Waltham Abbey 0 Enfield Town 2

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Scorers: Velendia and Patrick

[Jim Cunneen]

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[Gazza]

Much improved performance, we looked organised at least, players still gelling & will get better.

Liam Patrick is the best signing ive seen so far, a solid performance at left back & kicks with his left foot!

[Hawkeye Pierce]

Well done lads a win and against the chavs! I was confident we'd beat them this time with a much stronger team than our ESL days.

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I believe Patrick is naturally a right-footed centre-back,but i could be wrong.Whatever,he looks a very good defender and i could see him pairing up very well with Tickner in the centre.

[Southport - TOWNER]

If he is playing left back then of course he is right footed!

 

shame it takes so long to get home from there!!!

[Mr Happy]

A good game against a pretty well organised side. We deserved the win. We still look shaky at the back though and Abbey had a number of chances. they will be OK this season and good luck to them. All in all, a good effort and three points in the bag.

[MbrunoB]

I think that my highlight of the game was when Deano took the ball to the corner flag and turned to look for the cross and a defender claimed off-side, pure class! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/applaus.gif" alt="" />

[The Invisible Man]

Excellent stuff, well done Jim, staff, players and everyone. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[and1inthetree]

good result chaps.

[ambers4ever]

Nice to see Liam Patrick is with you, he had a couple of spells with us and i think we should have kept him.

[bjr]

Good, solid performance - and importantly I thought we did look secure at the back. Nyman had a very good game as did Crace. Thought our number 10 (not sure who it was) was quiet. But we looked good going forward and played some lovely football in and around their penalty area.

 

Abbey pitch was in excellent condition I thought.

[MbrunoB]

I think 10 was Dave Hunt.

 

I agree about the pitch.

[Tom S]

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I believe Patrick is naturally a right-footed centre-back,but i could be wrong.Whatever,he looks a very good defender and i could see him pairing up very well with Tickner in the centre.

When he hit that shot high over the bar with his right foot I assumed he was left footed. Then he shot high with his left foot, so the jury's still out... But at least he's prepared to have a go with either foot, something a lot of players could learn from. Superb all-round performance from him.

[Mr Happy]

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Good, solid performance - and importantly I thought we did look secure at the back.

They hit the woodwork three times and probably created more chances than we did. They failed to put them away.

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They made some good chances,but look how many chances we failed to convert up the other end.We cut them open with great one touch moves, on six or seven occassions in the second half but the final pass or shot was mis-timed.that will come,when we settle as a unit.

[Mr Happy]

So our approach play was good and, yes, we did cut through them and it was very exciting to watch. However, we failed to create as many chances as we should of. Look, I am not saying it was a poor performance. It was a good performance but I do think we let Abbewy have too many chances. Well done lads and let's keep improving.

[The Invisible Man]

Indeed that is what makes a championship side (well one of the things). If the other side has ten chances and fails to put any away, but you have one chance and score, who wins?

 

Mind you I'd rather have ten chances and put five away..............

[Steph]

Every time a team gets promotion they find that they cannot afford to make mistakes and they get fewer chances. Finishing as you go up the leagues gets sharper and more half chances are taken.

 

Waltham Abbey have to take their chances or they will be relegation material. Similarly Enfield Town need to tighten their defence.

[OldTowner]

Town seemed to take a long time to settle down, but this is probably down to the fact that the team are all getting used to playing together.

We almost look like a team in "pre-season" looking for the right selection.

Having said that, it was a bit like Saturday... gradually coming together as the match progressed.

Although Wabbey did have several chances to score, Town equally had several chances which were missed as the final pass or shot was weak.

Overall, 7 out of 10 and gradual improvement.

Keep it going.