Rockford's Love Child
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- John King
Another decent away performance. A draw was probably a fair result today, but I am slightly disappointed we didn't win. Charlton were very poor, obviously lacking in confidence, and barely created a chance form open play in the whole game, their equaliser coming direct from a free kick. I think we may have taken three points if we hadn't followed the pattern of other recent away games by sitting too deep at the start of the second half, after a good first half performance when we caused them a lot of problems. We didn't keep possession well enough after the break, which allowed an underwhelming Charlton side to build up a head of steam, without ever really stretching us at the back.
Regarding the individual performances, Zoom was good down the left, doing brilliantly to set up Enoch's goal with a midfield interception similar to the one which led to the goal at Exeter. Cresswell produced some great balls from set plays which we didn't fully capitalise on, and showed why he has been sorely missed. Robinson had a decent game, showing some nice touches at times, but is still clearly not fully fit: the decision to play him ahead of Lateef surprised me a bit. Weir did ok at right back.
We probably should have won the game in the closing stages when Enoch finished after their keeper made a hash of a cross from the left hand side, but Lateef was penalised for a foul (from behind the goal it did not appear that he even touched him).
As in many other matches, 4-3-3 served us well away from home, but I am still concerned that this formation is inappropriate for home games against struggling teams and I am nervous about Tuesday night. We can't afford to take one nil leads at Prenton Park and attempt to sit on them. We kind of did that today, which is forgivable away to Charlton, but not at home to Bristol Rovers. The point won today is no use if we do a Yeovil on Tuesday.
Regarding the individual performances, Zoom was good down the left, doing brilliantly to set up Enoch's goal with a midfield interception similar to the one which led to the goal at Exeter. Cresswell produced some great balls from set plays which we didn't fully capitalise on, and showed why he has been sorely missed. Robinson had a decent game, showing some nice touches at times, but is still clearly not fully fit: the decision to play him ahead of Lateef surprised me a bit. Weir did ok at right back.
We probably should have won the game in the closing stages when Enoch finished after their keeper made a hash of a cross from the left hand side, but Lateef was penalised for a foul (from behind the goal it did not appear that he even touched him).
As in many other matches, 4-3-3 served us well away from home, but I am still concerned that this formation is inappropriate for home games against struggling teams and I am nervous about Tuesday night. We can't afford to take one nil leads at Prenton Park and attempt to sit on them. We kind of did that today, which is forgivable away to Charlton, but not at home to Bristol Rovers. The point won today is no use if we do a Yeovil on Tuesday.