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Tues 14 May 18:45 vs Riverdeep
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14-05-2007 2:55pm#1
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We’re fairly quiet when we lose eh lads
That first half was easily our worst performance ever. We lost all composure in the rush to get early goals. That applies pretty much across the board, we pretty much all under-performed which is what makes it so disappointing as we really let ourselves down as we’re far better than that.
Second-half was a different game altogether, but when you look at it they were pretty much a long ball team that only had one really good player (your man in the black and white shorts up front), but we never got to grips with him and he scored the goals that killed us. I actually thought we were reasonably creative going forward in the second-half, and we definitely get more ball on the ground to play with up front these days which is a clear improvement. But we were wasteful with our finishing, and I really think this ‘shoot on sight’ stuff has gone too far. Yes we scored some great long-range goals last season, but now we’re in the habit of shooting from 30,35 yards even when there’s a clear pass on into a free man in the box. I feel that’s going to cost us more goals than it gains us. Fair enough, take a shot if you have time and space 20-25 yards out, but shots from 35 yards should be rarer -the keeper had his back turned for the shot from the tip-off by the way so it was worth the effort but poorly executed.
And that brings me to a point I made before our very first game – if you’re trying to do the right thing but mess it up despite your best efforts you shouldn’t get abuse – though you can expect to be pulled into line if you’re trying the wrong thing (throwing across our goal, dribbling just outside our box etc) or ignoring instructions. I was guilty of breaking that rule with Shay a while back but patched it up with him within a minute. Let’s try not to forget that approach going forward – the last 5 minutes last night can be ignored cos at a time as frustrating as that it can get to anyone. But we do need lads to take responsibility for their actions and take instruction on-board – its far to easy to respond to constructive criticism with the likes of ‘ah he should’ve been covering him’ – if someone is making the effort to suggest something during the game, maybe he has a point, so take it on-board. If a fella is just giving you unfair hassle though you were trying to do the right thing, then you have a case and that’s fair enough.
So at least we know some of our areas for improvement (and I really feel positioning for both attacking and defensive kick-outs is one of the main areas due to their importance in this format) and we can still take some positives from the second-half last night – we do have much more options and creativity going forward than last year, and when our defence has a consistent lineup each week it’ll be solid. Remember, we’re still 4-3 up on aggregate over our last 2 games!0 -
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