Just Back v Swans on Fawa

silverlion

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A hard fought performance and a smash and grab winner at the death.

We started slowly and they had a lot of the ball. Their build up was ponderous but they posed little threat. It was 12 minutes gone before we fashioned a chance. A free kick from Sav found Wintle but his shot was wide. They continued to press but there was some good solid defensive work from Danny on the left keeping their wide man in check. Leonard was his usual solid self and there was a lot of focus and concentration from Tango and Cooper. Sav ran hard and Wintle got his foot in and slowly but slowly we began to get a foothold in the game. On 27 Esse found Langstaff in the box and his shot was good but the flag was up for offside. A few minutes later a free kick was taken by Jensen which was nodded off for a throw in. Leonard took it and it found Esse but his cross was headed over by Cooper. A couple of minutes later a free kick found Esse but his shot was blocked for a corner. They pressed forward but their build up was ponderous and the half finished goalless. We would have been the happier of the two sides as despite their possession the offered no real threat.

It took us a couple of minutes to get into our stride but we did take the ball to them and they did not have it all their own way. A lovely reverse ball from Esse found Honeyman who found Watmore but his effort was blocked for a corner. A poor shot from a free kick by Honeyman was preceded by a foul on Esse. We were starting to come into it more and an interception from Sav saw his shot blocked for a throw. It then went off for a corner which found Esse and then a corner which came to nothing. It was time for fresh legs and Casper Azeez and the Serb replaced Watmore Langstaff and Honeyman. Casper played as a ten and looked very busy. With 15 to go a cross found Azeez but his header was easily saved. Then came the save of the match from Jensen. A through ball found their attacker but Jensen saved at his feet and then saved the follow up. It kept us in the game. The game was petering out but the keeper made a poor error. His clearance was intercepted by Azeez at full stretch. He followed it up with a low cross which Casper got to first and slid it in nicely. The Millwall mob went nuts.
We took off Esse for Joe, played five at the back and saw the added time out without drama for a great win.

Jensen was solid and kept us in it late on with a double save. Leonard was a rock on the right and Danny was his normal feisty self on the left. Tango and Cooper were assured. Wintle was full of running and Sav covered every blade of grass. Esse was full of tricks and Watmore had his moments. Honeyman was very busy and Langstaff posed some threat. The Serb ran hard, Azeez showed some pace and skill and Casper took his goal really well. Joe bottled it up at the death.
So, our first away win this season, a clean sheet, three points and tenth as I write this. This was a turning point this season so hats off to the boys and NH. Upwards and onwards but…make no mistake Burnley will pose a different challenge next Sunday! Bring it on!
 
I thought we played a bit too reserved for most of the game, sitting off them and inviting them to have the ball. Fortunately for most of the 90 mins they didn't do a lot with the ball, they huffed and puffed but never really threatened us until the 2nd half when Jensen pulled off 2 great saves, the first one was a great stop then not long after that he did the double save which almost certainly kept us in the game.

Luckily it was Swansea today whoe arent playing great but if you invite the better teams to have so much of the ball, especially away from home they'll piunish you as it was only quality that Swansea lacked. We showed grit to hang in there and 3pts is 3pts, it always feels good to get a win where overall you probably deserved a draw at best but you come away all smiles, anyway we deserve one of those typoes of wins as we've had enough of them handed out to us.
 
It’s funny because if we hadn’t have won today certain players would have come in for criticism on here because to paraphrase Sinatra “mistakes, we made a few”
I was already half dreading reading the flak before the late winner, so thank you Jenson & thank you Azeez & thank you Casper & thank you to the fans who went & thank you Millwall for the three points
 
A complete steal from us which to be honest none of the 500+ could see happening, we were on the back,foot for most of the game an d some dogged defending along with I think his best game in goal kept them at bay, the back, 5 were immense the midfield were busy a d the attack were feeding off scraps , again our deadball play was pitiful and really needs to be addressed in contrast Swansea were creative and we were not sure what was coming, we were muvh better 2nd half and at least tried to get forward , Esse had another impressive game a nd his pass set up the goal. to say we were happy and their fans shell-shocked would not be a. Understatement. A long day but 3 points made it all worthwhile
 
A complete steal from us which to be honest none of the 500+ could see happening, we were on the back,foot for most of the game an d some dogged defending along with I think his best game in goal kept them at bay, the back, 5 were immense the midfield were busy a d the attack were feeding off scraps , again our deadball play was pitiful and really needs to be addressed in contrast Swansea were creative and we were not sure what was coming, we were muvh better 2nd half and at least tried to get forward , Esse had another impressive game a nd his pass set up the goal. to say we were happy and their fans shell-shocked would not be a. Understatement. A long day but 3 points made it all worthwhile

Great support and effort to all the travelling Lions that were there today.
 
I stand corrected must have got caught up in the moment and they do look alike on the pitch
They don’t Philion but let’s not go there!!
I actually spent the whole of the first half on Wednesday thinking Danny was playing left back (I was the other side in block 19) and hadn’t realised that Joe’s early season blond highlights had washed out 🤷‍♂️