thought i'd pop along as only up the road to see what the future holds - what with admin / emabrgo and all that going on, possible stars of the future
£7 to get in was steep ! but nice atmosphere
the goal was quite comical joyce lashed the ball at the forward or one of our defenders and it rebounded into the net
overall i'd say we struggled, ball never stuck up top and midfield looked a bit light - defenders were busy and coped quite well
joyce - flapped a lot at crosses, at fault for the goal, kicking flakey
owinja - quick but lacks positional sense, good on overlap
clayton - big strong, lacks quality in pass, not a presence
whittaker - looked ok, organises well, put in good tackles
osifuwa - pacy, lacked confidence, linked well going forward
tilson - cant knock him he's a god
merrick-lewis - faffed about a lot with the ball without doing much, busy
milner - quick, lacked end product
asante - very quick, unsettles defenders, raw
crawford - worked hard, always willing target
calver - worked hard, first touch poor, lacks pace
cant comment on subs, sorry
all in all i thought tactically we got it wrong, with a team full pace we rarely got in behind them, no point punting high to the forwards the bowers centre backs lap up that, midfield lacked any urgency
there is potential in the team but as someone else pointed out you would have thought they would have run through walls to impress, whittaker in last few mins was till busting a gut to get forward after going to 3 at the back and until his injury i thought crawford never gave up the fight
thats all folks !