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Worst I’ve seen us play this season, only real effort was from a near own goal, what has happened to the football played at the beginning of the season and scoring for fun, and I think tonight was a case of worrying about the opposition rather than go for the jugular
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Performances have been getting poorer for a while, with Butterfield stifled in midfield. Beestin on the wing is poor, Wilson is weak, Scales is anonymous and Clunan has been poor too.
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I also thought Evans was one of the few to come out with any credit last night, won an awful lot in the air and got in front of his man to win the ball repeatedly. He also looked up for the physical battle which it was always going to be.
Fitz made a few saves and his distribution was outstanding.
I can’t think of any other positives.
We never looked like winning and against a technically limited side who were well drilled, well prepared, motivated and managed the game like a team who just know how to grind out results.
People say Jimmy hasn’t gat a plan B but I honestly couldn’t tell you what plan A is right now. We’re just so slow and ponderous once we get the ball 10 yards past the half way line, it gives teams time to get set and we then can’t pass through them so we just knock it side ways until someone ultimately miss controls it or plays a poor pass and we lose posession.
We also look so lightweight in the middle of the pitch.3 users thanked author for this post.
Tamworth are no better than us but they are more committed more organised and play to their strengths. Well done Tamworth you deserved the victory.
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Their keeper made 1 excellent save from a deflected cross to save an own goal.
Everything else a decent Sunday league keeper would have dealt with. To be fair Ross didn’t have to do anything special either.
Until the sending off a goalless draw was beckoning with us marginally more likely to snatch a scruffy winner. They looked like a draw would have suited them from the off with their keeper taking best part of a minute for every goal kick.
Of course even a draw would have been a better result for them than us.
With the midfield and forward we have and Jimmy’s single minded formation we are only going to win against the better teams by playing fast passing football.
If we get drawn into a scrap we come out second best.
There was a lot of talk earlier in the season about playing us being a cup final for the opposition.
Well now we have 17 games we need to approach as our cup finals. Fast passing football from the off and don’t stop when we score.
The Tamworth style means they can manage games. We cannot so stop trying Jimmy.
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Tamworth I thought were fairly poor themselves. I don’t think they were anything special at all in all honesty. They were more physical and better drilled but that’s about it.
One thing I will say is we look lightweight in midfield. Scales get’s bullied out of it and Butterfield is now ineffective. Clunan is ok but nothing more than that.
I know Beestin is still struggling in terms of match fitness but I’d go him and Pugh in the middle with Clunan behind them with Scales on the right wing with Ferris on the left with Whitehall through the middle.
The CM area needs beefing up. I know it’s a risk playing Beestin there but he’ll be fitter after last night and with more game time he’ll get back to not looking like he’s playing in lead boots.
If Dean was more tactically clued up then he’d change it up and move Butterfield much further forward in a no 10 role and play him behind Whitehall in a bid to get him time on the ball but he only knows one way of playing.
Can’t agree with that, thought they put in a very good performance; as an away fan you’d be absolutely delighted with the way they played and it’s no fluke they are on such an incredible run.
Saturday will be interesting, does he double down on the 4-3-3 and the same personnel? The post match interview was concerning as he didn’t seem to acknowledge none of it was really working before the red card.
Personally, I haven’t seen nothing from Clunan since he returned from injury to suggest he should be starting, Beestin just doesn’t look fit enough either so I’d consider putting Pugh and Sembie Ferris in the starting line up. Butterfield has to be further up the field too, I’d almost play him as a second striker and end up in more of a 4-2-3-1 which was more or less the way we set up earlier in the league.
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GK Campbell
CF Whitehall
CF Fitzsimons
Throw the kitchen sink at em!You had me going there until I got to the end!!
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