East Thurrock v MARGATE

[Wellsie]

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[SteveB]

Line-up now available

[Cookie]

BALL instead of HILL on the teamsheet. Is that correct Steve?

Edited February 18, 2012 by Cookie

[SteveB]

It is actually Pooley instead of Hill. Thats what you get for trying to sneakily update from under your desk at work!

[MummyBunny]

2-0 at half time

[Chris1]

Ploughed field. Strong wind against during the 1st half. Score about right. Long balls not reaching the front men.

[MummyBunny]

3-0! Penalty :(

[GEEBEE]

new it couldnt last oh well

[Chris1]

Disappointed with the workrate today. We only gave 100%, whereas the home team gave it the full 110%.

[I am Spartacus]

Well someone has to say it so I will.

 

Todays non-performance was totally unacceptable.

 

However, for every negative there must be a positive and that was the new boy. I predict he will become the next Hartsdown stand end favorite.

 

 

 

[AncientBlue]

Tom Murphy when he came on became the second Tom in our team (thus becoming TomTom) and I thought he navigated his way through their defence exceedingly well and became the icing on the not very bakedwell cake. Looks very promising does Mr Murphy.

[michael]

i'll simply console myself with the old cliche that you learn more in defeat-and whilst i guess CK and Jl knew that we still had quite a long way to go to be top 5 material-this will have highlighted the shortcomings even more.

 

Yes-as CK says in his post match interview -we need a striker-but i still maintain that more importantly-its the lack of that central midfield player linking defence and attack that is the real issue

[Wellsie]

Yes-as CK says in his post match interview -we need a striker-but i still maintain that more importantly-its the lack of that central midfield player linking defence and attack that is the real issue

 

??? That's what Mark Corneille does with Richard Avery the more defensive of the central midfield pairing. We had plenty of the ball until the final third but lacked the guile / penetration movement to turn opportunities in and around the box into good chances; the stuff that Kwesi was doing. The priority is without doubt a goal scorer.

[michael]

Again-as CK says-we need to develop a slightly different style of play-and that takes time.

 

Fortunately-we have a bit of ime-as for me-its all about next season.

 

In the interim-do we need to play brutal and ugly.

Realistically-at this level,unless you have a very rare flower like a Kwesi-most opportunities will come from set pieces.

We have the players to convert those-so as a short term measure,make the most of set pieces-play the percentages

 

Does that mean WW should play as his delivery is the best-plus with WW he can virtually guarantee a goal every 3 games from a free kick (latest kneee injury notwithstanding )

 

Fortunately-no panic and a bit of an opportunity to experiment-as its next seasons league title push that counts

 

 

[Coffin Ender]

Typical game at this level. We had as much possession as them first half but gave away two poor goals before half-time (first, ball wasn't cleared properly; second, their man got behind our defence too easily). And that was that really. Maybe if Bradbrook had taken a headed chance just before the interval that would have given us a bit more belief for a fightback, but it was not to be. We are playing in front of teams now, there is no real incision.

[michael]

Again-as CK says-we need to develop a slightly different style of play-and that takes time.

 

Fortunately-we have a bit of ime-as for me-its all about next season.

 

In the interim-do we need to play brutal and ugly.

Realistically-at this level,unless you have a very rare flower like a Kwesi-most opportunities will come from set pieces.

We have the players to convert those-so as a short term measure,make the most of set pieces-play the percentages

 

Does that mean WW should play as his delivery is the best-plus with WW he can virtually guarantee a goal every 3 games from a free kick (latest kneee injury notwithstanding )

 

 

 

and reading tonights twitter feed-it seems that WW nearly scored from a free kick within 5 minutes of coming on.

 

Surely if we are short term at least struggling to score from open play-it makes sense to make the most of set piece situations-and Wayne is surely the man to capitalise on that-plus he has as much midfield creativity as most.

I'm not advocating WW as the best thing since sliced bread-but just being practical and adopting to the situation

[BlueGate Alan]

We did score last night via a Craig Cloke free kick, so others capable of taking them too.