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Harsh to totally blame Haynes, Grimmer should be closing down those crosses and he failed in that.

Sometimes, we just need to recognise two amazing crosses, it’s hard for us to do because of our ineptitude at this, Shipley, straight out, Grimmer, aimless crossing and Reid with his lob wedge feet with no pace or power into the 6 yard box with his crosses.

Teams this year have destroyed us with a decent winger who can sling over a good cross.

What do they do in training, this should be a basic skill

Mild-Mannered Janitor said:

Harsh to totally blame Haynes, Grimmer should be closing down those crosses and he failed in that.

Sometimes, we just need to recognise two amazing crosses, it’s hard for us to do because of our ineptitude at this, Shipley, straight out, Grimmer, aimless crossing and Reid with his lob wedge feet with no pace or power into the 6 yard box with his crosses.

Teams this year have destroyed us with a decent winger who can sling over a good cross.

What do they do in training, this should be a basic skill

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I’ve championed Haynes much to the sneers of many but he was defo at fault for our goal, he shouldve been stronger.

Burge, 7 - getting a lot of hate for the goal, which I think is harsh. He came out and missed the cross - but JCH let his man have a free header and as Esoterica pointed out, the overall organisation at set piece was amiss. Made a v good save to keep it 2-1.

Grimmer, 6 - looked a bit sloppy early on defensively and his crossing was off too.

Hyam, 7 - solid defender and did a good job keeping Luton at bay for most of the game.

McDonald, 7 - bar mess that was the organising of defensive set piece - he defended well, cleared his lines etc.

Haynes, 7.5 - to quote my neutral friend who was at the game, he was ‘our only outlet’. His turn for the first goal was really good. Guilty of letting Collins (I think) clear for Burge’s save and I was annoyed he missed kicked that chance at the death. He receives too much stick also.

Vincenti, 7 - played well, and took his chance well. Some of his clearances turned into counter attacks and I thought his link up play was good.

Bayliss, 6 - I weren’t really impressed with him, his passing was decent but I think he just looks tired. Is probably in need of a rest.

Doyle, 8 - does so much unnoticed work, fights for every ball, his passing was good, proper captain’s performance.

Shipley, 6 - was a bit wasteful on the ball and passed on opportunities to put Luton under pressure.

McNulty, 7 - well took free kick, probably should’ve done better with his chances, and linked up well with JCH. They’ve formed a good partnership there.

JCH, 7 - I enjoy the way he plays the game. He’s aggressive, has a high work rate and he won a lot of aerial challenges. He did let his man go for their 1st, but, I don’t know why he was marking their most dominant aerial threat. Thought his header at the end was just out of his reach. Deserved a goal.

Robins, 7 - first half went perfectly. On the whole, we probably deserved the 3pts but a draw isn’t unfair. Their 1st goal came at a bad time for us. Their set piece was so good, we couldn’t risk giving away fouls in our half, hence we stood off them. It felt like a loss, but a draw is a good result.

I feel the difference between us and Luton, is their set piece. They scored twice from set piece (one was offside) from nowhere in a game they didn’t create as good opportunities as us. We need more set piece goals going into next season.

To be fair to Haynes, Anywhere else on the pitch that some piles through the back of you you'd get a free kick.

Otis said:

The criticism of Burge was clearly down to that mistake though surely?

He didn't have a bad game at all besides, but that mistake changed the game and therefore to my mind he has to be scored lower.

Be exactly the same if a defender gave away a stupid penalty.

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Striker missing an easy chance?

Gilbo said:

Striker missing an easy chance?

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And jch letting the defender have a free header????

Burge - 5
Grimmer - 6
McDonald - 7
Hyam - 7
Haynes - 7
Doyle - 7
Bayliss - 5
Shipley - 6
Vincenti - 5
Mcnulty - 8
JCH - 8

Reid - 6

Grendel said:

Burge - 5
Grimmer - 6
McDonald - 7
Hyam - 7
Haynes - 7
Doyle - 7
Bayliss - 5
Shipley - 6
Vincenti - 5
Mcnulty - 8
JCH - 8

Reid - 6

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I’d go with that apart from JCH 7

As I wrote last night Haynes stood there waiting for the ball to come to him instead of attacking it, Collins attacked it and won

Otis said:

Thought someone put a still up last night that clearly showed the player offside.

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I was in line with the free kick for the disallowed goal and they were clearly off. To be honest, I felt that if we'd kept our nerve for most of the free kicks, Luton regularly started with about 3 players offside - and if we didn't step backwards just before the free kick was taken, they'd have been off every time.

Gilbo said:

Striker missing an easy chance?

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That goal chànged the game though.

Defenders should have covered Burge, but it was his initial fault.

Everything changed once that goal went in.

Otis said:

That goal chànged the game though.

Defenders should have covered Burge, but it was his initial fault.

Everything changed once that goal went in.

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Yes it did and wasn't good ,but were good chances converted, a)that would be negated and b), just as Burge's error changed both teams phsychology, so would the striker scoring rather than missing .IMO.