Austin the Shrimper
Kit Man
Id like to see some of the other forwards getting a chance, cause at mo can't see Barnard, Corr and Coulhirst scoring many
Last season 79% of games the team scored nil or one,This season so far 75% of games this team score nil or one!
We cannot score many that is for sure.
Did anyone else see Ben Coker having a go on Twitter at Chris Phillips for saying about the Tuesday stat?
Can't believe there's not more comments like this. West side linesman was well off place for most of the game and woeful is the only word for the ref. Akinfenwa got away with murder in my opinion, spent most of the match pushing Prosser and anyone else who got near him. Also when he dawdled off when subbed I thought ref was going over to give yellow card for time wasting and instead walked alongside him appearing to have a friendly chat, wtf was all that about? Just not our night.
I agree with all of that, except there was another clear error where he came for a cross and missed it and Prosser cleared from a yard out (2nd half). I only mention it as had Smith played this thread would already be 10 pages long on how.he lost us the game
Pretty disappointing all round, we could have got something out of the game, maybe deserved something out of it, but it never really looked like happening. Interesting there was a lot of talk about Wimbledons long ball game pre match, but they outplayed us on the floor for the first 20/25 minutes until we got a grip on the game.
I was really struggling for a MOM for us....thought Prosser and Bolger looked solid first half, but Bolger let himself down with a couple of awful passes second half and Prosser lost too much in the air to Akinfenwa (yes he's a big unit, but Prosser is a few inches taller and Akinfenwa can't jump). Then thought Clifford had maybe done enough for MOM as he was quite tidy, but he then faded horribly in the last 30 minutes. Coulthirst had a decent first half but a less productive second half. So in the end MOM goes to Weston as he carried a threat throughout the game.
2 other points
1) Ref : I don't particularly like seeing players booked, but I thought kicking the ball away was a yellow card offence...it seems this ref interpretes it as kicking the ball away twice is a yellow card offence...one from each side did it and were told "no more or your in the book"? I know footballers aren't bright, but they do already know it's a bookable offence
2) Barnard : I know we've had to give him a contract, but can we not just pay him off and move on? He's clearly not good enough...we may as well give Layne a go, at least he might improve.
I never ever leave early, but when we went 1-0 down, there was 25 mins to go and we replaced Corr with Barnard I very nearly went home.
you thought Bentley could of done better with the goal ? That's rubbish as it took a big deflection and no keeper would of saved that one.Well I have seen the Stevenage and AFC Wimbledon games now and they are my first matches in 3 years as I now live abroad.
I have to say that I was underwhelmed with both performances and can't help think that PB has the wrong formation and the wrong tactics though of course i realise that it is very early days in the season and players will need time to adapt with teh difference being that we took our chances against Stevenage and killed teh game early.
I was actually in the Director's Box for AFC and watched PB closely. He appears very keen to play out from the back which personally I think means the back 4 are starting off too deep, which then drops Leonard and Clifford deeper looking for the ball off the back 4 thereby leaving a huge gap between the CM and forward line. Also the distribution from the back was poor.
Coulthirst definately has something about him, but looks lost when not in possession and i think would benefit from a more traditional 4-4-2 formation playing on Corr's shoulder. With him and Weston we have real pace, but didn't once get in behind the Wimbledon back line.
I was so pleased to see White taken off as he offered so little either defensively or supporting Hurst which I think may help explain Hurst's loss of form - how is he Captain by the way as he does not exhibit much leadership to me. Worrall looked much better though it will be interesting to see how good he is defensively when playing away from home.
Anyway, my ratings are :
Bentley 6 - felt he could have slightly better with the goal
White 5 - does little wong but appears very limited
Coker 6 - did ok
Bolger 6 - did ok but distribution is poor
Prosser 6 - as per Bolger
Hurst 5 - seemed out of sorts and crossing was poor
Leonard 6 - too deep and i expected to see him driving forward
Clifford 6 - as per Leonard
Coulthirst 5 - exciting with the ball, but lacked conviction and bottled two challenges at least right in front of me,
Weston 7 - direct and positive
Corr 6 - did ok but nowhere near as effective as against Stevenage
Subs
Worrall 7 - energetic and looking to get forward...and back
Barnard 5 - offered little, how wide was his shot?
Payne 6 - slotted in to the gap between midfield and forwards
Regarding point 2)... Christ on a bike, we're 3 games into the season!?
We always lose Tuesday night games against the lesser teams anyway, we go again Saturday...
you thought Bentley could of done better with the goal ? That's rubbish as it took a big deflection and no keeper would of saved that one.
Yes, i did - having seen the goal now it does take a deflection, I agree.
Incidentally I understand that a number of Premier League clubs are sniffing about one of our keepers, and it's not Bentley!