Spurs 'City Away Kit' Kit
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Great thoughts, mine exactly!Not read the thread so all this has probably been said already ...... great win. Second half especially good. Hiwula has to play number 9, Stirling brilliant, mason also had a great game. Hyam outstanding. Kelly showing similar form to the end of last season. Getting a bit frustrated with Shipley. Like us using JCH as an impact sub battering ram. Chaplin I still believe in - fingers crossed it’ll click soon. Oh and 442 is the answer!!!!
Nick Eastwood spyingDid anyone in block 20 see something run over the shoulders of people towards the end of the game, it was moving fast, but I'm sure it was a huge rat. This is not a weird joke, I'm sure there was a rat.
Mason went off with cramp on boxing day. I thought we looked better for it then. Agree though as it's not usually a good move.Have to be happy with that result. We were nothing like as fluid as we were against Charlton, but still worth the win, just, imho.
The only thing I don't quite get is swapping the left backs over with twenty or so to go, again. To me that's a waste of a substitution if it's simply like for like, and I think that sooner or later it will come back to bite us. Maybe I'm missing something in fairness.
Also the tippy-tappy throw-ins have to go if they're not working. If all else fails chuck it down the line and look to make ground (aka, Sunday League rules). Getting it back on the volley with fourteen stone of meat and gristle charging at you is beyond the technique of most players at this level, imho.
So, not pretty, but another three points in the bag. Merry Christmas!
TBF Bayliss is pretty streetwise for a young player, did brilliantly to draw that foul then wound their player up by yawning at him I thinkI'm a massive fan of Chaplin and Kelly getting stuck in to their player after he started on Bayliss.
Sort of thing I've wanted to see from our lads all season.
Just seen the highlights. Grendel and nick and others have you seen how close chaplin’s right foot shot was??
The one from outside of the box? Agree with the one with his left foot before this.He should have hit the target from there though mate.
I'm really rooting for him and hoping he comes good but missing the target from there isn't acceptable.
The one from outside of the box? Agree with the one with his left foot before this.
A little less on it and it would have dropped in... McNulty esk!Just seen the highlights. Grendel and nick and others have you seen how close chaplin’s right foot shot was??
He should have hit the target from both.The one from outside of the box? Agree with the one with his left foot before this.
Maybe Mason after recently coming back from injury was feeling it and it was a wise substitution !!Have to be happy with that result. We were nothing like as fluid as we were against Charlton, but still worth the win, just, imho.
The only thing I don't quite get is swapping the left backs over with twenty or so to go, again. To me that's a waste of a substitution if it's simply like for like, and I think that sooner or later it will come back to bite us. Maybe I'm missing something in fairness.
Also the tippy-tappy throw-ins have to go if they're not working. If all else fails chuck it down the line and look to make ground (aka, Sunday League rules). Getting it back on the volley with fourteen stone of meat and gristle charging at you is beyond the technique of most players at this level, imho.
So, not pretty, but another three points in the bag. Merry Christmas!
He should have hit the target from both.
He is a professional goal scorer footballer, was in control of the ball, and had a clear sight of goal. Has to hit the targetThe volley definitely, the effort for outside the area was decent enough. If that had been a yard to the left it would’ve been a great goal (took ball on half turn, cut inside and a good strike)
Maybe Mason after recently coming back from injury was feeling it and it was a wise substitution !!
He is a professional goal scorer footballer, was in control of the ball, and had a clear sight of goal. Has to hit the target
Most goalscorers aim for corners as it’s most likely to lead to a goal.
Admit it Grendel it was much closer than you thought!!!He wasn’t the balk was spinning away from the goal - also goalscorers are especially strong in the penalty area not hopeful long range strikes.
Perhaps with no Brown on the bench he had no choiceWhich is fair enough, but that's twice on the bounce that we've needed to do it.
I've no problem with him as a player, but if he's not yet fit enough for the full ninety then it means that you're always using a sub to cover him.
There was a point late in the game yesterday where we had one player on the ground injured and one with cramp, and no subs left. If we end up trying to hold onto a narrow lead with ten players, how wise does it look then?
A new one to add to my list of queries about Chaplin - his positional sense (for a scorer). Look where he was running to before the ball came back to Kelly for the goal) Bayliss was already there down the right flank (he cut back in to take the pass). He can't score unless he is in the box. He was ball watching rather than being aware of the space occupied by others. AarghMy take on yesterday's match.
Southend were organised and for me shaded the first half without really looking like scoring. Had they done so in the first 20 minutes we would have struggled to break them down. Ccfc started to come in to it before half-time and significantly improved first 25 minutes of second half. By the 8th minute of added on time we were hanging on a bit. Overall we looked the most likely to win on the day and deserved a narrow win
Best players for me were sterling , mason, and hiwula
Why move hiwula to the left of midfield beggars belief. Chaplin runs around a lot but achieved little and never looked like scoring, including his glaring first half miss. Hiwula clearly knows where the net is so why make it harder for him when our biggest problem is goals. If MR wanted energy on the left put Chaplin there he wasn't much use in the middle
Overall though a pleasing win and a return to confidence and form
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He cut back (good) he created space (good) he had a clear site of goal (good) he was not under immediate pressure - because he cut back (good) he shot and missed by 2 yards (I was in line). We all had a go at Hiwula against Posh for similar.Ps no problem with peole pulling him up for the volleyed chance (still by no means a ‘sitter’ but a very good chance he should’ve scored) but having a go when he created the second effort out of nothing, shooting just wide whilst on the run, is a bit harsh.
Thanks conorChaplin volley wasn't as easy as being made out, difficult skill to hit a ball dropping over your shoulder.
That's a fair assessment oldskyblue58 .My take on yesterday's match.
Southend were organised and for me shaded the first half without really looking like scoring. Had they done so in the first 20 minutes we would have struggled to break them down. Ccfc started to come in to it before half-time and significantly improved first 25 minutes of second half. By the 8th minute of added on time we were hanging on a bit. Overall we looked the most likely to win on the day and deserved a narrow win
Best players for me were sterling , mason, and hiwula
Why move hiwula to the left of midfield beggars belief. Chaplin runs around a lot but achieved little and never looked like scoring, including his glaring first half miss. Hiwula clearly knows where the net is so why make it harder for him when our biggest problem is goals. If MR wanted energy on the left put Chaplin there he wasn't much use in the middle
Overall though a pleasing win and a return to confidence and form
PUSB's
Thanks Conor 's dad
Thought that too both at the time and on the replays, especially when running. Could he have done better? Yes. But needs perfect technique there to catch that right while on the move. Think people must be judging that on his position on the pitch. For me a decent chance, but by no means a sitter.Chaplin volley wasn't as easy as being made out, difficult skill to hit a ball dropping over your shoulder.
If this is the moment in which they had three in front of our players, with a guy closing down on burge from the angle, then the other two players looked well off-side, and the one in the middle most certainly active. Thought in general the offals didn't have a great game.
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