Wombling Three (nil)
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 10:04 am
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An odd game really. Decent performance by Us certainly. It was nice to see us starting with a really good workrate, matching the Dons at pressing. And we played some gorgeous football at times. But it has to be said that long periods of the match were pretty dull, with aimless chips forward to no-one in particular. It also has to be said that if Wimbledon had any players that could finish the score could easily have been nearer 3-3, as they spurned some golden opportunities.
But we were worthy of the victory, and everyone acquitted themselves well. Thomas and Payne were particularly good up front, with Wes's goal particularly well-worked and well-taken - great centre forward play. Ledson was the pick of the midfielders although Henry's hard work was also instrumental in our victory. Nelson and Mousinho look like a good pairing - both can play football which helps! Nelson was imperious at times. Eastwood hardly put a foot wrong (apart from one cross in the second half which he started coming for before retreating and was lucky to see the resulting header flash wide). And Ricardinho has quickly become my favourite player. What a guy! Loving his song too.
The only disappointing performance for me came from Ribeiro - everything Wombles did came down his side, and he seemed to misread balls into his channel, with the result that Barcham was made to look a lot better than he actually is, at least in the first half. That was only my second game of the season - both 3-0 home wins. In the first (Pompey) Ribeiro was my MotM, yesterday he was my weak link but not a disaster by any means. Oh and Gino - wtf? A pretty embarrassing cameo all round from him.
But plenty of positives to take from that. Two great results back-to-back. Onwards and upwards.
An odd game really. Decent performance by Us certainly. It was nice to see us starting with a really good workrate, matching the Dons at pressing. And we played some gorgeous football at times. But it has to be said that long periods of the match were pretty dull, with aimless chips forward to no-one in particular. It also has to be said that if Wimbledon had any players that could finish the score could easily have been nearer 3-3, as they spurned some golden opportunities.
But we were worthy of the victory, and everyone acquitted themselves well. Thomas and Payne were particularly good up front, with Wes's goal particularly well-worked and well-taken - great centre forward play. Ledson was the pick of the midfielders although Henry's hard work was also instrumental in our victory. Nelson and Mousinho look like a good pairing - both can play football which helps! Nelson was imperious at times. Eastwood hardly put a foot wrong (apart from one cross in the second half which he started coming for before retreating and was lucky to see the resulting header flash wide). And Ricardinho has quickly become my favourite player. What a guy! Loving his song too.
The only disappointing performance for me came from Ribeiro - everything Wombles did came down his side, and he seemed to misread balls into his channel, with the result that Barcham was made to look a lot better than he actually is, at least in the first half. That was only my second game of the season - both 3-0 home wins. In the first (Pompey) Ribeiro was my MotM, yesterday he was my weak link but not a disaster by any means. Oh and Gino - wtf? A pretty embarrassing cameo all round from him.
But plenty of positives to take from that. Two great results back-to-back. Onwards and upwards.