Pottypilgrim":1nqw5iho said:
No sign of a 'Just Back' so thought I'd start one off with a short report from my Vale mate..I wasn't there myself. 'It wasn't a shock win mate. We outplayed you on the day. You never even tested our keeper. We were unlucky not to get 3 and thats not including the denied penalty. Anything less than 3pts for Vale would have been undeserved!' Sounds as if we didn't penetrate at all.
I was there and whilst didnt deserve to win, we should have at least got the draw if Canavan and Wootton did their job and marked people.
I would say that we were the better footballing team but once again, the passing out from the back was far too slow and all too often the person receiving the ball was closed down and just passed it sideways or backwards, so we lacked any real penetration.
A slow, tippy-tappy team were beaten by a stronger, quicker team, albeit a lesser footballing side. But it's all about results in the final analysis.
Pott Vale were a better 4th Division team than us in that they were quite physical. Their RB should have had a red card for his knee-high assault on Mayor.
We can't keep saying we are a work in progress, that argument is wearing a bit thin now. All our slow passing is occasionally effective but we are not winning games.
I realise Aimson has had a serious injury but he has to play now. Canavan is absolutely woeful and embarrassment as the central defender in a back 3 trying to play the ball out where he gets so much of the ball which he is so obviously uncomfortable with.
Moore is not a central striker and was pretty ineffective.Taylor was also pretty ineffective, beaten most times by their big CB. Baxter is slow and still does not look match fit. Mayor tried hard to no avail. We gave the ball away so many times which didnt help either.
Apart from a header off the line by a defender, their keeper had a fairly easy afternoon and that is a worry.
We look slow as a team, just like we did last season. I can't understand why Sarcevic starts but Cooper is only brought on to try and rescue a point. We need more attacking impetus.
Perhaps Lowe isn't quite as positive as we all thought.