mrtrench
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Agree about Haynes - other than Fleck he was the only one who looked like a professional football player.
mrtrench
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A very poor performance. Thought the game changed for the better for about 15/20 second half minutes when Haynes gave us some width, yet was the only out ball for the midfield. The lack of pace and attacking creativity is shocking..... ah well IOCH
O'Brien showed a bit of passion at least.
For me, there were a few key issues that are cause for concern.
1. Passing was abysmal throughout. Too many suicidal balls where he back 3/5 couldn't get the ball to the CM's.
2. Poor tackling - people pulling out of balls they were favourite to win, not aided by weak doubling-up.
3. Lack of positional sense. Several times Cardiff switched the ball from left to right in our final third, with only one player there to cover the full right side of the pitch - all 3 centre-backs grouped together far too much.
4. The 3 centre-backs all backed off too much, too - Webster should be owning that back 3, but he seemed as inexperienced as the other 2 at times.
5. McQuoid not supported at all by the others in the first 60 minutes. Felt sorry for him.
6. First-touch across the entire 11 was, to be frank, pathetic. I'm a clodhopper, but I reckon I could have done better at times.
7. Wing-backs had no-one to pass to when they tried to go forward, meaning they had to go back almost every time.
8. Midfield also had no forward passes on far too often.
9. Players got in each others way left, right and centre. It was like they were strangers.
10. No pace. At all. Anywhere.
Squad is unbalanced, slow, there's no power or strength. They seemed to lack desire. It was turgid stuff.
For me, there were a few key issues that are cause for concern.
1. Passing was abysmal throughout. Too many suicidal balls where he back 3/5 couldn't get the ball to the CM's.
2. Poor tackling - people pulling out of balls they were favourite to win, not aided by weak doubling-up.
3. Lack of positional sense. Several times Cardiff switched the ball from left to right in our final third, with only one player there to cover the full right side of the pitch - all 3 centre-backs grouped together far too much.
4. The 3 centre-backs all backed off too much, too - Webster should be owning that back 3, but he seemed as inexperienced as the other 2 at times.
5. McQuoid not supported at all by the others in the first 60 minutes. Felt sorry for him.
6. First-touch across the entire 11 was, to be frank, pathetic. I'm a clodhopper, but I reckon I could have done better at times.
7. Wing-backs had no-one to pass to when they tried to go forward, meaning they had to go back almost every time.
8. Midfield also had no forward passes on far too often.
9. Players got in each others way left, right and centre. It was like they were strangers.
10. No pace. At all. Anywhere.
Squad is unbalanced, slow, there's no power or strength. They seemed to lack desire. It was turgid stuff.
Attack did not exist untill Haynes came on and miller showed a bit of pace. His miss was shocking and the midfield were worse. Well we now know it is going to be a long season and our only hope is that SP can keep us up.
I don't know why people seem so surprised, obviously a bit of reality creeping in. We have a load of young inexperienced kids who are not fully developed physically and a load of mediocre cast offs.
We had the optimists talking players up last week, players who they have never seen. If people think Johnson is the answer to our defensive frailties in the centre of defence think again.
Of course it will be a long hard season. But don't blame the kids.
We had the optimists talking players up last week, players who they have never seen. If people think Johnson is the answer to our defensive frailties in the centre of defence think again.
Of course it will be a long hard season. But don't blame the kids.