Didn't see the Millwall match but listened on RL and it sounded like we pretty
much second to the ball and second best all over the park and they had wave
after wave of attack.
This was not the case last night and whilst Burnley had the better of it I
thought we competed well and never looked that troubled at the back. We didn't
create much with Grot on his own and isolated, Roofe hugging the touchline and
Cibicki poncing around like he owned the place but not actually doing anything.
It definitely needed the introduction of Hernandes and Sacko to trouble them.
Hernandes first touch was to bystep his man and play Sacko through. Yes he was
lucky with his goal but his pace caused them all sorts of trouble and he
skinned Charlie Taylor twice - I always thought Taylor was suspect when put on
the back foot.
I'd say overally, given the team selection / debuts etc it was a good
performance.
On Wednesday, 20 September 2017, 09:41:34 BST, David Smail
<[email protected]> wrote:
Watching only the highlights it appears to me that this wasn't much
different from the Milwall game. Looks like we had to suffer wave after wave
of Burnley attacks and were pretty much out everythinged most of the time in
most areas. Burnley's finishing was poor which let us off to a large degree.
Sacko's goal. if I'm not mistaken, went through the keeper's legs - goal's a
goal, but perhaps some luck involved - great ball to him mind. Our penalty
in normal time looked something between a very soft decision and no penalty
at all. The shootout saw us shine but we should have been well buried long
before that.
We got through and I'm pleased about that, but it doesn't bode well that we
can be pinned back and outplayed / outmuscled so easily. Our great start to
the season saw us doing that to our opponents. All teams seem to play a
weakened line up in this competition so there's nothing in it there.
Let's hope we can return to stamping our mark on games. Milwall and Burnley
both had us chasing to try and adapt to what they were doing.
Dave
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