We have conceeded twice from mistakes playing out from the back. It's shades of the Kewell era tbh the players are trying to play a style of football beyond their skill levels. An energetic high press team will force us into all sorts of mistakes.
We have conceeded twice from mistakes playing out from the back. It's shades of the Kewell era tbh the players are trying to play a style of football beyond their skill levels. An energetic high press team will force us into all sorts of mistakes.
Yes but I can’t see Betsy changing what he’s trying to do, I do fully expect us to lose a few games in the first half of the season with these kind of mistakes, and I’m ok with that as long as we improve. Shades of how Brighton broke up the successful Duffy-Dunk partnership a few seasons ago and while Adam Webster made all kinds of mistakes playing out, Brighton fans adjusted as he got better. League 2 is not the same of course but we will always have the option of bringing in better players if the current ones don’t adapt given our new resources.
Will be high risk reward but worth it if it comes off. No certainties in football hence the if
I've never been a fan of too much playing out from the back. I take the view that if it's over 40 yards from our goal, it's much harder for the other side to score. But, hey, my early football memories are of slogging away on bogs and lumping it forward was less hassle.
A couple of minutes into the game we give away a sloppy goal passing out from back with Aldershot closing us down. From there we grow into the game, some nice passing going forward, a few chances and Nadders scores with a well taken goal after a scuff shot in the box falls to him. HT 1-1
Second half we scored early in the second half with a great finish from the trialist on the edge of the box. From there we pass it around slowly then another mistake completely over-playing it at the back trying to play tiki taka football in our own penalty area and a great finish into the top corner from their player just outside the box.
From there we still persist with this style and are caught out with the same mistake for the third time in the same game and an easy finish for them with the goal gaping after giving the ball away in our own six yard box over playing it again.
Game peters out we lose 3-2. Should have been a routine win, but we shot ourselves in the foot 3 times. Poor.
One dear for each of the goals we gifted them. All the possession, scored two excellent goals and we may as well have scored three own goals.
Nobody played badly, everyone played well first half, with Tilley, Nadders, Jack Powell and Tom playing really well. We started quite slowly and gifted them their first goal in the first minute.
Hard to say what happened but either Glenn or Dion were caught in possession.
We came back into the game and dominated possession for the rest of the half. Tilley was having a great game on the left wing and created a lot of chances - he was against Archie Davies who after the first 10 mins was not in the game.
Nadders got our first goal - their man mountain number 6 sclaffed his header, which fell to Dom. He shot straight at Nadders who controlled the ball superbly, a great turn and shot for 1-1.
A shed load of changes in the second half, in which Jayden, Gio, Moe and Mark Marshall were the stand outs.
Frustratingly, although we dominated, we were very reluctant to shoot. Gio was the exception for the second goal. He made a great run forward and unleashed a thunderbolt into the net.
Two more ludicrous and sloppy mistakes at the back gifted them the game. Other than their goals I don't think they created a single chance of their own.
Let's see how the league goes but frustration and annoyance are what I take from the game.
Sounds like the tactics lost us the game. Carlisle will be ready for this. If the players havnt mastered the system by now, will they? And essentially can they? We play in league 2 for a reason. Worried.
I just hope Betsy is a quick learner if we prat around playing out from the back in the league teams will press us high up the field and they will score many an easy goal. Playing this way reminds me of the Kewell way most of the games we seemed to give teams a goal start if this is the way forward i don't think i can stand watching it all season. We get these managers in who have coached at a higher level and they forget players in league 2 are there for a reason if they had the skills they would be playing in a higher league.
If a team a division below us can catch us out when we play Betsyball, a lot of L2 sides will lap it up. Yes, I do like quality football and there is a place for playing it around, but I question whether that place is in our own half.
Hopefully all the mistakes will now be out of the way. I wonder if KB knows his best XI now?
Look its simple Simon the 11 that started today. What you should be asking is what'll happen 1st: relegation, Betsy sacked, Betsy resigns or fans chase Betsy out the club. This tippy tap football is boring, costly, fails to progress the ball, we aint a Champions league team are you really that stupid Betsy? Betsyball will not cannot get us up and outta this p1ss poor league and it pains me to say we would be better off with Yems. Yes Yems. At least his lump it up to the 5ft 2inch forward produced results over a season that kept us up. Betsy will need a brain transplant to do that at this rate. A non-league team score three goals in your sh1t system Betsy. SORT YOURSELF OUT!
Last Edit: Jul 23, 2022 18:03:51 GMT by peespottage
Look its simple Simon the 11 that started today. What you should be asking is what'll happen 1st: relegation, Betsy sacked, Betsy resigns or fans chase Betsy out the club. This tippy tap football is boring, costly, fails to progress the ball, we aint a Champions league team are you really that stupid Betsy? Betsyball will not cannot get us up and outta this p1ss poor league and it pains me to say we would be better off with Yems. Yes Yems. At least his lump it up to the 5ft 2inch forward produced results over a season that kept us up. Betsy will need a brain transplant to do that at this rate. A non-league team score three goals in your sh1t system Betsy. SORT YOURSELF OUT!