MOM v Cheltenham

[jamesdad]

Very impressed with Nottingham playing in his first game for us. Hunt was outstanding next to him as well and this looks like a good pairing as long as Hunt can stay free from injury. Wintle was back to his best in midfield and Powel put in a shift on the wing. The only negative I can find is Charlie Kirk . He does not deliver what we know he can do . He had numerous opportunities to take on the full back but nearly always choose to cut inside and pass the ball. Do not get me going his lack of ability to tackle. A couple of times he pulled out and pressure was then put on our fullback. In the last few minutes when Cheltenham were pushing for a goal and had numerous corners we had all 11 players in our own area for the in swinging corner. Tommy Lowery the smallest home player was was right there in the middle of this group, not sure if he could win a header. We had no player near the half way line to keep possession when the ball was cleared, this is where he should have been and they would have to had players marking him . On numerous occasions we cleared the ball only for it to be pumped back into our area. Cheltenham had there two wingers hugging the touch line on the halfway line when we had corners.Pickering would come to take an in swinging corner kick on the right hand side and as soon as the keeper caught the ball he would kick it out to there player on the right wing , They had done there home work well on is and only by some good defending did this not lead to them scoring. Pickering then had a long run to get back into position,

[jimmyboldon]

Totally agree JD re our defending corners. Even on a mathematical point of view putting 2 players on the half way line works.
The way we currently play.
Us. Goalkeeper, 10 players defending. Them. 1 goalkeeper, 1 corner taker, 9 players attacking. Advantage of 1 to us. Or 2 if you include keeper.
Keep 2 on halfway line.
Us. Goalkeeper, 8 players defending. Them. Goalkeeper, 3 policing our advanced players, 1 corner taker, 6 attackers. This means we have an advantage of 2. (Or 3 including keeper)
Simplistic I know, and greater tacticians may pick fault.