by Little Shrimp » Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:24 am
On reflection, thought we were probably the better side after a strong second half. Excellent start but let Mansfield back in after we scored, and they ended up playing some decent stuff.
But they didn't offer much in the second and we had a good few chances, should have had a penalty and were denied by a brilliant save.
All round a pretty good performance, just a shame about quite a few sloppy passes/touches that stopped us really being able to take more control in the game. Annoyingly as he got into some great positions, Phillips was a massive culprit for this. Attempting 'clever' passes that were never really on, that might have been a cool idea if one of our players was ever going to be there to receive. Hard to drop him though as he scored again and got into some really dangerous areas throughout.
A bit mixed from Diagouraga tonight - had some really lovely moments but also a few poorly weighted passes that did basically scream "I've been been suspended and haven't played for a few weeks". I'm sure he'll get his sharpness back soon. Songo'o looking like he's not quite adjusted to being back on the pitch yet - hopefully will settle soon and find his feet.
NKP overall had a really good game, and kept his head when on the ball which was great to see. In regards to their goal, I think he did get drawn a little bit too far towards the ball but it wasn't criminal. He was right to be stood goal-side of his man so as to defend the 6 yard box and not let him slip in ahead. Was a clever finish too.
After his error and some strange things being said about him on another thread, Lavelle was pretty imperious - for me one of his most impressive attributes is his ability to anticipate and get ahead of strikers to intercept passes into them and then carry the ball out. Showcased that last night well.