15-02-2009, 00:17
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Re: Bournemouth Match Thread
A hugely disappointing performance. We seemed to be back to the old ploy of hoofing the ball down the middle and expecting a flick-on from Paul Mullin. Sadly PM won virtually nothing in the air.
Kenny Arthur kept us in the game with at least three superlative saves, and Cav and Phil Edwards played quite well.
Too many of our players seemed to lack too many basic skills. Individually, no-one was able to control the ball. If this is an ongoing problem, it is pointless passing to our players - the ball should be played into space for someone to run on to. That rarely happened today, at least not with Stanley. It certainly did with Bournemouth. When a Stanley player passed to a team-mate, it was invariably too slow and laboured and too predictable. If the ball reached the intended player, as I've already said, he could not control it.
I saw no attempt to draw Bournemouth defenders and midfielders out of position. Cav made a couple of forays forward but I can recall only one from Leam. I wonder if he is fully fit. He was replaced by James Bell whose sole contribution was a dreadful foul.
We rarely won the second ball - or the first, for that matter!
LongLostSon notes that we cannot hit the net often enough. We rarely got anywhere near it today.
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