Post by Gastroenteritis on Aug 9, 2014 23:53:38 GMT
Ok, so watched the game on 'pak India TV' app, can't remember who posted this on here but it worked flawlessly, good stuff.
So in my opinion there has been a noticeable improvement of the professionalism of the squad, most of the lads looked fit especially parks, and brunt put in a decent shift. The main noticeable change from last season is passion, they all worked real hard the effort level was clear to see, especially Sinclair who must have covered more miles than a London cabbie, looks a decent signing. Defensively looked sound throughout the game and let's be fair Grimsby didn't really look like scoring, however neither did we. McCrystal had a good fame and brown looks somewhat umproved.The main positives for me were some of our passing looked sharp especially some of the one touch routines seen in the last 20mins or so. There was a bit more long ball than I would have liked but I think when you struggle to create clear chances like we did today then players of this level with always revert back to 'route one' football when running out of ideas, That's not to say I thought we were a completely blunt sword, we just need to improve our final pass/move to something like the ball that put who I thought was Taylor through on goal (correct me if I'm wrong). All in all looks like we got a decent squad with a good mix of youth and experience, this was the first time I saw some of our new boys in play so seems to me like Clark has done some good business. Like so many others though I feel we need another striker and an out an out winger who is able to take on players and deliver a good ball into the box. The only big concern of the game was Ollie Clarke made quite a few mistakes when he came on. My final thought based on this one game only so don't take it too seriously...our squad looks improved and there is definitely more passion and effort but the lack of a goal threat is concerning, we look like we are gonna be hard to beat this season but also look like it's gonna be hard to beat others. However I'm optimistic things are going to improve. UTG !!!
So in my opinion there has been a noticeable improvement of the professionalism of the squad, most of the lads looked fit especially parks, and brunt put in a decent shift. The main noticeable change from last season is passion, they all worked real hard the effort level was clear to see, especially Sinclair who must have covered more miles than a London cabbie, looks a decent signing. Defensively looked sound throughout the game and let's be fair Grimsby didn't really look like scoring, however neither did we. McCrystal had a good fame and brown looks somewhat umproved.The main positives for me were some of our passing looked sharp especially some of the one touch routines seen in the last 20mins or so. There was a bit more long ball than I would have liked but I think when you struggle to create clear chances like we did today then players of this level with always revert back to 'route one' football when running out of ideas, That's not to say I thought we were a completely blunt sword, we just need to improve our final pass/move to something like the ball that put who I thought was Taylor through on goal (correct me if I'm wrong). All in all looks like we got a decent squad with a good mix of youth and experience, this was the first time I saw some of our new boys in play so seems to me like Clark has done some good business. Like so many others though I feel we need another striker and an out an out winger who is able to take on players and deliver a good ball into the box. The only big concern of the game was Ollie Clarke made quite a few mistakes when he came on. My final thought based on this one game only so don't take it too seriously...our squad looks improved and there is definitely more passion and effort but the lack of a goal threat is concerning, we look like we are gonna be hard to beat this season but also look like it's gonna be hard to beat others. However I'm optimistic things are going to improve. UTG !!!
