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chaos33 |
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They're shite. And perhaps we should be looking to sign that bustling centre forward of theirs. We needs someone like that.
š good idea
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HerveJosse |
December 27, 2022, 9:34am |
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Harrogate Goals
Goal 1:
Brilliant play from Folarin and smart movement from Armstrong.
Amos - oh dear. Rolled far too easily. Outpaced and in hindsight should have pulled him back or somethingā¦anything
Khan - Having seen Amos was struggling, Khan did little to help.
Maher - had to cover the near post - fine
Waterfall - Armstrong runs off the back of him but not a huge amount he can do. Assumes Maher, Green and Crocombe have the near post covered so steps out to stop a cut-back
Efete - would have liked to see him shuffle across to cover Armstrong because thatās where the danger is. Probably didnāt anticipate our left flank dissolving like a post Christmas lunch Rennie
Crocombe - not sure how close he was to cutting out the cross or whether he should have
Goal 2:
Efete - misjudged the bounce. Probably should have dragged Muldoon down.
Waterfall - again, not much he could have done. Could have backed off Muldoon in the hope Efete would either have fouled him or got back goal side? Probably not
Maher - tries to play for an offside. Stands still with his hand in the air, even though itās nowhere near offside. Why on earth didnāt he cover behind Waterfall - again, thatās where the danger was. Iāve seen Smith make similar mistakes several times this season too.
Crocombe - when Muldoon skips inside, Crocombe panics, retreats, tries to step forward, slips, panics again, doesnāt have time to set himself and ends up in a Hakka pose with his legs as wide as the Cook Strait.
Goal 3:
Amos - again!! Has to spot the danger quicker, especially as he was well aware that Khan was in couldānt-be-arÅed-defending mode.
Khan - ball watching, not tracking runner
Crocombe - not his day being an understatement.
Conclusion:
- We concede so many goals where the opposition arenāt challenged, whether it be shirt pulls or tactical fouls. It was the same last season (e.g. Solihull away).
- Assuming Glennon is fit heāll be starting on Thursday. Although I donāt know if that will help that left hand side as itās been our weak point all season.
- Khan - Iām still baffled how he survived at wing-back for parts of his career as his defensive naivety (if Iām being kind) is scary - see also the penalty conceded vs Hartlepool.
- Crocombe - has been Townās 2nd or 3rd best player this season. Command of his box (from crosses) has been superb. However, off the top of my head, I can think of three examples (Hoskins - Northampton, Miller - Doncaster, Armstrong - Harrogate) where the opposition have scored following through balls where the goalscorerās first touch is only 10 yards out. For Armstrongās 2nd goal, Crocombeās on the penalty spot when Muldoon cuts inside, which is fine - but then he steps back a few yardsā¦and then slips! Crocombeās good enough and tall enough to risk a L2 player chipping him from 35/40 yards. It might happen once a season but itās better than the alternative of being caught too deep and allowing Armstrong to latch on to an average through ball that Max could have mopped up.
- How on earth have we lost that match!
Because whenever we go in front away from home we fail l to refresh , sit back and hope the opposition wonāt be god enough to take advantage . Increasingly they donāt have to be much good to succeed . Hurst modus operandi since birth.
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HertsGTFC |
December 27, 2022, 9:37am |
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Harrogate Goals
Goal 1:
Brilliant play from Folarin and smart movement from Armstrong.
Amos - oh dear. Rolled far too easily. Outpaced and in hindsight should have pulled him back or somethingā¦anything
Khan - Having seen Amos was struggling, Khan did little to help.
Maher - had to cover the near post - fine
Waterfall - Armstrong runs off the back of him but not a huge amount he can do. Assumes Maher, Green and Crocombe have the near post covered so steps out to stop a cut-back
Efete - would have liked to see him shuffle across to cover Armstrong because thatās where the danger is. Probably didnāt anticipate our left flank dissolving like a post Christmas lunch Rennie
Crocombe - not sure how close he was to cutting out the cross or whether he should have
Goal 2:
Efete - misjudged the bounce. Probably should have dragged Muldoon down.
Waterfall - again, not much he could have done. Could have backed off Muldoon in the hope Efete would either have fouled him or got back goal side? Probably not
Maher - tries to play for an offside. Stands still with his hand in the air, even though itās nowhere near offside. Why on earth didnāt he cover behind Waterfall - again, thatās where the danger was. Iāve seen Smith make similar mistakes several times this season too.
Crocombe - when Muldoon skips inside, Crocombe panics, retreats, tries to step forward, slips, panics again, doesnāt have time to set himself and ends up in a Hakka pose with his legs as wide as the Cook Strait.
Goal 3:
Amos - again!! Has to spot the danger quicker, especially as he was well aware that Khan was in couldānt-be-arÅed-defending mode.
Khan - ball watching, not tracking runner
Crocombe - not his day being an understatement.
Conclusion:
- We concede so many goals where the opposition arenāt challenged, whether it be shirt pulls or tactical fouls. It was the same last season (e.g. Solihull away).
- Assuming Glennon is fit heāll be starting on Thursday. Although I donāt know if that will help that left hand side as itās been our weak point all season.
- Khan - Iām still baffled how he survived at wing-back for parts of his career as his defensive naivety (if Iām being kind) is scary - see also the penalty conceded vs Hartlepool.
- Crocombe - has been Townās 2nd or 3rd best player this season. Command of his box (from crosses) has been superb. However, off the top of my head, I can think of three examples (Hoskins - Northampton, Miller - Doncaster, Armstrong - Harrogate) where the opposition have scored following through balls where the goalscorerās first touch is only 10 yards out. For Armstrongās 2nd goal, Crocombeās on the penalty spot when Muldoon cuts inside, which is fine - but then he steps back a few yardsā¦and then slips! Crocombeās good enough and tall enough to risk a L2 player chipping him from 35/40 yards. It might happen once a season but itās better than the alternative of being caught too deep and allowing Armstrong to latch on to an average through ball that Max could have mopped up.
- How on earth have we lost that match!
Because players didnāt do the basics of their jobs that they get paid good money to do. Good analysis though š
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Vance Warner |
December 28, 2022, 6:15pm |
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Because whenever we go in front away from home we fail l to refresh , sit back and hope the opposition wonāt be god enough to take advantage . Increasingly they donāt have to be much good to succeed . Hurst modus operandi since birth.
Donāt think we did sit back against Harrogate. Had plenty of chances to kill the game off. Maybe we should have brought on another defender - I thought that was supposed to be modus operandi. Anyway Iāll keep a close eye out for the tactic of āhope the opposition arenāt good enoughā because Iām not sure Iāve ever actually seen it.
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