| Good game, good game yesterday 08:28 - Aug 18 with 499 views | thebooks |
Two good, well-coached teams. Got our attacking thing going again in the second half.
Thought Leif was excellent in the second half, like his old self. Looks like he’s got a good partnership with Philogene already, with Leif playing narrower. Philogene will be deadly at this level, and even did a lot of winning the ball back.
I thought Azon looked off it in the first half, but early doors and better second. BJ is good, Clarke did some very nice runs from fairly deep and looked dangerous, carrying the ball well. They just need to work out how they’ll slot together.
Szmodics and Hirst make for a tough, never-stop-running partnership.
I mean, this is a very good team who will steamroller most teams once it’s settled and they work their patterns out. |  | | |  |
| Good game, good game yesterday on 08:32 - Aug 18 with 464 views | JammyDodgerrr |
Agree generally. Think we can see why McK rates philogene so highly and he seems like he'll be pretty important for the whole thing to work. As you say, lots of energy and pressing across that front line. Once we find that killer touch, we should be too good for a lot of teams in this league.
That said, CMs still not working. There's a lot of balance for Cajuste to fix! I can't tell if we've abandoned the old Morsy style pass from the GK or whether the two CMs weren't switched on enough. |  |
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| Good game, good game yesterday on 08:38 - Aug 18 with 430 views | thebooks |
| Good game, good game yesterday on 08:32 - Aug 18 by JammyDodgerrr |
Agree generally. Think we can see why McK rates philogene so highly and he seems like he'll be pretty important for the whole thing to work. As you say, lots of energy and pressing across that front line. Once we find that killer touch, we should be too good for a lot of teams in this league.
That said, CMs still not working. There's a lot of balance for Cajuste to fix! I can't tell if we've abandoned the old Morsy style pass from the GK or whether the two CMs weren't switched on enough. |
Yes, my son and I were discussing that Morsy pass yesterday. A pattern thing, I think, although which of the two will take that role hard to say. Azon looks a good passer, but not quite up to pace yet. BJ plays wider than Tuanzebe did as well.
What I did like is that we went to passing it out at all costs from the start of the second half yesterday. We looked like running the risk of retreating into our shell like we did against Brum at the end of the first. That’s what got us going again (even though a couple of people around me were apoplectic over Palmer’s refusal to go long sometimes). | | | |
| Good game, good game yesterday on 08:43 - Aug 18 with 375 views | homer_123 |
| Good game, good game yesterday on 08:32 - Aug 18 by JammyDodgerrr |
Agree generally. Think we can see why McK rates philogene so highly and he seems like he'll be pretty important for the whole thing to work. As you say, lots of energy and pressing across that front line. Once we find that killer touch, we should be too good for a lot of teams in this league.
That said, CMs still not working. There's a lot of balance for Cajuste to fix! I can't tell if we've abandoned the old Morsy style pass from the GK or whether the two CMs weren't switched on enough. |
If we take yesterday in isolation, I thought Soton nullified that pattern of play from GK to CM to be honest.
They worked really really hard to press and stop that.
So, I am not sure we have abandoned it as opposed to not really being able to play it. |  |
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| Good game, good game yesterday on 08:43 - Aug 18 with 368 views | bournemouthblue |
I was happy with a draw going into the game, they're probably a bit more settled than us currently with Fernandes and Dibling still playing
We haven't quite clicked yet and at least know where we stand with Hutch and Broady, we need to go out and find a striker and a winger to strengthen up that squad, the bench still looks light and needs some fire power
Ben Johnson defensively is naive at times but it isn't all disastrous either, whether he grows defensively remains to be seen but that's one of my concern with the team currently
The other is Clarke where I worry it is never going to quite happen with him, in the meantime, I think his best position is on the right where it makes his game a bit more straightforward out there, sometimes just whipping in a ball from the right keeps his mind clearer, less running into traffic unnecessarily
Taylor is doing his best centrally but isn't the long term answer in there, time will tell how Cajuste gets on next to Matasiwa who is growing into his role
Philogene looks a better fit for our system currently, defensively his tracking back and ability to win the ball higher up the field looks useful with our high press
Leif is going to get more chances to shoot and cause general mayhem if ends up in the 10 position more regularly, that's going to he interesting to see how that develops
Chappers and Szmodics aren't quite as sharp as you would like currently but hopefully they restore that confidence and start burying those shots they are getting. I assume Akpom probably comes into this role also so their games will need to be upped
Hirst puts in a sterling shift but desperately needs that pressure being taken off him with an alternative, I do wonder if we will consider a pacey option who can run the channels and make a general nuisance of themselves |  |
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| Good game, good game yesterday on 08:48 - Aug 18 with 343 views | NthQldITFC |
Davis was great wasn't he. Premier quality, but glad he wants to improve more before he goes back there! As you say, starting to work nicely with Philogene and in a month's time that will be a deadly wing.
*Azon is the Spanish one we didn't sign, Azor is Matusiwa's first name, but I'm going with 'Matu' to avoid confusion, and it also sounds like the nickname of a future star in waiting. |  |
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| Good game, good game yesterday on 08:52 - Aug 18 with 313 views | norfsufblue |
| Good game, good game yesterday on 08:32 - Aug 18 by JammyDodgerrr |
Agree generally. Think we can see why McK rates philogene so highly and he seems like he'll be pretty important for the whole thing to work. As you say, lots of energy and pressing across that front line. Once we find that killer touch, we should be too good for a lot of teams in this league.
That said, CMs still not working. There's a lot of balance for Cajuste to fix! I can't tell if we've abandoned the old Morsy style pass from the GK or whether the two CMs weren't switched on enough. |
Poor old Jack Taylor struggles with that passing out from the GK simple because of his body shape, Morsy had a low centre of gravity and a decetive drop of either shoulder so he could either pass or pivot turn and deal with unexpected bobbles of the ball. Tayls height just makes all that so much more difficult and miss touches often lead to loss of possession in dangerous areas.... its not his fault, he needs to be facing the opposition goal further up the pitch to be effective. Personally I think we are going to have to adapt the way we play because this team doesnt have quite the tools of the previous " band of brothers ". |  | | |
| Good game, good game yesterday on 08:58 - Aug 18 with 267 views | thebooks |
| Good game, good game yesterday on 08:48 - Aug 18 by NthQldITFC |
Davis was great wasn't he. Premier quality, but glad he wants to improve more before he goes back there! As you say, starting to work nicely with Philogene and in a month's time that will be a deadly wing.
*Azon is the Spanish one we didn't sign, Azor is Matusiwa's first name, but I'm going with 'Matu' to avoid confusion, and it also sounds like the nickname of a future star in waiting. |
Ta, very lazy of me. Matu sounds good 👍 | | | |
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