Post by northwesthoop on Sept 26, 2020 16:01:27 GMT
It finishes 1-1.
We probably edged it.
Our final ball is still lacking, especially in the second half. A few times we wasted opportunities with the wrong pass or an overhit pass.
Again conceding a goal from a corner costs us. Dieng was commanding and had no chance with the goal.
Dykes needs players closer to him. I agree with surrey chad that he works so hard he is sometimes too deep when we attack. But we can work on that and if we could defend from corners we'd have had a point last week and 2 more today.
Another game another goal conceded from a set piece. Their player made a run to the near post and ours stood still.
After the game Warburton seemed to have been on the funny fags because he suggested it's hard to play against John Terry and Steven Gerrard which again proved he watches a different game to everyone else. If he thinks we are playing against Terry and Gerrard is it any wonder we can't defend set pieces.
What doesnt help the defence or Dykes is that too many of our midfielders are lightweight, get knocked off the ball too easily and are not brave enough to get in where it hurts. Amos and Chair might have the odd good game but are mainly below average and not good enough for the Championship.
The guy I feel sorry for is Dykes. He is constantly having to drop back and help the little guys in the midfield out which leave us without a frontman.
Another game another goal conceded from a set piece. Their player made a run to the near post and ours stood still...... What doesnt help the defence or Dykes is that too many of our midfielders are lightweight, get knocked off the ball too easily and are not brave enough to get in where it hurts. Amos and Chair might have the odd good game but are mainly below average and not good enough for the Championship.
The guy I feel sorry for is Dykes. He is constantly having to drop back and help the little guys in the midfield out which leave us without a frontman.
I fee Amos worked hard yesterday and did a lot, so have to disagree on his performance. Agree though that Dykes was back helping out defence (as in all fairness was Wells last season) so unavailable if there was a fast break and indicative of how the defence is perceived; and I noticed late in the game that BOS was playing more central so offering no winger for crosses. I am guessing that Kakay was told to assume the role of WB.
Warburton must be trying his best, and I accept we cannot afford top-class players, but it is frustrating to not be able to cope well with set pieces. In the end it becomes a self-fulling prophecy in that the team expects to fail in dead-ball plays - and then does! I do still want Warburton to explain though as to why defenders are told to not engage with the ball-player outside the penalty box, allowing them time to cross!?
Another game another goal conceded from a set piece. Their player made a run to the near post and ours stood still...... What doesnt help the defence or Dykes is that too many of our midfielders are lightweight, get knocked off the ball too easily and are not brave enough to get in where it hurts. Amos and Chair might have the odd good game but are mainly below average and not good enough for the Championship.
The guy I feel sorry for is Dykes. He is constantly having to drop back and help the little guys in the midfield out which leave us without a frontman.
I fee Amos worked hard yesterday and did a lot, so have to disagree on his performance. Agree though that Dykes was back helping out defence (as in all fairness was Wells last season) so unavailable if there was a fast break and indicative of how the defence is perceived; and I noticed late in the game that BOS was playing more central so offering no winger for crosses. I am guessing that Kakay was told to assume the role of WB.
Warburton must be trying his best, and I accept we cannot afford top-class players, but it is frustrating to not be able to cope well with set pieces. In the end it becomes a self-fulling prophecy in that the team expects to fail in dead-ball plays - and then does! I do still want Warburton to explain though as to why defenders are told to not engage with the ball-player outside the penalty box, allowing them time to cross!?
I am not disputing that Amos didnt work hard but in my book that's the bare minimum. To perform in the Championship we need players who can offer more and have the ability to offer more.
The majority of our players are honest and work hard but my issue is that they are not good enough skill wise for the Championship. Chair and Amos will huff and puff but rarely is there any end product. Wallace is a mistake waiting to happen, our defence as a whole finds defending set pieces an alien skill. Cameron is not a leader and he may be 6'3" but he jumps about 5' 6".
I believe that they all go out to give 100% and do their best but I would expect that if we were a Vanarama team. Our players are supposed to be Championship quality and imo have got to do more than just work hard.
I wish that my reaction was just based on the first few games of a new season but unfortunately these guys were the same ones who were not producing last season.
Post by northwesthoop on Sept 27, 2020 18:39:22 GMT
Amos seems to get a lot more stick than Cameron. One tackle aside I thought Cameron was pretty anonymous yesterday. Ball is just a taller version of Scowen, running around yards off the pace.
I'm not saying Amos was great yesterday, he was probably 6/10 at best, but he certainly across the fanbase seems to get a lot of stick.
We don't have a midfielder who dominates the game. We have neat and tidy players and players who 'shield' but nobody who can ever run the show for 90 minutes.
Amos seems to get a lot more stick than Cameron. One tackle aside I thought Cameron was pretty anonymous yesterday. Ball is just a taller version of Scowen, running around yards off the pace.
I'm not saying Amos was great yesterday, he was probably 6/10 at best, but he certainly across the fanbase seems to get a lot of stick.
We don't have a midfielder who dominates the game. We have neat and tidy players and players who 'shield' but nobody who can ever run the show for 90 minutes.
I'm a 100% in agreement. All the best teams have that dominant midfielder who will control and dictate the tempo of the game. Taking last season as an example Phillips ran the show for Leeds and Sawyers would dominate things for WBA. Both are around 11 stone and just under 6ft but they have an imposing presence.
These players would have been the first names on their respective managers team sheet and if Warburton can draw himself away from looking at wingers this is what our team needs desperately.
When you have that Shaun Derry type in your team it allows players like Busaky and Faurlin to do make a player like Taraabt sparkle.
