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What did we think of Max Watters performance yesterday?I thought he looked to me like he had put on some considerable size and looked very quick off the mark. I watched him for a while, he was making countless runs into space and behind our central defenders, the fact that they neglected to play him a through ball was fortunate for us. He looked an improved striker to me and i believe he would of added something to our forward play.That he got taken off early in the second half was i think a mixture of them not capitalising on his runs and movement and some determined defending by Anderson and Williams.
To get back to Watters......He definitely looks to have strengthened and has a turn of pace. In the second half, before he was subbed, I feared it was a matter of time before he got on the end of a through ball. He had the beating of our defence on both sides.
To be fair to DM, Watters had plenty of loan spells at quite a mediocre level where he failed to score goals, I don’t think anyone could have foreseen how well he did at Crawley! Fair play to Max for getting his career back on track, many would’ve fallen by the way side!
Exactly that Gaz plus the attacker always has the advantage unless you can always guess their movement.I was a pretty poor footballer when I played but being quick did save me because I could catch 90% of others even with a head start on me.I actually think we have positioning problems in our defence which is a tactical thing that mk exploited quite well yesterday. However, on the same vein we kept our widemen up the pitch and inevitably that mini gamble won is the game in the end. Win some you lose some.
All the lads released that year five in total were treated shabbily by Darren Moore who had total control over the situation, He was disgusting and harmed the clubs reputation.
Quote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on October 03, 2021, 10:46:00 amExactly that Gaz plus the attacker always has the advantage unless you can always guess their movement.I was a pretty poor footballer when I played but being quick did save me because I could catch 90% of others even with a head start on me.I actually think we have positioning problems in our defence which is a tactical thing that mk exploited quite well yesterday. However, on the same vein we kept our widemen up the pitch and inevitably that mini gamble won is the game in the end. Win some you lose some.It was noticeable that we kept two up front in wide positions when we were defending corners. It meant the Dons had to keep 3 players back to defend in case the ball was cleared deep.I’ve never been a fan of not having an outlet at corners. If you pack the penalty area with bodies surely it’s more difficult for the keeper to either get to the ball or react from a shot on goal & if you get a situation where the ball becomes a ping pong it’s a 50/50 whether or not we get an opportunity to clear it or the opposition get a goal from a toe poke.
Quote from: Colin C No.3 on October 04, 2021, 10:50:29 amQuote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on October 03, 2021, 10:46:00 amExactly that Gaz plus the attacker always has the advantage unless you can always guess their movement.I was a pretty poor footballer when I played but being quick did save me because I could catch 90% of others even with a head start on me.I actually think we have positioning problems in our defence which is a tactical thing that mk exploited quite well yesterday. However, on the same vein we kept our widemen up the pitch and inevitably that mini gamble won is the game in the end. Win some you lose some.It was noticeable that we kept two up front in wide positions when we were defending corners. It meant the Dons had to keep 3 players back to defend in case the ball was cleared deep.I’ve never been a fan of not having an outlet at corners. If you pack the penalty area with bodies surely it’s more difficult for the keeper to either get to the ball or react from a shot on goal & if you get a situation where the ball becomes a ping pong it’s a 50/50 whether or not we get an opportunity to clear it or the opposition get a goal from a toe poke. Worked quite well at Brentford a while back
Quote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on October 03, 2021, 10:46:00 amExactly that Gaz plus the attacker always has the advantage unless you can always guess their movement.I was a pretty poor footballer when I played but being quick did save me because I could catch 90% of others even with a head start on me.I actually think we have positioning problems in our defence which is a tactical thing that mk exploited quite well yesterday. However, on the same vein we kept our widemen up the pitch and inevitably that mini gamble won is the game in the end. Win some you lose some.It was noticeable that we kept two up front in wide positions when we were defending corners. It meant the Dons had to keep 3 players back to defend in case the ball was cleared deep.I’ve never been a fan of not having an outlet at corners. If you pack the penalty area with bodies surely it’s more difficult for the keeper to either get to the ball or react from a shot on goal & if you get a situation where the ball becomes a ping pong it’s a 50/50 whether or not we get an opportunity to clear it or the opposition get a goal from a toe poke.
Quote from: Colin C No.3 on October 04, 2021, 10:50:29 amQuote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on October 03, 2021, 10:46:00 amExactly that Gaz plus the attacker always has the advantage unless you can always guess their movement.I was a pretty poor footballer when I played but being quick did save me because I could catch 90% of others even with a head start on me.I actually think we have positioning problems in our defence which is a tactical thing that mk exploited quite well yesterday. However, on the same vein we kept our widemen up the pitch and inevitably that mini gamble won is the game in the end. Win some you lose some.It was noticeable that we kept two up front in wide positions when we were defending corners. It meant the Dons had to keep 3 players back to defend in case the ball was cleared deep.I’ve never been a fan of not having an outlet at corners. If you pack the penalty area with bodies surely it’s more difficult for the keeper to either get to the ball or react from a shot on goal & if you get a situation where the ball becomes a ping pong it’s a 50/50 whether or not we get an opportunity to clear it or the opposition get a goal from a toe poke.I agree with this, Colin, if you leave two up there it means they have to have at least two marking them, less in our box to deal with. Plus you have two ready for a quick break. You will gain goals over the season doing this.
Quote from: Sammy Chung was King on October 04, 2021, 03:38:55 pmQuote from: Colin C No.3 on October 04, 2021, 10:50:29 amQuote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on October 03, 2021, 10:46:00 amExactly that Gaz plus the attacker always has the advantage unless you can always guess their movement.I was a pretty poor footballer when I played but being quick did save me because I could catch 90% of others even with a head start on me.I actually think we have positioning problems in our defence which is a tactical thing that mk exploited quite well yesterday. However, on the same vein we kept our widemen up the pitch and inevitably that mini gamble won is the game in the end. Win some you lose some.It was noticeable that we kept two up front in wide positions when we were defending corners. It meant the Dons had to keep 3 players back to defend in case the ball was cleared deep.I’ve never been a fan of not having an outlet at corners. If you pack the penalty area with bodies surely it’s more difficult for the keeper to either get to the ball or react from a shot on goal & if you get a situation where the ball becomes a ping pong it’s a 50/50 whether or not we get an opportunity to clear it or the opposition get a goal from a toe poke.I agree with this, Colin, if you leave two up there it means they have to have at least two marking them, less in our box to deal with. Plus you have two ready for a quick break. You will gain goals over the season doing this.I think the theory is that the more players there are in the box for a corner, the more difficult it is for the attacking side to get an unimpeded run and jump for a header, or a clear sight of goal of the ball drops to them. So yeah, you might score more by having two players on the halfway line, but equally, you'll probably concede more.
Quote from: Sammy Chung was King on October 04, 2021, 03:38:55 pmQuote from: Colin C No.3 on October 04, 2021, 10:50:29 amQuote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on October 03, 2021, 10:46:00 amExactly that Gaz plus the attacker always has the advantage unless you can always guess their movement.I was a pretty poor footballer when I played but being quick did save me because I could catch 90% of others even with a head start on me.I actually think we have positioning problems in our defence which is a tactical thing that mk exploited quite well yesterday. However, on the same vein we kept our widemen up the pitch and inevitably that mini gamble won is the game in the end. Win some you lose some.It was noticeable that we kept two up front in wide positions when we were defending corners. It meant the Dons had to keep 3 players back to defend in case the ball was cleared deep.I’ve never been a fan of not having an outlet at corners. If you pack the penalty area with bodies surely it’s more difficult for the keeper to either get to the ball or react from a shot on goal & if you get a situation where the ball becomes a ping pong it’s a 50/50 whether or not we get an opportunity to clear it or the opposition get a goal from a toe poke.I agree with this, Colin, if you leave two up there it means they have to have at least two marking them, less in our box to deal with. Plus you have two ready for a quick break. You will gain goals over the season doing this.I think the theory is that the more players there are in the box for a corner, the more difficult it is for the attacking side to get an unimpeded run and jump for a header, or a clear sight of goal of the ball drops to them. So yeah, you might score more by having two players on the halfway line, but equally, you'll probably concede more.
Quote from: Colin C No.3 on October 04, 2021, 10:50:29 amQuote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on October 03, 2021, 10:46:00 amExactly that Gaz plus the attacker always has the advantage unless you can always guess their movement.I was a pretty poor footballer when I played but being quick did save me because I could catch 90% of others even with a head start on me.I actually think we have positioning problems in our defence which is a tactical thing that mk exploited quite well yesterday. However, on the same vein we kept our widemen up the pitch and inevitably that mini gamble won is the game in the end. Win some you lose some.It was noticeable that we kept two up front in wide positions when we were defending corners. It meant the Dons had to keep 3 players back to defend in case the ball was cleared deep.I’ve never been a fan of not having an outlet at corners. If you pack the penalty area with bodies surely it’s more difficult for the keeper to either get to the ball or react from a shot on goal & if you get a situation where the ball becomes a ping pong it’s a 50/50 whether or not we get an opportunity to clear it or the opposition get a goal from a toe poke.I agree with this, Colin, if you leave two up there it means they have to have at least two marking them, less in our box to deal with. Plus you have two ready for a quick break. You will gain goals over the season doing this.
Quote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on October 03, 2021, 10:46:00 amExactly that Gaz plus the attacker always has the advantage unless you can always guess their movement.I was a pretty poor footballer when I played but being quick did save me because I could catch 90% of others even with a head start on me.I actually think we have positioning problems in our defence which is a tactical thing that mk exploited quite well yesterday. However, on the same vein we kept our widemen up the pitch and inevitably that mini gamble won is the game in the end. Win some you lose some.It was noticeable that we kept two up front in wide positions when we were defending corners. It meant the Dons had to keep 3 players back to defend in case the ball was cleared deep.I’ve never been a fan of not having an outlet at corners. If you pack the penalty area with bodies surely it’s more difficult for the keeper to either get to the ball or react from a shot on goal & if you get a situation where the ball becomes a ping pong it’s a 50/50 whether or not we get an opportunity to clear it or the opposition get a goal from a toe poke.