03-01-2023, 13:33
Thanks for the report, Dancing. I was intending to go myself, but not feeling too good on the day so stayed at home.
To be fair, I think the problem with wanting to walk the ball into the net is pretty much universal these days. I`ve lost count of how many times I`ve watched games on the telly and been yelling at the screen for them to let fly from distance. They just don`t any more. The days of Bobby Charlton banging them in from 30 yards with either foot are gone, I`m afraid. (There is a reason, which should be obvious to all, why I sound like an old fart.)
To plead mitigation in our case, however, I think there are a couple of extenuating factors. Our style of play is to attack mainly down the sides using our wing-backs; and, in fairness, in King and Horton/Clemence we have three very good ones so it makes perfect sense. With that line of attack, though, apart from free-kicks the chances of direct shots from distance are going to be limited.
It`s also hardier to find the gaps to shoot through if a team packs their own area and plays on the counter, as most of the teams coming to our place seem to these days. I`ve only seen the highlights, admittedly, but it certainly looked as though Scunny did that on Sunday.
At the end of the day, it`s 3 points and a nice little boost to our goal-difference so let`s not complain. (And as for your predictions; you did just fine last week-end, thank you very much. Greedy sod.)
To be fair, I think the problem with wanting to walk the ball into the net is pretty much universal these days. I`ve lost count of how many times I`ve watched games on the telly and been yelling at the screen for them to let fly from distance. They just don`t any more. The days of Bobby Charlton banging them in from 30 yards with either foot are gone, I`m afraid. (There is a reason, which should be obvious to all, why I sound like an old fart.)
To plead mitigation in our case, however, I think there are a couple of extenuating factors. Our style of play is to attack mainly down the sides using our wing-backs; and, in fairness, in King and Horton/Clemence we have three very good ones so it makes perfect sense. With that line of attack, though, apart from free-kicks the chances of direct shots from distance are going to be limited.
It`s also hardier to find the gaps to shoot through if a team packs their own area and plays on the counter, as most of the teams coming to our place seem to these days. I`ve only seen the highlights, admittedly, but it certainly looked as though Scunny did that on Sunday.
At the end of the day, it`s 3 points and a nice little boost to our goal-difference so let`s not complain. (And as for your predictions; you did just fine last week-end, thank you very much. Greedy sod.)