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Quoted from fishboyUTM

They're shite. And perhaps we should be looking to sign that bustling centre forward of theirs. We needs someone like that.

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Harrogate Goals

Goal 1:

Brilliant play from Folarin and smart movement from Armstrong.

Amos - oh dear. Rolled far too easily. Outpaced and in hindsight should have pulled him back or something…anything

Khan - Having seen Amos was struggling, Khan did little to help.

Maher - had to cover the near post - fine

Waterfall - Armstrong runs off the back of him but not a huge amount he can do. Assumes Maher, Green and Crocombe have the near post covered so steps out to stop a cut-back

Efete - would have liked to see him shuffle across to cover Armstrong because that’s where the danger is. Probably didn’t anticipate our left flank dissolving like a post Christmas lunch Rennie

Crocombe - not sure how close he was to cutting out the cross or whether he should have

Goal 2:

Efete - misjudged the bounce. Probably should have dragged Muldoon down.

Waterfall - again, not much he could have done. Could have backed off Muldoon in the hope Efete would either have fouled him or got back goal side? Probably not

Maher - tries to play for an offside. Stands still with his hand in the air, even though it’s nowhere near offside. Why on earth didn’t he cover behind Waterfall - again, that’s where the danger was. I’ve seen Smith make similar mistakes several times this season too.

Crocombe - when Muldoon skips inside, Crocombe panics, retreats, tries to step forward, slips, panics again, doesn’t have time to set himself and ends up in a Hakka pose with his legs as wide as the Cook Strait.

Goal 3:

Amos - again!! Has to spot the danger quicker, especially as he was well aware that Khan was in could’nt-be-arśed-defending mode.

Khan - ball watching, not tracking runner

Crocombe - not his day being an understatement.

Conclusion:

- We concede so many goals where the opposition aren’t challenged, whether it be shirt pulls or tactical fouls. It was the same last season (e.g. Solihull away).

- Assuming Glennon is fit he’ll be starting on Thursday. Although I don’t know if that will help that left hand side as it’s been our weak point all season.

- Khan - I’m still baffled how he survived at wing-back for parts of his career as his defensive naivety (if I’m being kind) is scary - see also the penalty conceded vs Hartlepool.  

- Crocombe - has been Town’s 2nd or 3rd best player this season. Command of his box (from crosses) has been superb. However, off the top of my head, I can think of three examples (Hoskins - Northampton, Miller - Doncaster, Armstrong - Harrogate) where the opposition have scored following through balls where the goalscorer’s first touch is only 10 yards out.
For Armstrong’s 2nd goal, Crocombe’s on the penalty spot when Muldoon cuts inside, which is fine - but then he steps back a few yards…and then slips!  Crocombe’s good enough and tall enough to risk a L2 player chipping him from 35/40 yards. It might happen once a season but it’s better than the alternative of being caught too deep and allowing Armstrong to latch on to an average through ball that Max could have mopped up.

- How on earth have we lost that match!

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Harrogate Goals

Goal 1:

Brilliant play from Folarin and smart movement from Armstrong.

Amos - oh dear. Rolled far too easily. Outpaced and in hindsight should have pulled him back or something…anything

Khan - Having seen Amos was struggling, Khan did little to help.

Maher - had to cover the near post - fine

Waterfall - Armstrong runs off the back of him but not a huge amount he can do. Assumes Maher, Green and Crocombe have the near post covered so steps out to stop a cut-back

Efete - would have liked to see him shuffle across to cover Armstrong because that’s where the danger is. Probably didn’t anticipate our left flank dissolving like a post Christmas lunch Rennie

Crocombe - not sure how close he was to cutting out the cross or whether he should have

Goal 2:

Efete - misjudged the bounce. Probably should have dragged Muldoon down.

Waterfall - again, not much he could have done. Could have backed off Muldoon in the hope Efete would either have fouled him or got back goal side? Probably not

Maher - tries to play for an offside. Stands still with his hand in the air, even though it’s nowhere near offside. Why on earth didn’t he cover behind Waterfall - again, that’s where the danger was. I’ve seen Smith make similar mistakes several times this season too.

Crocombe - when Muldoon skips inside, Crocombe panics, retreats, tries to step forward, slips, panics again, doesn’t have time to set himself and ends up in a Hakka pose with his legs as wide as the Cook Strait.

Goal 3:

Amos - again!! Has to spot the danger quicker, especially as he was well aware that Khan was in could’nt-be-arśed-defending mode.

Khan - ball watching, not tracking runner

Crocombe - not his day being an understatement.

Conclusion:

- We concede so many goals where the opposition aren’t challenged, whether it be shirt pulls or tactical fouls. It was the same last season (e.g. Solihull away).

- Assuming Glennon is fit he’ll be starting on Thursday. Although I don’t know if that will help that left hand side as it’s been our weak point all season.

- Khan - I’m still baffled how he survived at wing-back for parts of his career as his defensive naivety (if I’m being kind) is scary - see also the penalty conceded vs Hartlepool.  

- Crocombe - has been Town’s 2nd or 3rd best player this season. Command of his box (from crosses) has been superb. However, off the top of my head, I can think of three examples (Hoskins - Northampton, Miller - Doncaster, Armstrong - Harrogate) where the opposition have scored following through balls where the goalscorer’s first touch is only 10 yards out.
For Armstrong’s 2nd goal, Crocombe’s on the penalty spot when Muldoon cuts inside, which is fine - but then he steps back a few yards…and then slips!  Crocombe’s good enough and tall enough to risk a L2 player chipping him from 35/40 yards. It might happen once a season but it’s better than the alternative of being caught too deep and allowing Armstrong to latch on to an average through ball that Max could have mopped up.

- How on earth have we lost that match!

Quoted from HerveJosse

Because whenever we go in front away from home we fail l to refresh , sit back and hope the opposition won’t be god enough to take advantage . Increasingly they don’t have to be much good to succeed . Hurst modus operandi since birth.