hullsaddler wrote:How on earth did that finish 0.0?
The only thing that can be said about the first half is that were were extremely lucky to go in level. Thankfully our defence ( O'Connor especially) stood firm. At that point I would happily have taken a point, but by the end it was disappointing not to take all three.
The second half could not have been more different from the first. They had a couple of gilt-edged opportunities (was one missed by Grigg?) but we were coming in to it more & more. After the sending off we completely dominated them, wave after wave of attacks but no goal at the end of it. Sawyers was increasingly influential. Having been impressed by Jordan Cook on Tuesday, a couple of his efforts late on were fairly woeful.
Could not understand why Rico didn't start after his performance on Tuesday.
Had a pint in the Wigan Central & had a nice chat with a couple of people but they presumably weren't Belgian Saddler or AM. Tried to work out who they might have been but could not see their name tags!
Good report, everything I would have said, I think however that that was two points dropped, we were so on top in the last 10 minutes we could, and should, have had a hatfull. Bradshaw battled manfully but those big defenders were just too much for him on occasions. Cooks attempts at goal were woefull, he couldn't strike a match! I also thought it was a mistake to put Morris on from the start, he had a dreadfull first half. Downing had some 'mare' moments, and Mantom didn't seem at all interested, at one stage in the second half he lost the ball and trotted back into our own half at a pace I could beat!
Sawyers ran them ragged in the second half, but should have had more shots instead of constantly passing sideways. I fear the old plague of failing to score often enough may come to haunt us as the season progresses.
O'Conner & Chambers were immense, don't think we need any more defenders end off. But, we DO need someone else who can hit the back of the net, some of our finishing was laughable.
A good point however, because Wigan will be there at the end of the season no doubt, two new signings were introduced in just one match! (if only eh!)
Sorry you missed us at the Central, we were both there, accompanied by 'otherbournemouthsaddler'
and 'Bang Section' we were all there from 1.00 till 2.30 'ish (we were stood up close to the bar)
Good luck with the marathon tomorrow Belg......................and, who was right about the time to get to the ground? :mrgreen:
That little Scunthorpe of a ball boy was lucky to get out of the stadium with his life (I noticed they bundled him to safety before the match finished)
On to the Burton game, could be tricky, don't think McG. is good enough.