Fizzled out again
16 League goals, 2 FA Trophy goals. 16+2=18 when I was at school.
Nit anymore in this digital, social media era.
I’m watching Wigan v Portsmouth at the moment. The quality is no better but the pace of the game is miles faster making it more exciting to watch. North Ends walking pace sideways footy just doesn’t get bums off seats, it’s struggling to get bums ON seats. I noticed this afternoon., it takes PNE about 20 seconds to take a throw in. I actually like to see players running with the ball. Earlier on the season they were doing just that.
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I noticed AN in the first half telling the full backs to take their time with throw ins. It seemed a strange tactic because I thought Derby were poor and with a bit more urgency going forward we could have made it more uncomfortable for them.
Derby where there to be got at today and looked very nervous at the back. We should have played at a far faster tempo from the off but it was the slow sideways passing across midfield in the final 15 minutes which baffled me. We also had a couple of set pieces at the death and didn’t throw everyone up.
Too many predictable balls to barky and crosses across goal to no one.
Lots of possession but only made Carson make two saves, first in the last ten minutes.
At full time I thought it was curtains and left more disappointed than Friday, I thought Derby where shite which is frustrating.
Following today’s daft results It’s still only three points and we hope for a Cardiff win. It’s unlikley now but it’s not quite over, we need to be much much better though.
It is frustrating how many times a player like Maguire, Robinson, Browne (or Harrop in his appearances) are in a central forward position in space and asking for the ball to feet from midfield, only for it to be pushed out wide. Today if we'd got balls through to them like that and drive forward centrally I think we'd have 'unlocked' Derby's poor defence. Doing the same things over and over again when they're not working is too easy for the opponents to anticipate our play.
That being said, I'm still hopeful of a play off spot yet.
That being said, I'm still hopeful of a play off spot yet.
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I agree with all that except for the fact that to me, the Derby defence looked quite comfortable. They have some experienced players in there and it must have been one of their easiest games of the season due to our poor quality crosses which they easily dealt with and the inability (or unwillingness) of our wide players to stretch the full backs by going outside them.
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Watching Sheff Utd v Cardiff, the tempo and pace the same, remember the days when Pearson got hold of the ball and went on surging runs, sadly just a holding player now playing the ball sideways or back to the keeper.🙁
Derby were shit today, ref was appalling. 18 chances our way, 2 from Derby and they score one from a jammy free kick. As per Sheffield Wed, good performance , no reward. We’re in a league where clubs spend a bastard fortune and get get fucking utterly ridiculous payments via “parachute” money, it’s fucking ludicrous.
Cardiff just equalised in stoppage time against Sheff U. Still a few minutes left, but only 3 points away as it stands.
Local lad does us a favour
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Well, that's handy.
Having seen us play both at home and away I do get the impression we move the ball a whole lot faster away from home. There are times at home when we just seem to stop and put our foot on the ball. The game seems to stop while we look around for someone to pass to and then either pass sideways or back. I do feel we need to start moving the ball a whole lot quicker at home if we want to break down these defences.
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When I came of the game today I thought that was it for us this season and I think our lads thought the same given their body language when the whistle blew. However, after today's results we are still in the mix and all to play for.
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