Post by Alptrotter on Oct 23, 2019 8:52:08 GMT
In the end, a comfortable victory and i’m left wondering how many times games could have gone this way if we’d had a bit of luck. This time, it was an early shot onto the post and a dreadful miss after a terrible defensive cock up that denied Bristol the platform to play their game. You could see the confidence drain from them as we grew into the game.
I’m not saying we didn’t thoroughly deserve the win, but last night, things for once went our way.
I felt the presence of two burly strikers in Daryl Murphy ( who took his goal well, shrugging off attempted tackles) and the wider O’Grady (who also did an enormous amount of great defensive work) plus the speed and skill of Dodoo ( surely he’s better than League One?) gave us both a platform to build on and a potent threat. For me, the best forward combination we’ve had for some time. Add to that Crawford’s busy style and eye for a shot ( surely he’ll soon begin to score from open play) Lowe’s focus and concentration and ( believe it or not) a much improved effort by Luke Murphy and we begin to look good in possession. Defensively, the full backs did not seem to press on quite so much, which gave more stability, though both Emmanuel and Zouma look very confident on the ball. Earl definitely added something to central defence and, despite being down to the bare bones squad wise, we looked good.
I imagine this performance will have given our dynamic duo something to think about. Where do Verlinden and Politic fit in? Can Zouma be dropped if Hobbs is fit? Does Hall have a chance? How can we use our substitutions better to protect key players?
I can imagine that there may well be some turn over in our loanees come January.
All that’s for the future. For now, we should all bask in a very good performance and much deserved victory.
I’m not saying we didn’t thoroughly deserve the win, but last night, things for once went our way.
I felt the presence of two burly strikers in Daryl Murphy ( who took his goal well, shrugging off attempted tackles) and the wider O’Grady (who also did an enormous amount of great defensive work) plus the speed and skill of Dodoo ( surely he’s better than League One?) gave us both a platform to build on and a potent threat. For me, the best forward combination we’ve had for some time. Add to that Crawford’s busy style and eye for a shot ( surely he’ll soon begin to score from open play) Lowe’s focus and concentration and ( believe it or not) a much improved effort by Luke Murphy and we begin to look good in possession. Defensively, the full backs did not seem to press on quite so much, which gave more stability, though both Emmanuel and Zouma look very confident on the ball. Earl definitely added something to central defence and, despite being down to the bare bones squad wise, we looked good.
I imagine this performance will have given our dynamic duo something to think about. Where do Verlinden and Politic fit in? Can Zouma be dropped if Hobbs is fit? Does Hall have a chance? How can we use our substitutions better to protect key players?
I can imagine that there may well be some turn over in our loanees come January.
All that’s for the future. For now, we should all bask in a very good performance and much deserved victory.