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Post by riochforthereebok on Aug 11, 2015 21:10:32 GMT
Well...
The stats will tell you it was an anhialation at The ReeMac v Burton but it's all about the ball in the onion bag and that's where we failed for the second time in 2 games!
Congrats to Burton, I wish them well and I suppose in the grand scheme of things, Blackburn, Forest and Brentford fell at the first hurdle too so it's maybe not that bad a result.
What am I saying?? It's a truly awful result!! We've never played them in our lives and the first time we do, we get beat.
HOW???
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Post by davidm on Aug 11, 2015 22:32:17 GMT
Well... The stats will tell you it was an anhialation at The ReeMac v Burton but it's all about the ball in the onion bag and that's where we failed for the second time in 2 games! Congrats to Burton, I wish them well and I suppose in the grand scheme of things, Blackburn, Forest and Brentford fell at the first hurdle too so it's maybe not that bad a result. What am I saying?? It's a truly awful result!! We've never played them in our lives and the first time we do, we get beat. HOW??? What a casual sloppy performance that was. We played it like a pre-season friendly - just strolling around. We just thought that if we continued pressing, we would eventually score but Burton blocked everything we tried and the inevitable goal came at the end. We started quite well. Clough was buzzing, he missed a couple of chances and then Madine missed a sitter but the players could not turn their so-called superiority into goals. As the second half progressed, we just faded and got sloppier and sloppier. Burton's goal came from a terrible backpass from Wilson which Amos had to hurriedly kick and his miskick went straight to a Burton player. Really disappointing - the players must take the stick for such a casual approach and yet again, remember Crawley, Tranmere and Bury lastyear, we let the fans down. The positivity from the Derby game has been drained away after such a half-hearted display. Amos - 6 - poor kick led to goal but earlier saved well when Burton player clean through. Wilson - 5 - really average for me. His passing is only so-so and he started the move for their goal. Moxey - 6 - OK. Unlucky to be on losing side. Dervite - 6 - started really well but for the last 20 minutes was all over. Holding - 7 - excellent first game. Vela - 5 - played as defensive midfielder which took away the creative part of his game. Danns - 3 - absolutely terrible. Poor passing, poor shooting. How he lasted 90 minutes is beyond me. Davies - 4 - just poor. Could not dominate midfield. Clough - 5 - started really well but a couple of missed chances seemed to drain his confidence. Feeney - 3 - this free role that he has creates nothing and, as usual, poor passing. Madine - 3 - missed a sitter, missed a good chance in second half. Really poor.
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Post by davidm on Aug 12, 2015 8:27:13 GMT
One extra comment on our poor quality of passing.
Rob Holding was booked thanks to a dreadful pass from Feeney. He was only 10 yards away but Feeney managed to turn a simple pass to him into a 50/50 with a ridiculous flick and poor Holding got booked for his tackle.
It is symptomatic of a lot of our players that simple passes turn into 50/50s.
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Post by andyl on Aug 12, 2015 14:49:11 GMT
Glad I opted to miss this. But it tells us where we are. The usual suspects appear to have been rounded up. We'll always have Anfield!
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