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Posted January 11, 2015 22:45 · last edited January 11, 2015 22:46

To be fair JV, in the first half hour, the WeeNix certainly did repeatedly tear ACFC apart. I have not seen the shot stats, but I will concede the point that they only had 5 shots... but you don't need to have had a shot to have torn them apart... in the first half in particular, they certainly had a anumber of forrays where they waltzed through the almost absent ACFC defensive midfield and set up good raids - some of which lead to shots and 3 of which lead to goals... but some of them lead to the defenders blocking a cross or heading clear etc... but before that there was definitely "tearing apart" going on in the build up.

Note, I am not arguing that the second half was not different. You're right about that, they did park the bus (somewhat at least) and were less threatening - but even then they did mount a number of threatening attacks in the second half. 

But my point it is that tearing apart, repeatedly, DID happen, especially in the first half hour. ACFC responded and were certainly much better after that, but it did happen. And I think Steven was contrasting that period to the ironclad defensive performances ACFC put in against vaunted opposition in the CWC. It is a contrast worth making. It was startling stuff (particularly in that first half hour).

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bwtcf edited January 11, 2015 22:46

To be fair JV, in the first half hour, the WeeNix certainly did repeatedly tear ACFC apart. I have not seen the shot stats, but I will conceed the point that they only had 5 shots... but you don't need to have had a shot to have torn them apart... in the first half in particular, they certainly had a anumber of forrays where they waltzed through the almost absent ACFC defensive midfield and set up good raids - some of which lead to shots and 3 of which lead to goals... but some of them lead to the defenders blocking a cross or heading clear etc... but before that there was definitely "tearing apart" going on in the build up.

Note, I am not arguing that the second half was not different. You're right about that, they did park the bus (somewhat at least) and were less threatening - but even then they did mount a number of threatening attacks in the second half. 

But my point it is that tearing apart, repeatedly, DID happen, especially in the first half hour. ACFC responded and were certainly much better after that, but it did happen. And I think Steven was contrasting that period to the ironclad defensive performances ACFC put in against vaunted opposition in the CWC. It is a contrast worth making. It was startling stuff (particularly in that first half hour).

bwtcf edited January 11, 2015 22:45

To be fair JV, in the first half hour, the WeeNix certainly did repeatedly tear ACFC apart. I have not seen the shot stats, but I will conceed the poit that they only had 5 shots... but you don't need to have had a shot to have torn them apart... in the first half in particular, they certainly had a anumber of forrays where they waltzed through the almost absent ACFC defensive midfield and set up good raids - some of which lead to shots and 3 of which lead to goals... but some of them lead to the defenders blocking a cross or heading clear etc... but before that there was definitely "tearing apart" going on in the build up.

Note, I am not arguing that the second half was not different. You're right about that, they did park the bus (somewhat at least) and were less threatening - but even then they did mount a number of threatening attacks in the second half. 

But my point it is that tearing apart, repeatedly, DID happen, especially in the first half hour. ACFC responded and were certainly much better after that, but it did happen. And I think Steven was contrasting that period to the ironclad defensive performances ACFC put in against vaunted opposition in the CWC. It is a contrast worth making. It was startling stuff (particularly in that first half hour).