Thanks Steve, where we are in the league is exceptional for a team formed just 10 weeks before the start of the season, however my concern is that Paul is saying were brilliant despite getting a bit of a pasting in the 2nd half. Truro must be really hacked off they left with nothing. The other thing that needs work is Hammy in goal and how he tries to punch balls away getting very little on it. I was always taught that if a keeper comes for it he takes everything including the ball as the forward will think twice about being clattered. Also Truro stuck a player on him and we tried to get a defender between the forward and keeper which lead to pushing and pulling. I say don't make it more difficult for the GK as he now has to negotiate 2 players rather than 1. Can't understand that mentality. Keeper is the one with gloves let him deal with it! Finally for goodness sake leave a player up when defending corners as they have to have a marker and screener to deal with it, that means 2 + GK + kicker of the corner means 7 in the box versus 10. Pulling everyone back means no out ball, chaos in the box and often shooters outside. My opinion not good odds!
I actually agree with everything you said. We used to leave Danny Stevens up when defending corners, I even remember Robbie Herrera doing the same. Total sense. I have tempered my expectations, as you have. I don't think we were at any stage brilliant, yesterday and brilliance is difficult for me to remember this season. I think we are determined and dogged. We did make it difficult for ourselves. I'd have booked our player for asking for a Truro player to be booked. To sum us up, I'd say "We are generally OK, and tough to beat!". I'd have taken that at the start of the season!
As usual United started brightly for 20 minutes and then did what they have a habit of doing giving the ball away which creates pressure on the defence. Truro manager summed it up well as they bossed the 2nd half and I would have taken a 0-0 result as we created very little in regards chances and lost control of the game. Why can’t we play the simple ball? Skipper did what he always does, very little, won’t mark or pick up players and just sits on our back 4 even when defending set plays he just gravitates to the D and nothing else. Torquay are a fit side and it’s great to see them high in the league but I worry that we don’t break quickly and get numbers in the box and actually get some decent delivery into it and as this league is very competitive we need a Dawson type ;midfielder to control and guide the youngsters. Get well soon Steve!
Thanks mate. I agree. The simple ball is the most frustrating thing. It's almost like they relax and then they miss the target, intercepted and we lose the momentum we had worked hard to create. So if a team has 10 mins of momentum here and there, we seem the experts of limiting it to 5 or 6 minutes of proper attacking play. We aren't bad though, with my reduced levels of expectations. And a scrambled 1-0 is better than a heroic 2-2 or something!
Hope you get back to Plainmoor soon.
I'll be there soon! Hope the atmosphere was tip top!
Thanks Steve, where we are in the league is exceptional for a team formed just 10 weeks before the start of the season, however my concern is that Paul is saying were brilliant despite getting a bit of a pasting in the 2nd half. Truro must be really hacked off they left with nothing.
The other thing that needs work is Hammy in goal and how he tries to punch balls away getting very little on it. I was always taught that if a keeper comes for it he takes everything including the ball as the forward will think twice about being clattered. Also Truro stuck a player on him and we tried to get a defender between the forward and keeper which lead to pushing and pulling. I say don't make it more difficult for the GK as he now has to negotiate 2 players rather than 1. Can't understand that mentality. Keeper is the one with gloves let him deal with it!
Finally for goodness sake leave a player up when defending corners as they have to have a marker and screener to deal with it, that means 2 + GK + kicker of the corner means 7 in the box versus 10. Pulling everyone back means no out ball, chaos in the box and often shooters outside. My opinion not good odds!
I actually agree with everything you said. We used to leave Danny Stevens up when defending corners, I even remember Robbie Herrera doing the same. Total sense. I have tempered my expectations, as you have. I don't think we were at any stage brilliant, yesterday and brilliance is difficult for me to remember this season. I think we are determined and dogged. We did make it difficult for ourselves. I'd have booked our player for asking for a Truro player to be booked. To sum us up, I'd say "We are generally OK, and tough to beat!". I'd have taken that at the start of the season!
As usual United started brightly for 20 minutes and then did what they have a habit of doing giving the ball away which creates pressure on the defence. Truro manager summed it up well as they bossed the 2nd half and I would have taken a 0-0 result as we created very little in regards chances and lost control of the game.
Why can’t we play the simple ball? Skipper did what he always does, very little, won’t mark or pick up players and just sits on our back 4 even when defending set plays he just gravitates to the D and nothing else.
Torquay are a fit side and it’s great to see them high in the league but I worry that we don’t break quickly and get numbers in the box and actually get some decent delivery into it and as this league is very competitive we need a Dawson type ;midfielder to control and guide the youngsters.
Get well soon Steve!
Thanks mate. I agree. The simple ball is the most frustrating thing. It's almost like they relax and then they miss the target, intercepted and we lose the momentum we had worked hard to create. So if a team has 10 mins of momentum here and there, we seem the experts of limiting it to 5 or 6 minutes of proper attacking play. We aren't bad though, with my reduced levels of expectations. And a scrambled 1-0 is better than a heroic 2-2 or something!