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Quoted from TwoLeftFeet

Couldn't understand taking Smith out of the centre thought he was having a good game partnering with Waterfall..should have dropped Clifton to right back.. letting Sears go and then not replacing him didn't understand it at the time and still don't now..

Clifton played a massive part in everything we did in respect of attacking football. Sad to say I'm not sure any of those on the bench could have stepped into his boots when we needed another goal. I'm also sorry to say that had we moved Clifton to RB (and still lost) it would have been widely perceived as a negative move in certain quarters.

Second best first half, nicked a goal. Came out flying in the second half. Equaliser spun things back around.

Annoyed at the sub obsession comment from Hurst though. They made a sub, he came on, scored two and won the game. Subs can change games, Paul.

FYI I had no problems with the subs today but that comment was stupid.

I don’t understand how people can say we were unlucky to lose that game.
First half they were far superior first 5 minutes second half the same
We then play for 30 minutes couple of good efforts no clear cut chances.
They wake substititutions which improve them we don’t .
They dominate last 15 minutes and win .
Fair result.

Smith is not a fullback, harry would have been a more solid option for me.
My argument here is that the first half was rubbish and the midfield poor, we are so slow to change. After half time we were better but we do look a drab mid table tream with little real flair.
I heard Croft on the way back and he said we looked like strangers in the first half and it was hard to disagree. Why does Scannell not get a game , where were the new forwards. the favourites always get in.
Also not Crocombe's best game today. On to Saturday but that was a rotten nights football and they looked better on the ball than us.

Quoted from HerveJosse

I don’t understand how people can say we were unlucky to lose that game.
First half they were far superior first 5 minutes second half the same
We then play for 30 minutes couple of good efforts no clear cut chances.
They wake substititutions which improve them we don’t .
They dominate last 15 minutes and win .
Fair result.

They had a lot of possession in the first half and looked a good side but didn't hurt us. We got to grips with them and scored after a lovely move.

Second half our football was sublime and we were unlucky not to put the game to bed but when you don't score when on top it invariably comes back to bite you. That's football. We are certainly playing the best football I have ever seen us play in tier 5, and am certainly more confident in this group of players.

We will have to see whether our brilliant football gets us into the playoffs, but if it doesn't we should just build on this set of players rather than look for wholesale changes.  

You need to score when you are on top. We dominated from half time until their equaliser, but just couldn’t get that second goal. Score that and it’s game over.

I’d like to see a replay of their equaliser, but Crocombe seemed slow to get down, and then a poor parry presented a tap in for their striker, who should be credited for following in. A very frustrating end to the game.

I'm no fan of Hurst .But cannot believe people saying he was negative tonight . Do believe he made a mistake putting Smith right back .He's tried him there before and knows he can't play the position .Should have put Harry there and brought Abraham's on the left .

A really frustrating game from start to finish. A very poor first half where Solihull was the better team. We couldn't seem to string two passes together and were second to most balls. How many times did we fanny about with the ball near our own box and gift them an opportunity?! Clifton started the play and finished for a cracking goal against the run of play.

Second half initially started the same as the first with us sitting back and inviting Solihull to get at us but once we got going and started to attack like a home team it was rather entertaining, yet the decision making near their goal was woeful, with McAtee being the worst culprit. Clifton was open in the box on his own ready for a tap in and was raging with McAtee afterwards. We soon fizzled out and resorted to lumping the ball forward again and created very little and it was obvious that Solihull was going to equalise sooner or later.

JMD was copulated and running through treacle for about 10 minutes before he came off, so should have come off sooner. Taylor was winning a lot of headers when the ball was lumped up to him, but it never went to one of our players so should have come off to mix it up.

Why did Hurst set up to play counter-attack at home and let Solihul control the game?

Summary, didn't take chances, copulated around at the back.

To put it simply, we were outmanaged last night.

Their manager realised it wasn't working for them 2nd half and brought on that big lad who scored both their goals, whereas Hurst sat on his hands most of the game.

Quoted from Hagrid

That was never gonna happen.

JMD wasnt fit enough for a full 90, so moving clifton to right back would have meant Sousa on, and then noone to replace JMD with as he’d not put Scannell on the bench

It’s also worth noting Clifton is a mid field player and not a full back.

When I saw the midfield selection I thought that would be a good line up when everyone is match fit and has played a few games together.