V Bath City A 25th February

[Reading Rebel]

3 hours ago, 3spirit said:

Looking at the remaining 10 fixtures, I would think Slough are capable of getting three or four wins out of those matches and may be a couple of draws. I would certainly target Hemel at home as one of those wins. Desperately need Chris Flood to be fit next Saturday.

The Bath forum's report of today's game, gives Slough praise for giving Bath a hard workout but also  mentions our lack in front of goal. If only they realised our two main strikers were not playing !

I'm sure their manager was aware otherwise he wouldn't be doing his job properly. 

[Reading Rebel]

I thought we competed well and put in a decent first half performance. 

We had a few half chances but then conceded from some really poor defending when Sam Togwell somehow became isolated one on one and got done for pace.

Second half we were a bit fortunate to stay in the game largely due do to Jack Turner saving a penalty and then pulling off another quite incredible save to keep the score at 1-0.

We had a couple of really good shouts for a penalty to snatch a point but as we pushed forward leaving only Lee Togwell back we were caught on the break which sealed the game for Bath.

Overall a really good effort from the lads considering our situation.

 

[Irishadrian]

Both Bath's goals yesterday were scored by Bristol City players on loan  

[Reading Rebel]

Noticed it at the game and confirmed watching the video, for some reason we were zonal marking from corners and set pieces.

Personally, I've never liked zonal marking and don't see the point of it. 

Edited February 26, 2019 by Reading Rebel

[Neil Baker]

No we were not zonal marking on general corners, it is only when a team sets up in a train formation, the reason being is you cant get close to your man, and you end up losing them, so the players feel more comfortable in this scenario to start deeper, they are set up as man marking otherwise.

[Reading Rebel]

14 minutes ago, Neil Baker said:

No we were not zonal marking on general corners, it is only when a team sets up in a train formation, the reason being is you cant get close to your man, and you end up losing them, so the players feel more comfortable in this scenario to start deeper, they are set up as man marking otherwise.

Thanks for the reply Bakes.

[epicrebel]

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