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CP Gull wrote: 17 Mar 2018, 17:28 Surprised that Owers left it until after Solihull had equalised before the introduction of Healey! Seems like he was hoping we could hang on for the 1-0 like we did at Leyton Orient .... but we all know we aren’t good enough defensively to do that!

Ok its another point, but with games fast running out its WINS that we need and we aren’t getting enough of them. Disappointed that having got the lead it didn’t seem like we really went for it. At some point, Owers is going to HAVE to do that but by that stage it will probably be too late .....

CP Gull wrote: 17 Mar 2018, 17:39 My point Andy, was that subs - Healey in particular - were not made BEFORE Solihull equalised. I understand that Owers tried to make them immediately after they equalised but he had to wait a few minutes to get them on until there was a break in play - nothing he can do about that. I was just surprised that Healey didn’t come on at perhaps the hour mark or at least with 15 minutes to go.

nickbrod wrote: 17 Mar 2018, 21:27 From evidence today this squad has some momentum and is actually playing like a half decent football team. We just lack that killer instinct in front of goal but Romain, in particular, and Williams cause opposition defences all kinds of problems which, in turn, takes some of the weight off the defence.
Owers has developed, maybe not a winning formula, but one which is harder to beat.

CP Gull wrote: 17 Mar 2018, 17:28 Disappointed that having got the lead it didn’t seem like we really went for it. At some point, Owers is going to HAVE to do that but by that stage it will probably be too late .....

merse btpir wrote: 17 Mar 2018, 22:21 Who said they never really went for it? if Young had executed his second half 35 yarder like an adult instead of an eight year old when he shanked a 'bobbler' towards an open goal giving the stranded keeper time to get back and make an easy save and then compounded matters by giving away the softest of unnecessary free-kicks that lead to their equaliser we would ahve been home and dry.

A shame because for the whole game (except possibly the closing minutes when Moors would have won it if it hadn't been for a brilliant Dorel save) we were the better side with the 3-5-2 outflanking Solihull's favoured 4-3-3 on their narrower than most pitch. On a wider one they would have been pulled all over the place.

But we are where we are because of historic poor decision making as described above. It's been going on all season and that is why we are where we are.

Williams and Romain put in an excellent shift and couldn't really see where Owers was going to fit new striker Rhys Healey in unless he pulled one of them off. In the event he pulled them both off simultaneously when they were tiring immediately after the equaliser and Healey only got eight minutes plus stoppages alongside Keating and put in a crackerjack of a cameo that augers well for the future. Now all the management need to do is assimilate him into the team pattern during the week and devise a way to start him alongside Williams and Romain.

4-3-3 would be the obvious but that would rob United of the very effective width they displayed today; but perhaps he could be slotted in a 'false 9' position behind the main two at the expense of one of the midfielders. Can we cope without (say) Lemonheigh-Evans for instance? It's the management's shout and a problem they need to solve because the attacking options are so vital in next week's game.