Common Villager
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Surprised by some of the positive comments about Berkoe, as I thought he was very poor. He looked really weak and lost out in every 50/50. He made a couple of decent overlapping runs but other than that don't think he offered much. That's not me writing him off, I just don't think he had a good game last night.
On the whole I thought the performance last night was poor. We started by lining up 433 but Robinson switched to a diamond very early on because the wide players in the front three were getting pushed very far back, making it closer to a 451. However, that change didn't really work either as both full backs were getting exposed far too often.
I don't think any of our players had a particularly good game. Moore and Mousinho did fairly well I suppose, although there's an argument to be made that the defending was poor again for both of Millwall's goals.
The players do of course need to be praised for not totally giving up, but I agree with previous posters that the main reason we were able to get back into the game was because of the defensive substitutions made by Harris (reminded me so much of Wilder when he was here). Up until the changes he made our CB's and midfield had very little time on the ball and as a result we struggled to get any sort of passing football going. However, those changes allowed us to bring the ball out much further, and when Thorne came on he had the time to pick out a pass.
On Thorne, it's evident that he's a very good passer of the ball but it's obvious he's still a good few weeks off of any sort of fitness. He looked knackered after 5 minutes on the pitch yesterday. When/if we can get him fit he could be a very useful player.
On the whole then, it was a very disappointing performance. However, we're in the next round and I guess that's all that matters in the cup!
Let's hope the result has given the squad a boost going into the Coventry match.
On the whole I thought the performance last night was poor. We started by lining up 433 but Robinson switched to a diamond very early on because the wide players in the front three were getting pushed very far back, making it closer to a 451. However, that change didn't really work either as both full backs were getting exposed far too often.
I don't think any of our players had a particularly good game. Moore and Mousinho did fairly well I suppose, although there's an argument to be made that the defending was poor again for both of Millwall's goals.
The players do of course need to be praised for not totally giving up, but I agree with previous posters that the main reason we were able to get back into the game was because of the defensive substitutions made by Harris (reminded me so much of Wilder when he was here). Up until the changes he made our CB's and midfield had very little time on the ball and as a result we struggled to get any sort of passing football going. However, those changes allowed us to bring the ball out much further, and when Thorne came on he had the time to pick out a pass.
On Thorne, it's evident that he's a very good passer of the ball but it's obvious he's still a good few weeks off of any sort of fitness. He looked knackered after 5 minutes on the pitch yesterday. When/if we can get him fit he could be a very useful player.
On the whole then, it was a very disappointing performance. However, we're in the next round and I guess that's all that matters in the cup!
Let's hope the result has given the squad a boost going into the Coventry match.
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