Scunthorpe Thread.

too interested in the match, Kiwi, to bother looking out to see if the English channel has breached the beach head at the end of the road ! Heavy rain and 80mph gusts forecast for tonight - more fence panels wrecked I guess come morning - but never mind, 2 - 0 at halftime ! Thanks for asking.
 
Thought twas a game of 2 halves, 2 sides played well in abysmal conditions, First half we had the wind played great, cannot remember a scunny shot on goal? second half they had wind behind em they played very well fer a spell then Stanley fought back, had quite a few efforts, They scored winner in injury time, overall we did not deserve the loss, but thats life, Noway any neutral could tell who was top of div2, Credit to the display given, gutted about the loss, Roll on Bury.
 
We came out the second half to sit back waste time, defend and try and hold onto the wind.

The wrong idea straight off but to try that whilst playing 4-4-2 was bloody suicide. If you are trying to hold then pack the midfield - especially when their CBs had the beating of Kayode and Bowerman all night!


Tactical naivety shown today - hope the management team learn from it.
 
Disagree Sam, they were obviously gonna come out all guns blazing wi the wind behind em, Aint top fer nowt.
 
Gutted at losing three points but I am more GUTTED by the way we GAVE the game to Scunthorpe TONIGHT! Yes we played quite well in the first half. The wind was helping us as it blew hard and brought showers from the changing room corner diagonally down the pitch to the Clayton/ Whinney Hill corner from where they tried to pass it out, with confidence in there ability to play on the ball. In the second half we got it totally wrong tactically. Joyce and Murphy conceded midfield and defended as if they were in a back line of six with Joyce and Murphy often positioned either side of Aldred. Our centre midfiled MUST PRESS HIGHER UP THE PITCH even when playing against the wind! I thought it was a mistake to take Koyode off even though he wasn't having a good match because he had the height needed to defend corners and free kicks. It would have been better to bring on Liddle, Hatfield and Atkinson to fill the midfield gap that we allowed. Yes I accept that the conditions were worse for us to defend in the second half as the wind really got up and it lashed it down with rain...horrendous conditions in which to play and defend. There is an old saying that you all have heard......"The best form of defence is attack!" Which in football terms must mean play up in their half of the pitch!!
 
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