It was one of those games between two quite evenly matched teams which could have gone either way. You just leave thinking “that’s football, that’s life”‘ rather than being too disappointed
Credit to the referee - I thought he let the game flow and can’t really recall any decision he made (other than booking their #33 for time wasting for a throw)
Credit to Posh - they wanted to play decent expansive football and (other than said booking) kept the game flowing and wanted to go forward looking for a 2nd and then 3rd goal rather than killing the clock
Brad needed to put that chance away in the 13th second. Strikers simply need to score that. It changes the complexion of the game. Their keeper was positioned poorly for that chance. He has to find the bottom corner. I don’t want to pour on the poor fella but he’s a big guy who doesn’t use his physicality well (like a Salech or Tolaj), doesn’t have an accurate shot, doesn’t really stretch the defence and seems to lose the ball in the air when we play out long to him. I just can’t see how he’s going to turn it around, but let’s keep the faith
The game leaves us in an unenviable position of really having to beat a crap team at home under the lights on a Tuesday…oh dear!
I think you’re right, sometimes they wear these tiny ones that look like they’ve come out of a dispenser in a ladies bathroom, but no I don’t think he did and isn’t that a rule.
Watching the highlights it immediately jumps out how poor the crossing, and movement was in the box. Around 42 mins in, Harvie has a glorious chance, puts in a woeful ball, and 3 attacking players run the same line almost into the goal. There’s noone slowing for a cut back, and no hint of creative movement.
You’ve linked to the rules for small sided games. For 11v11 Senior games, in Law 4 it states
“shinguards – these must be made of a suitable material and be of an appropriate size to provide reasonable protection and be covered by the socks. Players are responsible for the size and suitability of their shinguards”
It’s the last sentence that prevents referees exercising common sense and telling a player to use sensible sized shin pads.
Keith Scott not the best example, Scotty would win the vast majority aries duals. He was also Physically very strong, and very difficult to knock the ball.
@Borgoff I think you mean knock off. Now tell me to buzz off. Or as George himself might have said, f**k off.
Many decades ago, when I was even more football obsessed than I am in my dotage and at a time when I must have had the occasional weekday off, I drove to Wembley one Wednesday afternoon to watch Wycombe Reserves playing Wembley (or perhaps it was their own Reserves team). I stood on the touchline among a few older blokes. When Wycombe were kicking from right to left (as it were) George, at left back, was mostly well within earshot. At one point, a nearby spectator shouted out “I bet you ‘ope they do mate”. It took a few moments for it to click that he was responding to George’s frequent protestations of “f***in’ ” hell”.
Yes, They could be.
They could also be 100% correct.
The only way you definetly don’t win on a raffle is by not buying a ticket. The club have spent the money. All I’m saying is give the numbers a proper check over.
I wanted to be brief but posts must have at least four characters. I’ve done the cheesy joke before so I’ll simply say “sorry, what was the question ?”.
Keith Scott was an absolute beast in the air, strong, could hold it and could run onto balls as well, certainly in his mid 20s. The comparison is merely both are tall and both could do with lovely deliveries.
I kind of agree with Malone here, no, it doesn’t seem like there has been any improvement at all in set pieces since Dave Hibbert arrived at the club…but…you have to have the personnel to make the best of the coaching.
I think CBM’s excellent Jacobson-esque goal direct from a corner at least came after Hibbert arrived, but I think that was just a lucky chance that just seemed to deceive everyone.
But as far as attacking set pieces, we just don’t seem to have a true dead-ball specialist, Leahy had that title once but I don’t think he’s great from that perspective.
And we don’t really have aerially dominant players to cause havoc in the opposition box. I think Casey is the best here, but there’s really not much competition.
