[GlobalSpire]

From the last 14 games we have won 4, drawn 6 and lost 4. If we had a tighter defence in the last 5 minutes of games we would have only lost 1 and added 2 more draws and a win. Question is: Can we sort out the last 5 minutes of our games? Because if we can, judging on the last 14 games, we can stay up.

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

GlobalSpire, on 15 February 2012 - 03:23 AM, said:

From the last 14 games we have won 4, drawn 6 and lost 4. If rwe had a tighter defence in the last 5 minutes of games we would have only lost 1 and added 2 more draws and a win. Question is: Can we sort out the last 5 minutes of our games? Because if we can, judging on the last 14 games, we can stay up.

Easy to blame defence as we make silly mistakes but all teams do at some point. Its a team game. The forwards arent scoring enough the midfields not doing enough. We need to kill a game and get a few up so the mistakes aren't so costly every time

[60s 70s Spireite]

Ernie Ernie Ernie, on 15 February 2012 - 09:17 AM, said:

Easy to blame defence as we make silly mistakes but all teams do at some point. Its a team game. The forwards arent scoring enough the midfields not doing enough. We need to kill a game and get a few up so the mistakes aren't so costly every time

Players need to take more care of the ball, cut out sloppiness and listen to JS

[BlueRover52]

GlobalSpire, on 15 February 2012 - 03:23 AM, said:

From the last 14 games we have won 4, drawn 6 and lost 4. If we had a tighter defence in the last 5 minutes of games we would have only lost 1 and added 2 more draws and a win. Question is: Can we sort out the last 5 minutes of our games? Because if we can, judging on the last 14 games, we can stay up.

When the manager can use his subs sensibly to see a game through we might get somewhere.

[Jud]

I really do try not to badmouth the management, simply because I cannot claim to know more than they do when it comes to the grand art of kick-ball, but even I have to admit that JS's substitutions late on make little sense. And it's not just frustrating at this point in the season either, it's proving very costly. Still, the positive to be taken from this is that hopefully, sorting out how we end a match could see us climb that table. If we can cut out these errors late on in a game, there's no good reason why these draws and losses cannot become wins! It's painful and yet seemingly so simple

[Humpalumpa]

Ernie Ernie Ernie, on 15 February 2012 - 09:17 AM, said:

Easy to blame defence as we make silly mistakes but all teams do at some point. Its a team game. The forwards arent scoring enough the midfields not doing enough. We need to kill a game and get a few up so the mistakes aren't so costly every time

The first line of defence is the forward line.
Last night in the second half, especially the last 20 minutes it was virtually all Bury. The ball was not held up by the forwards and just invited constant pressure on towns back line.
Thus the goal eventually came.

Missed chances in the first half were very costly. Should have been at least 2 up at the break.