Nelly's Left Foot
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Better side won. City had an off day again. Maybe time for a rethink at management level.
Hard to know exactly what the problems are at the moment but the team do not seem to have progressed this season at all. No question at all Lucy leaving was significant but I felt we saw everything that is wrong in that first half. First of all I could not believ the team Nick picked.
Nadia seems to work hard but sadly achieve nothing at all. The ball does not stick with her at all so attack after attack breaks down before it starts.The first time she touched the ball it was to tread on it and fall over. Sadly she is not alone with poor control and first touch. Almost every player had that problem in the first half. The pitch wasnt great but at times I see the same problem at the CFA on a good pitch!.
Jane Ross is a much better target as a center forward soa better option imo but I would have played Parris at 9 with Mel Lawley and Claire Emsley as two wide attackers. I like the two wingers as good runners with the ball who can get behing defences instead of playing the ball to a central player and let defences just come through them or pick up mis controlled balls.
Sadly we made the one big mistake to let them score. Beattie should have headed the ball away easily I though but mistimed it and that was that. Miles better in the 2nd half with much better pressing and more intent but then that age old thing was there for all to see a lack of composure in the final third. Tried hard and came close (ish) but for me never really looked like scoring.
Back to basics for me and learning to play simple passes to feet. Control the ball first time and improve awareness of who is around to turn thew right way and pick the right pass.