| Exeter City (h) Match Thread 19:46 - Nov 25 with 14806 views | HullDale |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:16 - Nov 27 with 3313 views | 442Dale |
Enjoyable game to watch and although of course we’d rather be winning, another point going forward. Odoh did really well at LWB, we’ve now gone about 5 options there! Grant looked more like the player we saw last season and was involved in the penalty and the goal.
If Beesley gets on a scoring run where he’s confident he’ll score, then he will be fine. This is the difference between him winning us games at the moment, the ability is there and he just needs to have confidence in himself. |  |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:21 - Nov 27 with 3247 views | dillydaley |
Followed on from Tuesday , but against a far better team , should have won that 3-1. But we are getting better, the wins will come |  | | |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:34 - Nov 27 with 3121 views | 1907 |
Positives - Odoh had a great game, Dorsett was really good, Grant put in his best performance of the season & Taylor was excellent, capping his performance with a stunning strike.
Negatives - Beesley was poor, how many chances does he waste in comparison with goals? Had 3 great chances and a penalty and missed all of them. This is the difference between us winning and not. Substitutions - why the hell did we not bother? As mentioned prior, Beesley could easily have been substituted from 60 minute onwards but yet again Stockdale did nothing to influence the game from the bench. It’s becoming a regular occurrence now, which is almost as frustrating as the decision to continue playing Graham when he shouldn’t (until injury forced his hand).
More points dropped against another supposed “good” side that really aren’t all that.
I have to say that the standard of League Two is shocking when you think of some of the sides we have had & have played against over the years.
Exeter fans did a great job considering the conditions. |  | | |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:35 - Nov 27 with 3102 views | funkkk |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:16 - Nov 27 by 442Dale |
Enjoyable game to watch and although of course we’d rather be winning, another point going forward. Odoh did really well at LWB, we’ve now gone about 5 options there! Grant looked more like the player we saw last season and was involved in the penalty and the goal.
If Beesley gets on a scoring run where he’s confident he’ll score, then he will be fine. This is the difference between him winning us games at the moment, the ability is there and he just needs to have confidence in himself. |
Aye, a decent game that and we certainly held our own vs a team near the top of the table. Pleased for Taylor and thought Odoh played really well.
You have to feel for Bees, he’s full of running but sadly isn’t a goal scorer. Who knows how the game would have gone had he scored his pen but it can’t have done his confidence any good. |  | | |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:38 - Nov 27 with 3057 views | Shun |
Odoh was like a man possessed today. I’m not even sure what position he was playing (at times we seemed to have 3 at the back, and at times 4), but he had the whole of the left hand side of the pitch under his control. I get the argument that he has no end product, but he terrifies defenders with his pace, and on that performance he’s our best defending attacker too.
Taylor impressive, and Kelly’s just a joy to watch. Good game too. We’re definitely improving. |  | | |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:40 - Nov 27 with 3032 views | Nigeriamark |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:34 - Nov 27 by 1907 |
Positives - Odoh had a great game, Dorsett was really good, Grant put in his best performance of the season & Taylor was excellent, capping his performance with a stunning strike.
Negatives - Beesley was poor, how many chances does he waste in comparison with goals? Had 3 great chances and a penalty and missed all of them. This is the difference between us winning and not. Substitutions - why the hell did we not bother? As mentioned prior, Beesley could easily have been substituted from 60 minute onwards but yet again Stockdale did nothing to influence the game from the bench. It’s becoming a regular occurrence now, which is almost as frustrating as the decision to continue playing Graham when he shouldn’t (until injury forced his hand).
More points dropped against another supposed “good” side that really aren’t all that.
I have to say that the standard of League Two is shocking when you think of some of the sides we have had & have played against over the years.
Exeter fans did a great job considering the conditions. |
I was more encouraged by today than Tuesday. We were playing well against an in-form team and the missed a penalty but our heads didn't drop. We then went behind but again heads didn't drop. We equalised, kept attacking, hit the post and played very good football in what seemed to be "brass monkey" weather
Tuesday we played against the team with the worst away record league and took the lead twice yet didn't win. Of course it is a point in each game, but IMHO today was much better
However as you say we have got to stop wasting the chances our attacking play is setting up. Just as our defence is improving our finishing is starting to cause some worries. 9 draws out of 19 in a lower division than last year is quite a few too many |  | | |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:42 - Nov 27 with 3010 views | funkkk |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:34 - Nov 27 by 1907 |
Positives - Odoh had a great game, Dorsett was really good, Grant put in his best performance of the season & Taylor was excellent, capping his performance with a stunning strike.
Negatives - Beesley was poor, how many chances does he waste in comparison with goals? Had 3 great chances and a penalty and missed all of them. This is the difference between us winning and not. Substitutions - why the hell did we not bother? As mentioned prior, Beesley could easily have been substituted from 60 minute onwards but yet again Stockdale did nothing to influence the game from the bench. It’s becoming a regular occurrence now, which is almost as frustrating as the decision to continue playing Graham when he shouldn’t (until injury forced his hand).
More points dropped against another supposed “good” side that really aren’t all that.
I have to say that the standard of League Two is shocking when you think of some of the sides we have had & have played against over the years.
Exeter fans did a great job considering the conditions. |
Beesley will never be a prolific scorer in the EFL. His profligacy wouldn’t be as much of an issue if we had enough goals from elsewhere. I’m hoping Andrews can step up in the coming weeks. | | | |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:44 - Nov 27 with 2996 views | HullDale |
I've come away from today frustrated, but for all the right reasons.
If we can start putting chances away, we will give more than one team an absolute drubbing this season. When we're on the front foot we can be great to watch, mixing it up with intricate passing / long balls / fast wing play. Teams will be watching us and not know what to expect from us in any given passage of play - its been a long time since we had that about us.
Agree on the subs point, I would've liked to see Cashman on for Morley on about 75 minutes to really
keep the pressure up.
Lynch made another great save, Dorsett is quickly improving and showing his potential, Taylor is growing into the role, Odoh was fantastic (until the end product), Kelly is a different class, Grant gave us something different (MOM contender) and hopefully he carries on playing, Andrews is a constant threat.
A lot more positives than negatives in the last 2 matches, and it feels like we could be on the cusp of something with a bit of smart shuffling in January. | | | |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:51 - Nov 27 with 2912 views | 442Dale |
We were discussing subs after the equaliser and pretty much agreed that changing it wasn’t that necessary with possibly Beesley being the only person to come off. Sometimes you’ve got to back a manager for not making changes for changes sake. That in itself was something different, so credit to him for having courage in his decisions when the norm these days is to always use subs. | |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:55 - Nov 27 with 2868 views | TVOS1907 |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:44 - Nov 27 by HullDale |
I've come away from today frustrated, but for all the right reasons.
If we can start putting chances away, we will give more than one team an absolute drubbing this season. When we're on the front foot we can be great to watch, mixing it up with intricate passing / long balls / fast wing play. Teams will be watching us and not know what to expect from us in any given passage of play - its been a long time since we had that about us.
Agree on the subs point, I would've liked to see Cashman on for Morley on about 75 minutes to really
keep the pressure up.
Lynch made another great save, Dorsett is quickly improving and showing his potential, Taylor is growing into the role, Odoh was fantastic (until the end product), Kelly is a different class, Grant gave us something different (MOM contender) and hopefully he carries on playing, Andrews is a constant threat.
A lot more positives than negatives in the last 2 matches, and it feels like we could be on the cusp of something with a bit of smart shuffling in January. |
Got to agree about Grant. Save for one poor ball into the area late in the game, I thought he was excellent and my personal MotM. |  |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 18:02 - Nov 27 with 2811 views | Barrowdale |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:55 - Nov 27 by TVOS1907 |
Got to agree about Grant. Save for one poor ball into the area late in the game, I thought he was excellent and my personal MotM. |
Substitutions were necessary. Beesley was tired and Morley had a poor 2nd half. In any case Cashman would have brought energy. Its becoming a bit weird really, like Stockdale really hasnt much idea what to do yet. Still hopefully he can now see what he’s been told for weeks that 442 is fine |  | | |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 18:13 - Nov 27 with 2749 views | mikehunt |
Steps in the right direction those last two games. Our approach play can be fantastic at times. Just the finishing as everyone has mentioned (including RS in his post match interview with Radio Noblot)
To see Andrews still full of running at the end of the match surprised me - as he is a big unit. Hope we can retain his services.
I wonder if Hendo might fancy returning? On blob he could really fill his boots in this team. |  |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 18:14 - Nov 27 with 2740 views | HullDale |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 18:27 - Nov 27 with 2642 views | 442Dale |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 18:02 - Nov 27 by Barrowdale |
Substitutions were necessary. Beesley was tired and Morley had a poor 2nd half. In any case Cashman would have brought energy. Its becoming a bit weird really, like Stockdale really hasnt much idea what to do yet. Still hopefully he can now see what he’s been told for weeks that 442 is fine |
Except we’re still playing 3—4-3 and doing fine. The difference is Andrews is playing and Beesley is able to link with him rather than be the focal point himself. It allows Beesley to move more across the front line from his position as one of the wider forwards or play in a two when Newby/Grant move centrally themselves.
It’s very flexible and although we maybe should make more changes, the manager believes it suits the players and we’re a bit of better finishing away from winning more in this unbeaten run. | |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 18:34 - Nov 27 with 2587 views | D_Alien |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 18:14 - Nov 27 by HullDale |
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Thought that was one of his best interviews to date, with a lot of detail about his thinking behind the formation and individual's roles within it. Think he managed to reference every player on the pitch today which must be a first
Claims on here that "he doesn't know what to do yet" are just laughable. He is, of course, still learning, as all managers should continue to do, but from a strong base of experience both as a player and ten years of coaching |  |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 18:43 - Nov 27 with 2509 views | dingdangblue |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 15:05 - Nov 27 by Nigeriamark |
I hope Grant has a good game. Hasn't looked the sharp player with lot's of potential that we saw last year. A good performance today might get him a run of games
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Grant was man of the match for me. Very sharp today and most of his good work led to chances created. More like the player we saw impress last season. |  |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 18:56 - Nov 27 with 2414 views | Shun |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 17:34 - Nov 27 by 1907 |
Positives - Odoh had a great game, Dorsett was really good, Grant put in his best performance of the season & Taylor was excellent, capping his performance with a stunning strike.
Negatives - Beesley was poor, how many chances does he waste in comparison with goals? Had 3 great chances and a penalty and missed all of them. This is the difference between us winning and not. Substitutions - why the hell did we not bother? As mentioned prior, Beesley could easily have been substituted from 60 minute onwards but yet again Stockdale did nothing to influence the game from the bench. It’s becoming a regular occurrence now, which is almost as frustrating as the decision to continue playing Graham when he shouldn’t (until injury forced his hand).
More points dropped against another supposed “good” side that really aren’t all that.
I have to say that the standard of League Two is shocking when you think of some of the sides we have had & have played against over the years.
Exeter fans did a great job considering the conditions. |
In defence of Stockdale, I wouldn’t have made any subs either. The game was on a knife edge towards the end and either side could’ve won. Odoh was the best player on the pitch so we had to leave him on, and we needed the other two for the height in defensive positions.
And I thought Exeter were a good side. I could definitely see why they’re in the top 3. They impressed me more than FGR, for instance. | | | |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 19:02 - Nov 27 with 2374 views | TVOS1907 |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 18:02 - Nov 27 by Barrowdale |
Substitutions were necessary. Beesley was tired and Morley had a poor 2nd half. In any case Cashman would have brought energy. Its becoming a bit weird really, like Stockdale really hasnt much idea what to do yet. Still hopefully he can now see what he’s been told for weeks that 442 is fine |
Except when he goes on about kits.
We weren't playing 442, though. | |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 19:12 - Nov 27 with 2309 views | TalkingSutty |
After the last few years of watching boring, negative, tippy tappy football, we now finally have a team of players and a manager that we can warm too. Yes, quite a lot of the players are still raw and finding their feet at this level but there is now always a intent to play attacking football, it’s actually exciting to watch and some of our passages of play are excellent. When you think the manager had a few weeks to put this squad together i think he has done a brilliant job, with the backing from the boardroom over the next couple of transfer windows ( within reason) he’s going to keep improving us, i’m sure of that. This is a season to consolidate and re- set the club, the players and manager are doing us proud. |  | | |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 19:17 - Nov 27 with 2263 views | TVOS1907 |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 19:12 - Nov 27 by TalkingSutty |
After the last few years of watching boring, negative, tippy tappy football, we now finally have a team of players and a manager that we can warm too. Yes, quite a lot of the players are still raw and finding their feet at this level but there is now always a intent to play attacking football, it’s actually exciting to watch and some of our passages of play are excellent. When you think the manager had a few weeks to put this squad together i think he has done a brilliant job, with the backing from the boardroom over the next couple of transfer windows ( within reason) he’s going to keep improving us, i’m sure of that. This is a season to consolidate and re- set the club, the players and manager are doing us proud. |
We also have a manager who is raw and finding his feet. I think he's doing an excellent job, all circumstances considered. | |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 19:57 - Nov 27 with 2076 views | jonahwhereru |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 19:17 - Nov 27 by TVOS1907 |
We also have a manager who is raw and finding his feet. I think he's doing an excellent job, all circumstances considered. |
Agree. I am anticipating the board will extend his contract on the quite any time now.
Sh-t I just went into a time warp.
What impresses me at the moment is that injuries are starting to occur but the team is still competitive in every game. Starting to see a next man up mentality. Grant has had very little first team football, but he stepped up and played an integral part in today’s performance.
Slightly looking ahead, against Argyle Morley, Kelly and Grant could deffo be equal to them creatively. If they see plenty of the ball I am hopeful.
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 20:23 - Nov 27 with 1935 views | 442Dale |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 18:34 - Nov 27 by D_Alien |
Thought that was one of his best interviews to date, with a lot of detail about his thinking behind the formation and individual's roles within it. Think he managed to reference every player on the pitch today which must be a first
Claims on here that "he doesn't know what to do yet" are just laughable. He is, of course, still learning, as all managers should continue to do, but from a strong base of experience both as a player and ten years of coaching |
Having watched that, he does indeed illustrate what many have been thinking around his decisions. It was a really good interview and if he was prompted more often around tactics and selection, he’d be perfectly happy to explain it.
There’s little doubt he’s fully aware of some of the comments around formations etc, and that was an excellent response which helps everyone to understand things better. We don’t have to agree, but we do have to trust the manager right now. Proving himself to be very astute and, crucially, grounded in the realities of football rather than the modern nonsense. | |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 20:50 - Nov 27 with 1811 views | EllDale |
Really enjoyed this afternoon.
Great performances from a lot of players despite the conditions.
Funny how so many teams recently (Stevenage excepted) have come to Spotland on a really good run and we’ve matched them in most departments.
It shows how rapidly we are evolving.
It’s interesting to speculate how players like Grant and Andrews, both excellent this afternoon, might really have been struggling for weeks following their testing positive for COVID and are now only just actually reaching optimum fitness levels?
There has been a little debate about the use of substitutes but the bench was a tad light I suppose compared to recent weeks. Only Done I suppose and Cartman could really have come on and changed things drastically.
When Taylor went down in the first half I started to wonder how we might have had to reshape if he’d had to leave the field but luckily that didn’t happen.
I have implicit faith in RS. So tactically astute and we’d probably have won if the penalty had gone in. | | | |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 20:55 - Nov 27 with 1783 views | TVOS1907 |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 20:50 - Nov 27 by EllDale |
Really enjoyed this afternoon.
Great performances from a lot of players despite the conditions.
Funny how so many teams recently (Stevenage excepted) have come to Spotland on a really good run and we’ve matched them in most departments.
It shows how rapidly we are evolving.
It’s interesting to speculate how players like Grant and Andrews, both excellent this afternoon, might really have been struggling for weeks following their testing positive for COVID and are now only just actually reaching optimum fitness levels?
There has been a little debate about the use of substitutes but the bench was a tad light I suppose compared to recent weeks. Only Done I suppose and Cartman could really have come on and changed things drastically.
When Taylor went down in the first half I started to wonder how we might have had to reshape if he’d had to leave the field but luckily that didn’t happen.
I have implicit faith in RS. So tactically astute and we’d probably have won if the penalty had gone in. |
At least it didn't all go South (Park) when we missed the penalty. | |
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| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 21:02 - Nov 27 with 1765 views | 442Dale |
| Exeter City (h) Match Thread on 20:55 - Nov 27 by TVOS1907 |
At least it didn't all go South (Park) when we missed the penalty. |
There’s a need to respect Stockdale’s authoritah. | |
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