Owl 44 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Positives: Forestieri's goal Hutch played 2 very Bannanesque sublime passes in first half - put players clean through (couldn't finish) Boyd played well (2nd half) - looks fit First five minutes of 2nd half we looked like Barcelona with Fessi and Bazza on Jordan Lonchar looks a player - as small as Bannan though Liam Palmer (dare I say it) played well Pudil still looks hungry in defence Kit looked good - even though we looked like Everton from the back Hard to tell much from this run out - 2 different teams in each half. Mixture of first teamers and under 23s. Lincoln did cause us problems and our free kicks and corners were terrible. Work in progress - they look fit though! 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincowl Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Jordan Lonchar? Was Preston the small player in second half no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincowl Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Agree that Boyd looked fit and athletic, hopefully will have a better season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Corners. Cross it towards the penalty spot. Big men run in and head it. It really is that simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesdayite paul Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 I thought it was Fraser Preston that played? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl 44 Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, Lincowl said: Jordan Lonchar? Was Preston the small player in second half no? My bad. That's cos one of journalists reported it as Lonchar. Oops. Still looked good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzieowl Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Yes was Preston. Looked lively defo. Few small players today... Preston Fessi Bazza Hunt Baker Kirby (bench) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semedo's ferret Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Didn't think Lonchar was on the pitch. Was very impressed with Alex Hunt. Never gave ball away. FF, BB and Hutch also. Nielson, Jack Lee and Van Aken all were good in a 3 man Defence. With Pudil and Lees we might just be OK in the CB area. Surprised not to see Fletch, Abdi and Hooper. Thought they might have figured after hearing about how hard they are working on fitness. No Wildsmith or Lee either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 12 minutes ago, Semedo's ferret said: Didn't think Lonchar was on the pitch. Was very impressed with Alex Hunt. Never gave ball away. FF, BB and Hutch also. Nielson, Jack Lee and Van Aken all were good in a 3 man Defence. With Pudil and Lees we might just be OK in the CB area. Surprised not to see Fletch, Abdi and Hooper. Thought they might have figured after hearing about how hard they are working on fitness. No Wildsmith or Lee either. Hooper not in full training yet, Fletch and Lee training but not ready yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl 44 Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 17 minutes ago, Semedo's ferret said: Didn't think Lonchar was on the pitch. Was very impressed with Alex Hunt. Never gave ball away. FF, BB and Hutch also. Nielson, Jack Lee and Van Aken all were good in a 3 man Defence. With Pudil and Lees we might just be OK in the CB area. Surprised not to see Fletch, Abdi and Hooper. Thought they might have figured after hearing about how hard they are working on fitness. No Wildsmith or Lee either. Jos has said today that Lee, Fletcher and particularly Hooper will be struggling to be fit for start of season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaping Lannys Perm Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Thought Palmer and Preston really caused them trouble with their interplay. Palmer did some very direct dribbling at times and was determined to go past people. Often cut inside to cross from within the box and they struggled to deal with him when he did that. Preston was very direct and was looking to take the ball on, meeting it rather than waiting for it to reach him and that was a very effective effective with the sorts of balls Bannan was playing to them. Bannan was doing what some would call a quarterback roll, splaying balls to them from distance. Both Palmer and Preston really attacked those passes and looked to meet them in full flight which is a very effective of dealing with such passes. Passes over distance can make play a little pedestrian if you just wait for them to come to you but the way they attacked them was very effective. Bannan is very good at picking out such long passes and if it indeed out tactic to attack them at a high tempo, I can see it working very well. Was also impressed with Boyd, even if he was in a position that surprised me and his overlaps with Forestieri looked effective at times. If Boyd can adapt to that wing back roll full time, we might be on to something with him and Fessi. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobness Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 44 minutes ago, Owl 44 said: Kit looked good - even though we looked like Everton from the back I'd rather be Everton than Ipswich! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaping Lannys Perm Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Pudil continues to look like a natural centre half. My only concern is how he, Van Aken and Lees can work together. Today's formation suggests Van Aken will be the left centre half if he and Pudil are both in the team with Pudil in the centre. That would push Lees to right centre half. I'd argue that that moves both Pudil and Lees away from their most effective position in the three so playing all three together might not be the most effective plan going forward. We've essentially lost two centre half off the books in Loovens and Venacio so hopefully we have the funds to bring at least one in. You could also say that we have lost two from the midfield in Wallace and Butterfield (smirk) but with Bannan, Pessy, Hutch, Reach, hopefully Lee and perhaps even Preston I'm not sure we need to refill those positions as much. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Abusy night for the Dunham Bridge Company then ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 What formation did we play tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl 44 Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, nevthelodgemoorowl said: Abusy night for the Dunham Bridge Company then ! Christ I was stuck in the traffic jam for ages for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowl Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 49 minutes ago, Lincowl said: Agree that Boyd looked fit and athletic, hopefully will have a better season. After hearing so much about Boyd's fitness before last season, I'd be lying if I said I was anything other than gobsmacked to see a guy that for the most part ran like an old woman that had shat herself, and, in any case, had the fitness of that same old woman that was prone to sh*tting herself. That he'd started 33 times for a Premier League team in the season prior to signing for us didn't seem even remotely believable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowl Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 5 minutes ago, dan1980 said: What formation did we play tonight 3-5-2 both halves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl 44 Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 352 First half Lees, Jack Lee and Thorniley at back Baker and Fox wing backs Reach, Hutch and Alex Hunt midfield Matias and Joao up front Second half Pudil, Nielsen and Van Aken at back Palmer and Boyd wing backs Bannan, Preston and Pelupessy midfield Forestieri and Nuhiu up front 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Thought Alex hunt looked terrific first half. Was like watching a young Shez a might have a few diamonds coming through and a manager who knows how to use them 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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