Tuesday 26 November fixtures

[denzel ecfc]

Didn't lay a glove on Birmingham tonight. Routine win for them. When they bring on Luke Harris and leave Dikes on the bench you know you are outclassed. Even so, our lack of attacking threat is a massive concern. Looking down not up now.

 

[saddler78]

Another frustrating one by the sounds of it. Numbers wise up front we're fine but as I said on Saturday, it lacks a bit of consistent quality, albeit there was no House tonight. We probably need a slight tweak up there in January and move a couple out on loan to, in theory, bring one with more quality in.

Been a difficult last four games, we've definitely deserved more than the two points we've picked up. Small margins and all that.

Rumour our end we are going back in for Draper in January would you let him go now do you think?

 

[thewwfc]

You’ve got that wrong big time mate, we are just toothless upfront at the minute. We started and finished pressing high trying to put you under pressure like your commo guys said early on. we just haven’t got much going for us offensively at the minute, it was both sides cancelling each other out not one setting up for a draw.

Clough never sets up for a draw pre-match, not his style at all, just isn’t how we play, in the modern game you don’t start with two strikers if you want a draw!

As you wish, but your attacks were on the counter and you didn’t look like you were going for it offensively for most of the game, though there was a 10-15 minute spell in the second half where you had us well penned into our own half.

You fucked up the best chance of the entire game in that spell, dunno who spooned that sitter but that was key.

Anyway. Fair play, good away support on a Tuesday night, we wouldn’t bring that number to Field Mill.

 

[The Terminator]

Narrow loss against Huddersfield in the end, as I expected they had too much fire power and experience which meant they got over the line, despite a mad ten mins second half when they missed 3 guilt edged chances from mistakes we made as well as Koroma missing a penalty.

Frustrating for us, we're very much in the game and we let one in from a set play and the second goal our keeper makes a mistake from the overplaying we do - a minute earlier Brandon Coopers header goes narrowly over for 1-1, so tight margins. But as I keep going on, we don't really have the firepower especially against the better sides, if we don't get the first goal we struggle a bit.

Had to play the last 20mins with ten men after using all our subs as Jordan Graham went off injured, with the same injury which kept him out last season, huge blow for us and for him because he will almost certainly now not play for us again and we're light again with attacking options.

4 of our next 5 home games are against 4 of the bottom 5 teams.............with us being in the bottom 5 ourselves, that shows you just how important the next 6 weeks are for us.