Post by davidm on Oct 6, 2021 11:35:49 GMT
No thread for this match before the game so this is a retrospective look at it.
It was a really entertaining game – well worth the£5 I paid. As was the previous match against Port Vale.
Overall, it was as reported – men against boys. Liverpool had a lot of neat touches, decent possession but were found wanting in both finishing and defending.
Defensively, we were fine apart from the goal. Aimson and Baptiste were solid, Baptiste in particular often bringing the ball out of defence.
Gilks had a couple of awful kicks which could have been costly and for the goal it was just his normal inability to dive that cost us. He is now too slow getting down or even attempting to get down but his coaching from the back is excellent.
Their goal came from Aimson trying to play out from the back. He got into the right back position and then hit a pass straight to a Liverpool player. This resulted in 2 Liverpool players being in our area against one defender in Baptiste. They got the shot in but it was another case of Gilks standing watching the ball roll past him.
The full backs were OK – both contributed well to our goals.
Midfield, Sheehan played some lovely passes. One put Delfouneso in early on but his shot was tame. The surprise starter, Comley, did OK. He kept everything simple but also put a lovely pass out to the right wing for our 3rd goal. Thomason started slowly but 2nd half did well.
Upfront, Isgrove and Delfouneso played wide with Kachunga in the 1st half and then Bakayoko upfront in the 2nd.
Delfouneso deserves some praise. He messed up a tame shot early on but scored a good header (Nat Phillips - thank you for not marking!) and started the move for the 2nd goal.
Kachunga had one shot but, as always, seemed a little disinterested.
A word for the 2 subs. They both played Ok and Henry showed a good turn of pace to win the penalty.
Overall an enjoyable match
It was a really entertaining game – well worth the£5 I paid. As was the previous match against Port Vale.
Overall, it was as reported – men against boys. Liverpool had a lot of neat touches, decent possession but were found wanting in both finishing and defending.
Defensively, we were fine apart from the goal. Aimson and Baptiste were solid, Baptiste in particular often bringing the ball out of defence.
Gilks had a couple of awful kicks which could have been costly and for the goal it was just his normal inability to dive that cost us. He is now too slow getting down or even attempting to get down but his coaching from the back is excellent.
Their goal came from Aimson trying to play out from the back. He got into the right back position and then hit a pass straight to a Liverpool player. This resulted in 2 Liverpool players being in our area against one defender in Baptiste. They got the shot in but it was another case of Gilks standing watching the ball roll past him.
The full backs were OK – both contributed well to our goals.
Midfield, Sheehan played some lovely passes. One put Delfouneso in early on but his shot was tame. The surprise starter, Comley, did OK. He kept everything simple but also put a lovely pass out to the right wing for our 3rd goal. Thomason started slowly but 2nd half did well.
Upfront, Isgrove and Delfouneso played wide with Kachunga in the 1st half and then Bakayoko upfront in the 2nd.
Delfouneso deserves some praise. He messed up a tame shot early on but scored a good header (Nat Phillips - thank you for not marking!) and started the move for the 2nd goal.
Kachunga had one shot but, as always, seemed a little disinterested.
A word for the 2 subs. They both played Ok and Henry showed a good turn of pace to win the penalty.
Overall an enjoyable match
