kirsikka
UTC Legend
After an improved performance if not result at the weekend it was time to get the points along with a performance. We started all action, chasing all over the place and looking like we might carve them open only to spurn the opportunities.
Since the Stoke sending off there does seem to be an element of compensating from refs not wanting to give anything that could be deemed as even slightly soft. Fair enough on Saturday when it was the same for both sides. Not so good tonight when it was a one way process. A really poor performance from the ref on the non match-changing decisions. And note that I'm often prepared to stick up for refs.
First half, L Cook really looked a player again. Driving runs and nipping interceptions. Begged the question of what we do when Lerma comes back.
Sloppy defending to concede. Unlucky deflection but even so, the covering wasn't good and the challenges were poor.
We made lots of openings but snapped at our chances, not even getting them on target. Really wasteful finishing. In the first half we had 13 attempts on goal, they had 3. From that we had 1 on target, they had 2. That's the half summed up for you. Did their keeper even make a save from our total of 22 attempts in the match? I don't recall one.
The second half was an inferior showing than the the first. Posh sat back but for all our play, we created fewer clear openings than in the first period.
Promotion is back up for grabs for the chasing pack and we're the ones that have opened that door. If we don't go up automatically then failing to beat the teams near the bottom will be a large part of the cause.
I'm struggling with Parker's thinking here. Failing to break them down and his answer is to put a left winger that has struggled whenever he's been played on the right, on at right back.
Positive performances:
Christie - You can see how he makes the right side tick, and ergo the balance of the side. He's essential.
L Cook - Excellent first half. Not as impressive in the second, but few were.
Room for improvement:
Billing - Finishing has deserted him and as the auxiliary striker in the formation that's quite a miss. That two game suspension might be a blessing in disguise, both to give someone else a chance and to give him an opportunity to reset.
Solanke - He should be bullying defenders struggling at the bottom of the table. He isn't.
Kelly - Wasteful in possession at times with fairly simply things.
Since the Stoke sending off there does seem to be an element of compensating from refs not wanting to give anything that could be deemed as even slightly soft. Fair enough on Saturday when it was the same for both sides. Not so good tonight when it was a one way process. A really poor performance from the ref on the non match-changing decisions. And note that I'm often prepared to stick up for refs.
First half, L Cook really looked a player again. Driving runs and nipping interceptions. Begged the question of what we do when Lerma comes back.
Sloppy defending to concede. Unlucky deflection but even so, the covering wasn't good and the challenges were poor.
We made lots of openings but snapped at our chances, not even getting them on target. Really wasteful finishing. In the first half we had 13 attempts on goal, they had 3. From that we had 1 on target, they had 2. That's the half summed up for you. Did their keeper even make a save from our total of 22 attempts in the match? I don't recall one.
The second half was an inferior showing than the the first. Posh sat back but for all our play, we created fewer clear openings than in the first period.
Promotion is back up for grabs for the chasing pack and we're the ones that have opened that door. If we don't go up automatically then failing to beat the teams near the bottom will be a large part of the cause.
I'm struggling with Parker's thinking here. Failing to break them down and his answer is to put a left winger that has struggled whenever he's been played on the right, on at right back.
Positive performances:
Christie - You can see how he makes the right side tick, and ergo the balance of the side. He's essential.
L Cook - Excellent first half. Not as impressive in the second, but few were.
Room for improvement:
Billing - Finishing has deserted him and as the auxiliary striker in the formation that's quite a miss. That two game suspension might be a blessing in disguise, both to give someone else a chance and to give him an opportunity to reset.
Solanke - He should be bullying defenders struggling at the bottom of the table. He isn't.
Kelly - Wasteful in possession at times with fairly simply things.
