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Revived Red · 23-01-2016, 20:13

I was there - and I'll say what I think.

Let's start with McConville. To say that he was anonymous would be praising him. He had one glorious chance that he ballooned over but apart from that, he was indeed a passenger. I reckon that Mingoia, Kee and McCartan each covered twice the distance as he did during the game.

And that leads me on to substitutions. These seem to be Coley's Achilles heel. I cannot imagine the point in bringing on Gornell at 85 minutes. And if that was pointless, why on earth bring on Carver at 87 minutes?

Paul Tisdale had already made his three substitutions by the time we made one.

Another big worry is Jason Mooney. For a man of his stature, he should dominate his goal area yet he stays rooted to his line at corners and free kicks. Billy Kee rightly had a go at him after Exeter's second goal. I wonder if it is time to give Etheridge a chance?

We played some neat one-touch football at times but we lacked a cutting edge that Exeter certainly had, especially in the first half. There is no movement to create space for a defence-splitting through pass.

I should say it was a very poor playing surface but that was no excuse. All in all, it was disappointing.

23-01-2016, 20:13	#25
Revived Red Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Portishead, near Bristol Posts: 3,087 Liked: 954 times Rep Power: 28176	Re: Exeter match thread I was there - and I'll say what I think. Let's start with McConville. To say that he was anonymous would be praising him. He had one glorious chance that he ballooned over but apart from that, he was indeed a passenger. I reckon that Mingoia, Kee and McCartan each covered twice the distance as he did during the game. And that leads me on to substitutions. These seem to be Coley's Achilles heel. I cannot imagine the point in bringing on Gornell at 85 minutes. And if that was pointless, why on earth bring on Carver at 87 minutes? Paul Tisdale had already made his three substitutions by the time we made one. Another big worry is Jason Mooney. For a man of his stature, he should dominate his goal area yet he stays rooted to his line at corners and free kicks. Billy Kee rightly had a go at him after Exeter's second goal. I wonder if it is time to give Etheridge a chance? We played some neat one-touch football at times but we lacked a cutting edge that Exeter certainly had, especially in the first half. There is no movement to create space for a defence-splitting through pass. I should say it was a very poor playing surface but that was no excuse. All in all, it was disappointing.