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If we play like we did in the first half at Watford for the rest of the season we'll go down.
If we play like we did in the second half we'll have no worries.
We looked much more threatening once Dion went forward towards the end of the first half, he won balls that MdV, on recent form, wouldn't have got anywhere near.
Connolly's goal was the sort of chance strikers with no confidence can miss. He had ages to think about where to put the ball, but he stayed cool and took it like a striker. It's amazing how much better he became after the goal, he nearly got a second and set up the equaliser.
Credit to CL for doing whatever he did at half time, the players seemed to be much more determined. We started passing the ball round well, and spreading the play wide to stretch the Watford defence. We looked much better with Tiatto and Gillespie on. Maybury looks a really good attacking right back, but when he plays as a left back (or left wing back) he's a lot less effective going forward. Crossing the ball isn't one of Kenton's strengths, so we really needed the wide players.
It looked to me like the starting formation was designed just to contain Watford, but when we started to play a more attacking game we looked much better. I hope CL realises this and plays much more positively from the start at West Ham on Friday.
If we play like we did in the second half we'll have no worries.
We looked much more threatening once Dion went forward towards the end of the first half, he won balls that MdV, on recent form, wouldn't have got anywhere near.
Connolly's goal was the sort of chance strikers with no confidence can miss. He had ages to think about where to put the ball, but he stayed cool and took it like a striker. It's amazing how much better he became after the goal, he nearly got a second and set up the equaliser.
Credit to CL for doing whatever he did at half time, the players seemed to be much more determined. We started passing the ball round well, and spreading the play wide to stretch the Watford defence. We looked much better with Tiatto and Gillespie on. Maybury looks a really good attacking right back, but when he plays as a left back (or left wing back) he's a lot less effective going forward. Crossing the ball isn't one of Kenton's strengths, so we really needed the wide players.
It looked to me like the starting formation was designed just to contain Watford, but when we started to play a more attacking game we looked much better. I hope CL realises this and plays much more positively from the start at West Ham on Friday.
