snowball Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 wouldnt like to watch i follow for a whole match. given me a fucking headache that. Anyway the back 3 bothered me Santos looked clumsy still dont rate Baptiste and teams will get behind us too easily. But a lot to be encouraged about as well. A whole new team playing together it really is going to take around ten games i reckon and weve hardly started. impressed with Tom White mom for me. Crellin looks ok and Sarcevic is a goid player. Once we get better service up to Doyle we will be fine. Only really the two ive mentioned worry me and it is very early but at least trying to play football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 17 minutes ago, Escobarp said: I don’t think Bradford have much more to give so that gives me massive confidence as we’ve a stack of improvements in us as time goes on. if that’s a yardstick for the top end of the opposition we face in the league this year then I’m more than happy with that The trouble is, if they'd have taken their chances in the first half it could easily have ended up three or four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUREADY2ROLL Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Delfounso and White were excellent. Disappointed with Doyle and the three at the back second half were terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, Casino said: If i disregard the fact its a brand new team.... It was shit However, it was a brand new team.. Lots of room for improvement and a few promising signs. First job of a centre back is to defend. Im worried thats been overlooked And i don't think crellin looked better than Alexander and Alexander looks very green Crellin looked pretty solid to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUREADY2ROLL Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: Crellin looked pretty solid to me. Me 2 Baptiste had a decent first half but was useless secong Edited September 5, 2020 by RUREADY2ROLL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted September 5, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: Crellin looked pretty solid to me. His punching, im being generous, was awful I'd been told he was poor in the air and I think thats what we saw Once again, let's hope we have him as a keeper, not a centre back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rizlar Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 We look really shaky at the back which surprises me being that IE was centre half agree about White and Delfonso and the wing backs need to improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrelli Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Positives were White, Crellin and Jones. Lost our shape after Comley went off and fizzled out a bit. I’m sure we will improve as the season progresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted September 5, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said: Me 3 casino is chatting Wait til he flaps in a game that matters Anyway, its a cup we weren't winning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rizlar said: We look really shaky at the back which surprises me being that IE was centre half agree about White and Delfonso and the wing backs need to improve. Have to agree on the wingbacks, if you’re playing 3 centre half’s the wingbacks have to be attacking threat, they don’t look that to me, back 4 the answer in the short term, Sav, Fonz, Santos, White (very impressive) all did well, Baptiste was ok, and once Crawford back up to speed he will be big asset, they’ll be core of the team, is the rest of the squad up to it? I’m not sure, top half at best, methinks. Edited September 5, 2020 by Mounts Kipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Casino said: Wait til he flaps in a game that matters Anyway, its a cup we weren't winning Yep not really arsed if I’m honest I’m sure evatt will be all over the defensive errors and will want a big improvement tuesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passmosster Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 In L2 you have to be able to defend crosses and we need a lot of improvement to be anywhere near atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deane koontz Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 What was the atmosphere like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Well, didnt think we were great, not sure about Crellin - that punch was a bit limp and we got let off a couple of chances. Wasn't helped by the fact that I fell asleep for our goal. That said its a bit difficult to judge with ifollow as the camera angle is a bit shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 51 minutes ago, Marc505 said: Did you have a word with cameraman for some extra advertising in first half? Took a long lingering zoom in on the ad boards at one point! 😀 😃 we noticed that! I thought we looked best for about 15 mins start of 2nd half. We seemed to move it about quicker and with more purpose Evatt conceded this week that we are a work in process and we will get better as the season goes on. I’d think Bradford will be one of the better teams so although we were disappointing I’d not be too stressed just yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 They did some fantastic running off the pitch though at half time - so hats off for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewman Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 I’d sack off this 3 at the back until we get a solid foundation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianofcleveleys Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 18 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: Have to agree on the wingbacks, if your playing 3 centre half’s the wingbacks have to be attacking threat, they don’t look that to me, back 4 the answer in the short term, Sav, Fonz, Santos, White (very impressive) all did well, Baptiste was ok, and once Crawford back up to speed he will be big asset, they’ll be core of the team, is the rest of the squad up to it? I’m not sure, top half at best, methinks. Slightly concerning thing for me was, in the first game, opponents sussed our system out and largely nullified it. Once that happened we were too easily played through. Wing backs rarely got into advanced enough positions so we ended up doing loads of playing around and across the middle in front of them. Delfouneso did well coming a bit deeper and linking things up but otherwise we didn't often look threatening. Holes behind the wing backs (mostly Gordon's side to be fair to Jones) were alarming and none of the back three had the pace to quickly get across and cover them. All three were also too easily put under stress by balls down the sides that had them turning. White worked hard and tried to make things happen. Doyle obviously scores goals with service but, on today's evidence, doesn't make the ball stick so well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said: Slightly concerning thing for me was, in the first game, opponents sussed our system out and largely nullified it. Once that happened we were too easily played through. Wing backs rarely got into advanced enough positions so we ended up doing loads of playing around and across the middle in front of them. Delfouneso did well coming a bit deeper and linking things up but otherwise we didn't often look threatening. Holes behind the wing backs (mostly Gordon's side to be fair to Jones) were alarming and none of the back three had the pace to quickly get across and cover them. All three were also too easily put under stress by balls down the sides that had them turning. White worked hard and tried to make things happen. Doyle obviously scores goals with service but, on today's evidence, doesn't make the ball stick so well Agree with these points. To concentrate on a positive, Marple’s lad was watching with us and he mentioned that Delfouneso set up a lot of goals last season and I think that showed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ErnestTurnip Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 23 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said: Slightly concerning thing for me was, in the first game, opponents sussed our system out and largely nullified it. Once that happened we were too easily played through. Wing backs rarely got into advanced enough positions so we ended up doing loads of playing around and across the middle in front of them. Delfouneso did well coming a bit deeper and linking things up but otherwise we didn't often look threatening. Holes behind the wing backs (mostly Gordon's side to be fair to Jones) were alarming and none of the back three had the pace to quickly get across and cover them. All three were also too easily put under stress by balls down the sides that had them turning. White worked hard and tried to make things happen. Doyle obviously scores goals with service but, on today's evidence, doesn't make the ball stick so well Very hard to argue with any of that. The iFollow cameraman seemed to be doing their best to make it hard to watch although you sort of got used to it after a while. Regardless of results, if we dont get back into the ground then watching it on tv for a season will be very very shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanGreavsie Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 46 minutes ago, deane koontz said: What was the atmosphere like? Booted off (briefly) at Horwich Parkway afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 37 minutes ago, anewman said: I’d sack off this 3 at the back until we get a solid foundation My two pet hates in team selection are playing players out of position - so far so good on that front - and 3 at the back. Drives me mad. Invites pressure and basically you're saying "we're better than you, we only need 3 defenders" so yes you need to be the better team. Nobody played 3 with wing backs when playing Liverpool or City away, they might do it against Macclesfield at home, expecting to have a lot of the ball and even then only if your centre backs are quick and better than average. We aren't at that stage yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeye doyle Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 The was no service at all for Doyle and he kept dropping deeper out of frustration I presume. The marking for the second goal was non existent and the first was easy for them. A lot to work on for Evatt for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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