Quote Originally Posted by harpo88 View Post
Interesting CT, I thought Towell was a bit off it until 40 minutes and then he led our little spell then that set the tone for our second half, and he was good then too scampering about.

I know it’s tempting to say we should press all the time but we have to be selective - Reading are decent on the ball but not world beaters, when we dropped back a bit they were hesitant and not very creative. It was only when the ball was loose or on the counterattack they got behind us. So we need to be patient and wait for them to make the mistake in possession which they will. Obviously boxing em in when Martinez had the ball they were making a couple of mistakes too so that worked well but we can’t leave too much soace behind us.

I’m impressed that when I’ve been this year (no home games and 7 away) if it’s not working out Warne has usually got some improvement out of them.
Fair comments, Harpo88. You have to remember I'm still half asleep when I'm watching at 7.00am and may not be making any sense with my observations!

It was that nice mazy run that Towell made early in the first half after muscling his way on to the ball that was the basis for my comment about the first half. His lay-off at the end of it was weak but he did what I think we don't do enough of in carrying the ball forward.

What you say about choosing your moments to press is probably right. I just felt on balance we tended to take the more negative back-to-the-goalie route just a little too often - and then Rodak punted as best he could forward so we ended up worse off than if we had pressed.