I don’t get people saying we dominated. It’s almost exactly like the Nix. We had possession, but couldn’t get in the box, apart from one time when 3 defenders and the keeper shut it down.
They had 3-4 very good chances. Mata had a good chance for us.
It felt like they coasted, until their subs came on late and they played more possession. I don’t think we dictated anything in the game. I felt we were naive and offered little with the ball. Cacace felt like the only one to break through. None of the triangles etc we played we Wood.
Garbett has been just about the only player in white to score outside Wood. And long ago McCowatt.
To me it felt very different to my memory of Hay games where we could hold possession and move the ball at pace. We struggled to score, but we were in charge. Here I felt they sat off us so we had the ball and didn’t put any significant pressure on our players until fairly deep in their half.
I’m not sure at all what our transition attackers from the Nix would add. Or Rufer particularly if they just let us have the ball. I felt Lewis was on his own most of the time, whereas Rufer usually plays with a plus one bolting the gates.
It was a confusing and frustrating game for me. The only thing I really enjoyed was Crocombe. I thought he was fine with his feet, despite what others are saying. I want to see Bindon and Surman play together.
I don’t feel we react tactically to anything. We didn’t really try to draw them out and get in behind. We couldn’t play through the centre. We couldn’t play up the right. So we went to Cacace a lot, just to get him to cross in. We didn’t combine much with him. He didn’t cut in early and he didn’t get in the box where he could shoot. He was stuck fairly solidly to the line out wide most of the time. Tactically we had no capability and nothing much to offer. That’s how I felt about the whole thing. We were never in the game.
They had 3-4 very good chances. Mata had a good chance for us.
It felt like they coasted, until their subs came on late and they played more possession. I don’t think we dictated anything in the game. I felt we were naive and offered little with the ball. Cacace felt like the only one to break through. None of the triangles etc we played we Wood.
Garbett has been just about the only player in white to score outside Wood. And long ago McCowatt.
To me it felt very different to my memory of Hay games where we could hold possession and move the ball at pace. We struggled to score, but we were in charge. Here I felt they sat off us so we had the ball and didn’t put any significant pressure on our players until fairly deep in their half.
I’m not sure at all what our transition attackers from the Nix would add. Or Rufer particularly if they just let us have the ball. I felt Lewis was on his own most of the time, whereas Rufer usually plays with a plus one bolting the gates.
It was a confusing and frustrating game for me. The only thing I really enjoyed was Crocombe. I thought he was fine with his feet, despite what others are saying. I want to see Bindon and Surman play together.
I don’t feel we react tactically to anything. We didn’t really try to draw them out and get in behind. We couldn’t play through the centre. We couldn’t play up the right. So we went to Cacace a lot, just to get him to cross in. We didn’t combine much with him. He didn’t cut in early and he didn’t get in the box where he could shoot. He was stuck fairly solidly to the line out wide most of the time. Tactically we had no capability and nothing much to offer. That’s how I felt about the whole thing. We were never in the game.