Positives from tonight

[Blade Blade]

We were going to lose eventually. Now it'll be about how the lads can bounce back.

Positives from tonight:
- We played FOOTBALL. They hoofed it the whole 90 minutes and we played football even at 3-0 down. And we created a fair few chances along the way. Thank you DW.
- The players never gave up. Some bloke on Radio Sheff said the players didn't look interested tonight but for me they kept fighting right into stoppage time.
- Marcus Williams. Excellent debut for me, looks steady and can play a bit too. Almost certainly would've been 4-0 if it had been Lecs on that post at 3-0 in first half.
- Glimpses of what both Williamson and McDonald can do (though only one at a time). I think if we carry on playing like that we will go up.

Negatives unfortunately - Simmo's zero confidence and inability to handle the ball at the moment (he is a good keeper), not one corner beating the first man, Chris Porter and £28 to get in to watch that on a Tuesday night.

UTB

 

[stannyblade]

Fair comments there. I actually think we were the better side last night but in big games you have to take your chances. Porter was crap.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

We were all positive after Scunny last year, look where that got us.

 

[blader]

Well, I'm not sure whether I am watching a different game to most, or it just makes me a clapper, but i really don't think Porter was one of our worst players in the first half. He got on the ball got into a few positions and had 3 or 4 shots on goal. What did Cresswell do to justify him staying on the field? I feel CP is becoming a bit of an unfair scapegoat, don't think he was too bad at all. Thought McDonald looked superb on the other hand, has tt be given a start on Saturday.

 

[Zlatan]

Positives from tonight:
- We played FOOTBALL.

I'd have to disagree really. We were playing it long a lot of the time, especially from Maguire and Collins. The only time we started getting it on the deck was with about 10 minutes left.

 

[axel smeets]

Christ have I missed summat. I thought last night was like watching a rehash of last seasons 'performances'. We resorted to hoofing it at times, the defence was shambolic and I felt lower than a snakes belly. Porter is going to cost us points this season. We can all criticise Simonsen (and rightly so), but when Porter can't hit the target at least from there, we'll draw or lose games.

 

[alcoblade]

Not a disaster last night, more like many of the other games this season. Good bits, bad bits - but in the end we lost this one.

The main positive for me is that it exposed what I already suspected - we aren't quite good enough. Let's hope there's a bit of money to buy some pace, and that we don't blow the budget on Beattie.

"Scapegoat time" - Flyn. Someone so slight needs to be either tricky or pacey. He's neither. We might aswell play with 10 men - so there's an opportunity for improvement there.

Simmo - he's not a good keeper and we should be planning to get rid, if we aren't already. Sadly, he'll fall into the Eavns Bracket of being paid 10 times his worth, making them unsaleable.

UTB

 

[Blade Blade]

Christ have I missed summat. I thought last night was like watching a rehash of last seasons 'performances'. We resorted to hoofing it at times, the defence was shambolic and I felt lower than a snakes belly. Porter is going to cost us points this season. We can all criticise Simonsen (and rightly so), but when Porter can't hit the target at least from there, we'll draw or lose games.

Exactly that, "at times", and not very often. 90% of the time it was on the floor and some very slick passing. I'd be happy if we played like that every other game this season.