Some of the reactions I've read online you'd have thought we lost the game 3-2 instead of winning it.
We were in control for the majority of the game apart from going to sleep twice from a corner and a free kick. If we had played at the tempo we played at just after our third goal it would have been a walk over but can be difficult when teams have ten men behind the ball.
Some of the reactions I've read online you'd have thought we lost the game 3-2 instead of winning it. We were in control for the majority of the game apart from going to sleep twice from a corner and a free kick. If we had played at the tempo we played at just after our third goal it would have been a walk over but can be difficult when teams have ten men behind the ball.
My thoughts on the game as well C.
Fleetwood set up for a draw and apart from two set pieces, offered very little offensively.
I wish the world of football were not so obsessed with selecting Man of the Match and castigating individuals for mistakes. Take the second Fleetwood goal for example which has generated so much comment regarding our failure to deal with the set piece. Fleetwood's free kick was for a foul committed 15 seconds after our goal kick. During that 15 seconds the goal kick went to Smith who tried a flick on to Ball who could have been through on goal but it didn't quite come off. Instead it was booted forward by Fleetwood, headed back to them in an attempt to get the ball back to Smith, then they took it down their right wing quite skilfully and were stopped by a professional foul. You could allocate blame for the goal to any of our players who touched the ball during that 15 seconds, but in fact each touch was a genuine competitive effort to deal with a Fleetwood side who, just at that time, were in the ascendancy (especially their No. 16). I'd prefer to focus upon the fact that we have won more than half of our games which would seem to vindicate an attacking style which will inevitable leave the last man exposed from time to time.
