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DaggerJoel11 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:23 pm One game too many for us and we looked very tired as the usual spark which we've carried for a few weeks deserted us. Probably our worst display since the cup game at home to Boreham Wood but even then it's encouraging that we still created a number of opportunities. The Balanta one-on-one, Reynolds' dribbling into the arms of the keeper for the 50th time this season and Mullings' superb defensive clearance are all three MASSIVE chances, and if any of them go in perhaps the momentum swings. Add to that the penalty, don't know whether it was or not and perhaps other people with better viewpoints could shed some light, but after scoring from that position against Havant I have no idea why Conor would go down.
All in all though a reality check but some perspective is still needed. Six points from this run of form is outstanding and every other team in the division would struggle to eclipse that tally against similar standard of opposition. Today Barnet were the better side and we were too defensive in midfield, meaning we essentially had the back five and the midfield duo of Phipps and Wright all sitting back. We lacked coherency whereas usually Munns would be that middle ground linking the defence and attack. As a result, Wilkinson and Angelo were isolated at times and we lost the midfield.
Barnet nothing special and it's frustrating to lose to a team who were very limited and quite one dimensional, however nobody can dispute that they were worthy winners. It's a bit of a wake-up call for us and perhaps that isn't a bad thing - we can't keep going 1-0 down to cheap goals and expect to perform last-gasp salvation acts. It's been a great few weeks though and nothing changes that, yes Taylor's tactics were questionable but when he finds out at very short notice that Munns and McQueen, two of our most important players recently, are unavailable then it can't be easy to implement a new system that we presumably haven't trained on.
Still the league's form team, still someone nobody wants to play, still creating big chances - today was just an off day but let's put it right on Tuesday. And, above all else, the visible drop-off in performance today is a testament to just how great that run was.
We have given another goal away from a restart again !!!!SUSSEX DAGGER wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:30 pm I can’t fault the defence today though, every single one of them was solid as they have been for the past 10/11 matches now.. even Connor & Balanta up top caused havoc for the Barnet back line, they just never had enough support from the midfield where usually they have Munns & McQueen bombing on to support our attacks...
And don’t get me started on Reynolds....
Spot on. We have a good first XI and little to back it up at the moment. It wasn't long ago we had a good first VI and little behind it.Alan wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 10:35 pm Depressingly predictable reactions - off the back of a fantastic run we narrowly lose aafter playing poorly in a game where we were missing Robinson, Munns and McQueen from midfield amd our bench was so thin you could see the splinters. Chill out and move on people.
performance and some of his great challenges.He was written off by a few before he'd even played for us and they won't budge on him. Some of the grief he got yesterday was just silly.Mark wrote: ↑Sun Dec 30, 2018 4:10 pm We lost a lot of floating fans from boxing day despite an exciting game. Casuals never seem to stick around.
Bellamy should be available around the next couple of games, as should Smith.
I can only assume Tomi is injured. I will say though that Mullings missed a sitter as Tomi has many times this season, and he wasn't one of the worst 3 players on the pitch, I really struggle to understand why he is singled out. He's not very good but he's not alone there.