We have the most clean sheets in the league which is hardly surprising. Marv is a top centre half and Pennington, Marv and Husband are solid. Grimmy is a superb keeper.
Lots of teams are successful with our shape. It’s the pedestrian way that we play and being so slow generally in transition...
The season isn’t over yet. If we win the last 3 I’m pretty certain we’ll end up 6th. I can see us getting our hopes up and then cocking up against Barnsley or Reading though!
Our clean sheet record is largely down to Grimmy and Marv. The way we set up and the style of play certainly helps keep a clean sheet. It’s the other end of the pitch where we struggle. One things for certain, when Grimmy and Marv leave, they will go to bigger clubs than ourselves.
I think fans generally want a ‘name’. The skills to be a manager are similar at all levels. Chris Beech is doing an excellent job and would do a lot better than Critchley in my opinion.
I thought he was one of our better players today. When he gets the ball his first instinct is to look forward and run with the ball into space when he can.
Chris Beech would do a far better job than Critchley. We’d have a lot more attempts at goal too. He did a fantastic job at Carlisle on a minuscule budget for the league.
the style of football now compared to his first first spell is completely different. Derby sat off us and let our three centre halves have the ball. It’s terrible to watch and infective. I sincerely hope Simon can get rid of Critchley at the end of this season with minimum cost.