive protection as he wins a lot of defensive headers in our box

I understand what you're saying but if he were available I'd still stick with Kellyman up front against Lincoln. These big CB's don't like defending against his skills on the floor whereas strikers like Salech they eat for breakfast.

Yesterday's defeat was down to tiredness and not playing Wintle, Salech would not have affected the result.

I'd rest Bagan, Joel Colwill and Willock on Saturday ready for Lincoln.

We 100% missed him today, plymouth were a much better version of Burton so the ball just wouldn't stick up top and kept coming back at us and Plymouth were way more ruthless than Burton so we were punished, it's game like these you need a target man

Lincoln will be the same and again another level up from plymouth

Haha, first defeat since his injury and the Salech lovers are out claiming we would have won if he'd played.

Salech missed a hat full against Burton at home and isn't physical enough for the big CB's of this league.

Kellyman on the other hand is far too skillful for these CB's which is why we scored 16 in 5 games before Plymouth.

Would the score have been different if Salech played........yes it would have been 5-0 instead of 5-2

Yesterday was an off day for most of the squad probably down to tiredness and I think leaving Wintle out was a mistake and I would have left fish in too.

We reset and go again Saturday.

I didn't say we would have won if Salech had played, I said we would have had more of a focal point to play off and more of a presence at defending set pieces with his physicality, just because you don't rate him you can't see the bigger picture

Maybe he would have made a difference in defence for 2 of their 5 goals but the bigger picture is we would still have lost.

Regards his physical presence is concerned my 83 year old mother-in-law has more physical presence than Salech.

The big picture is, you don't change a skillful attacking lineup that's scored 16 in 5 games just to put a striker in that may make a difference defending set pieces.

I agree since he's been out we are so much more dynamic going forward I just feel for certain games like yesterday and Lincoln where they will just pump balls into our box a player like Salech just gives us a lot more defensive protection as he wins a lot of defensive headers in our box

I understand what you're saying but if he were available I'd still stick with Kellyman up front against Lincoln. These big CB's don't like defending against his skills on the floor whereas strikers like Salech they eat for breakfast.

Yesterday's defeat was down to tiredness and not playing Wintle, Salech would not have affected the result.

I'd rest Bagan, Joel Colwill and Willock on Saturday ready for Lincoln.

That's fair mate we all have different opinions, I wonder if we played 442 like Plymouth did yester day with Kellyman and Salech up top how that would go

We 100% missed him today, plymouth were a much better version of Burton so the ball just wouldn't stick up top and kept coming back at us and Plymouth were way more ruthless than Burton so we were punished, it's game like these you need a target man

Lincoln will be the same and again another level up from plymouth

Haha, first defeat since his injury and the Salech lovers are out claiming we would have won if he'd played.

Salech missed a hat full against Burton at home and isn't physical enough for the big CB's of this league.

Kellyman on the other hand is far too skillful for these CB's which is why we scored 16 in 5 games before Plymouth.

Would the score have been different if Salech played........yes it would have been 5-0 instead of 5-2

Yesterday was an off day for most of the squad probably down to tiredness and I think leaving Wintle out was a mistake and I would have left fish in too.

We reset and go again Saturday.

I didn't say we would have won if Salech had played, I said we would have had more of a focal point to play off and more of a presence at defending set pieces with his physicality, just because you don't rate him you can't see the bigger picture

Maybe he would have made a difference in defence for 2 of their 5 goals but the bigger picture is we would still have lost.

Regards his physical presence is concerned my 83 year old mother-in-law has more physical presence than Salech.

The big picture is, you don't change a skillful attacking lineup that's scored 16 in 5 games just to put a striker in that may make a difference defending set pieces.

I agree since he's been out we are so much more dynamic going forward I just feel for certain games like yesterday and Lincoln where they will just pump balls into our box a player like Salech just gives us a lot more defensive protection as he wins a lot of defensive headers in our box

I understand what you're saying but if he were available I'd still stick with Kellyman up front against Lincoln. These big CB's don't like defending against his skills on the floor whereas strikers like Salech they eat for breakfast.

Yesterday's defeat was down to tiredness and not playing Wintle, Salech would not have affected the result.

I'd rest Bagan, Joel Colwill and Willock on Saturday ready for Lincoln.

That's fair mate we all have different opinions, I wonder if we played 442 like Plymouth did yester day with Kellyman and Salech up top how that would go

The system we've been playing has worked wonders until Saturday, no need to change anything just rest a few players and bring back Wintle.

We 100% missed him today, plymouth were a much better version of Burton so the ball just wouldn't stick up top and kept coming back at us and Plymouth were way more ruthless than Burton so we were punished, it's game like these you need a target man

Lincoln will be the same and again another level up from plymouth

Haha, first defeat since his injury and the Salech lovers are out claiming we would have won if he'd played.

Salech missed a hat full against Burton at home and isn't physical enough for the big CB's of this league.

Kellyman on the other hand is far too skillful for these CB's which is why we scored 16 in 5 games before Plymouth.

Would the score have been different if Salech played........yes it would have been 5-0 instead of 5-2

Yesterday was an off day for most of the squad probably down to tiredness and I think leaving Wintle out was a mistake and I would have left fish in too.

We reset and go again Saturday.

I didn't say we would have won if Salech had played, I said we would have had more of a focal point to play off and more of a presence at defending set pieces with his physicality, just because you don't rate him you can't see the bigger picture

Maybe he would have made a difference in defence for 2 of their 5 goals but the bigger picture is we would still have lost.

Regards his physical presence is concerned my 83 year old mother-in-law has more physical presence than Salech.

The big picture is, you don't change a skillful attacking lineup that's scored 16 in 5 games just to put a striker in that may make a difference defending set pieces.

I agree since he's been out we are so much more dynamic going forward I just feel for certain games like yesterday and Lincoln where they will just pump balls into our box a player like Salech just gives us a lot more defensive protection as he wins a lot of defensive headers in our box

I understand what you're saying but if he were available I'd still stick with Kellyman up front against Lincoln. These big CB's don't like defending against his skills on the floor whereas strikers like Salech they eat for breakfast.

Yesterday's defeat was down to tiredness and not playing Wintle, Salech would not have affected the result.

I'd rest Bagan, Joel Colwill and Willock on Saturday ready for Lincoln.

That's fair mate we all have different opinions, I wonder if we played 442 like Plymouth did yester day with Kellyman and Salech up top how that would go

The system we've been playing has worked wonders until Saturday, no need to change anything just rest a few players and bring back Wintle.

Agree with this. I also don't think the result yesterday had anything to do with the system or the fact Salech wasn't playing. Changing the system after one off day wouldn't make sense and would probably do more damage than good, which is why it won't happen.

It was down to several players not reaching the levels they usually do and a mistake being made in not starting Wintle. Can forgive the manager that mistake because he's got a lot right.

It was a bad day for us yesterday, but thankfully still got a good gap to third and we normally bounce back from defeats so I'm sure we will on Saturday.

Yea I'm not saying to change the system but it's always nice to have alternatives if plan a isn't working at any given time

Salech has had no protection from the refs
assaulted out of the Stockport game
We need plan B
Games are up to 100 minutes long these days
He would have been on at half time Saturday
with Kellyman moved out wide

…. As much for the headers he wins defending set pieces in our box as winning headers in theirs.

He would have certainly helped out massively

Yes i've said previously I think he will be back for Lincoln if fit enough. I think the main loss was Fish and Wintle, if fit I think all three will be back for Lincoln, if not Fish Lawlor.

Horses for courses, Salech will suit some games, against direct aggressive teams, but when teams sit back, he is ineffective.

We 100% missed him today, plymouth were a much better version of Burton so the ball just wouldn't stick up top and kept coming back at us and Plymouth were way more ruthless than Burton so we were punished, it's game like these you need a target man

Lincoln will be the same and again another level up from plymouth

Haha, first defeat since his injury and the Salech lovers are out claiming we would have won if he'd played.

Salech missed a hat full against Burton at home and isn't physical enough for the big CB's of this league.

Kellyman on the other hand is far too skillful for these CB's which is why we scored 16 in 5 games before Plymouth.

Would the score have been different if Salech played........yes it would have been 5-0 instead of 5-2

Yesterday was an off day for most of the squad probably down to tiredness and I think leaving Wintle out was a mistake and I would have left fish in too.

We reset and go again Saturday.

I didn't say we would have won if Salech had played, I said we would have had more of a focal point to play off and more of a presence at defending set pieces with his physicality, just because you don't rate him you can't see the bigger picture

Maybe he would have made a difference in defence for 2 of their 5 goals but the bigger picture is we would still have lost.

Regards his physical presence is concerned my 83 year old mother-in-law has more physical presence than Salech.

The big picture is, you don't change a skillful attacking lineup that's scored 16 in 5 games just to put a striker in that may make a difference defending set pieces.

I agree since he's been out we are so much more dynamic going forward I just feel for certain games like yesterday and Lincoln where they will just pump balls into our box a player like Salech just gives us a lot more defensive protection as he wins a lot of defensive headers in our box

It's a useful tactic to use a big Striker to help defend against direct teams like Lincoln, who are a Warnock-type team that use long throws, corners and set plays for many of their goals. Plymouth were similar to them on Saturday, and fast on the break.

He's no Keiffer Moore, but he can help in those situations, even if it's just the presence and blocking out some of the big lumps.