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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sun 6 Sep 13:26
Oyirwoth made no meaningful challenge on O`Brien for the first ball from the free kick which led to their goal - their only chance of the match. We played some delightful stuff and our goal was the culmination of a move inolving 15 passes without an Arbroath player touching the ball.
Despite his slackness at their goal, Oyirwoth has vastly improved the midfield with his constructive passing and his ability to wriggle out of tight positions, I think he`ll get even better as he gets used to the physicality of the Championship. His shooting seems no better than the rest though!
We`ve been debating the lack of goals for weeks now and pointing the figure at various offenders but it now seems to be endemic within the squad. Two of those who have come in for criticism, Morrison and Shaw, were absent yesterday but still the problem persists. Adams does not seem to be a `natural` scorer and I fear Thomas isn`t either from his previous spell at the club. The danger is that it now becomes a psychological problem. We probably played as well yesterday as we did in the 5-0 win at Arbroath a year ago but that day everything seemed to go in. I think all we can do is keep creating the chances and hope our `luck` turns.
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Topic Originator: wetherby
Date: Sun 6 Sep 14:41
Interesting, 9 players passed the ball in our move for the goal,only two who didn`t were Ox and Kane. Similar to our goal against Raith when 8 players were involved in the build up.
Contrastingly Arbroath`s only involved three players and three touches. We could learn from that.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sun 6 Sep 14:46
What? Stop passing the ball and just launch it into the box?
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Topic Originator: wetherby
Date: Sun 6 Sep 15:39
Mixing it up a bit it`s called.
Post Edited (Sun 06 Sep 15:40)
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sun 6 Sep 15:46
We did mix it up. There were plenty crosses into the box.
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Topic Originator: Bucuresti Par
Date: Sun 6 Sep 17:37
We have not been great at defending or attacking set pieces this season. Glad to see Lennon mention this post match as it is an important area of the game. Arbroath`s goal was simple, but was still well executed. A long ball floated accurately where their best aerial player knocked it across goal for other runners to attack at the far post.
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Topic Originator: Mr P
Date: Tue 8 Sep 10:40
We seem to be trying to walk the ball into the box / net - we need to start shooting outside the box at times when space opens up.
We have a team now with quality attacking players all on the same mindset, but why are we slowing it down when we get near the box? personally I think once we click we will see some big scores, that is what I am hoping for anyway.
Sometimes we have a few players going for the same ball instead of drawing players away with movement. The games this season we are showing signs that we are slowly getting better with every game and with a settled team moving forward, we will be there or there about the top at the end of the season. I`m just looking towards Saturday now and see if my expectations are met?
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Tue 8 Sep 20:38
Aw my god 🤣
Nothing like purposely taking things out of context.
Yeah I think it’s a fair point, we do play some really nice football but we’re guilty of over playing. I think that’s how cooper has bagged himself a couple of goals by being a little more direct than the rest.
COYP
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