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steve101

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #281
That was so drab. Lots of players are not on it. Wigan look a threat at set pieces. Need to up it two-fold second half. Think we should have started with Allen.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #282
Always aim right. How have people not learned this for kick it for a ticket?
 

Finham

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #283
Josh Ruffles Jnr? That aint right, Clive.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #284
Very O'Hare performance. Busy, runs direct at defence, worries them... then passes to nobody.

Gyokeres quiet, the boy-God that is Sheaf has done OK.

All unremittingly average so far!
 

Great_Expectations

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #285
Disappointing first half but we aren’t playing badly. Wigan are doing a great job of shutting down space around their box so our movement needs to be a step up to break them down.

We’re dominating the ball but sort of going through the motions, we need to raise the tempo and pace on and off the ball.

I’m expecting an improved second half and for us to break them down.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #286
mark82 said:
Been a poor half really, but very difficult to break down a team with 10 behind the ball.
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Need to play with a higher tempo if possible. As it is the slow build up is just allowing them to get back and in position.

Also SHOOOOOOOOOT
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #287
shmmeee said:
It’s like we don’t practice breaking teams down. They’re going to be happy to sit men behind the ball and hope for a set piece.

Need to stop floating balls in as well, whack em hard and at least hope for a corner.
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That's a problem with having a CM in at RWB.

For all Kane's faults he'd be getting into better positions and testing their defence more with his crosses.
 
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Esoterica

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #288
I think you'd give it 15 minutes after the break to see if the space opens up a bit as players start to tire. Then think about Allen and Kane for Palmer and Eccles around the hour mark.

When a team play like Wigan have you've got to be patient. The margin for error is tiny on these final balls when they defend deep and in tight banks of 4. The weight of the pass needs to be absolutely perfect too, to a) beat the back line and b) not over hit it to the keeper.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #289
Liquid Gold said:
That's a problem with having a CM in at RWB.

For all Kane's faults he'd be getting into better positions and testing their defence more with his crosses.
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He would. I'd assume they wouldn't be giving him as much space as they have Eccles mind you.
 

shmmeee

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #290
Why
Liquid Gold said:
That's a problem with having a CM in at RWB.

For all Kane's faults he'd be getting into better positions and testing their defence more with his crosses.
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It’s notnjust him O’Hare doesn’t too. How many goals have we scored from a cross above knee height? We haven’t got Dublin in his prime in the box.
 
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SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #291
We’re really struggling to break them down. Palmer has been poor, and O’Hare and Hamer’s final ball has badly let them down. Could still be 1-0 if Palmer had stuck that late chance away though. Confident we can find a break through in the second half.
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #292
Deleted member 5849 said:
He would. I'd assume they wouldn't be giving him as much space as they have Eccles mind you.
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Which would be good no?

Means more space in the middle and the left.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #293
SeaSeeEffCee said:
We’re really struggling to break them down. Palmer has been poor, and O’Hare and Hamer’s final ball has badly let them down. Could still be 1-0 if Palmer had stuck that late chance away though. Confident we can find a break through in the second half.
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He seemed adamant it was a corner. Hard to tell from where we’re sat
 

ccfc922

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #294
shmmeee said:
Why


It’s notnjust him O’Hare doesn’t too. How many goals have we scored from a cross above knee height? We haven’t got Dublin in his prime in the box.
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We struggle to find anyone in the box, regardless on the height of the ball tbf.

We tend to have 2/3 to aim for and always seem to find their sole defender.
 
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Frostie

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #295
They're very well organised, need Palmer & O'Hare's movement off the ball to drag them around more & create spaces.
Ironically might be a game for Allen.
 
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covboy9

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #296
I’m not convinced by Palmer
 

Esoterica

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #297
ccfc922 said:
Whats that about? Cutting the socks.
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Either he thinks he's Grealish or got a weird birth defect and breathes through his calves (not a video, again!):
 
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ccfc922

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #298
Brighton Sky Blue said:
He seemed adamant it was a corner. Hard to tell from where we’re sat
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Just seen the reaction from him, seemed shocked it wasn't a corner which says it all.
 

stupot07

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #299
Esoterica said:
I think you'd give it 15 minutes after the break to see if the space opens up a bit as players start to tire. Then think about Allen and Kane for Palmer and Eccles around the hour mark.

When a team play like Wigan have you've got to be patient. The margin for error is tiny on these final balls when they defend deep and in tight banks of 4. The weight of the pass needs to be absolutely perfect too, to a) beat the back line and b) not over hit it to the keeper.
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You have to be patient but you also have to play with tempo and movement. We've done neither.

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ccfc922

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #300
Esoterica said:
Either he thinks he's Grealish or got a weird birth defect and breathes through his calves (not a video, again!):
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I've seen a few players do it, just not sure of the reasoning?
 

Otis

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #301
Esoterica said:
Either he thinks he's Grealish or got a weird birth defect and breathes through his calves (not a video, again!):
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It's where he sticks his nicotine patches
 
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Offhegoes

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #302
We’re looking reasonably solid at the back, and just need to keep the pressure on. Don’t see an obvious substitution at the moment.
 

mark82

Super Moderator
  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #303
SeaSeeEffCee said:
We’re really struggling to break them down. Palmer has been poor, and O’Hare and Hamer’s final ball has badly let them down. Could still be 1-0 if Palmer had stuck that late chance away though. Confident we can find a break through in the second half.
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Just seen replay, if he'd rolled it just to his right for Gyokeres would have been a certain goal.

Palmer was being pulled, but would have been a soft pen. Keeper got a finger on it though.
 
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OldBedrocker

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #304
SeaSeeEffCee said:
We’re really struggling to break them down. Palmer has been poor, and O’Hare and Hamer’s final ball has badly let them down. Could still be 1-0 if Palmer had stuck that late chance away though. Confident we can find a break through in the second half.
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If it wasn’t a corner why were they all giving the defender high fives?
 
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OldBedrocker

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #305
Eccles crosses are shite
 

Esoterica

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #306
ccfc922 said:
I've seen a few players do it, just not sure of the reasoning?
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Just reducing pressure on the calves and allowing better bloodflow/circulation.
 

ccfc922

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #307
How's that not a yellow on sheaf but sheafs was?
 

mark82

Super Moderator
  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #308
That was a much worse tackle than Sheaf's but no yellow.
OldBedrocker said:
Eccles crosses are shite
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Bit harsh to say that one was.
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #309
Some of the play is lovely
 

ccfc922

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #310
Gyokeres needs to pass more...

Also, Sheaf's long shot is woeful.
 

Tommo1993

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #311
Death, taxes and Sheaf having a poor shot.
 

robbiekeane

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #312
Someone had o hates shirt there
 

Finham

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #313
Esoterica said:
Just reducing pressure on the calves and allowing better bloodflow/circulation.
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Centuries of socks holding our calves back...
 

mark82

Super Moderator
  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #314
O'Hare should go down there.
 
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robbiekeane

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • #315
Tommo1993 said:
Death, taxes and Sheaf having a poor shot.
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That was rose
 
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