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Bexleyheath_lion said:
Very poor goal to concede, two defensive midfielders and where were they? Good strike tho, Jed’s strike was much better.

Point is ok, but we stopped playing after we scored.

Rowett subs were shit, takes off our most attacking midfielder for another defensive midfielder. Brings on Smith but not Mahoney who may have put some balls on his head.

Nobody really had a bad game and several had good games, but verdict after one game is not much has changed from last season.
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I think the reason he took Saville off was he was knackered. With Jed also on his last legs he had to take one off and that was George.
 
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Thanks for the just back Purley. Happy with a point but it sounds as though we reverted to type with sitting back and soaking up pressure. Attack is the best form of defence at our level but GR thinks different.
 
PurleyLion said:
A deserved point away to a team that has invested heavily during the close season.

The Lions were out of the blocks quickly with Malone’s centre clipping the bar with their keeper nowhere.

A high press has them struggling and after a couple of near misses Jed fired home with his left peg from the edge of the box. 1-0 and deservedly up. We continued to press but we’re unable to convert our superiority into a another goal. Saville was put clear but the ball hung in the air to delay his advance. Rather than pass to Jed who was free in space on the left George fired a weak shot that was easily father’s and an excellent chance was wasted.

Teams can’t dominate entire games and we resorted to type and fell back. Big mistake. They gained confidence and bossed possession without looking dangerous until Dickie gathered the ball just inside our half and advanced unchallenged until unleashing a shot the flew pass Bart 😔. Could he have done better? Whisky will let us know later 😉

The last 20 minutes of the first half was a rerun of several performances last season and only a Bart save and last ditch Hutch tackle/clearance stopped us going in at half-time 2-1 down.

GR had clearly worked out what had gone wrong and adjusted to the tactics and we started the 2nd half on the front foot 👍

A number of half-chances with Keif firing over, Smith (under pressure) heading wide but no cigar. They did nothing, albeit we needed a Bart finger tip save to prevent us going behind.

Smith replaced Afobe, who had put in a shift, and Leonard Evans. Smith created some problems with knock-ones and it’s a shame Bradshaw hadn’t replaced Jed to take advantage of them.

F-T 1-1. Probably the right result but could have been much better.

Joint MOTM Hutch and Keif.

Positives: Better and more controlled football and no ‘red dwarf’👍 Ballard, Keif and Saville turned in good performances.

Negatives: Still reverting to type of defending when taking the lead and resorting to long balls. Thought Danny looked vulnerable defensively and didn’t create as much going forward as we expected, although that could be down to Jed’s unpredictability. Leonard contributed more than Evans. If Saville and Jed are given free-roles we must ensure we cover them, their goal came from Saville being nowhere!

Overall: Encouraging👍

PS: Bumped into Peckham, he’s well just taking a rest from the Forum😉
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Thought Danny Mac was closest to Hutch for motm, but thanks Purley excellent writeup
 
Lion1964 said:
Saville will be fine, just didn’t look match fit.
But then again it is only the first game of the season , same could be said of most players on the park.
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He will come good mate, he seems to get in the right positions but needs someone much better alongside him than Barry gibb
 
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