Post by northwesthoop on Aug 12, 2023 14:50:37 GMT
So much better. 1-0 half time.
Last week everybody was embarrassing, this week everybody is giving their all.
This is what I expected from Ainsworth's team. Hopefully they've got another 45 minutes in them.
I wonder how much longer Armstrong has, on a booking, looks knackered and holding his groin as he went off at half time. Superb player though, got to love him!!
Last Edit: Aug 12, 2023 14:51:31 GMT by northwesthoop
Really impressed with that. Smyth has been excellent. Cook seems a real calming presence at the back. Vast improvement on the first 45 last weekend. Now do it again lads.
Good first half by doing everything they did not do last week - disciplined, keeping shape, blocking gaps, tracking runners (though Cardiff way less dynamic in forward movement than Watford). Focus + energy.
Please do exactly the same for the entirety of the second half.
Sadly lost transmission just before the second goal, but nice to see daveb and myself proved right - just wished I had changed my prediction accordingly!
Further answer, at fault as Cardiff make it 2-1, he's a spent force.
Looks like we've switched to 5-3-2 too and we are struggling. Smyth and Armstrong were vital to how we were playing, them going off and Cardiff scoring has really put us on the back foot.
Last Edit: Aug 12, 2023 15:47:28 GMT by northwesthoop
Nothing to suggest anything is going to change. Defeat to nil nailed on. Unless Cook is a one man miracle.
That aged well!
You were not the only soothsayer who got it wrong! Anyway, we go 16th on a day that Watford drew at home with Plymouth, Birmingham beat Leeds, and Southampton & Norwich drew 4-4!
Post by northwesthoop on Aug 12, 2023 16:12:08 GMT
Lots to like about that performance, lots still to work on because we still look a bit limited without Smyth and Armstrong - those 2 really made the difference and them going off nearly cost us.
It suggests we need to sign another fast forward to give us a similar option. Otherwise our game plan goes out the window once we make subs.
Great result, should give everybody associated with the club a boost. It shows we have no need to struggle if we play with that level of application every week.
Considering the total mess of last week that is a great result Having players like cook in the side gives the younger players a shoulder to cry on and he will shout at half time if he’s not happy We can’t complain about that really that’s a decent away result
Fantastic result. And a very good away performance. Bit tight come the end, but right now 3pts is what really matters. So important that we stitch some good results together on the back of this. Smyth was superb, and Cook really looked like the experienced defender that he is, and we needed. So pleased for Sinclair too. Had a chilled evening planned. Wife on a hen do, kids sorting themselves, curry menu on the fridge. I can really enjoy it now 😊
