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Radii · 10-25-2014, 05:22 PM

December 27th, 2014

Accrington (6-2-15, 22nd) vs Exeter City (8-6-9, 14th)

We beat Accrington 2-1 at our place back in Auguest. They are struggling big time, so lets see what we can do against them on the road.

GK: Pym (57)
LB: Garmston (61)
CB: Butterfield (58)
CB: Moore-Taylor (58)
CB: Baldwin (60)
RB: Ribeiro (63)
CM: Sercombe (62)
CM: Oakley (58)
CAM: Grimes (56)
ST: Armstrong (62)
ST: Seager (60)

Grimes starts over Keohane today. He complained about playing time, and he is 19 y/o and rated almost as good as Keohane, if I'm going to mess around with player progression and playing time, he's a prime candidate to play more.

2': Well that's good. We lose the ball in our half, there's an immediate long pass ahead, and a foul by Sercombe in the area, penalty. They bury it. 0-1

18': Garmston tries a cross, they head it away, we recover, a pass in to Seager, he gets off a left footed shot from just insdie the area, wide.

32': Grimes has it down the left sideline, a pass to Oakley aobut 25 yards out, he passes to Armstrong and breaks for the goal, Armstrong passes right back, Oakley's shot is blocked by the keeper, but there's a rebound, Oakley is first to it and puts it in! 1-1

39': We lose the ball pretty deep in their end, and they are a bit slow to get a good clearance, Oakley makes a strong tackle about 35 yards from goal, a pass to Armstrong, Armstrong puts it into the area, Grimes and the keeper both sprinting towards it, Grimes gets there first though and scores! 2-1

HALF: Each team has 4 shots, but we've put 3 on target to just 1 for them. We're pretty solidly in control at the moment. Oakley is out, Wheeler in at the half, our midfield is going to be tired by the end of this one. Unsure if its b/c of how hard we've worked to recover from the early deficit, or playing on 3 days rest is finally catching up with some guys.

47': They start with it and try to attack right away. Sercombe with a tackle and he triggers a break for us, a pass ahead to Seager in the midfield, through to Grimes and he has no one in front of him about 30 yards away, he makes it into the area... and messes up the 1 on 1, keeper gets the stop.

50': Corner for Sercombe, crossed to Garmston, header is just inches over.

57': Another Sercombe tackle triggers another break for us, this time Armstrong gets it ahead to Wheeler, who also chokes on his 1v1 attempt.

70': I knew we would pay if we continued to not take advantage of these chances. They get their offense set up, an attacker sidesteps a tackle attempt by Baldwin at the edge of the box and is able to get off a shot which beats Pym. 2-2

70': Davies in for sercombe, Reid in for Seager.

75': Wow, complete collapse, we get a tackle but Baldwin makes a terrible clearance (wrong amount of power, pass went to the wrong guy), they intercept, place a nice through ball into the area, and score. 2-3

90': Very late in added time, Grimes practically runs through the man with the ball, but luckily for him, he got the ball and no foul is given, Grimes makes a move foward, hits a through ball for Reid who is cutting ahead, Reid has a 1 on 1 with the keeper, the keeper started to rush out for the ball, then stops, and ends up in an awkward position. Reid shoots, its on target, goal! 3-3

Time is called right after the restart.

Accrington 3 : 3 Exeter

We are lucky to get 1 point, but at the same time, we completely gave away 2 more in this one. Early in the 2nd half with a 2-1 lead we were playing great, our tackling was spectacular and they were pushing forward to try to tie things up. We got chance after chance to blow this match open, and we failed to do so.

Man of the Match: Armstrong (7.6)
Goals: Grimes 2 (7.2), Reid (6.6)
Assists: Armstrong 2, Grimes

We remain 14th. We're 7 points out of a playoff spot, but obviously lots of teams in the way still. If we were a bit more consistent we'd get there I think.

One of Grimes' goals today:

10-25-2014, 05:22 PM	#26
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	December 27th, 2014 Accrington (6-2-15, 22nd) vs Exeter City (8-6-9, 14th) We beat Accrington 2-1 at our place back in Auguest. They are struggling big time, so lets see what we can do against them on the road. GK: Pym (57) LB: Garmston (61) CB: Butterfield (58) CB: Moore-Taylor (58) CB: Baldwin (60) RB: Ribeiro (63) CM: Sercombe (62) CM: Oakley (58) CAM: Grimes (56) ST: Armstrong (62) ST: Seager (60) Grimes starts over Keohane today. He complained about playing time, and he is 19 y/o and rated almost as good as Keohane, if I'm going to mess around with player progression and playing time, he's a prime candidate to play more. 2': Well that's good. We lose the ball in our half, there's an immediate long pass ahead, and a foul by Sercombe in the area, penalty. They bury it. 0-1 18': Garmston tries a cross, they head it away, we recover, a pass in to Seager, he gets off a left footed shot from just insdie the area, wide. 32': Grimes has it down the left sideline, a pass to Oakley aobut 25 yards out, he passes to Armstrong and breaks for the goal, Armstrong passes right back, Oakley's shot is blocked by the keeper, but there's a rebound, Oakley is first to it and puts it in! 1-1 39': We lose the ball pretty deep in their end, and they are a bit slow to get a good clearance, Oakley makes a strong tackle about 35 yards from goal, a pass to Armstrong, Armstrong puts it into the area, Grimes and the keeper both sprinting towards it, Grimes gets there first though and scores! 2-1 HALF: Each team has 4 shots, but we've put 3 on target to just 1 for them. We're pretty solidly in control at the moment. Oakley is out, Wheeler in at the half, our midfield is going to be tired by the end of this one. Unsure if its b/c of how hard we've worked to recover from the early deficit, or playing on 3 days rest is finally catching up with some guys. 47': They start with it and try to attack right away. Sercombe with a tackle and he triggers a break for us, a pass ahead to Seager in the midfield, through to Grimes and he has no one in front of him about 30 yards away, he makes it into the area... and messes up the 1 on 1, keeper gets the stop. 50': Corner for Sercombe, crossed to Garmston, header is just inches over. 57': Another Sercombe tackle triggers another break for us, this time Armstrong gets it ahead to Wheeler, who also chokes on his 1v1 attempt. 70': I knew we would pay if we continued to not take advantage of these chances. They get their offense set up, an attacker sidesteps a tackle attempt by Baldwin at the edge of the box and is able to get off a shot which beats Pym. 2-2 70': Davies in for sercombe, Reid in for Seager. 75': Wow, complete collapse, we get a tackle but Baldwin makes a terrible clearance (wrong amount of power, pass went to the wrong guy), they intercept, place a nice through ball into the area, and score. 2-3 90': Very late in added time, Grimes practically runs through the man with the ball, but luckily for him, he got the ball and no foul is given, Grimes makes a move foward, hits a through ball for Reid who is cutting ahead, Reid has a 1 on 1 with the keeper, the keeper started to rush out for the ball, then stops, and ends up in an awkward position. Reid shoots, its on target, goal! 3-3 Time is called right after the restart. Accrington 3 : 3 Exeter We are lucky to get 1 point, but at the same time, we completely gave away 2 more in this one. Early in the 2nd half with a 2-1 lead we were playing great, our tackling was spectacular and they were pushing forward to try to tie things up. We got chance after chance to blow this match open, and we failed to do so. Man of the Match: Armstrong (7.6) Goals: Grimes 2 (7.2), Reid (6.6) Assists: Armstrong 2, Grimes We remain 14th. We're 7 points out of a playoff spot, but obviously lots of teams in the way still. If we were a bit more consistent we'd get there I think. One of Grimes' goals today: