A scrappy game against a poor side but a welcome three points.
Two mentions before the report. I could not believe how many people were queuing for German sausages at the big stall by the SE16 bar. Secondly I could not believe how many people were queueing for tickets. The line went back to Harry’s Bar before snaking past the temporary club shop. There must have been a few hundred there!
It was an even start but I though it was going to be one of those games with one of those refs. Their forward went down like a sack of potatoes after a powder puff challenge and they got a free kick. It was about as soft as they get. Fortunately nothing came of it and we just started to get into our stride. Bradshaw picked up a pass, moved inside and suffered a powder puff challenge but got a free kick. Flemming was licking his lips 25 yards out and definitely fancied his chances. He hit is low and hard, it was heading goalwards and it caught the heel of one of their defenders, caught the keeper out and went into the corner for 1-0. Five on the clock and we were one up. It’s a while since that has happened!
We pressed a little without much really happening and they though they were in with a chance. Their Howson looked to pull all the strings and they had a lot of possession but did very little with it. It really did look a matter of time but, as hard as they tried they did not look much good. Billy was charging around picking up the loose stuff, Sav looked busy, the defence looked solid, Bradshaw had some joy up front but they offered little threat and the half finished with our noses in front.
They had big instructions to come out all guns blazing and they had a decent five minutes but showed little threat. By contrast we weathered the storm and came more into it for a few minutes. And then the second goal came. A foul on half way gave us a free kick which was floated to the edge of their box. Cooper got his head to it, directed it across the box to Flem who was unmarked and he lashed it home form 10 yards for 2-0. They put on a couple of subs to freshen it up but they had little impact. With 20 to go the ball went over our byline and their sub picked it up and was going to do little with it. Zach was the ball boy who took it off him….much to his surprise…and got the game going again.
We needed fresh legs so Benik and Styles came on for Burey and Vogi. We had more energy in the middle but the pattern of the game changed very little. They had a lot of possession and despite three more subs for them and one of us, Honeyman on for Flem it took them 86 minutes to get a save out of Long. Even after 4 added minutes they could create very little and the crowd were giving it large about how poor they were. It ended with us as worthy winners and Rockin’ All Over the World rang out loud and proud
Long had little to do but played well. Danny was aggressive and solid, Hutch was dominant, Cooper set up the second goal and made no silly mistakes and Murray was similar. Billy was an absolute workhorse in the middle and Sav was solid as his partner. Burey had a mare and contributed very little. Bradshaw ran hard, Vogi had some moments but Flem was MOM with two goals and a couple of decent touches but did little else. Styles added some energy to the left, Benik looked more of a threat in 30 minutes than Bradshaw had for 60 minutes and Honeyman had some drive in a short cameo.
This was no classic. They were a poor side but many of us have seen Millwall flounder against poor sides like this. We kept a clean sheet, scored two decent goals, gained three points and are 13th just 4 points off the play offs. I’d take that every week!
Two mentions before the report. I could not believe how many people were queuing for German sausages at the big stall by the SE16 bar. Secondly I could not believe how many people were queueing for tickets. The line went back to Harry’s Bar before snaking past the temporary club shop. There must have been a few hundred there!
It was an even start but I though it was going to be one of those games with one of those refs. Their forward went down like a sack of potatoes after a powder puff challenge and they got a free kick. It was about as soft as they get. Fortunately nothing came of it and we just started to get into our stride. Bradshaw picked up a pass, moved inside and suffered a powder puff challenge but got a free kick. Flemming was licking his lips 25 yards out and definitely fancied his chances. He hit is low and hard, it was heading goalwards and it caught the heel of one of their defenders, caught the keeper out and went into the corner for 1-0. Five on the clock and we were one up. It’s a while since that has happened!
We pressed a little without much really happening and they though they were in with a chance. Their Howson looked to pull all the strings and they had a lot of possession but did very little with it. It really did look a matter of time but, as hard as they tried they did not look much good. Billy was charging around picking up the loose stuff, Sav looked busy, the defence looked solid, Bradshaw had some joy up front but they offered little threat and the half finished with our noses in front.
They had big instructions to come out all guns blazing and they had a decent five minutes but showed little threat. By contrast we weathered the storm and came more into it for a few minutes. And then the second goal came. A foul on half way gave us a free kick which was floated to the edge of their box. Cooper got his head to it, directed it across the box to Flem who was unmarked and he lashed it home form 10 yards for 2-0. They put on a couple of subs to freshen it up but they had little impact. With 20 to go the ball went over our byline and their sub picked it up and was going to do little with it. Zach was the ball boy who took it off him….much to his surprise…and got the game going again.
We needed fresh legs so Benik and Styles came on for Burey and Vogi. We had more energy in the middle but the pattern of the game changed very little. They had a lot of possession and despite three more subs for them and one of us, Honeyman on for Flem it took them 86 minutes to get a save out of Long. Even after 4 added minutes they could create very little and the crowd were giving it large about how poor they were. It ended with us as worthy winners and Rockin’ All Over the World rang out loud and proud
Long had little to do but played well. Danny was aggressive and solid, Hutch was dominant, Cooper set up the second goal and made no silly mistakes and Murray was similar. Billy was an absolute workhorse in the middle and Sav was solid as his partner. Burey had a mare and contributed very little. Bradshaw ran hard, Vogi had some moments but Flem was MOM with two goals and a couple of decent touches but did little else. Styles added some energy to the left, Benik looked more of a threat in 30 minutes than Bradshaw had for 60 minutes and Honeyman had some drive in a short cameo.
This was no classic. They were a poor side but many of us have seen Millwall flounder against poor sides like this. We kept a clean sheet, scored two decent goals, gained three points and are 13th just 4 points off the play offs. I’d take that every week!
. Thank you for the report look forest to it.
