A decent performance, a good win against a very poor side.
We made a very slow start and I am sure that they couldn’t believe their luck. They strolled forward like Barcelona and we backed off giving them the freedom of the Den. They had two corners in the first two minutes and Bart made a decent save to keep us in it. I was thinking that we have to pull our finger out or this is going to be a repeat of Tuesday. Fortunately, their early possession was a bit of a wake up call before we found our feet after about six minutes. We then realised that they were quite a poor side who allowed us a little more freedom than we are used to and we started to take control. A good short corner put Molly in space by the by line and his fierce shot was parried by the keeper. A decent corner was met by Murray who just headed wide and a good run from Burke put Adobe in on goal but he was blocked off. However, we were not done yet. Jed looked very lively down the right and Billy was everywhere trying hard to drive us forward. A good run down the right from Jed looked offside but the lino played on and Jed’s cross was a threat but came to nothing. A few minutes later he did the same thing down the left but the lino waved us on. To me it looked more offside than the previous run down the right. His decent cross went past Burke and there was Danny to slot it inside the far post for his first Millwall goal. His face was a picture and I am sure he couldn’t believe it himself! They huffed and puffed but even though they had some decent possession they never really looked a threat and the half ended with out noses in front.
GR clearly told them during the break that they were there for the taking and we started the second half well and score a second in minutes. A decent deep cross from Molly on the left was met by Danny on the far post to score his second for 2-0. There is an old adage in football which says that you are always vulnerable after scoring. And it proved to be the case. A decent forward ball into our box led to some indecision from Ballard and Murray and it fell to their midfielder who hit it crisply into our net for 2-1. We were a little bit edgy for a few min utes and they tried hard to get back into it. We held firm and pushed forward. A decent corner was recycled to Jed who hit a peach of a cross into their box. Ballard headed it goalwards, the keeper pushed it onto the bar but it came out kindly to Burke who poked it home for 3-1. They looked done for and made a couple of attacking subs but we took off a tiring Burke to a standing ovation and put on Burey. Just before that Benik got our fourth with a low shot from the left of the box and now we were in control. They were done for and they knew it. Then we put on Leonard and Bradshaw for Jed and Danny and saw out the remaining minutes with no drama.
Bart had little to do and made one good save early on but could little about their goal. Danny had a storming game and his two goals gave him MOM. Cooper was solid alongside Ballard who made one outstanding clearance in the second half. Murrray was again Mr Dependable and never let us down. Billy was everywhere, Dutch was aggressive and solid and Molly had a decent game wide left. Burke ran hard and was a threat, Jed was very busy and also a threat and Benik had some poor moments but some good ones too and scored a decent goal. Burey ran hard and did get a decent chance in the second half, Bradshaw looked busy and Leonard slotted in very comfortably at RWB.
All in all a decent performance with some good play and some good goals. Four goals, three points and up to ninth, four points adrift of sixth place and still the dream is alive. COYL.
We made a very slow start and I am sure that they couldn’t believe their luck. They strolled forward like Barcelona and we backed off giving them the freedom of the Den. They had two corners in the first two minutes and Bart made a decent save to keep us in it. I was thinking that we have to pull our finger out or this is going to be a repeat of Tuesday. Fortunately, their early possession was a bit of a wake up call before we found our feet after about six minutes. We then realised that they were quite a poor side who allowed us a little more freedom than we are used to and we started to take control. A good short corner put Molly in space by the by line and his fierce shot was parried by the keeper. A decent corner was met by Murray who just headed wide and a good run from Burke put Adobe in on goal but he was blocked off. However, we were not done yet. Jed looked very lively down the right and Billy was everywhere trying hard to drive us forward. A good run down the right from Jed looked offside but the lino played on and Jed’s cross was a threat but came to nothing. A few minutes later he did the same thing down the left but the lino waved us on. To me it looked more offside than the previous run down the right. His decent cross went past Burke and there was Danny to slot it inside the far post for his first Millwall goal. His face was a picture and I am sure he couldn’t believe it himself! They huffed and puffed but even though they had some decent possession they never really looked a threat and the half ended with out noses in front.
GR clearly told them during the break that they were there for the taking and we started the second half well and score a second in minutes. A decent deep cross from Molly on the left was met by Danny on the far post to score his second for 2-0. There is an old adage in football which says that you are always vulnerable after scoring. And it proved to be the case. A decent forward ball into our box led to some indecision from Ballard and Murray and it fell to their midfielder who hit it crisply into our net for 2-1. We were a little bit edgy for a few min utes and they tried hard to get back into it. We held firm and pushed forward. A decent corner was recycled to Jed who hit a peach of a cross into their box. Ballard headed it goalwards, the keeper pushed it onto the bar but it came out kindly to Burke who poked it home for 3-1. They looked done for and made a couple of attacking subs but we took off a tiring Burke to a standing ovation and put on Burey. Just before that Benik got our fourth with a low shot from the left of the box and now we were in control. They were done for and they knew it. Then we put on Leonard and Bradshaw for Jed and Danny and saw out the remaining minutes with no drama.
Bart had little to do and made one good save early on but could little about their goal. Danny had a storming game and his two goals gave him MOM. Cooper was solid alongside Ballard who made one outstanding clearance in the second half. Murrray was again Mr Dependable and never let us down. Billy was everywhere, Dutch was aggressive and solid and Molly had a decent game wide left. Burke ran hard and was a threat, Jed was very busy and also a threat and Benik had some poor moments but some good ones too and scored a decent goal. Burey ran hard and did get a decent chance in the second half, Bradshaw looked busy and Leonard slotted in very comfortably at RWB.
All in all a decent performance with some good play and some good goals. Four goals, three points and up to ninth, four points adrift of sixth place and still the dream is alive. COYL.
. Really looking forward to it even if it won't be the usual day on the beer!
