lexicon Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Interesting to see Barry out in the Grealish position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 19, 2021 Author Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2021 At least we're making a game of it. I'm taking nothing for granted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Great goal again - Raikhy is having a really good match 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2021 2-0 Ramsey another very good team goal. This is the best game I've seen Raikhy play, he's been excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2021 2-1 they look like they'll score with every corner they get. I guess it doesn't help that one of our centre backs is the shortest man on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 It's a shame Christene isn't another year further along with his development, seeing as Taylor's contract expires this summer. He's definitely got a lot about him but a bit too young and not quite ready to be Targett's understudy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 19, 2021 Author Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2021 16 minutes ago, BOF said: At least we're making a game of it. I'm taking nothing for granted. Ahem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2021 2-2 Stoke quicker to the rebound from an Onodi save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Damn. Sloppy two goals to concede in two minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphouneso Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 That escalated quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2021 2-3 Wright-Phillips - Stoke on the break. We've been the better side throughout but we've not defended well enough in the last five minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Number 6 for us isn't exactly offering a lot of support as CDM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) gotta say, when i have watched the u23 games i can honestly say i dont think Barry has particularly stood out. Putting aside the Liverpool goal which was obviously class, but more in the u23, im not sure he looks particularly better than any of the other players, maybe im missing something. i suppose the answer might be is he's a 17 year old playing in u23s!, which means to even look ok is good? Edited March 19, 2021 by MaVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 blimey we are terrible at dealing with crosses lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Awful defending again - not getting those 2nd balls and just watching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) This is some of the worst aerial defending I've ever seen. EDIT: Not for the first time with the U23s, I have to say; when we play in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy or whatever it's called these days, this seems to be their weakness against 'real' players. Edited March 19, 2021 by HanoiVillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2021 2-4 We don't defend crosses well at all and when they break we're not compact enough. They look like scoring with any set piece they get. What I will say is that I reckon there are another five goals in this game if we want it. I think Raikhy, Chrisene and Kesler have been excellent, Barry has looked a threat and we've looked really good on the ball, but crosses are worry, we just don't have the physicality to compete for balls into our box. Revan will be a fullback and Bogarde is primarily a DM so it's hard to pin it on them individually, but it's also hard to see anything we can do about it in this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2021 I'm struggling to think of a chance that Stoke have had and not scored from - there was one save where Odoni tipped a free kick (I think) over the bar. We're had a couple of Kesler misses and one or two half chances. We're not out of this - but it's hard to see how we don't concede more goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2021 Centre back is a problem - I'd say our first two are Bridge and Revan Snr who aren't available, then Sohna who is missing tonight would be in the mix. I don't think either of Bogarde and Revan Jnr are natural centre halves and it looks like Swinkels isn't ready yet. At this level a lot of teams make a point of having a big bloke at the back - Stoke have got one - we don't have that. A pity Hause didn't fancy a run out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Even when we went 2-0 up I wasn't confident of a result, as it always seems likely we're susceptible to conceding two or more goals, either from unnecessarily giving the ball away in dangerours areas, or not being very good at dealing with crosses. Basically we're not very good defensively at all. Barry's played okay down the left-hand side, but if we're to get anything out of this feel we might have to play him through the middle, we need as much of a goal threat in the penalty box as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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