08-08-2015, 20:06
So a new season starts, new boss, new players, new hope.
We set up 4231, City 352. City did have more of the possession, but mainly at the back & midfield and weren't causing any real threat. First chance for the Owls fell to Matias who miskicked after decent work by Barry and Nuhiu. Matias had a 2nd chance from a very narrow angle and put it an inch wide. Wilbraham had a chance for City but Westwood saved comfortably. Then the best chance of the half fell to Lopez after a lucky deflection the ball fell to him but blasted over the bar from 14 yards. HT 0-0
2nd half Wednesday seemed more on the front foot, Lopez had a free kick comfortably saved and then came the first goal of the season on 60 mins. Wallace's corner was headed in by Lees although Fielding did get a hand to it. 10 mins later City had their best chance, a Burns header was cleared off the line by Barry, the ball was picked up by Helan who ran with it deep into the City half before finding Wallace on the left, whose deep cross eluded everybody except Barry who had run nearly 90 yards to sidefoot into a empty net. The last 20 mins consisted of both teams making subs, ours seemingly through cramp, Matias nearly made it 3 from a counter attack, City had some pressure late on but never looked like scoring.
Westwood 6 - Not much to do, 1 save and caught some crosses.
Hunt 8 - Good defending and equally as good going forward
Loovens 6 - Fairly solid
Lees 7 - Solid also and scored
Helan 7 - Long run helped get the 2nd goal, did fairly well defending
Hutch 7 - Did a solid job, still goes charging in to challenges, needs to control his aggression
Lopez 7 - Likes to keep things simple & tidy
Matias 6 - Did OK, could have scored a couple today
Barry 7 - Good finish for goal today, neat & tidy
Wallace 7 - 2 Assists today, might be the leading Assister this season as he can actually cross the ball.
Nuhiu 7 - Poor in the air, good on the ground, worked hard.
Palmer, Lee & Joao not on long enough to really impact the game.
A good start to the season, 2 goals and a clean sheet. It was a decent performance nothing more, still could do with a Striker and we may do something this season. Bristol had more possession but had no cutting edge. Proper test next week.
We set up 4231, City 352. City did have more of the possession, but mainly at the back & midfield and weren't causing any real threat. First chance for the Owls fell to Matias who miskicked after decent work by Barry and Nuhiu. Matias had a 2nd chance from a very narrow angle and put it an inch wide. Wilbraham had a chance for City but Westwood saved comfortably. Then the best chance of the half fell to Lopez after a lucky deflection the ball fell to him but blasted over the bar from 14 yards. HT 0-0
2nd half Wednesday seemed more on the front foot, Lopez had a free kick comfortably saved and then came the first goal of the season on 60 mins. Wallace's corner was headed in by Lees although Fielding did get a hand to it. 10 mins later City had their best chance, a Burns header was cleared off the line by Barry, the ball was picked up by Helan who ran with it deep into the City half before finding Wallace on the left, whose deep cross eluded everybody except Barry who had run nearly 90 yards to sidefoot into a empty net. The last 20 mins consisted of both teams making subs, ours seemingly through cramp, Matias nearly made it 3 from a counter attack, City had some pressure late on but never looked like scoring.
Westwood 6 - Not much to do, 1 save and caught some crosses.
Hunt 8 - Good defending and equally as good going forward
Loovens 6 - Fairly solid
Lees 7 - Solid also and scored
Helan 7 - Long run helped get the 2nd goal, did fairly well defending
Hutch 7 - Did a solid job, still goes charging in to challenges, needs to control his aggression
Lopez 7 - Likes to keep things simple & tidy
Matias 6 - Did OK, could have scored a couple today
Barry 7 - Good finish for goal today, neat & tidy
Wallace 7 - 2 Assists today, might be the leading Assister this season as he can actually cross the ball.
Nuhiu 7 - Poor in the air, good on the ground, worked hard.
Palmer, Lee & Joao not on long enough to really impact the game.
A good start to the season, 2 goals and a clean sheet. It was a decent performance nothing more, still could do with a Striker and we may do something this season. Bristol had more possession but had no cutting edge. Proper test next week.
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