I wouldn't go that far @McPie. It's awful when teams spoil, time waste, camp in a low block, but when they stop you through a strong man-on-man press in your territory and launch attacks from there I don't think you can have any complaints.
Brennan had a great game plan yesterday. In his post-match he kind of conceded that we got back into the game by changing shape. Good on Pato for doing that twice. For games like that there's a case for changing the shape from the start because coaches like Brennan are ready for you with what you usually do.
And Pato's interview was excellent I thought. The game was poor(ish) because too many of our players were off it in terms of pass and move and retaining the ball. I think it was about half the team - Jones and Tsaroulla, Macari, Hall and Iorpenda, RodMac in the 1st half, Robbo in the 2nd. All of those were hard-working and combative, but none had their best games on the ball. So lots of room for improvement and optimism, starting at the County Ground on Tuesday.
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I never look at X or places like that @liampie. I thought it was bad enough on here and on podcasts, so I can well imagine how terrible it was elsewhere.
Yes, he made a slow and shaky start to a new job, but he stabilised and turned it around.
I keep on repeating this but I love the mentality when he receives the ball. He's in sync with most fans in looking for ways to start a new attack, even if it's a quick roll-out short. Other keepers we've had in recent years had different, old-fashioned instincts - I have the ball, safely safely, look all around, keep hold of it, let the lads push up. To me Roos is more like Kaspar, you can see he wants to be positive and start something.
We have been blessed in the keeper department for many years, that most haven't been seen as the reason for dropping points. I don't think Kelle Roos is at fault for our poor start, but he certainly contributed towards it and tends to make mistakes most natural keepers wouldn't. I want to see every player succeed, and I don't choose to single out players and that is why I am pleased with the progress he's been making.
I would much rather see him being voted for as the Man of the Match for when Notts have played well, than not. However, there's a lot of praise deserved in his direction for the fact we left Barnet with the 3 points.
It would have been an achievement had we drawn, considering the treat Barnet displayed and I hope we see more of this.
It's unfortunate that Roos hasn't built confidence amongst our supporters, but with more performances of this nature he might just do that. I want to feel like our keeper is protecting games, not ask risk of giving points away and sadly that is how Roos has come across for the most part of his time. Some poor decisions, and erractic behaviour cost us, but he's looking like he is improving which is promising.
True, but I think when you have a keeper that is confident enough to come and take crosses it takes the pressure off the defence to head everything away. He was solid yesterday but I would still like to see Roos try and be a bit more pro-active when it comes to dealing with crosses. I just feel like a keeper has such a big advantage here, they can jump with their hands in the air and get comfortably higher than any player can with their head.