peadar1987
25/03/2011, 11:13 PM
Decent game overall, I thought. The first half was very scrappy, and neither side really looked like doing anything (unless the 90-odd seconds I missed at the very start were absolutely epic!). The second half was a lot livelier, and the lads played far better. I was very impressed with Webster at right back, and Gary Dempsey had another good game.
One criticism I'd make is that we're still looking to play big long balls over the midfield far too often. With two small fellas like Shane O'Neill and John Mulroy up front, we're not going to win anything in the air, so we're relying on a perfect defence-splitting pass for them to run onto every time, or else it's just giving the ball away.
Without Gary Shaw to bring a bit of height into the attack, I probably would have swapped Shields and Mulroy around, keep the pace out wide, and maybe start winning a few headers.
Other than that, another solid performance from the lads. The table looks quite nice with us in 4th place!
One criticism I'd make is that we're still looking to play big long balls over the midfield far too often. With two small fellas like Shane O'Neill and John Mulroy up front, we're not going to win anything in the air, so we're relying on a perfect defence-splitting pass for them to run onto every time, or else it's just giving the ball away.
Without Gary Shaw to bring a bit of height into the attack, I probably would have swapped Shields and Mulroy around, keep the pace out wide, and maybe start winning a few headers.
Other than that, another solid performance from the lads. The table looks quite nice with us in 4th place!