Stevens is not exactly quick though

Morning all. A proper SW19 report on St. Evenage now up - [Link]

Why not play all three? Bugiel to fight with the outhouse centre backs with Stevens for crosses in the box and Hackford for the ball over top? With Hackford play lower balls down the flanks for him to chase down like we had with Azeez. Three different forwards with three different strengths for different moments.

Yeah that’s the downside. If you have someone who can nip in and out of the defensive line then you need to find them with the ball and we don’t seem to have a plan to do that. If you have a big brute then they should be able to take the pressure off the defence a bit instead of the ball coming straight back. The trick with both arguments is that we’re dealing with L1 standard footballers so neither option is obviously better.

Silk, I understand your point but that means we have to stop hoofing the ball up front. Bugeil is a trier but seldom wins those high punts and rarely holds the ball up. Our defence treats the ball like a hot potato. Yes let's try some mobile forwards and see if it works but Jackson is the biggest problem with his let's not lose philosophy rather going for a win.

Silk - I tend to agree with you there… Yesterday I was really keen to see Stevens and Hackford against the Stevenage defence, but they didn’t come on until the 81st minute - I truly believe that if they’d had 20-25 minutes rather than just 10, they would have been able to create a breakthrough in that time… Oh well, never mind, what do I know…? 🤷🏻‍♂️

that should be big brute attackers

I actually think that L1 defenders like playing against big brute defenders. What they hate are forwards with quick intelligent movement. It is no surprise our form fell off a cliff when Steven got injured. He is the player we need not another easily managed centre forward. Someone who get that half yard.

Blimey another test match finished in just 2 days - well done England, I didn’t expect that to happen 🏏👏

Seen a Dons flag in the Melbourne test coverage.

Maybe whoever is in charge of ticket resales could comment on why we have empty seats, unsold resales and unresolved demand for tickets all at the same time.

RIP Perry Bamonte.

I was looking to get a ticket today,said sold out 2 days ago, that's £35 saved by me or lost by the club,no wonder we lose 30k a week without player sales

The season ticket seat I offered for resale today never appeared online as available. Ticket office said they had had computer problems. OS said match sold out.

I'm available Keefy.

I agree TS although one day it would be nice to see every seat filled.

I would guess that the empty seats were ST holders who neither turned up nor offered their ticket for resale ... both of which they are perfectly entitled to do

Yes Keefy - a big brute up front but only if such a player exists.

8,675 Attendance! So many empty seat from my vantage point. Our re sell system still not working.

Question for the Womble hordes… anyone watched “Mammoth” the series? Is it any good? Seemed to get some good buzz when it first came out but went quiet quickly and since.

A good point and we pretty much equalled them after the first few minutes of each half. We might scrape enough points to stay up.

(Quietly encouraged by the Luton v Wycombe result but nodding respectfully to the football gods.)

I didn’t watch it but am certainly pleased with the point. A wee Christmas gift from JJ and the boys.

Not the most scintillating game but we neutralised them effectively and, on balance, probably had more opportunities than them.

Point against Stevenage is not to be sniffed at but that's 1 goal in 5 home games now and I don't have a clue where the goals are coming from. Too scared to shoot, no plan for attacking, strikers failing to make any runs in behind. Baffling how poor we look. Boxing day games bring in lots of new fans and they will go away pretty underwhelmed. Subs were too late as usual and Sasu needs a loan. Nkeng is better. I am sure Jackson will be pleased with a clean sheet but if we get sucked into a relegation battle, I worry.