Frustrating. Almost 3 times as many attempts on goal than them too. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
Glad I didn't trek up from Birmingham for this one, despite leaving Oakwell on a high on Saturday. Seems to have been the pattern for home games since the end of January. Start well, miss the odd early chance, retain possession, miss a couple more chances, fail to win game. I kidded myself into think we wouldn't miss Winnall/Hourihane that much but we're desperately short on quality without them.
We're only short on quality up front. The rest of the team were excellent tonight, apart from maybe Hammill who tried but his crossing etc. was mediocre. Plus Kent when he came on kept losing it, thus inducing minor heart attacks.
Not sure you can call a midfield that creates nothing excellent. They passed nicely near the half way line but created little or nothing going forward.
Possession is overated and seen as overhyped because it's tippy tappy. Bit like how 180s are overated in darts where last week Van Gerwen thrashed Chisnall 7-1 but lost on 180s 5-3.
Well I enjoyed the game tonight. One team playing football, and some of the approach play was tremendous. Thought Janko, James, MacDonald Roberts and Scowen did well, Mowatt getting better every game, and Bradshaw put a very good shift in. We definitely lack a cutting edge but there is plenty to be positive about.
Think Mowatt got more involved, threaded some decent passes through. He also made some mistakes. I'm far from convinced that we should play a system around him. I think he needs to fit into the system, but I'd say that was a bit more promising with him in the side, (compared to his other outings).
4-5-1 isn't going to work with a striker like Bradshaw receiving so little support from the midfield three. Until the later stages, when Scowen got further up the field, the gap between the striker and the midfield was huge. I keep hearing that Mowatt is an attacking midfielder, yet he never seemed to be supporting Bradshaw.
