Re: Dartford v Farnborough Sat 19 Aug 2023
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 10:49 am
I thought Farnborough started the game better but we soon took control and had a 15-20 min spell where we were on top, but other than a few half chances never created anything clear cut. The last 15-20 mins of the first half from our perspective were forgettable.
Unfortunately second half was even worse than the first and we never threatened their goal at all, Farnborough then had more possession and i was concerned they were going to nick a goal, but on the day they were as poor as us and our defence also held firm.
Second half we created nothing and it wasn't until the 75th minute when i think we had our first attempt on goal which Statham tapped home from close range. We then had a 10-15 minute spell where we looked better, but that wasn't really hard after the previous 75 mins. I did think at that time if we held onto the lead with a clean sheet, our first win would be good for confidence. But we all know what happened right at the end so more disappointment i'm afraid.
I've said all along that we have too many similar forwards with no different options and have provided very little decent service to the front men. Continuing to play long balls up to them and hope we get something has not been effective and unfortunately our two wide players have not created much in the last few games either, i feel they need to say wider to find some space. So like every other game just swapping forwards for forwards has not really made much difference. Not sure Dowse has enough confidence in Herschel atm but other than that we have no other attacking wide players or a forward who can play a No. 10 role and try to link things so this leaves us very predictable to play against.
Defensively we look to be getting better which will give us something to build on and MOTM for me between Block, Beeney and Statham, in the end went for Beeney.
Ref had a really poor game and looked out of his depth at this level.
Unfortunately second half was even worse than the first and we never threatened their goal at all, Farnborough then had more possession and i was concerned they were going to nick a goal, but on the day they were as poor as us and our defence also held firm.
Second half we created nothing and it wasn't until the 75th minute when i think we had our first attempt on goal which Statham tapped home from close range. We then had a 10-15 minute spell where we looked better, but that wasn't really hard after the previous 75 mins. I did think at that time if we held onto the lead with a clean sheet, our first win would be good for confidence. But we all know what happened right at the end so more disappointment i'm afraid.
I've said all along that we have too many similar forwards with no different options and have provided very little decent service to the front men. Continuing to play long balls up to them and hope we get something has not been effective and unfortunately our two wide players have not created much in the last few games either, i feel they need to say wider to find some space. So like every other game just swapping forwards for forwards has not really made much difference. Not sure Dowse has enough confidence in Herschel atm but other than that we have no other attacking wide players or a forward who can play a No. 10 role and try to link things so this leaves us very predictable to play against.
Defensively we look to be getting better which will give us something to build on and MOTM for me between Block, Beeney and Statham, in the end went for Beeney.
Ref had a really poor game and looked out of his depth at this level.