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Post by harryhaddock on Jan 21, 2017 20:40:37 GMT
Great performance today and so many positives to take from that.
Firstly all 3 of the new signings were excellent and contributed. The energy in the midfield three was good. Lewis covered so much ground (was MoM for me) and I really like Prestedge doing the dirty work sitting in front of the back four. Pax will benefit so much from playing with those two as he can make a greater impact at the right end of the field hence his well taken goal.
Sam-Yorke was immense up front against a very tall Torquay defence. Great hold up play with his back to goal but also very mobile and prepared to run at the opposition. Nicely taken goal too. Him and Loza looked dangerous and if we can take more chances we'll be looking very good.
The change of formation to 3 at the back worked brilliantly, well done Jay for changing it up. I'm sure the 2 weeks off have been used to work on it, we looked so comfortable playing that way and created so many chances. Special mention to Twumasi at right wing back who had an excellent game and seemed to thrive getting up and down.
My only gripe is that for all the positives we nearly undid 90 minutes of great effort with 2 individual errors from our centre backs. I'm not going to go into in too much but we need an addition badly in that position especially if we're to play 3 at the back. Surprised to see Lokko left out as I think he's the best we've got at centre back. Would love a quality signing in this position this week as it's currently our achiles heel. Thankfully we're blessed at keeper and Worgs dug us out of a hole.
Finally the stand looks amazing and is a real sign of where the club can go. Changes the whole feel of the ground and I couldn't help but just stare at it on occasion. It'll be great once complete and I'm sure the view from it will be excellent.
So good to have some positivity around the place (great crowd) and the forum for a change. Pmh leaves the forum and our luck starts to turn...coincidence I'm sure but today shows it's not all bad and that we can get out of it. Let's keep up the positivity and get another 3 points next week. COYS.
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Post by moley on Jan 21, 2017 20:44:03 GMT
Good performance today again, but this time turned into points.
Yes, I thought Coyle was fouled for their goal, and said as much on Stones Live, it was clear from my angle (but not the refs obviously) but I also think that their Pen looked like a v good shout and was not surprised when it was given.
We have to start a recovery somewhere, take a moment to think how things would have been if we didn't start now (or look at the Torquay forum). Now we need to continue in the same vein
The big improvement for me was that the chances kept coming, rather than having spells where we dominated but did not convert. At no point did I feel "we will regret not scoring in that spell", we were pretty much producing opportunities throughout the game, so we always looked like we could score. I agree we could have been a bit more clinical but that would have turned a probable victory into a trouncing, and TBH I am more interested in performances and points.
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Post by Swaffham Stone on Jan 21, 2017 21:15:34 GMT
More importantly did Torquay remember their away kit this time or did they have to come out in purple tie dye again? They turned up looking like Juventus or Notts County
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Post by toonarmy on Jan 21, 2017 21:21:55 GMT
The 3 news signings were immense, my man of the match was Stuart Lewis, who ran his socks off, it was a close call as Lee was also very worthy of the man of the match award for the penalty save, but I honestly believe the 3 new signings will keep us up this season
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Post by chickenandbaconpie on Jan 21, 2017 21:33:17 GMT
Best performance in a while. Twumassi showed how badly he was missed. Yorke looks a beast. Lewis was immense. We dominated the first half. Second half was more edgy, though we were good value for the win. Their goal and penalty both could have been avoided and we definitely let them in to it.
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Post by southcoaststone on Jan 21, 2017 21:35:22 GMT
More importantly did Torquay remember their away kit this time or did they have to come out in purple tie dye again? They turned up looking like Juventus or Notts County Clearly more Notts County than Juve thankfully.
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Post by chickenandbaconpie on Jan 21, 2017 21:38:06 GMT
Clearly more Notts County than Juve thankfully. More like Real 60 i would have said.
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Post by stewart on Jan 21, 2017 21:40:00 GMT
On the 14th of january I wrote the following statement. "we usually hit a patch of crap form around christmas time, the actual performances of the team has been good. if only the goals would go in the other end for a change".
How many attempts at their goal did we go for? fortunately two managed to go in this time, their total attempts i believe?
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Post by gromley on Jan 21, 2017 21:42:22 GMT
Great Result, Great Performance (mostly), Great Atmosphere. (Where did that crowd come from by the way? Surely the script is that attendances dwindle as we descend towards the sixth circle of hell? Is it (a) because Torquay as an ex-league club are a massive draw (b) because Torquay brought a shedload {very large shed obvs} (c) because a certain poison has been excised from the forum or (d) Brexit ?)As I've said before I do think our performances (especially in midfield) have been improving over last couple of months and this was a definite further step up. But for all that there is a certain familiarity to the script: - Bossed the game for long periods.
Didn't turn that into chances / missed a hat load of chances.
- Got caught a couple of costly (near costly) times at the back.
Arriving late I didn't have a particularly good view of the 1st half, but found a better perch for the second half.
In that second half I thought we looked a lot more threatening in the box than I have ever seen before (bear in mind that this only my second season, but I don't recall us looking that sharp even last year).
Someone questioned whether Delano has strikers instinct in front of goal; not totally sure he does but I was very impressed with his hold up play, battling and distribution and of course to be fair he did actually score the opener. Hopefully Yemi is not out for too long as I think the two of them could be a useful combination.
Of course the midfield, of course and I agree with most of what's already been said - fantastic. Given our defensive frailties though I do think we may need to sit back a little more in other games - maybe the half-time instruction was to push up as Torquay offered nothing in attack (Was this really the team that put 9 past FGR in two legs?).
By the way does anyone understand what formation we were actually playing? On paper I thought it was a 5-3-1, but in practise it looked like :
Sam-Yorke & Loza Up front.
BJT at left Mid
Pax, Prestedge & Lewis in centre mid.
No Right mid , but Seth playing as a right wing back
Loko and Coyle at Centre Back.
Mills as a more traditional right Back.
It seemed to work, but I'm just a bit confused by asymmetric formations - or did I just mis-read our set up?
Anyway before I get too analytically depressed, I ought to remind myself that I was encouraged by recent decent/good performances, a good/very good performance and three points is for sure a reason to be cheerful!
For the hypothetical 50 points, we needed 8 wins from 18, now it is 7 from17 - at this rate we'll be safe in the 1st week of March ;-)
I'm disappointed not to be able to make Solihull or York, which were two non-local away games I was looking forward to (especially as it is highly unlikely we'll face York next season).
Solihull certainly looked beatable when they came down here (although they have recruited recently) and a victory there could extend our mini-league of 8 to 9, not to mention creating a real turn in sentiment. To be fair though, they have to be strong favourites for that game!
For me though the next game is the Shots at home next month ffs, not sure how I will survive.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 21:43:10 GMT
We won yeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Post by gromley on Jan 21, 2017 21:54:48 GMT
I forgot to comment on that : Was it Jamar that missed 'that' chance in the first half (I didn't have a clear sight). In the second half on a handful of occasions he took one touch too many in front of goal; don't get me wrong Jamar is excellent , but I do think Yemi gives us something in the up front role. Also now I recall, Flish had a scorcher that looked on target from my angle, but was saved by the keeper. And to be fair to the front men ; today, I don't think they made the keeper look good, I think Brendan Moore genuinely is.
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Post by chickenandbaconpie on Jan 21, 2017 22:08:28 GMT
Flisher's shot was flying in but for a very god save from their keeper. I couldnt see what happened when Loza had that chance. We could/should have got more than we did.
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Post by Nick on Jan 21, 2017 22:22:26 GMT
sorry to disagree with the view that we need Yemi back in the line-up yes, nice guy and decent footballer BUT IS HE REALLY THAT GOOD ?
he can do a half decent job for us but does he score enough goals ?
just look at his record over the past 10 years for a mix of clubs 386 appearances for a goal return of 79
now I think a really good striker should be managing a ratio of 1/2 (top class) or at the very least 1/3 Yemi on the other hand manages a goal ratio that is bordering on one goal every 5 matches sorry but we need another striking partner alongside Sam-Yorke
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 22:28:37 GMT
Good game today, the lads worked really hard individually and as a team. You could see that once we had our noses in front for the second time that we wanted to win and chased them down. A good example of this was after the penalty save, instead of congratulating each other and losing concentration the lads regrouped quickly and stopped the short corner that Torquay wanted to take. On this showing we have a team that will be competing in the NL next season. A big crowd today but because I arrived close to kick off my view was severly restricted as I could not get on a rail position, I moved to three different parts of the ground but no joy. I am not a short lad either. Anyone know if I can bring one of those folding steps along next time I am going to be late. I often bring one and so do many others, you're allowed to bring them in. I always seem to end up lending mine to some kid or other though LOL
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 22:31:46 GMT
I know the view of the game is crap unless you get there much earlier than I did today, I still chose to go. I will not go if I am pushed for time and the weather is poor unless I think I can squeeze in the town end. Mind you this stand has serious view restrictions too. Not sure if the new stand will be season ticket only but it will be a big improvement for many fans viewing enjoyment. Part of the new stand will be for away supporters and I'd be surprised if there are restrictions on the use for the rest of it since it will be just another standing area It is frustrating when you don't get a good position. I was lucky today and as usual, I sacrificed the severe temptation to go and get a burger at half-time because that's a sure-fire way to lose your spot
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