A decent and gritty performance which ended goalless.
We made a decent start and our whole mental attitude was light years away from Saturday. Everybody was getting their foot in, closing down and running with purpose off the ball. It did not take long for us to get our first chance. A free kick was nodded on by Cooper to Flem but his shot was blocked. We continued to press forward and a couple of minutes later the ball fell to Flem who spotted the keeper off his line and chipped him but it sailed just over. Another decent move down the right saw Flem hit a good cross shot and Bennett was inches away from connecting. We were definitely having the better of it with some good joined up football with crisp passing and good movement. Vogi was playing well as a target man and was aggressive in his play. He was fouled but Sav’s free kick came to nothing. The ref was doing us no favours and Honeyman was getting pushed and shoved all over the place but the game went on. The best move of the half came down the right with a great ball from Honeyman to Danny and his cross was saved. And the half time whistle came with the honours even.
GR would have been the happier of the two managers as they seemed toothless but it was a sure bet that things would change second half. My mate was at the game and text to say we were poor and Bennett was woeful. It certainly didn’t seem that way from the live stream! They came out wit( a spring in their step and had the better of the first 15 but never really showed a big threat. We did get a good ball down to Bennett but it came to nothing. Another decent ball down the line to Bennett was better and he passed inside to Billy. He cut inside and his goal bound shot was deflected over for a corner. We needed fresh legs and off came Bennett and on came Burey.. A few minutes later came our best chance to score. Burey rode a challenge on the half way line and charged towards their goal. The keeper came out to narrow the angle and saved the shot. A pass square to VogI would have been a tap in but it wasn’t to be. We went for it with ten to go with Bradshaw and Styles on for Vogi and Honeyman. Despite 4 added minutes the deadlock could not be broken and it ended scoreless.
Long had little to do and I don’t think he had a direct shot to save all night. Danny was solid in defence and made some good runs down the right. Cresswell was error free and Cooper looked dominant in the middle. Murray made welcome return with a typical solid performance. Billy was very busy but MOM was Sav with a really busy, solid and creative display in the middle. Flem had some moments, Honeyman added some aggression on the right and Bennett was his normal solid self. Vogi looked good leading the attack and managed to make the ball stick at times.
A decent hard working performance and a clean sheet against a side who put two past the R’s last Friday. They looked fairly ordinary and we never really looked like conceding. On another day we could have nicked it but I would have taken a point at 7.45 which is exactly what we got.
We made a decent start and our whole mental attitude was light years away from Saturday. Everybody was getting their foot in, closing down and running with purpose off the ball. It did not take long for us to get our first chance. A free kick was nodded on by Cooper to Flem but his shot was blocked. We continued to press forward and a couple of minutes later the ball fell to Flem who spotted the keeper off his line and chipped him but it sailed just over. Another decent move down the right saw Flem hit a good cross shot and Bennett was inches away from connecting. We were definitely having the better of it with some good joined up football with crisp passing and good movement. Vogi was playing well as a target man and was aggressive in his play. He was fouled but Sav’s free kick came to nothing. The ref was doing us no favours and Honeyman was getting pushed and shoved all over the place but the game went on. The best move of the half came down the right with a great ball from Honeyman to Danny and his cross was saved. And the half time whistle came with the honours even.
GR would have been the happier of the two managers as they seemed toothless but it was a sure bet that things would change second half. My mate was at the game and text to say we were poor and Bennett was woeful. It certainly didn’t seem that way from the live stream! They came out wit( a spring in their step and had the better of the first 15 but never really showed a big threat. We did get a good ball down to Bennett but it came to nothing. Another decent ball down the line to Bennett was better and he passed inside to Billy. He cut inside and his goal bound shot was deflected over for a corner. We needed fresh legs and off came Bennett and on came Burey.. A few minutes later came our best chance to score. Burey rode a challenge on the half way line and charged towards their goal. The keeper came out to narrow the angle and saved the shot. A pass square to VogI would have been a tap in but it wasn’t to be. We went for it with ten to go with Bradshaw and Styles on for Vogi and Honeyman. Despite 4 added minutes the deadlock could not be broken and it ended scoreless.
Long had little to do and I don’t think he had a direct shot to save all night. Danny was solid in defence and made some good runs down the right. Cresswell was error free and Cooper looked dominant in the middle. Murray made welcome return with a typical solid performance. Billy was very busy but MOM was Sav with a really busy, solid and creative display in the middle. Flem had some moments, Honeyman added some aggression on the right and Bennett was his normal solid self. Vogi looked good leading the attack and managed to make the ball stick at times.
A decent hard working performance and a clean sheet against a side who put two past the R’s last Friday. They looked fairly ordinary and we never really looked like conceding. On another day we could have nicked it but I would have taken a point at 7.45 which is exactly what we got.
on to saturday for 3pts coyl