danburyshrimper
Manager
I popped along to Braintree v Lincoln last night in the Conference ( crazy to think they are only 1 league below us )
It was a really entertaining match , both team playing excellent football + was a breath of fresh air after Saturdays painfully frustrating game at Roots Hall.
The biggest difference between Blues' sluggish performance + the non leaguers efforts was in the pace of the attacks.
Lincoln played 2 up front and they both really caught the eye in the simple style of play. I just wish Phil Brown was there to see it and learn. Ben Tomlinson & Jake Sheridan showed excellent pace, power + touch but in 90 minutes not once did Lincoln pump a high ball down the middle. Braintree's centre backs didnt head the ball all evening , unlike the meat + drink we fed Burys defenders. Last night the ball was always played to feet or down the channels + looked likely to score almost every attack. When those strikers ran the channels they created so much space + with the intelligent off the ball running opened up the opposition time after time.
Compare that to Blues' style .... get the ball , look up , no options , so play it backwards then lump it up neck high to whoever our ridiculously isolated lone forward is . Pitiful.
We so desperately need to get our own pacey potential match winner Lenny further into the danger areas - We've got one of the quickest players in the league , who has a demon shot , who we know can finish well , and his strong running at oppositions defences would cause chaos. . . . but what does Brown do ? Sit him deep , squeezed in an over cramped midfield with no space with no runners off the ball. Its rubbish !!!!
If we dont change our style back to the pacey free flowing attacking team we saw at the back end of 2013 then i'm afraid i 'll be forced to watch many more Conference games ...... at Roots Hall !!!!
It was a really entertaining match , both team playing excellent football + was a breath of fresh air after Saturdays painfully frustrating game at Roots Hall.
The biggest difference between Blues' sluggish performance + the non leaguers efforts was in the pace of the attacks.
Lincoln played 2 up front and they both really caught the eye in the simple style of play. I just wish Phil Brown was there to see it and learn. Ben Tomlinson & Jake Sheridan showed excellent pace, power + touch but in 90 minutes not once did Lincoln pump a high ball down the middle. Braintree's centre backs didnt head the ball all evening , unlike the meat + drink we fed Burys defenders. Last night the ball was always played to feet or down the channels + looked likely to score almost every attack. When those strikers ran the channels they created so much space + with the intelligent off the ball running opened up the opposition time after time.
Compare that to Blues' style .... get the ball , look up , no options , so play it backwards then lump it up neck high to whoever our ridiculously isolated lone forward is . Pitiful.
We so desperately need to get our own pacey potential match winner Lenny further into the danger areas - We've got one of the quickest players in the league , who has a demon shot , who we know can finish well , and his strong running at oppositions defences would cause chaos. . . . but what does Brown do ? Sit him deep , squeezed in an over cramped midfield with no space with no runners off the ball. Its rubbish !!!!
If we dont change our style back to the pacey free flowing attacking team we saw at the back end of 2013 then i'm afraid i 'll be forced to watch many more Conference games ...... at Roots Hall !!!!
