Pre-season friendlies
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:57 am
So finding myself in Oxford this weekend I popped along to Court Place Farm for the first friendly of pre-season. I was a bit disappointed, frankly, to see neither our new manager nor our new striker in action. Oh well.
It's hard to learn anything from these games, but the standout performer was definitely Marvin Johnson, who combined nicely with Canice Carroll down the left to create several chances and the third goal in the second half. The two young right-backs both looked a bit dodgy. Josh Smile, the local triallist from Fulham, looked to have a bit about him and made intelligent runs as an attacking midfielder. Hemmings was probably the sharpest of the strikers, and James Roberts had a frustrating afternoon. Ribeiro didn't convince as a wide midfielder. The Nelson/Kelleher partnership needs working on - Nelson played on the left side of the two. Raglan seemed a little steadier at the back.
These new 3G surfaces are all very well for training games, but I wouldn't want to watch football on them every week. Nice for City to get a decent crowd to open their new facilities though.
It's hard to learn anything from these games, but the standout performer was definitely Marvin Johnson, who combined nicely with Canice Carroll down the left to create several chances and the third goal in the second half. The two young right-backs both looked a bit dodgy. Josh Smile, the local triallist from Fulham, looked to have a bit about him and made intelligent runs as an attacking midfielder. Hemmings was probably the sharpest of the strikers, and James Roberts had a frustrating afternoon. Ribeiro didn't convince as a wide midfielder. The Nelson/Kelleher partnership needs working on - Nelson played on the left side of the two. Raglan seemed a little steadier at the back.
These new 3G surfaces are all very well for training games, but I wouldn't want to watch football on them every week. Nice for City to get a decent crowd to open their new facilities though.