Originally Posted by
osarusan
We were the better team in the first half, created some decent chances (Dean Clarke skied over from about 6 yards), Bray looked very limited indeed. 0-0 at half time but we looked like going on to win.
2nd half we collapsed. 1st goal was from our corner. It was cleared to our half-way line where Harding tried to take two touches when he shouldn't have, leaving a two-on-two, which become two-on-one when another defender slid in and missed everything. They almost messed it up but it rebounded kindly for them and the striker smashed it in.
2nd goal was a misplaced pass the edge of our own area - Onwubiko was on it like a flash. O Donnell saved the first effort but he knocked in the rebound.
3rd was another calamity - Cassidy just walked through the defence. O Donnell saved but he got the rebound and had an age to control and poke it home.
4th was a ball into our box from Onwubiko that we never cleared. Bobbled round for a while and finally laid off to the edge of the area and somebody fired home through a bunch of players.
Defensively we were a total shambles - we still try to pass and play football in silly areas. The first and 3rd goals came from this.
In attack we are so so limited - we have absolutely nothing else than a ball over the top for a forward to run on to. We pass and pass and pass in the middle of the field (occasionally losing possession) but it will always end up with a hopeful ball over the top. Deliveries from corners were terrible - Russell failed to beat the first defender almost every time.
Dean Clarke finally got in behind the defence at the very end and completely misfired, to cap it all off.
any time we get it wide to a position where every team in the world would send in a cross, we feel the need to play it back to midfield. Usually Duggan, then Williams maybe, and finally, a long hopeful hoof from a much worse position than the earlier position we had. We've done that countless times over the first 6 games.
Russell, O Connor in midfield, Rainsford, offered very little at all.
It's one thing getting hammered by Cork - they are just a better team. Bray were noting special at all - in fact they were woeful in the first half, but we just fell apart against them. If we lose against Galway next week (and if we defend so badly again, we will lose) we are in serious trouble.