Torquay game

The Club’s Facebook page described it as pulsating. Can’t agree with that although, after we scored, the last few minutes  certainly saw us making a fist of it and we could have grabbed a point. I thought we were really sloppy in the first half and seemed content to pass the ball endlessly without any real urgency. The bloke next to me remarked it was a reminder of how England played at the Euros. We looked better with three at the back and most of the substitutions were effective. Hopefully Raynes will be back very soon - that nervy first half showed how integral he is to the team.

We looked so much better going forward than when we play like England.

I think it showed that we cannot have a back four of four CBs. The obvious solution was to go to a back three. Plus putting wanjau-smith in the middle rather than out wide.
I think Torquay scored from their only effort second half.

comrade powell wrote:The Club’s Facebook page described it as pulsating. Can’t agree with that although, after we scored, the last few minutes  certainly saw us making a fist of it and we could have grabbed a point. I thought we were really sloppy in the first half and seemed content to pass the ball endlessly without any real urgency. The bloke next to me remarked it was a reminder of how England played at the Euros. We looked better with three at the back and most of the substitutions were effective. Hopefully Raynes will be back very soon - that nervy first half showed how integral he is to the team.

Agreed.

The ref missed a lot of Torquay's niggly puhes & shirt-pulling but I am not suggesting we deserved anything from the game, although we gifted them their first goal.

From what I've seen of Fisher, he'd look out of his depth in a car park puddle. The first half was very much England Euro form only to be matched by the announcers enthusiasm.

4 Centre backs in the back 4 always going struggle. Is what it is. Were no Man City with endless cover in all positions. I thought it was a great end to end game. Could easily have won. Wilson chance first half was big game changer. We put many balls across the 6 yard box begging to be tapped in. Torquay keeper was decent too. Need Raynes, Greenslade, Russe back. Zac Smith out for the season. Not sure who he was but a little winger came on 2nd half. Looked class. Up the Romans.

I presume you mean Jordan Alves. I don't think he is that little. But Sweeten also came on and he is relatively short. Or you could even mean Wanjau-Smith who was anonymous first half.

Digger wrote:From what I've seen of Fisher, he'd look out of his depth in a car park puddle.  The first half was very much England Euro form only to be matched by the announcers enthusiasm.

Wilson has been terrific so it is a shame he has had so little support from either Fisher or Davis. But from what we saw second half Wanjau-Smith is his obvious foil and ceetainly enjoyed himself more in that position. First half he was auditioning for a role in a Ronaldo movie with all his arm throwing.

BenE wrote:I presume you mean Jordan Alves. I don't think he is that little. But Sweeten also came on and he is relatively short. Or you could even mean Wanjau-Smith who was anonymous first half.

im not sure on new players yet. takes a while to put a face to a name. wasnt wanjau smith, was definaltey a sub.

Paul1978 wrote:

BenE wrote:I presume you mean Jordan Alves. I don't think he is that little. But Sweeten also came on and he is relatively short. Or you could even mean Wanjau-Smith who was anonymous first half.

im not sure on new players yet. takes a while to put a face to a name. wasnt wanjau smith, was definaltey a sub.

No! He played the whole match.

Did he touch the ball first half? I guess it was an ironic comment.