Stand-Offish wrote:Our defence is so bad and prone to periods of collapse that I will be well surprised if we win this one....
We need to put in a great attacking effort to win since our defence is so bad..
Can't see Oldham scoring less than 36.
The leaking of points, especially against the lesser teams, is a major concern.
Home conceded: 6, 16, 16, 20, 22 and 30
Away conceded: 10, 16, 26 and 26
In the 10 games played, we've conceded 20 points or more 50% of the time.
We've only conceded less than 16 points twice.
How does this compare with Oldham?
Home conceded: 16, 16, 18, 20 and 26
Away conceded: 4, 14, 16, 18 and 26
In their 10 games, they've conceded 20 points or more 30% of the time.
They've only conceded less than 16 points twice - same as us.
On this basis, neither team seems to have a watertight defence but perhaps Oldham seem slightly less leaky than us.
If we're going to win, I think we're going to have to get on top in the forwards and stop them from playing the ball quickly. If we give them space, they're likely to find gaps in our line.
If we play like we did in the first half against Rochdale last Sunday, we'll get now't.
My game plan would be to tire them out down the middle, turn the ball over near their line and make them work hard coming out from their own half. We have the forwards to do that and Connor Robinson's kicking game to pen them in.
We seem to have become vulnerable to high kicks to the corners. Teams will try to exploit that now, I'm sure.
As for our attack, I think we'll score points if the forwards do their job... but let's try and keep them to less than 18 points or else the mountain could be too high to climb.
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I went with my wife on that occasion. The bus had gone when we got out of the ground! We got a lift back with one of the directors whose name escapes me at the moment.