Couldnt care what stats, drawings you see
you watch football as and when it happens
anyone watching that yesterday could see how disjointed, lethargic and pedestrianised our football was
We were much the better team 1st half
And Simms wasn't a half chance , he had to be composed and slot it past the keeper , simple basic stuff
Bidwell isn’t out of form. Bidwell is doing what Bidwell does.
Average at defending, poor in possession.
YesDidn’t Wright have a chance first half as well?
He had two attempts, second one he should've squared across.
We made the wrong decision loads of times. Not just for these chances; Haji should have squared it to Tatsu -He had two attempts, second one he should've squared across.
Think a few of the problems up front are down to decision making
We made the wrong decision loads of times. Not just for these chances; Haji should have squared it to Tatsu -
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EMC should have squared this to the two unmarked -
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And for their goal, Haji tracks the first run -
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Then wanders off to leave their guy to cross it (not sure why Bidwell didn't leave his man to cover the wing-back either). He's got so much space he's not even in the screenshot! -
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It was a very frustrating 90 mins.
Still think once things settle down and he gains confidence he will be a very good player for usEMC is quite frustrating - it might be wanting to score himself too much but he needs to lift his head. He had two opportunities on that chance alone to look to his right and pass and twice didn't do so. Hopefully this settles down in time.
Think it’s just rushes of blood to the head, he will get there.EMC is quite frustrating - it might be wanting to score himself too much but he needs to lift his head. He had two opportunities on that chance alone to look to his right and pass and twice didn't do so. Hopefully this settles down in time.
Some of the strikers movement wasn't great either , no one attacking the near or back post for exampleYer, he certainly looks more comfortable on the left and was happy to take his man on that side and get to the touchline. Our crossing was abysmal all afternoon though.
Some of the strikers movement wasn't great either , no one attacking the near or back post for example
Stupid question but do we have an attacking coach?That’s been the case for forever tbh
Simms had 2 great chances - through on goal and a free header he badly mis timed.really? simms missed half a chance other than that cant remember a great chance. I certainly didnt go for my half time pint thinking we should be 2 up
In the first half he put 2 or 3 crosses in that were asking to be knocked in.Dispite the criticism of our corner takers I thought some of those were asking for the same.We need to attack the ball more, someone attacking the near post might just help create space in the rest of the area.Bidwell isn’t out of form. Bidwell is doing what Bidwell does.
Average at defending, poor in possession.
You probably went for your half time pint thinking "how can I slag our team, manager and owner off later"really? simms missed half a chance other than that cant remember a great chance. I certainly didnt go for my half time pint thinking we should be 2 up
Beat me to it!Jill, what do you think about the pedestrianisation of Norwichcity centre's opponent's' football?
God I read it as predestination, wrong tense, should have been in the future tense then!!Jill, what do you think about the pedestrianisation of Norwichcity centre's opponent's' football?
My hope is that the coaches are trying to change this pattern rather than encourage it.This graphic from those stats posted on Twitter says it all:
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This is something I’ve banged on about loads, how we always end up passing the ball in a horseshoe shape around the opposition’s box. We do it almost every game, and it was worse when we used to play 5 at the back, it leads to us looking like we’re controlling the game when really all we’re doing is moving the ball from left to right. There’s so few balls into the box and when we finally do cross a ball in it’s purely hopeful rather than targeted at a particular player.
Rarely do you see us cross a ball into an area where there’s 2-3 players ready to nod it in or chest it down and shoot. It’s all half-chances, every game is almost the same atm, it’s rare that you could pick out one well worked goal from another, it’s mainly just fortunate moments that go our way when we score goal. I think we’ll start picking up results because Robins seems to find a way when the chips are down but I genuinely do worry about what’s going in training and how we’re setting up in a game.
I mean really MR himself should be ideal for that.We have been crying out for an attacking coach for years. We are fine counter attacking but we’ve never known what to do with the ball when we’ve got time to build pressure.
I mean really MR himself should be ideal for that.
Quite often those who are naturally gifted are poor teachers tbh
My hope is that the coaches are trying to change this pattern rather than encourage it.
Teams in this division do not like dealing with the ball being moved around quickly with off the ball movement on top. Much easier said than done, and of course Lesta went down the Pep route instead, but I think that approach requires you to have a big technical advantage over the opposition to pull it off.Same, it seems to be all we know atm, we’ve been passing the ball around in a horseshoe shape for too long now. I want to see the midfield working their arse off, creating chances, getting forward and following up chances left by our forwards. Attack is the best form of defence, we need to score more goals if we’re to finish top 6, I don’t mind conceding 2 if we’re scored 4.
Think it’s more we don’t have confidence at the moment that we’re moving to the wings as opposed to having a go through the centre.
This is where O'Hare is missed. He came alive around the box, his energy trying to link play between the strikers/wide men have us a different dimension. Now we are very samey.This graphic from those stats posted on Twitter says it all:
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This is something I’ve banged on about loads, how we always end up passing the ball in a horseshoe shape around the opposition’s box. We do it almost every game, and it was worse when we used to play 5 at the back, it leads to us looking like we’re controlling the game when really all we’re doing is moving the ball from left to right. There’s so few balls into the box and when we finally do cross a ball in it’s purely hopeful rather than targeted at a particular player.
Rarely do you see us cross a ball into an area where there’s 2-3 players ready to nod it in or chest it down and shoot. It’s all half-chances, every game is almost the same atm, it’s rare that you could pick out one well worked goal from another, it’s mainly just fortunate moments that go our way when we score goal. I think we’ll start picking up results because Robins seems to find a way when the chips are down but I genuinely do worry about what’s going in training and how we’re setting up in a game.
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