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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 27, 2022 16:55:03 GMT
Good game, good battle but 2 massive points dropped
Kacha could have been the hero
Derby will surely be more happier than us
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Post by whitesince63 on Dec 27, 2022 17:09:43 GMT
Yes, I’d say so rioch, we looked far better than Derby today but we just don’t have any cutting edge at all. We’re great up to the final third but there’s nothing after that I’m afraid and frankly I’m not sure that Evatt has the finances to change it. For me one of the players we do have that could change things is Sadlier but he rarely gets a chance
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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 27, 2022 17:28:51 GMT
Got to say though, the back 3 did a decent job on Collins Mendez-Lang and Knight and showed that we can manage without Santos
Hope we can keep Trafford and Bradley, both both proved they can easily cope in this league and in the Championship.
FV/SB should be absolutely ecstatic with that crowd today. 25,400 for a game live on SKY, should tell them that there’s a club with a very big future and it’s now time to seriously invest on what we have so far. It was like being at the Reebok on the 1st September 1997 all over again, although there were quite a lot of empty seats today compared to then and yet the Everton attendance was only 23,100
Time to invest
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Post by chip on Dec 27, 2022 18:37:21 GMT
0-0 fair result by all accounts but we just don’t seem to have that cutting edge in and around the 18 yard box still we didn’t get beat onwards and upwards to Lincoln COYWM
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Post by whitesince63 on Dec 27, 2022 19:02:32 GMT
0-0 fair result by all accounts but we just don’t seem to have that cutting edge in and around the 18 yard box still we didn’t get beat onwards and upwards to Lincoln COYWM It isn’t the point that we didn’t get beat chip, it’s that we didn’t win yet again in a game we should have. Some of our approach play was absolutely sublime but as you say we just don’t have any cutting edge and without that you don’t win games. The annoying thing is that the one BIG chance we had fell to exactly the player you’d supposedly want it to and in exactly the position you’d want him to yet with the goal absolutely gaping he still drags it wide. That’s unforgivable and far from the first time he’s done it. With the chances we’ve created for him this season, he should be on nearly 20 already. It’s a shame really because he works so hard all over the pitch but I’m afraid for all that he’s not a true goal scorer as he has neither the ability nor the composure needed in thos situations. He’s one of those that could be but I’m afraid will never be players, an if only player. In fact I suspect any other player in the team today would have potted that. So for all that chip I don’t think it was a fair result, we were all over a better team than Derby and should have won that comfortably. I agree with Rioch that today should illustrate to FV the potential here and the need for them to be brave next month if they seriously want promotion. |
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Post by davidm on Dec 27, 2022 19:28:58 GMT
A reasonable stalemate.
We had good possession but our final pass into the box let us down on most occasions except for a glaring miss by Charles.
Derby tactically had done their homework. They stopped us playing it out on the ground from the back by pressing us. They aggressively swamped midfield and knocked our lightweight midfield about.
We certainly did some of the better looking attacking but Derby were quite basic but quite fast and, 2nd half in particular, caused us problems.
As often is the case, we got few shots on target – Afolayan straight at the keeper and Kachunga with the final kick of the game. Other than that, it was passes being just short and solid defending by Derby.
Derby almost scored just before half time when Aimson sliced a clearance up and over Trafford, only for it to bounce on the bar.
They also had 2 excellent headed chances in the 2nd half, both from corners, where our slackness at corners should have cost us but they fortunately headed over.
For a 0-0 it was a decent game. Both sides should be fairly happy but we need to get points from these next 2 away games.
Marks:-
Trafford - 6 Not a great deal to do. Dropped one cross badly. Made to play long by Derby’s tactics and a few poor kicks
Bradley - 7 Some good attacking. He did give the ball away a few times but was good
Toal - 7 Outpaced once in the 1st half but a good solid display
Aimson - 7 Did what he had to do, i.e. defended with no frills. Sliced a clearance onto the top of Trafford’s bar
Johnston - 8 Very solid defending. He is good when the opposition don’t launch high balls into us. Also some decent crossfield passes
Iredale - 6 OK. Caught defensively a couple of times
Sheehan - 6 Derby managed to swamp our midfield and the 3 midfield players struggled to dominate
Morley - 6 Not able to get many decent long passes in
Lee - 6 As with Sheehan, Derby smothered him
Afolayan - 6 Some neat touches but an obsession with trying to do a trick every time
Charles - 6 Worked really hard and caused problems but then missed the chance of the game
Williams - 6 Got hold of midfield reasonably well once he came on
Dempsey - 5 Misplaced a few passes when he first came on but then picked up well towards the end
Bakayoko - 5 Some decent movement from him
Bodvarsson Looked sharp when he came on
Kachunga Almost won the game with final touch.
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Post by OohMac on Dec 28, 2022 10:02:48 GMT
Positives- back to back clean sheets, with a novice back 3. 4 points from 2 games. Play off form. Stood up to a physical Derby team. Was slightly the better team.
Negatives - very poor composure in the back. It's like they get into the box and get hypnotised or at least awake from being hypnotised and are left wondering where they are and panic.
All that nonsense about 10 goals Dion Charles. Every one, himself included, knows this has been a disappointing season for him and yesterday showed again that he isn't clinical enough.
And think the subs added nothing to the game. Can't believe we didn't see Sadlier.
Draw not the worst. Beat Lincoln and back on course.
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Post by thegrud1 on Dec 28, 2022 13:38:48 GMT
If you look over the season ,,,one thing is glaringly obvious,,,,the strikers we have miss numerous chances every game...if we had an out and out striker we would walk this league,,,but have we got the money?  ? |
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Post by chip on Dec 28, 2022 16:33:18 GMT
In my defence 63 it’s one of the most frustrating things about Ian is that at the start of the season he stated that we don’t need a striker and after watching us miss a sitter again last night I also think they could have had a penalty so I do think it was a fair result in that sense, all the best mate 👍
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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 28, 2022 17:35:50 GMT
We clearly have to put in a ‘not for the TV cameras’ performance against Lincoln on Friday
They have just been roasted by bottom of the table Burton 3-0 so I expect nothing but an away victory
Might only be a 1-0 victory as we just can’t score, but I’ll take it
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Post by whitesince63 on Dec 29, 2022 11:06:02 GMT
In my defence 63 it’s one of the most frustrating things about Ian is that at the start of the season he stated that we don’t need a striker and after watching us miss a sitter again last night I also think they could have had a penalty so I do think it was a fair result in that sense, all the best mate 👍 Fair play chip, I didn’t really notice the penalty incident during the game but you’re right it could have been given and they also missed a couple of headers that could have troubled us. I though overall it was a cracking game and if we’d had a genuine goal scorer we’d beat most teams given the chances we create. It’s not as if they’re even half chances, they’re sitters were missing and it’s just not good enough. Let’s hope IE can resolve it in January but I wouldn’t bet on it sadly. |
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