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Radii · 05-06-2011, 09:02 PM

September 6nd, 2014

Woking(4-0-1, 1st) @ Stockport(3-1-1, 5th)

We are 3:1 dogs on the road, they are 4:5 favorites. They beat us twice last year, 2-0 and 1-0, so we've yet to score against these guys. Stockport finished 10th last year. Their big threat is Striker Ben Hutchinson, he's got two goals on the year, and our coaches are recommending hard tackling.

GK: Lynch
D: Nikolaou/Smith/Williams/Ogogo
DMC: Arter
MC: Upson/O'Sullivan
AM: Harsanyi/Bell-Baggie
ST: Subotic

We have a solid lineup here today minus injuries, despite short rest. They play a very defensive looking formation as well with a sweeper, 2 DCs, two wing backs, 2 MC's and just two men forward. I remember not having any success generating any kind of attack on these guys last year.

2': Jesus our offense is so pretty this year. We control the ball at the start, build up in the midfield, we lose it briefly but after a tackle the ball comes to Upson inside the midfield circle. He immediately lofts a ball into the left side of the area and Harsanyi runs perfectly onto it. He controls it beautifully and strikes it by the keeper!! 1-0

14': We lose the ball in our end, Smith with a tackle.. right at the edge of the area.. surprised it wasn't a penalty, surprised it wasn't a red card. Just a yellow. Free kick off the wall and out, corner comes to nothing. Whew.

21': wow, speed kills. williams misses an interception on a long ball and their man Pilkington runs otno it, he is faster than our entire defense and the one mistake in the midfield seals our fate, no one can come close to catching him, and he finishes strongly against Lynch. 1-1

And its a very, very boring half after that. Stockport shoots 7 times, 3 on target. We shoot 5 times, 2 on target. 6 of the 12 shots are from distance and all the ones I saw were very weak efforts. We'll continue to try to defend the rest of the way.

56': Awful defending by Smith, Hutchinson, their star striker, receives the ball 25 yards out, Smith goes after him, Hutchinson burns him and stops and fires from 20 yards out, he places a strong shot in the right side of the net past Lynch. 1-2

66': we move up to a standard mindset, lets try a little at least to get this goal back.

70': Our first shot of the half, Upson hits subotic 20 yards out, he genertes an open look from that distance but puts it way over.

72': Downes in for Bell-Baggie at AMR. He didn't play bad but was kidna invisible.

80': we'll try to attack now.

82': A solid attacking move sees Downes hit Subotic, he draws a defender and finds Harsanyi inside the area, he ahs a pretty solid look, but its saved.

We get the ball foward a couple times but are unable to get our key passes on target to find a good shot.

Stockport 2 : 1 Woking

Harsanyi is man of the match in the loss with his goal, he passed the ball well and made a number of good runs, 8.4 rating. Upson had a 6.8 and the assist. Smith and Williams both made mistakes that led to goals and they both got 6.3 ratings, bad days for both.

Stockport took 14 shots but 10 were long... We took 8 shots, 4 on target, we just didn't generate enough chances, we had two where I could ahve seen a goal happening and we managed to score on just one.

We fall to 3rd with the loss, still ridiculously early of course, but every early point we get makes it easier to do that whole "avoid relegation" goal.

05-06-2011, 09:02 PM	#272
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	September 6nd, 2014 Woking(4-0-1, 1st) @ Stockport(3-1-1, 5th) We are 3:1 dogs on the road, they are 4:5 favorites. They beat us twice last year, 2-0 and 1-0, so we've yet to score against these guys. Stockport finished 10th last year. Their big threat is Striker Ben Hutchinson, he's got two goals on the year, and our coaches are recommending hard tackling. GK: Lynch D: Nikolaou/Smith/Williams/Ogogo DMC: Arter MC: Upson/O'Sullivan AM: Harsanyi/Bell-Baggie ST: Subotic We have a solid lineup here today minus injuries, despite short rest. They play a very defensive looking formation as well with a sweeper, 2 DCs, two wing backs, 2 MC's and just two men forward. I remember not having any success generating any kind of attack on these guys last year. 2': Jesus our offense is so pretty this year. We control the ball at the start, build up in the midfield, we lose it briefly but after a tackle the ball comes to Upson inside the midfield circle. He immediately lofts a ball into the left side of the area and Harsanyi runs perfectly onto it. He controls it beautifully and strikes it by the keeper!! 1-0 14': We lose the ball in our end, Smith with a tackle.. right at the edge of the area.. surprised it wasn't a penalty, surprised it wasn't a red card. Just a yellow. Free kick off the wall and out, corner comes to nothing. Whew. 21': wow, speed kills. williams misses an interception on a long ball and their man Pilkington runs otno it, he is faster than our entire defense and the one mistake in the midfield seals our fate, no one can come close to catching him, and he finishes strongly against Lynch. 1-1 And its a very, very boring half after that. Stockport shoots 7 times, 3 on target. We shoot 5 times, 2 on target. 6 of the 12 shots are from distance and all the ones I saw were very weak efforts. We'll continue to try to defend the rest of the way. 56': Awful defending by Smith, Hutchinson, their star striker, receives the ball 25 yards out, Smith goes after him, Hutchinson burns him and stops and fires from 20 yards out, he places a strong shot in the right side of the net past Lynch. 1-2 66': we move up to a standard mindset, lets try a little at least to get this goal back. 70': Our first shot of the half, Upson hits subotic 20 yards out, he genertes an open look from that distance but puts it way over. 72': Downes in for Bell-Baggie at AMR. He didn't play bad but was kidna invisible. 80': we'll try to attack now. 82': A solid attacking move sees Downes hit Subotic, he draws a defender and finds Harsanyi inside the area, he ahs a pretty solid look, but its saved. We get the ball foward a couple times but are unable to get our key passes on target to find a good shot. Stockport 2 : 1 Woking Harsanyi is man of the match in the loss with his goal, he passed the ball well and made a number of good runs, 8.4 rating. Upson had a 6.8 and the assist. Smith and Williams both made mistakes that led to goals and they both got 6.3 ratings, bad days for both. Stockport took 14 shots but 10 were long... We took 8 shots, 4 on target, we just didn't generate enough chances, we had two where I could ahve seen a goal happening and we managed to score on just one. We fall to 3rd with the loss, still ridiculously early of course, but every early point we get makes it easier to do that whole "avoid relegation" goal.