Excellent performance today, very, very unlucky

[London Irish]

Re: Re: Excellent performance today, very, very unlucky

To be fair, he never got the ball in the box (apart from pen), but he showed a glimpse of what perhaps his strength is at this level - as a creative rather than scoring player. His through balls and lay-offs were excellent, his crosses good. Perhaps people should get off his back for not scoring and look at the others who aren't delivering - Leon is bang on form, perhaps aside from his finishing. The support from the crowd for him was excellent.

Agree 100 per cent.

 

[Lokki 7]

I can only compare it to something like West Ham, or the game at Leicester, where the opposition was all over us far more than Millwall were today but we survived and prospered.

For me it was depressing because Millwall are not a good side and didn't play particularly well, yet with the exception of the 15 min period early in the second half, we caused them little to worry about. I thought Claridge and Virgo looked lost in the first half. Leon had an impact, I don't care what position we play him in, lets just make sure he is on the pitch for 90 mins.

 

[Ned Zelic]

I can only compare it to something like West Ham, or the game at Leicester, where the opposition was all over us far more than Millwall were today but we survived and prospered.

Today our tactics and general play did a good job at neutering much of what Millwall did.

But we were let down by one lapse in concentration at a free kick - that's the size of it.

I accept Millwall were the better team, I said as much, but that doesn't mean McGhee and most of our players didn't do a good job for us today. You can play decently and still lose. I take positives from that. There have been a few defeats this season where that's not been at all possible

Leicester were not all over us, they resorted to hitting long balls to Dublin.

The second half performance today merited some reward, but the opening 45 minutes were absolutely dire and showed how life will be without any footballers in our team (with the possible exception of Alexis Nicolas and Paul Reid who tries to play the right way). Our strike pair were one-dimensional and had no impact and the midfield was hardworking but absolutely workmanlike.

 

[mrhairy]

Knight for Claridge next week please.

 

[London Irish]

Leicester were raining chances down on our goal in the first-half, Dublin and Connolly both missed sitters. Same at West Ham, Hutchison and Harewood chance after chance.

Today, Michel only had to touch the ball once in the first half, to pick it out of the net. Our command of midfield was much more assured today from the outset.

Yes, I agree we didn't create much either in the first half but that was McGhee's 5-3-2 gameplan, keep the game uneventful and unexciting, and maybe have a dash at them near the end with Knight. A draw would have been an excellent result for us, after all.

As for Millwall not being a good side, well, they are one point off a play-off place, the table does not lie, particularly now we halfway through the season. As for them not looking good today, that was down to how well we let them look. Their squad is much, much better than ours, that's the simple truth of it, they can afford to leave Ifill and Wise on their bench!

 

[dougdeep]

The Sports Argus headline is"TORN APART" Mr Naylor wasn't impressed then.

 

[southstandandy]

Performance was OK yesterday but I'm becoming increasingly frustrated at our lack of goals. Some guy on the train back reckoned we have scored the fewest goals in the first half of a season since the early 70's. This can't be true can it ?

Surely DK could release £50k from the Currie sale for a couple of loans ?

 

[dougdeep]

Stoke have only got 17 so far as well this season, so Friday's game should be exciting.

 

[The Laughing Bluebird]

But, frankly, who cares if Leon misses consolation penalties?

Not worried about goal difference then, LI?

 

[m20gull]

Re: Re: Excellent performance today, very, very unlucky

Not worried about goal difference then, LI?

Have you seen our goal difference?

 

[The Laughing Bluebird]

Re: Re: Re: Excellent performance today, very, very unlucky

Have you seen our goal difference?

Leeds + 1
Coventry - 8
Brighton - 14
Cardiff - 7
Forest - 12

 

[Dave In Gloucester]

Report from Millwall Now Online...

 

[Brixtaan]

Millwall weren't very good, we only lost because of Harding's doziness.I can't believe other clubs are looking at him, page1 of defending manual says stay goal side of the attacker.
Claridge looked old but will 3 attackers work every week?

We were stitched up by the chavs on and off the pitch yesterday and to be brutally frank i really wanted to have a fight.

After seeing Currie and Sidwells goals, i think i'm going back to bed.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

We can be very unlucky all season and still go down.

Bollox defending for the first goal, hats of to MM for changing the formation for the second half but get real - KNIGHT WILL GO IF NOT PLAYING AND WE PLAYED BETTER WHEN HE WAS ON THE PITCH.

Unstoppable second killed the game off

my friend i think he is going anyway

 

[The Laughing Bluebird]

We were stitched up by the chavs on and off the pitch yesterday and to be brutally frank i really wanted to have a fight.

You'd probably have lost that as well.....

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

We had a good spell in the second half when we had to score but as usual we didn't. But other than that, I thought it was a pretty average performance.

The simple reality is that unless we get a striker in, we will end up being relegated. Wise bringing himself on was the turning point. He re-galvanised them and after that, they looked the better team again.

I didn't think we missed Currie too much actually and thought Carpenter took some good set pieces.

Playing three up front in the 2nd half was a bold move but they all played too close to each other - there was no width. Shame Jarrett wasn't even in the squad as I would have liked to have seen him get a run out.

The big question is can we even afford to get a loan striker in? The club must come clean and tell us.

 

[The Auditor]

LI, that was not an "excellent performance" and we were not "very very unlucky". We were second best and deserved to lose. Ifs buts and maybes aside, we lost and it was not because we were unlucky. I love the Albion dearly, and they didn't play at all badly but that wasn't good enough.
Can I borrow your rose tinted specs for our next game please?

Spot on... no goals (again) = no points

Striker needed now before its too late

And dont give me that better than last time bollox , look at our last ten games ...we need to get points now

 

[Ernest]

Less than 1 goal a game played sums it all up, if you don't score goals you don't win games.

 

[dougdeep]

Less than 1 goal a game played sums it all up, if you don't score goals you don't win games.

...and if you don't let them in, you don't lose.

 

[Ernest]

...and if you don't let them in, you don't lose.

but we do let them in ol' bean , only 7 clean sheets in 23 games