19 minutes ago, Uwe said:

Had a family get together yesterday so missed the game. Far too lazy/hungover to read 49 pages (DS will be happy) 

could someone please give me a condensed rundown of the game please 🙏 

Pretty pants performance, good goal from Coburn, wild ride of Howson missing a penalty and scoring from the resulting corner.

Jones missed the easiest chance you'll ever see at 0-0, thankfully it didn't cost us.

Edited December 30, 20232 yr by TeaCider24

8 minutes ago, Uwe said:

Had a family get together yesterday so missed the game. Far too lazy/hungover to read 49 pages (DS will be happy) 

could someone please give me a condensed rundown of the game please 🙏 

First we 

 

Then shortly after they were like 

HALF TIME:

Then out of the blue we had a 

 

Then they came right back at us with 



After that we were a bit 



But then we got a 



But 



But shortly after 



And at the final whistle 



That's about it, mate 
 

Why would anyone want to loan Bangura out after his last 2 performances??! 

Was a monster again yesterday and the stats back that up 

13/14 duels won. 13 out of 14...

6/6 dribbles completed, Sorba Thomas had 3/5

It's like judging Barlaser as a footballer by how he took a corner that one time, crazy talk

Who's seriously talking about loaning Bangura out?

Someone wants to loan him out because he dived in the 2nd half 😂

Extended Highlights:

Looking back at Izzy's miss and it really is less of a blooper and more an unfortunate bobble causing the mis-kick. If he'd chested it instead it would have been a goal.

Was the Howson goal our 'turning point' moment of the season? 

1 hour ago, Uwe said:

Had a family get together yesterday so missed the game. Far too lazy/hungover to read 49 pages (DS will be happy) 

could someone please give me a condensed rundown of the game please 🙏 

Chris are you around for the Coventry game?

29 minutes ago, Denzel Zanzibar said:

Extended Highlights:

Looking back at Izzy's miss and it really is less of a blooper and more an unfortunate bobble causing the mis-kick. If he'd chested it instead it would have been a goal.

I think Greenwood could have made the same error lol!

12 minutes ago, Downsouth said:

I think Greenwood could have made the same error lol!

Greenwood would have managed to simultaneously leather it against the crossbar whilst two footing their centre back out of frustration for missing the chance.

Because of the spin on the ball, Izzy gets a pass from me. Not in the same league as Fletch putting it over the bar from the same distance, Britt's orbiting penalty, Watmore's backheel clearance, Billy Dishcloth against Orient, Dave Currie (shudder) or Kanu. I might have had a different opinion if we had lost but despite his faults, he can produce moments that turn games and his presence in the team forces opponents to double up on him and that is one of the reasons we have success in attack when our first eleven is on the pitch. He can be frustrating but so can the other ten and the effort he puts into his defensive work now is evidence that he can still improve at this level.     

1 hour ago, Old Codger said:

Because of the spin on the ball, Izzy gets a pass from me.

Same here. He screwed up because he's not an instinctive striker. The ball spins up off the keeper, backspin means it goes backwards relative to him and he is off-balance and not sure what to do. It's a hilarious miss and will undoubtedly end up in various top 10 misses of the season but it's by no means the worst miss in 30 years or whatever.

18 hours ago, Pork Slops said:

Didn't think I'd ever be saying this if you'd have asked in mid-September, but I'm hoping Rogers is finally coming good following this recent run in the side.

He's either scored or assisted in 4 of his last 5 games and that would be 5 in 5 if it wasn't for a finger tip save from Mcgree's shot onto the post at Rotherham.

His goal involvements in league and cup have been impressive for a young lad in his first season with us. Some of his passes have been sublime, his work rate to turnover is also impressive. Could finish the season with better stats than akpom's first season. If Carrick can develop him and can cut out the inconsistency we have a real gem.

Jones really is an enigma, I don't think he can actually kick the ball with good technique, you never see him play a lofted/long pass and he mostly passes his shots along the floor at the keeper. Yesterday his initial finish wasn't bad, actually lifted it a bit and I think he thought he'd scored, then the spin on the bounce made him look daft as he was already in celebration mode.

But, he needs to learn to interact with the ball in different ways so when he's presented with a chance he has more options. So not the training we see of all the tippy-tappy, get him smashing cross field balls all day long, crossing and shooting from range or something, he needs to develop some new muscle memories to be able to develop as a player. 

Harsh to single out  just Jones though, it's very challenging to find form and confidence in the current first 11 when the pretty triangles aren't working well.

I feel one quality striker or number 10 would make a real difference though. If more chances start going in it will have a knock-on affect. Chances we've been missing are nothing less than phenomenal. 

Mcgree provided something different in his brief comebacks so far, absolutely totally and completely gutted he looks as good or better than I remember and just back from injury then to be losing him to Australia. He will come back injured undoubtedly and we'll have had most of the season without him... Ffs

Getting good players is one thing, keeping them fit clearly an equally tough problem these days.

 

Edited December 30, 20232 yr by HolgateHero

Sorry it was an awful miss, the kind of thing I’d do in 5 a side. I don’t see the need for mental gymnastics and analysing the physics of the ball just say it how it is. He was where he was because he was already celebrating, there was no other reason for him to be next to the ball rather than behind it.