by ferrarilover » 10 Sep 2013, 16:07
I'm not sure whether to bother mentioning that Nathan Craig was the best player on the park by about three bazillion miles, or whether it's a given. Jeff, he can only beat what's put in front of him and today perhaps even more so than usual, he played extremely well. He misplaced one pass in the 85th minute and that was the extent of his failings.
We lost 2-0, but that was from two awful errors from our worst player, Deaman. He played a suicidal backpass for the first (which was one of those where the striker takes a massive dive over the keeper, but the pen is awarded to punish the keeper's stupidity in coming for the ball, rather than any actual contact). The second was a point forward which should have been hooked clear by Deaman. Instead, he simply watched it bounce and tried to shepherd it back to the keeper who stood no chance
Tyler with the simple but neatly executed lob
Aside from that, second half, we were much the better side. Unfortunately, as good as Cruise and Craig were together, with a little help from Sully, the forwards (particularly once Benyon, who left the ground on crutches, had limped off following a criminally unpunished challenge firmly at the 'agricultural' end of the spectrum) did not make any use of the, at times captivating, approach play. Cole barely made a save and certainly none of note. We brought on a young striker (number 9, if you know the name, Super) who was, understandably, miles of the pace, but looked confident with the ball at his feet. He was a big lad too, so some potential there. The right back, Ives, was very good indeed and looked a better RB than Hutch who is no mug. The real disappointments for me were Thompson, who had one good touch all game and managed to fire a decent opportunity wide on 70 minutes and the goalkeeper who I admired so against Rovers. Turns out, he's a lovely shot stopper, but the rest of his play needs some serious attention. Nothing like the overall quality of C. Thompson. Still, he's very young and presently 4th choice, so not ruling him out yet.
Spoke to Pokey towards the end, there's no definite timescale for his recovery, it'll be ready when it's ready, but he is getting better, so there's hope yet. I noted also that Mozika's car was in the car park, so I presume he was in, once again, getting fitter.
Two defensive mistakes cost us a point today, but a poor showing up front cost us all three.
Matt.
I'm not sure whether to bother mentioning that Nathan Craig was the best player on the park by about three bazillion miles, or whether it's a given. Jeff, he can only beat what's put in front of him and today perhaps even more so than usual, he played extremely well. He misplaced one pass in the 85th minute and that was the extent of his failings.
We lost 2-0, but that was from two awful errors from our worst player, Deaman. He played a suicidal backpass for the first (which was one of those where the striker takes a massive dive over the keeper, but the pen is awarded to punish the keeper's stupidity in coming for the ball, rather than any actual contact). The second was a point forward which should have been hooked clear by Deaman. Instead, he simply watched it bounce and tried to shepherd it back to the keeper who stood no chance
Tyler with the simple but neatly executed lob
Aside from that, second half, we were much the better side. Unfortunately, as good as Cruise and Craig were together, with a little help from Sully, the forwards (particularly once Benyon, who left the ground on crutches, had limped off following a criminally unpunished challenge firmly at the 'agricultural' end of the spectrum) did not make any use of the, at times captivating, approach play. Cole barely made a save and certainly none of note. We brought on a young striker (number 9, if you know the name, Super) who was, understandably, miles of the pace, but looked confident with the ball at his feet. He was a big lad too, so some potential there. The right back, Ives, was very good indeed and looked a better RB than Hutch who is no mug. The real disappointments for me were Thompson, who had one good touch all game and managed to fire a decent opportunity wide on 70 minutes and the goalkeeper who I admired so against Rovers. Turns out, he's a lovely shot stopper, but the rest of his play needs some serious attention. Nothing like the overall quality of C. Thompson. Still, he's very young and presently 4th choice, so not ruling him out yet.
Spoke to Pokey towards the end, there's no definite timescale for his recovery, it'll be ready when it's ready, but he is getting better, so there's hope yet. I noted also that Mozika's car was in the car park, so I presume he was in, once again, getting fitter.
Two defensive mistakes cost us a point today, but a poor showing up front cost us all three.
Matt.
