sj wrote:DD,s Plays a defensive side in the first half away from home to "Draw the Sting" from the home team. And in the 2nd half he goes for it. A good system I think.
No... re-word that...
DD plays a horribly awful defensive formation with 6 defenders, yes 6 (3 centre backs, 3 full backs) and 2 defensive midfielders. We get comprehensively controlled by a very poor 100mph League 2 side... DD finally realises, after 45 minutes (when every away fan could have told him after 15 minutes) that we need pace and width.
We introduce pace and width and finally look 'mediocre', but never get past the 'mediocre' tag.
Cracking start to the season, 7 unbeaten, 5 clean sheets, but make no excuses, we got a point today despite what were truly disappointing awful and negative first half tactics. 6 defenders and 2 defensive midfielders meant we had no width, no pace, no guile, no brain and a good 30 yard gap between our most advanced midfielder and our deepest striker.
Hector Sam was, once again I'm sorry to say, awful. I really cannot understand anyone who says he offers more than Constable (any idea where he was though?).
A 15 minute spell in the 2nd half aside, we were 2nd best throughout. Barnet wanted to win, wanted every 50/50 ball, wanted every aerial challenge, wanted every pass... Just thank the lord that they were a bloody poor side who didn't know what to do when they got within 20 yards of goal.
Great start, but please, bloody please, can we play with wingers wide and not full backs wide.
Oh, and good game for Westwood today, espeically when shifted to centre half.
Best moment of the game was watching Asbo Ishy laugh at Ian Hendon, not once, but twice, when Hendon got nowhere near him with a tackle. Much better than reacting physically, and he did it without the ref looking, whilst having quite a few fans laughing at the incident.