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Match Thread 30/10 V Dunbar Pensioners @ Columbas 21.30
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22-10-2007 3:13pm#1
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Yay that's 3 now, where u wanna play Micheal?
Darragh's doing nets and I've got a free role.
Ooh I like thatBlackWizard wrote:I'll play sweeper keeper.
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This is starting to look too easy: 1-1-1 and a keeper (not me)
Carl (keeper) -
Martian - injured
Darran -
Ed -
Dan -
Michael - Will be there
Geoff -
Simon -
Shay -
Colm Larkin - doubtful, injured
Gav -
Sav - Will be there
Larry -
Dave -
Darragh - Will be there
Kenny -
Lepo -
Niall -
Joe - Will be there
Jules – away
Art -
Fran -0 -
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I should be there. Have some graduate presentation/wine reception thingy (don't worry I don't drink so won't be turning up locked) with KPMG that evening at 6 but should be able to sneak out on time. Rest of life -v- important game... not even a choice really :cool:
Carl (keeper) -
Martian - injured
Darran -
Ed -
Dan -
Michael - Will be there
Geoff -
Simon -
Shay -
Colm Larkin - doubtful, injured
Gav -
Sav - Will be there
Larry -
Dave - Should be there
Darragh - Will be there
Kenny -
Lepo -
Niall -
Joe - Will be there
Jules – away
Art -
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We created a lot of chances, and their keeper took off some top notch saves to keep them in the game (Gary ye fecker:), I know you're reading this).
Of course I'm reading, I'm one of the biggest lurkers here! Lets face it, it's either that or actually work for a living
To give a bit of perspective if I may (well I'm giving it anyway tbh!) you've come on leaps and bounds since the summer. I was really pi$$ed that circumstances messed up me playing with you over the summer and once I saw the amount of interest for the winter I left it alone. Both teams were missing players last night and I think it showed, there was no real shape to the game and I thought it got very congested through the middle.
So I'll start with the good, you're well organised, press hard when you don't have the ball and look to play football when you do have it. Most players in the league stand off when the ball is coming to you, but each of you harried and caused problems for our lads as soon as the ball arrived, really knocked some of the better players off their game for the first 15 minutes or so. You played some lovely football at the start of the game and were causing us all sorts of problems at the back. Fantastic strike from Sav for the goal, caught me completely flat footed, and to be honest I was thinking "this is going to be a long night"
You played a lot of good ball down the channels for the forwards to run onto and had our defenders twisting and running back towards their own goal (which all defenders hate) and you won the majority of first balls out from clearances and kick-outs from your keeper/back line. Sav was running riot against our centre halves and they couldn't contain him at all.
Now to the, bad is the wrong word, strange or areas for some improvement maybe. For some reason Sav started dropping deep, not sure if he was moved back into midfield or what happened. I travelled home with our centre half, and his exact comment was "I'm not sure why he moved back into the middle, but I'm delighted he did" The truth is, it was only a matter of time before he scored again and it seemed strange (but welcome) to find that he had moved back into the centre of the park.
As I said you played some great build-up football, but there was a lack of composure in the final 3rd of the pitch. There were times when I looked up and you were 3 on 2 or had runners wide left or right wide open, but players couldn't pick them out or rushed their pass/shot and it came to nothing. A look up, or putting your foot on the ball could have given you 2-3 goals before half-time, I know it's hard in the heat of the game with defenders bearing down on you but that's what makes the difference. Our first two goals were well worked passing moves, with the key touches coming around and inside your box with very little space or time.
In the second half I think it all went to pot for you. Yes you had us pinned back and we weren't playing a lot of football, but you really didn't turn that into clearcut chances. A lot of balls came long over the top and we were able to deal with it fairly easily. In the first half playing the ball to your forwards feet or along the ground through the channels and wide had caused us real problems, but you didn't continue that in the 2nd half, I think it might have paid dividends for you if you had. Yes you had some half-chances, but almost everything came from outside the box as opposed to one-on-ones or the forwards/midfielders bearing down on goal with a clear shooting chance.
Best of luck for the rest of it, you're one of the better teams in the league and just need a little luck in games to start moving up the table. In the summer the DCU team had 7 points after 5 games but went on to win 12 of their last 13 to win the league by 3 points, it's still all to play for.
for the tl:dr crowd
1. Good game last night, you were unlucky not to take something from it
2. You play good football, and a good pressure game when you don't have the ball
3. stick to playing the ball to feet and through the channels on the ground
4. try and have a little bit of composure in the final 3rd, makes all the difference on astro
5. Still all to play for and you're one of the better teams in the league
6. I'm the worlds greatest goalkeeper*
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kaizersoze1980 wrote: »yeah , its never a good sign when ya hear a cracking noise when you land!
min of 10 days off work tho ya cant really complain
really sorry to hear that mate, didn't look good when you went down tbh.
Although when it happened to me I was ordered to take 4 weeks off to allow the arm to heal properly..so it might be more than 10 days off (scant consolation I know)!0 -
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Interesting post there Iago, nice to get some outside perspective. You're right I got pulled back into Centre Mid thanx to some inconsiderate player breaking a bone in his elbow or something....big cissy:D
It did turn a bit long ball-ish in the 2nd half and felt like we were hoping for a lucky bounce in the box rather than that bit of composure. But the 3 goals we conceded were all very well taken, the 2nd in particular I had to tip my hat to yiz.
Good game all around though, not much in it in fairness and I don't think we can be too downtrodden in the defeat. We had our chances too and you took yours and took them very well.
We'll get yiz in the return fixture
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In all seriousness, sorry to hear that Shay. Nasty injury
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Hard luck to lose after what sounds like a good performance lads, and Shay most of all - hope the healing process goes smoothly and the Neighbours scripts these days are as interesting as the days of Annalise! giggidy giggidy.
Thanks Gary for the feedback - always good to hear input from an independent perspective from an experienced player. A lot of it reinforces what we've been talking about - defence is solid, work ethic without the ball is admirable, we can play very good passing football, but we aren't getting the balance right between direct play up to the final 3rd, and then put the foot on it and play football there.
Long balls aren't the answer, but we're playing our best football in the middle third - get it to the last 3rd a little quicker and then play the exact same way there and we'll have plenty of goals cos we have the players. Interesting to hear Gary say 2 of their goals came from good play inside the box - makes you think how little football we actually play in the opposition box.
All in all, if they were the best team so far in the league, as Ed reckons, and they realise we could beat them on our night, it's clear we have the players to win this league. We've dropped 9 points, no team will drop less than 9 points in this league so I refuse to believe we're out of the running. Once this group of players just decides to get it to the last 3rd, then slow it down and relax and have some fun playing football there, I refuse to believe we can't win all our remaining games.
So I'd say lads continue as is but make sure to try stuff in and around the box cos enjoying your football makes you play better, and winning makes me enjoy my football 0
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