By Deadly Submarine
August 11 2014
A place for fans of both Rovers and Nottingham Forest to discuss Tuesday's match at Prenton Park as the 2014/15 season continues with the first round of the League Cup.....
With the start of the 2014/15 League Two season now having taken place with Rovers 1-1 home draw against York City last Saturday, our match discussion thread returns for the midweek League Cup tie at home to Nottingham Forest and will also be available for all Rovers games home and away during the upcoming campaign.
Whether you are unable to make the game for any reason, or even if you are attending, this is the place to discuss all the pre-match build up including team line-up and score predictions, events during the match itself and all the post match fall-out and analysis. The thread is open to fans of both sides to discuss the events surrounding the game so if you haven't got a Message Forum account yet then why not sign up now?
Tranmere take on Championship side Nottingham Forest at Prenton Park at 7.45pm on Tuesday and will be looking to cause an upset and prgoress to a hopefully lucrative second round tie in the competition to celebrate the news of the takeover of the Club.
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Quote:Matt34
I think the team did well not to fall victim to the early goal, by conceding a bucket load. They held out for around 40 minutes before the sending off and the quality teams like Forest posses, means that even with 10 men such a team will be a credible threat against any league 2 side.
I think based on the first two games, the defense and goalkeeper should largely look after themselves for the most part, but ruthlessness in front of goal needs to be addressed a little, as right now there is a bit of concern for me over the number of overall shots versus shots on target.
I think it may be the case that 85%-90% of all games this season, will result in 6-12 chances being created for Tranmere, but if too many games result in 1, 2 sometimes 3 on target shots, then goals will not be forthcoming enough and pressure will be added to the defense in terms of try to keep many clean sheets.
Perhaps Edwards could have small targets I:E 40%-50% of all shots on the money and try to aim for 6 goals out every 5 games, as I don't think that's asking too much or expecting players like Odejayi, Stockton and Richards to play like Daniel Sturridge.
If the team averaged 1.2 goals a game, but were good enough to concede an average of 1 a game, then you'd be looking at around 9-10 goal difference in May and based on results, that might just be enough to nick 7th.
However I'm not significantly concerned at this stage, but I would be if the team score 2-3 in their first 6 matches, but as it's early days, time should be afforded for the new regime to progress, not least as early injuries to players are already causing a little bit of chopping and changing, but hopefully in the nest 6-8 weeks Edwards will be able to field a side that would be considered your first choice, not 8-9 primary and 2-3 secondary players.
Onwards and upwards