Hastings gull
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- Nov 23, 2013
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Like most of us, I was much happier than against Sheff Wed - there was entertainment and clear signs of progress. Holla impressed with his slide tackling determination to break up the opposing attacks, not that there were that many, Colunga looked skilful as did Tex, though his attempted trickery at times in the second half did result in the ball being lost. However, Tex looks classy and will doubtless be an asset. Lewis Dunk goes from strength to strength and it was gratifying to see him score such good goals. There is clear competition for places and this can only be a healthy state of affairs. I admire Stockdale's honesty in holding his hands up to a goal that he considers to be his fault - often keepers rant at the defence to cover up their own failings - but this is now the second time and I wonder how many more there might be -far be it for me to comment on his ability but I did feel that with Charlton's first goal, PiG would perhaps have saved it - hard to tell, I know.
The two break-away goals were disappointing not the least because WE do not seem to be able to attack with quite such speed, though that has improved this year. Charlton were very well organised, to be fair, and it was hard to break them down but the same old problem is still there -the opposition score, then mass the defence and despite lots of impressive passing up to the box, we cannot find a way through with that final ball and on the rare times that we do, chances are missed. This has been the scenario for several seasons and the opposition are well aware of this. Albion were clearly better than Charlton and this is a good sign, but it was intensely frustrating to go away with only a draw. Would a big bustling striker be the answer? I don't know as I cannot really comment on tactics, as I am not sufficiently aware of all the intricacies, but it did seem significant that there many crosses and a defender scores twice. If we send KLL on as a saviour to cross the ball, and our strikers, however skilful, are not that tall, then we are presumably going to have to rely on Dunk and Greer to get forward a great deal.
I have tried to be both positive and realistic -will be interesting to se how others have reacted to Saturday's game.
The two break-away goals were disappointing not the least because WE do not seem to be able to attack with quite such speed, though that has improved this year. Charlton were very well organised, to be fair, and it was hard to break them down but the same old problem is still there -the opposition score, then mass the defence and despite lots of impressive passing up to the box, we cannot find a way through with that final ball and on the rare times that we do, chances are missed. This has been the scenario for several seasons and the opposition are well aware of this. Albion were clearly better than Charlton and this is a good sign, but it was intensely frustrating to go away with only a draw. Would a big bustling striker be the answer? I don't know as I cannot really comment on tactics, as I am not sufficiently aware of all the intricacies, but it did seem significant that there many crosses and a defender scores twice. If we send KLL on as a saviour to cross the ball, and our strikers, however skilful, are not that tall, then we are presumably going to have to rely on Dunk and Greer to get forward a great deal.
I have tried to be both positive and realistic -will be interesting to se how others have reacted to Saturday's game.