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Subject: [NT] Japan
just watched the match and i think it went pretty good. Probably wouldn't use the defense against better teams but i dont think you would anyway. Watts was indeed quite dismal, but as gibbage said, he is only a defender and not a middie. I'll ignore what he said about the striker part though because thats rubbish.
Form has gone down with Bodger again too, yeah, but it didn't show as red.. oddly my TD went down too though.
Chadwick did indeed play a v nice game, i thought Hird did too esp considering the form he is in. I have to disagree with snowy about Matthews shooting though, he was trying to pass and it came too close to the keeper. I actually think he had a good match with some good passes, some were capitalised on but he wasn't given credit (ie, assist)
I dont think we would've done much better with Bodger too. His form is making his performance dependant on how he feels that day, i wish he'd go back up to divine!
Form has gone down with Bodger again too, yeah, but it didn't show as red.. oddly my TD went down too though.
Chadwick did indeed play a v nice game, i thought Hird did too esp considering the form he is in. I have to disagree with snowy about Matthews shooting though, he was trying to pass and it came too close to the keeper. I actually think he had a good match with some good passes, some were capitalised on but he wasn't given credit (ie, assist)
I dont think we would've done much better with Bodger too. His form is making his performance dependant on how he feels that day, i wish he'd go back up to divine!
I usually watch the match twice before commenting (I find it hard to be objective on the first viewing). For some reason I didn't this time.
After watching the second time, I think I was too hard on the midfield. The service wasn't that bad. Atkinson made some beauties. Matthews a couple nice ones, while both he and Gilbert were just whiskers away on several other opportunities.
I'm not convinced Watts played that badly. He was a big contributor to the 80-20 zone split (which was the intent using a more rugged CM). Of his 4 turnovers in the first half, he immediately recovered two of them. That said, I don't think Kelly or Richards have anything to worry about. :)
After watching the second time, I think I was too hard on the midfield. The service wasn't that bad. Atkinson made some beauties. Matthews a couple nice ones, while both he and Gilbert were just whiskers away on several other opportunities.
I'm not convinced Watts played that badly. He was a big contributor to the 80-20 zone split (which was the intent using a more rugged CM). Of his 4 turnovers in the first half, he immediately recovered two of them. That said, I don't think Kelly or Richards have anything to worry about. :)