The "Pass, Control, Move" mantra that we have been preaching this year really seems to be sinking in. Everywhere on the pitch I saw men willing to take responsibility for receiving the ball, and then having the confidence to take a touch where possible. It was this ability and willingness to control the ball that resulted in us opening up the Lambeth defence virtually at will at times.
We went in at half-time with the scores still even at 0-0. I'm sure our opposition would have been echoing our team-talk of "keep doing what we're doing" with both teams having enjoyed a fair amount of possession. However, in regards to creating goal-scoring chances, we really moved up a gear in the second-half.
We were unlucky to go one down, with their goal owing much to good fortune as it did good finishing. A couple of unkind bobbles in our box led to their striker burying the ball in the far post across Neill Robertshaw. It was harsh on us, but Lambeth would claim they deserved it, and I doubt a neutral would argue. We stuck rigidly to our principles though and we eventually got our reward with Man of the Match Dean Marney claiming another goal for the club. On another night, Dean could easily have scored a hat-trick, particularly given the mood and movement of strike partner Mesner, who played in some very dangerous crosses.
Simon himself was unlucky not to get on the scoresheet, and if I had kept my composure towards the end of the game and put away arguably the easiest chance I'll ever get in an Accies shirt, we'd have come away victorious.
A victory would have been just about deserved in my opinion. Lambeth would rightly argue otherwise. But what we could all agree on was that the match was very open, with wave of attack after attack from both teams. I can't remember such an evenly contested match, especially against Lambeth, in some time now. We showed we can battle when needed, but we played like a team who knows what it's doing, with everyone sticking to their tasks, and with the ball being played on the floor.
As I said in the changing room tonight after the game, and as I've posted on this blog before, more performances like this and we will not only win, but we'll win in style. And that, ultimately, has to be our aim.
Well done all on another thoroughly enjoyable night of Accies action!
Keep the faith!
Joe
4 comments:
The title of this piece looks like we won 11860 to 1. This will really help our goal difference. I'm claiming 11859 of them of course allowing Deano to keep his.
11,860 goals is a decent return! Especially as it was 0-0 at half-time. It must take LESS than a second to score a goal?
I see the mantra has changed from "Control, Pass, Move" to "Pass, Control, Move" - that will confuse the oppo at least.
Well done to all for what sounds like another top performance and a good night. Highlights please...
No highlights sadly - the camera was snowed in!
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