Porters miss

[sitwell]

Not defending him overall because he had a poor game yesterday ,however anyone would struggle with Ohallaran as astrike partner because of his inexperience and positioning.
But many are having a go at Porter for the early miss from Quinns cross ,I was right behind it and it was a brilliant ball right on Ohallarans head ,but for some reason he pulled away at the last second or missed it and Porter had no chance of reacting to it ,he actually did well to get a touch. the angle on the TV doesnt really show it I dont think.

 

[Bladesman]

Quinn put more than one quality cross in yesterday and Porter either fluffed his chance or wasnt even there.

Porter did OK but where it counts in front of goal he is wank.

 

[WhiteHawk]

Have to agree with that. I think O'Halloran was guilty of missing a few good chances. The one in the second half where the ball fell to him at the edge of the area and he scuffed his shot was awful. Any decent striker would have at least forced a save from the keeper.

The pair of them were garbage though. Made a huge difference when Cresswell & Beattie came on. Cresswell getting MOTM just shows you the impact he had. Even Beattie did well, the roof would have come off Bramall Lane had the keeper not got his foot to that shot

 

[stannyblade]

O'Halloran should not be allowed to pull on a blade shirt again after satdi. Porter isnt up to it either.

 

[judge]

O headless was worse than useless

 

[judge]

Not defending him overall because he had a poor game yesterday ,however anyone would struggle with Ohallaran as astrike partner because of his inexperience and positioning.
But many are having a go at Porter for the early miss from Quinns cross ,I was right behind it and it was a brilliant ball right on Ohallarans head ,but for some reason he pulled away at the last second or missed it and Porter had no chance of reacting to it ,he actually did well to get a touch. the angle on the TV doesnt really show it I dont think.

Where we're you sat sitters ?

 

[Worksop II]

In the first half there were four balls into the Box which Porter should been on the end of, three in the first fifteen minutes. The second of those three, the defender fluffed his attempted clearance, and Porter seemed suprised by its arrival, it was a similar situation for the forth, not expecting it to get through to him.

Not a Natural Scorer

 

[Selly]

The pair of them were garbage though. Made a huge difference when Cresswell & Beattie came on. Cresswell getting MOTM just shows you the impact he had. Even Beattie did well, the roof would have come off Bramall Lane had the keeper not got his foot to that shot

12 inches left, right or up and it would have gone in.

Conversely, 6 inches lower, and Brentford would have gone 1-0 against Wendy on saturday. As it was they hit the bar and Wendy went down the other end and scored.

Wendy got pounded on Saturday and won, we didn't. We need to hope their luck changes and quickly...

 

[Ollessendro]

I think the reason why Porter is taking so much flack is that his missed cost us the season. Had he scored, I think we'd have run out comfortable winners. It is true that O'Hallarhan should have headed it and his air header may have put Porter slightly off. He still should have buried it though. He just does not react or anticipate. Everything is a reaction and a slow one at that. Combine that with how cripplingly slow he is and you've got an issue. As Worksop II says, Porter just is not sharp enough. He should have expected that cross to come to him. Similarly with a couple of other crosses he was nowhere and he was slow to react to a couple of other chances.

It is not fair to blame Porter only, as O'Hallarhan is worse. Send that time waster back. A few weeks ago, Brentford at home, a guy on the kop said O'Hallarhan was like Monty with pace. I actually think he is worse. Complete headless chicken. He is fast, but has nowt else. Poor touch, crap at shooting, terrible positioning and no idea where he is running.

Beattie and Cressy simply have to start next week .... and in the play offs.

 

[Selly]

I think the suggestion that his miss cost us the season is harsh.

• Had BT scored that one at the end last week against MK Dons, our fate would be in our own hands.
• Had BT scored that one at the end this week against Stevenage, our fate would be in our own hands.
• Had we not lost 3-2 at home to Oldham, having beeen 2-0 up, our fate would be in our own hands
• Had we not had 2 men sent off at home to Oldham, our fate would, IMO, be in our own hands
• Had we not conceded 2 in the last 10 mins against Wendy at home, our fate would be in our own hands.

Its like a death of 1000 cuts...

 

[Ollessendro]

Agree with that Selly Oak. But, with those things behind us then it cost us big time. You can also add to that Lecs stupid penalty away at Stevenage, dominating but not beating Wycombe at their place, conceding late on at Orient, imploding at home to Exeter (the 4-4 game where we went ahead twice late on).

Wilson has to take the blame for me. Not only because he signed Porter and O'Hallarhan, but because he showed blind faith in them. Every Blade I spoke to said Cressy should have started. It was proved that a 70% fit Cresswell is more effective than those two chocolate fire guards. It was clearly not working at half time and he did nowt. He changed things after an hour and still did not bring Beattie on until too late. If Cressy had come on at half time and BT with half an hour to go, I think we might have won it. Of course it is diffciult to say that, but the way it went suggests we'd have created more chances and hence had a better chance of doing so.

 

[Trigger Blade]

Not defending him overall because he had a poor game yesterday ,however anyone would struggle with Ohallaran as astrike partner because of his inexperience and positioning.
But many are having a go at Porter for the early miss from Quinns cross ,I was right behind it and it was a brilliant ball right on Ohallarans head ,but for some reason he pulled away at the last second or missed it and Porter had no chance of reacting to it ,he actually did well to get a touch. the angle on the TV doesnt really show it I dont think.

We were at the other end, and I haven't seen it since, but it looked as though O'Hallaran tried for a glancing header and missed it completely, when the ball needed a proper firm head on it. I think that probably shows a combination of inexperience and him not being a natural header of the ball.

 

[Worksop II]

and him not being a natural header of the ball.

We were in the family stand, during the game the ball came into the stand, as normal people moved to the ball, hands went up, and one geezer beat them all, got his head firmly on the Ball.

He should be coaching Porter and O'Hallaran

 

[riselikeasalmon]

As well as the misses, the two just didn't do enough work to find space or pull away from the defenders. Although the midfield didn't play well they often had nowhere to go as there was no one available in the final third.

 

[Bladesman]

I aint blaming Porter for a typical blades fuck up.

I just agree that Porter is not natural goal scorer and Quinn delivered perfectly into the box. What more does Porter want? The defender to put the ball in the net for him?

 

[anglian blade]

Agree with that Selly Oak. But, with those things behind us then it cost us big time. You can also add to that Lecs stupid penalty away at Stevenage, dominating but not beating Wycombe at their place, conceding late on at Orient, imploding at home to Exeter (the 4-4 game where we went ahead twice late on).

Wilson has to take the blame for me. Not only because he signed Porter and O'Hallarhan, but because he showed blind faith in them. Every Blade I spoke to said Cressy should have started. It was proved that a 70% fit Cresswell is more effective than those two chocolate fire guards. It was clearly not working at half time and he did nowt. He changed things after an hour and still did not bring Beattie on until too late. If Cressy had come on at half time and BT with half an hour to go, I think we might have won it. Of course it is diffciult to say that, but the way it went suggests we'd have created more chances and hence had a better chance of doing so.

According to Wilson cresswell said we was prepared to start on the bench, suggesting he wasn't really fit to play. I reckon everyone would have been slagging Wilson off if he had started with Creswell and he had to come off after a few minutes through aggravating his shoulder injury again. That he avoided that on saturday may have simply been luck

 

[stannyblade]

Agree with that Selly Oak. But, with those things behind us then it cost us big time. You can also add to that Lecs stupid penalty away at Stevenage, dominating but not beating Wycombe at their place, conceding late on at Orient, imploding at home to Exeter (the 4-4 game where we went ahead twice late on).

Wilson has to take the blame for me. Not only because he signed Porter and O'Hallarhan, but because he showed blind faith in them. Every Blade I spoke to said Cressy should have started. It was proved that a 70% fit Cresswell is more effective than those two chocolate fire guards. It was clearly not working at half time and he did nowt. He changed things after an hour and still did not bring Beattie on until too late. If Cressy had come on at half time and BT with half an hour to go, I think we might have won it. Of course it is diffciult to say that, but the way it went suggests we'd have created more chances and hence had a better chance of doing so.

This from the man that said Porter was better than BT

 

[Ollessendro]

This from the man that said Porter was better than BT

Never said that. But it is true that Porter has outscored Beattie since the latte joined.

 

[super_pig]

>a guy on the kop said O'Hallarhan was like Monty with pace. I actually think he is worse. Complete headless chicken
LMAO.. absolute quality olle

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

I think the suggestion that his miss cost us the season is harsh.

• Had BT scored that one at the end last week against MK Dons, our fate would be in our own hands.
• Had BT scored that one at the end this week against Stevenage, our fate would be in our own hands.
• Had we not lost 3-2 at home to Oldham, having beeen 2-0 up, our fate would be in our own hands
• Had we not had 2 men sent off at home to Oldham, our fate would, IMO, be in our own hands
• Had we not conceded 2 in the last 10 mins against Wendy at home, our fate would be in our own hands.

Its like a death of 1000 cuts...

It's still in our own hands. Win two and draw one of the next four games and we're up.

 

[judge]

I didn't see any of this supposed "pace" of o headless , in fact I never saw him run

 

[Bladesman]

He did seem to have pace about him but fair play to Stevenage they closed us down well at times. OH never looked like getting much of a site on goal.

 

[mekkyblade]

Agree with that Selly Oak. But, with those things behind us then it cost us big time. You can also add to that Lecs stupid penalty away at Stevenage, dominating but not beating Wycombe at their place, conceding late on at Orient, imploding at home to Exeter (the 4-4 game where we went ahead twice late on).

Wilson has to take the blame for me. Not only because he signed Porter and O'Hallarhan, but because he showed blind faith in them. Every Blade I spoke to said Cressy should have started. It was proved that a 70% fit Cresswell is more effective than those two chocolate fire guards. It was clearly not working at half time and he did nowt. He changed things after an hour and still did not bring Beattie on until too late. If Cressy had come on at half time and BT with half an hour to go, I think we might have won it. Of course it is diffciult to say that, but the way it went suggests we'd have created more chances and hence had a better chance of doing so.

I never thought id say it.... But i wholeheartedly agree with you olle!