Tuesday, December 16, 2003

He didn't mate, he actually played quite well. Maybe a little quiet but that's because we had a bit of a memorial game for Mark Jobson, where Matt would find himself in acres of space out on the left wing, but no bugger would pass to him. It was a pretty steady, pedestrian, run of the mill performance by everyone really, didn't need to be any more than that. Norreys are certainly not a bad side by any stretch of the imagination, but they don't exactly have strikers that put the fear of god into you. Their midfield work well, but are let down a bit by physically poor defenders (although they were organised quite well) and lacklustre strikers. The midfield are their key because they tried to add numbers to the attack and the defence. We were actually at our best when we let them attack, because it pulled their defence right up the pitch and gave Dave and Neil lots of room to run into behind them, meaning they couldn't nullify it with numbers of people. But as soon as we pushed them up the pitch a bit, it all got a bit bunched up so the game was not so good to watch. But hey, that's something to work on once we've consolidated our position in the league. If we try and run before we can walk we'll end up beating ourselves by trying to be too complicated. 3 points from every game between now and the end of the season will suit me fine. You know we've lost the same number of league games as we had this time last season...