This is a very poor half by us. Hanging on now. Cambridge should have had at least four.
We looked unorganised for big parts of that 2nd half. The big plus for Marti will be that he managed to give quite a few of the players some minutes.
True, but what will Marti learn from their performance? Yet again we seemed to relax after going ahead and, with a little more luck, Cambridge could have punished us. Did Walsh, Morrison, Frey, Varane and EDB impress Marti? I was pleased once again with Lloyd, and Varane seemed solid in the middle. Walsh's loose pass gifted a goal. Up front, the rotation of strikers had no negative impact, but the experiment of having Dykes and Celar on together amounted to nothing. There was an improvement in applying a high press - now more players are joining in and forcing errors with their pressure; and there was an improvement in movement of the ball (but probably not enough). That all said, we won!
Last Edit: Aug 13, 2024 20:52:53 GMT by kingfisher
We should have been out of site in the first half but our shooting was atrocious. EDB in particular needs to get out and practice how to kick a ball straight.
In the 2nd half, without the creative Andersen we really didn't have a clue and once we gave Cambridge a soft goal they dominated and were probably unlucky not to get an equaliser.
