| Probably in a minority of one, but here goes .. 18:57 - Apr 5 with 6920 views | Logman |
I thought it was an OK game - certainly very watchable - with both teams going for it in cat and mouse fashion.
Before we all go off and ruminate, a quick reality check. We've one point in six games, one half-fit striker to play with and 4 or 5 other first teamers ruled out.
So this was never going to be a walk in the park.
I thought we did OK. The work-rate was good all round (which was the most important thing after Stoke) and while the ball did spend more time in the air, both teams were naturally anxious and in such circumstances, its not easy to get the ball down and play when there is so much riding on the game.
Besides, it always makes me laugh when supporters shout 'get the ball on the floor' when there is a prolonged period of head tennis. You cannot get the ball down when it's 8 foot in the air and you've got a 6ft centre back standing on your toes. There isn't the time and space to chest it down when you've got oppo players tight to you front and back.
Anyway, I thought we did OK in the circumstances. The back four was good. We've been crying out for Morrison and his introduction coincided with a clean sheet.
Paul Smyth played very well (first half). Field, Paal, Collback all good. No real shockers. Even the players who went off were not too bad apart from Andersen being a bit too sluggish and Yang giving the ball away again. Plus Dembele wasn't great, but he will get there.
Anyway, it certainly wasn't a horrific game and we did OK - just got to make sure we get ourselves up for Oxford on Wednesday now .... [Post edited 5 Apr 18:59]
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| Probably in a minority of one, but here goes .. on 14:04 - Apr 6 with 435 views | lassel |
| Probably in a minority of one, but here goes .. on 13:27 - Apr 6 by Ned_Kennedys |
What have we got to lose then?
The guy knows how to score goals and there is literally no other sensible option we haven’t tried.
Looking forward to your expert suggestion. |
The comment was more about your idea that if we only move a Titanic deckchair around here or there it’s all going to be so different.
On Sutton specifically, sure, chuck him on instead of Bennie, there is certainly nothing to lose, however Bennie has over 30 professional senior appearances vs Sutton’s zero, and is bulked up significantly more than Sutton, so it’s getting into throwing on a muscular supporter out of the crowd ‘nothing to lose’ territory.
As to Sutton ‘knowing how to score goals’, he played 6 games of men’s football in the 7th tier this season and scored……zero. At u18 and EDS level, Armstrong had a significantly better record goalscoring record than Sutton and frankly there are minute old kittens with more killer instinct than him….
I hope he comes good, we certainly need some of them to, but throwing him on wouldn’t have made the iceberg disappear. | | | |
| Probably in a minority of one, but here goes .. on 17:29 - Apr 6 with 288 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Probably in a minority of one, but here goes .. on 01:12 - Apr 6 by BrianMcCarthy |
Or maybe they agreed with me, Benny?
Who knows.
I agree with most of your post too. |
I don't think anyone is questioning the effort but that in no way supports the OP's assertion that yesterday's match was a watchable affair and that the team did OK. It wasn't and they didn't. Only the result was OK.
What it does highlight once again is how shallow the squad is when it loses its spine (Cook, Field and Frey) and therefore, how poor last summer's recruitment was. Even if we do stay up, Dunne and Paal are most likely leaving, Cook will be another year older, and JCS is the new Matthew Rose. Overall, the squad lacks physicality and pace, and is short on strikers, box-to-box midfielders, left-backs and right-backs. There are so many gaps to plug this summer so the recruitment has to be spot on otherwise we'll be relying on Madsen and Vale coming good, JCS getting and staying fit, Kelman stepping up, and Chair rediscovering form. |  | | |
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