Certainly some positives. Lowry is going to be a good addition. Low and Bradley are imperious. Norris has hit the ground running and immediately showed his strengths at crosses.
Our lack of goal threat continues to worry. Westergaard remains rusty and quite frankly for a million euros I was unfairly thinking he would be like nothing I’ve never seen before.
Crawley lost after being 3-1 up. We cannot come away from there with anything less than a point after fumbling against Cambridge and Northampton.
We weren't creating much, so another strong aerial player could have been an option for any set pieces. Never mind. We'd all take promotion over a further FA cup run, as much as we were so close to it.
Thought Lowry looked pretty good. As he settles he’ll be a great option if Humphreys is ever unavailable or having an off day. Was impressed with the defence, Skura out of position looked good but we do need a proper RB as soon as possible. Went with four of my family, none of whom are Wycombe fans - all agreed that we were incredibly solid but lacked a bit going forward. Two said they thought Bakinson was MOTM, one vote for each of the CBs. Thought Bez was impressive too and he worked incredibly hard - if he had taken another touch when the ball sat up for him second half I think he scores. Shame about the pens but a good performance, and 17 games to get promoted!
Not too disappointed at losing. Some real positives from the game. Norris looked solid in goal. I suspect he will be our no 1. for the run in. Feel sorry for Rav, who’s not let us down. Low and Bradley were superb. Taylor may have to wait to resume his partnership with Low. Not sure I understand why we bought the danish centre half when it appears there are four centre backs in front of him for selection. Perhaps I was expecting more from an £800, 000 player and I know Westergaard is rusty but I’d hope him to be more dominant. Hopefully that will come. Lowry looks a good acquisition .Since the New Year, we have looked a bit toothless in front of goal , without Kone. We need to keep him fit for the remainder of the season.
Well 3 (Taylor, Low, Bradley), can’t imagine Skura will be ahead of him. Also 2 of them are on loan so I expect to see him first choice by the start of next season once he’s acclimatised.
westergaard may look rusty but you can see he’s got some ability to be fair
Apologies if it's already been mentioned but across 3 cup games Vs Championship sides this season (Swansea, Portsmouth, Preston) we haven't conceded a single goal in 300 minutes of football - two of those games being away from home (barring the shootout of course).
Add in the fact we ran Aston Villa very close, and that is quite some going.
Just seen the highlights. Freddie Woodman is an England class keeper and really should be playing at a higher level than Preston. Those two saves from Udoh (in particular) and Reach were outstanding. Can’t complain about those.
Interesting Post game comments from Dodds in regards to our in possession work and changes he is looking to make- something that will need a "Significant amount of time".
Considering we are/have been one of the most free-scoring teams across all English Football leagues I find it interesting/fascinating/worrying even that he wants to change the in-possession side to our game quite so much. Perhaps he is taking this one game of not scoring in isolation or maybe wanting to make sure we aren't reliant on 1 or 2 individuals scoring every week but I guess we'll have to see what he wants in terms of in-possession play.
Seems to be even more confident in our squad and our chances in the next 16 games though, which is a good sign.
FWIW I don't think our "in possession" work has been nearly as good in the past 6 weeks or so. We were a free scoring side up until around Christmas, but though we've continued to get results (the sign of a great team), most of our recent goals have been the product of penalties or late winners. With that in mind, I don't think it's too controversial for Dodds to think our "in possession" play needs work.
He said about being more clinical in front of goal. Since our incredible scoring run we have had a couple of games where we seem shot shy. More willing to make a pass than take a shot. When we played Barnsley we battered them with shot after shot and it paid off. We can overwhelm teams in attack with the talent we have, just maybe need to have a bit more self belief sometimes?
I 100% agree. I am hoping for evolution rather than revolution. We have come unstuck alittle in recent times and that needs work. Just hope the baby isn't thrown out with the bath water.
Yep certainly Bolton, Mansfield, Huddersfield, and Northampton were all home games where we lacked a bit of creativity and guile.
i also heard somewhere (I think not the top 20 podcast) that even when we were free scoring earlier on the season that our actual goals scored was outperforming our expected goals
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Certainly some positives. Lowry is going to be a good addition. Low and Bradley are imperious. Norris has hit the ground running and immediately showed his strengths at crosses.
Our lack of goal threat continues to worry. Westergaard remains rusty and quite frankly for a million euros I was unfairly thinking he would be like nothing I’ve never seen before.
Crawley lost after being 3-1 up. We cannot come away from there with anything less than a point after fumbling against Cambridge and Northampton.
I thought so too.
I thought the only misstep was not bring Vokes on. We could have used his physical presence up front.
We weren't creating much, so another strong aerial player could have been an option for any set pieces. Never mind. We'd all take promotion over a further FA cup run, as much as we were so close to it.
Thought Lowry looked pretty good. As he settles he’ll be a great option if Humphreys is ever unavailable or having an off day. Was impressed with the defence, Skura out of position looked good but we do need a proper RB as soon as possible. Went with four of my family, none of whom are Wycombe fans - all agreed that we were incredibly solid but lacked a bit going forward. Two said they thought Bakinson was MOTM, one vote for each of the CBs. Thought Bez was impressive too and he worked incredibly hard - if he had taken another touch when the ball sat up for him second half I think he scores. Shame about the pens but a good performance, and 17 games to get promoted!
Not too disappointed at losing. Some real positives from the game. Norris looked solid in goal. I suspect he will be our no 1. for the run in. Feel sorry for Rav, who’s not let us down. Low and Bradley were superb. Taylor may have to wait to resume his partnership with Low. Not sure I understand why we bought the danish centre half when it appears there are four centre backs in front of him for selection. Perhaps I was expecting more from an £800, 000 player and I know Westergaard is rusty but I’d hope him to be more dominant. Hopefully that will come. Lowry looks a good acquisition .Since the New Year, we have looked a bit toothless in front of goal , without Kone. We need to keep him fit for the remainder of the season.
We'll cling to the Danish lads needing to get to fitness plus adapting to a new country.
Certainly better to have more options than not enough though.
Well 3 (Taylor, Low, Bradley), can’t imagine Skura will be ahead of him. Also 2 of them are on loan so I expect to see him first choice by the start of next season once he’s acclimatised.
westergaard may look rusty but you can see he’s got some ability to be fair
“Attack wins you games, defense wins you titles” Alex Ferguson
Apologies if it's already been mentioned but across 3 cup games Vs Championship sides this season (Swansea, Portsmouth, Preston) we haven't conceded a single goal in 300 minutes of football - two of those games being away from home (barring the shootout of course).
Add in the fact we ran Aston Villa very close, and that is quite some going.
This is the moment when it's obvious we're going up.
(As long as Lommy doesn't have a heart attack or decides he likes basketball instead)
Just seen the highlights. Freddie Woodman is an England class keeper and really should be playing at a higher level than Preston. Those two saves from Udoh (in particular) and Reach were outstanding. Can’t complain about those.
The save from Udoh was good, Reach's penalty was poor.
Am I right in saying that this is the first time we have been knocked out of the FA Cup on penalties since Basingstoke!?
I was there to witness John Cornforth sky his penno! We’ve come a long way!
Interesting Post game comments from Dodds in regards to our in possession work and changes he is looking to make- something that will need a "Significant amount of time".
Considering we are/have been one of the most free-scoring teams across all English Football leagues I find it interesting/fascinating/worrying even that he wants to change the in-possession side to our game quite so much. Perhaps he is taking this one game of not scoring in isolation or maybe wanting to make sure we aren't reliant on 1 or 2 individuals scoring every week but I guess we'll have to see what he wants in terms of in-possession play.
Seems to be even more confident in our squad and our chances in the next 16 games though, which is a good sign.
He’s already said he won’t be changing oo much this season, so presumably he’s looking ahead to next season when we won’t have Kone to depend on.
FWIW I don't think our "in possession" work has been nearly as good in the past 6 weeks or so. We were a free scoring side up until around Christmas, but though we've continued to get results (the sign of a great team), most of our recent goals have been the product of penalties or late winners. With that in mind, I don't think it's too controversial for Dodds to think our "in possession" play needs work.
He said about being more clinical in front of goal. Since our incredible scoring run we have had a couple of games where we seem shot shy. More willing to make a pass than take a shot. When we played Barnsley we battered them with shot after shot and it paid off. We can overwhelm teams in attack with the talent we have, just maybe need to have a bit more self belief sometimes?
We saw evidence of that with Fred today. He looked much more willing to take a man on. Skura too, although I was less a fan of that development!
I 100% agree. I am hoping for evolution rather than revolution. We have come unstuck alittle in recent times and that needs work. Just hope the baby isn't thrown out with the bath water.
Yep certainly Bolton, Mansfield, Huddersfield, and Northampton were all home games where we lacked a bit of creativity and guile.
i also heard somewhere (I think not the top 20 podcast) that even when we were free scoring earlier on the season that our actual goals scored was outperforming our expected goals
I say on the half way line with some old friends today. I must say the noise from the travelling Chairboys was phenomenal.
Deepdale was an incredibly noisy and hostile place to visit in the 90s. I’m not sure what’s happened but they were virtually silent today.