by Hound »
20 Aug 2025 13:11
Snowflake Royal Esteban jd82
Ping 50 yard balls to strikers who can't hold the ball up? Play it around the back until we lose it?
It's very similar to last season, isn't it? Only with Fraser instead of Knibbs and O'Mahoney/Kelvin E instead of Wareham. The identity is supposed to be a high pressing side that's trying to defend from the front and get balls in behind the opposition defence, with Wing controlling the game from the middle of the pitch. Pretty much as per last season. And for 20 minutes on Saturday it was working.
The problem, and this is where I agree with you, was that it was quite one dimensional, so when Wimbledon worked that out and countered it, we needed Hunt to make make the right changes to get us back into the game. He didn't. That's when we ended up passing the ball around the back and getting nowhere, so Wing started trying to force the game with longer balls forwards.
You're exactly right, plus the starting personnel wasn't the best choice.
Unsurprisingly, and as everyone claimed to expect, it's been a rough start and will take a while for things to come together properly. Hunt is still inexperienced, and he'll make some mistakes along the way, like he did when he took over, but he'll get it sorted to a greater or lesser extent sooner or later.
It was the lack of Hunt countering that was the biggest concern really
I didn’t especially like the starting 11 but it started the game very well. Especially the front 3. Once Wimbledon broke the game up we then struggled quite badly until the Wing goal which really did come out of nowhere
I was convinced we’d make changes at HT but 65mins was way too late. That was poor
I’m not sure with Hunt tbh. I’d love him to come good but I definitely have concerns
In terms with of the pressing I thought the Mahoney/Kyeweera/Lane forward line did this exceptionally well. Camara and Garcia nowhere near as strong, esp Camara. Kelvin does it pretty well.
Which is why I think he should go to MoM/Danny/Kelv tonight if Lane not fit