I notice that the players seem to be covering for Dingham. Woud coming out of his box again because he'd watched Ding get done a couple of times one on one with Romanian attacking players, Lewis sprinting to cover a header Ding had gone up for in case he didn't make it, commentary noting "he had no idea" where the player he was supposed to be marking was (just like the first Honduras goal), and he always seems to go for a first touch pass, check back and then pass backwards.
Callan Elliot may have copped a yellow, but he was by far a better player at right-back than his replacement. His partnership with Champness looked really promising too. It's interesting to watch a coach sub on players that actively unbalance a team, and result in worse play - but Hay did it.
We played a dull but effective game against S. Korea, brightened by Wood's winner which seemd to galvanise our side, an error strewn game against Honduras, where we just seemed to lose the ability to cut through them after our second goal, and one good half where we seemed to test Romania and then one really horrible half of not trying to score at all and hanging on at the end.
Yeah, we've qualified, but this style of play isn't winning us any new supporters - and seems to involve our players playing below their individual level of ability to suit the gameplan.
Not a fan, won't be watching Saturday.
Callan Elliot may have copped a yellow, but he was by far a better player at right-back than his replacement. His partnership with Champness looked really promising too. It's interesting to watch a coach sub on players that actively unbalance a team, and result in worse play - but Hay did it.
We played a dull but effective game against S. Korea, brightened by Wood's winner which seemd to galvanise our side, an error strewn game against Honduras, where we just seemed to lose the ability to cut through them after our second goal, and one good half where we seemed to test Romania and then one really horrible half of not trying to score at all and hanging on at the end.
Yeah, we've qualified, but this style of play isn't winning us any new supporters - and seems to involve our players playing below their individual level of ability to suit the gameplan.
Not a fan, won't be watching Saturday.