Newport friendly (5 Viewers)

[sw88]

Well it looks like Allsopp staying on, as is Daniels and

 

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[Deleted member 5849]

Well it looks like Allsopp staying on, as is Daniels and

Tune in to the next post to find out who?

 

[sw88]

Swanson

Will admit it, I forgot his name and had to look at the starting 11 to remind myself!! Was hoping it wouldn't be spotted before I got chance to edit but my phone went all slow

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Seaborne, Lawton, Finch, Fleck, Phillips, Haynes, G. Thomas and Maddison all on at the start of the second half. Only Swanson, Allsop and Daniels remain from the first-half.

 

[LJC_CCFC]

Why he's playing 5-3-2 god only knows

 

[sw88]

Not sure who 20 is got us this half?

 

[footyfrenzy]

Not sure who 20 is got us this half?

Ivor Lawton

 

[sw88]

Maddison and Thomas against their centre backs is just ridiculous with the height difference!

 

[sw88]

Thomas gets played in in goal (along the floor) but takes too many touches and places it wide of goal

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Maddison and Thomas against their centre backs is just ridiculous with the height difference!

How would Messi and Sanchez get on against them? . Play it on the floor boys.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

56 - OOOH! George Thomas forced out wide and pulls his finish inches wide of the foot of the far post #pusb 1-0

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Sounds like we're on the front foot now

 

[sw88]

Burge oBrien and Barton on for Allsopp Daniels and Swanson

Shot put wide by Swanson (just before he went off)

 

[stupot07]

Worrying - but is Reda's first game - hope SP has the nous to adjust things to stop crosses coming in. Attacking their goal might help :sarcasm:

To be fair we're playing a formation we haven't played in years.....liverpool away in 2001.

 

[sw88]

Sounds like we're on the front foot now

Playing it a lot more on the floor which will work to Maddison and Thomas' strengths considering the CB height

 

[sw88]

828 attendance

 

[sw88]

Ivor Lawton

It's supposed to be, but doesn't look like him. What's the name of that fella who's training with us? Might be him in disguise?

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

It's supposed to be, but doesn't look like him. What's the name of that fella who's training with us? Might be him in disguise?

Brian(?) McLean

 

[sw88]

Brian(?) McLean

Just googled him. And Lawton. Could possibly be a grown up Ivor Lawton

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

16 minutes left

 

[sw88]

Barton forces GK into another good save low down

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

16 minutes left

16 minutes of our lives that we'll never be able to get back - love City, hate Computer screen

 

[FRY-CCFC]

Ohhhhhhhhhh Jim will tear you apart

 

[sw88]

Another close chance for Newport. Great ball into the box, Burge not too convincing at coming for it, but header hits side netting (even if the Newport fans did think it had gone in hehe)

their crossing has been impressive for most of the game

 

[sw88]

Newport hit the post from a long range deflected shot. Couldn't have blamed Burge if it had gone in

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Newport shit hits the post

 

[Noggin]

Newport shit hits the post

less messy than the fan I suppose

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Full time. Newport 1-0 City.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

less messy than the fan I suppose

My word

 

[Otis]

Just at the ground!

Predictions people?

I reckon comfortable 3-0 win.

You were saying?

 

[Hobo]

You were saying?

It was your negativity Otis, obviously.

 

[sw88]

Full time.

 

[junglej13]

I know fitness is the main purpose of these friendlies but I am concerned we seem to have very little flair, creativity, pace or genuine goal threat in the team. Hoping Coulibaly will give us some pace on the flanks but we still need a striker with pace, a big striker and possibly another winger.

 

[sw88]

You were saying?

Well I can't be right all the time now can I

 

[shy_tall_knight]

Sounds like we created very little and looked dodgy at the back but don't worry its just pre season and if we can take our end of season form into the new season we should be !!! scrap that, we have the core of the squad left that ripped this league apart in the first half of the 2013/14 season Clarke wilso up front baker moose chrisite adams out wide with the ever reliable murph in goals !!! ok scrap that, SP works wonders in the transfer market his main 2 purchases from last year Seabourne & webster had a magnificent impact ensuring we had one of the most consistent defences in Div 3, we conceded 39 goals at home and matched it to 38 away.

There I knew there would be some comfort.