psychostring wrote:
Agree with that. A good example of that would be the break in the first half where one of our forwards, I forget who (may have been Scruton) off loaded to send Jeffries through; great support play. Unfortunately whilst Newton was inside, he was covered by a defender so Jeffries ran towards the right wing but there was no one to be seen and he subsequently lost the ball.
Late on in the second half Jeffries made a pass to Nero who made a good break for the line but when he met the defender there was no one there to pass to, Jeffries had just stopped moving once he had made the pass.
There was one break in the second half where Koppy powered through and Deacon was right along side him and had the pass got away we'd have been in.
Players need to be looking to back up the man running with the ball so these sorts of chances can be created and finished off. Its this sort of play that catches defenders on the back foot and creates gaps.
Late on in the second half Jeffries made a pass to Nero who made a good break for the line but when he met the defender there was no one there to pass to, Jeffries had just stopped moving once he had made the pass.
There was one break in the second half where Koppy powered through and Deacon was right along side him and had the pass got away we'd have been in.
Players need to be looking to back up the man running with the ball so these sorts of chances can be created and finished off. Its this sort of play that catches defenders on the back foot and creates gaps.
Totally agree. We made plenty of half breaks but there was no finish. A player like Michael Withers would've scored a hattrick today simply because he read the game so well and would be on the shoulder of a player who made a half break.
Still on the positive side most of the forwards looked fitter. It'll be a test for McNamara now to get rid of the rustiness and get the combinations clicking a bit better.
) he's not actually said the "Mc" word yet . . . . although he has intimated it.
