Yesterday’s Highlights

As I only have the radio to listen to for games can someone please post any highlights so that myself, and others can judge what people are writing about for ourselves.

Quoted from Gaffer58

As I only have the radio to listen to for games can someone please post any highlights so that myself, and others can judge what people are writing about for ourselves.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08x4whw/the-fa-cup-202021-fa-cup-first-round-goals

40 minutes in.

First, poor play by Pollock not getting close to their no.10

Second, dopey pass by McKeown

Third, Clifton poorly losing the ball but it was another backwards pass to him when we should have been going forward looking for an equaliser..

I clicked on the link just to see Jamie Devitt putting away another goal from distance (before our game started playing)

He'd already hit the post too before his winner

Still got it at 30 and now doing the business for Newport

Also take a look at Newport's first goal.... their keeper at fault for that one without a doubt. It's not just Macca madness that gifts goals

Thanks Arry x 3, now seeing the “member up” there are a couple of things I noticed, first, why is Macca passing to someone in the middle of the 18 yard line, right in front of goal, a pass to a defender should always be towards the side line, less chance of the opposition creating something from there, plus second, Morton basically failed to control the ball first time, his 3rd touch was a good one by the way, but by then he was under pressure and lost the ball. I wouldn’t blame Ollie too much as like us he expects a professional footballer to be able to control with one touch a ball gently passed to him.

I only see the highlights but it does seem to me that Ollie is asking too much of the players. He really does not understand what is required in lower league footie. Playing short passes to players on the back foot is going to cost you in most games. Players like Windsor and even Green have pace and need the ball early in front of them. Surely Green’s run for the pen should tell Ollie something about the style of play we need.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

I clicked on the link just to see Jamie Devitt putting away another goal from distance (before our game started playing)

He'd already hit the post too before his winner

Still got it at 30 and now doing the business for Newport

Also take a look at Newport's first goal.... their keeper at fault for that one without a doubt. It's not just Macca madness that gifts goals

Maybe whoever disagrees and gave the x for the above comment can't have watched the highlights.... either that or they've just got a totally sad life  

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

I only see the highlights but it does seem to me that Ollie is asking too much of the players. He really does not understand what is required in lower league footie. .

Whether playing out from the back is the right thing or not in Div 4 I don't know (personally I'd rather Macca hoofed it up to halfway as the opposition have to come a bit further to stick it in our net!)

What I do know is that the current squad are simply not capable of playing it out safely from the back and I don't think Holloway is going to change that however much he coaches them and the sooner he realises that the better.

Thought the body language of the town players once the goals had gone in was very telling. Resigned, heads down, shoulders being shrugged. Would have thought that a second round tie would have been a big incentive. But then, I'm in the Roy Keane camp when it comes to player motivation.

Totaly threw the game away,, Macca should know better he is captain on the pitch and should show the way by booting that strait up the pitch that late in a game. Ollie should also know that is a dangerious way to play and cut it out,  as this must be his instructionsand have cost us points and a lot of much needed money

Quoted from denni266

Totaly threw the game away,, Macca should know better he is captain on the pitch and should show the way by booting that strait up the pitch that late in a game. Ollie should also know that is a dangerious way to play and cut it out,  as this must be his instructionsand have cost us points and a lot of much needed money

Holloway's instructions are to play out from the back, pass and move the opposition about but Macca needs to understand that's not ALL the time...at 31 he experienced enough to know when to just smack it upfield and take the pressure off the back line... unfortunately it seems he cannot think for himself and does exactly, to the word, what Holloway says!..sorry to say but Macca needs to wake up, think quicker and smarter, great keeper but I'm starting to think he's costing us more points than he should do in this new style of play.....answers on a postcard, maybe time to give Battersby a go,??