I am away at present but hoping to find a way of watching the game somehow..... Cardiff are doing OK but this is another side that likes to play the ball, so this may play into our hands. The negative will be the likely casualty list from the recent games, which could be extensive - fingers crossed!
Team looks very weak. Hopefully we can still pull a good performance from somewhere but that looks so poor without both Willock and Chair. No Cook either, still no Colback and mostly youth on the bench. You have to wonder as well how bad Richards is because that team lacks creativity and he can't even make the bench.
Last Edit: Jan 1, 2024 14:53:34 GMT by northwesthoop
Not the best starting line up. Seems we're down to the bare bones although good to see Fox on the bench. Begovic Cannon Dunne Clarke Salter Larkeche Paal Field Dozzell Dixon Bonner Smyth Dykes
Subs, Archer, Kakay,Fox, Drewe,Pedder,AdomahKelman,Armstrong and Kolli
1-0 Cardiff, terrible defending from Dunne and Larkeche, guy scores from a corner.
Already it's clear we are going to struggle to create anything.
Why when we have so few attacking players in the squad and no Willock and Chair are we still not trying Dykes and Armstrong together? Dykes needs support, especially without the creative players around him. We don't score even we have those players so today we are really up against it.
0-1 half-time and we've offered nothing in front of goal. The only effort we had on target was a soft free kick straight into the arms of the goalkeeper.
We just don't need Dixon-Bonner and Dozzell in the same team.
Is Dozzell supposed to be playing attacking midfield? He just collects the ball, spins and lays it back to the centre backs or back to Field every time.
Smyth and Cannon are getting the ball too close to the touchline to be able to threaten, they just get crowded out and it's gone for a throw on their side so many times.