hoxton casual Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 How did they do as individuals and as a pair? A lot of us have been calling for Brownhill to go central. Is it his place to lose?
Fordy62 Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 Though Smith had a really good game. I confess that I find it far too difficult to keep my eye on too many players especially when some of them look so similar from distance (i.e Pato and Brownhill).
FlintWonderwall Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 Both had solid games, think the Centre midfield pairing will rotate between these two and pack depending on opposition and fitness. Good options as it stands
hoxton casual Posted September 10, 2017 Author Posted September 10, 2017 Do you think Pack is when we want to attack and Smitj when we want to stay tight and mobile?
BCFC Grim Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 Probably Smith's best game for us this season. Like to see Brownhill get forward a bit more, but circumstances may have dictated that wasn't really possible yesterday.
cidercity1987 Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 According to the Reading forum, their players dominated the midfield with ease. Is that true?
HoldenBall Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 6 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: According to the Reading forum, their players dominated the midfield with ease. Is that true? If you count pointless 5 yard passes from Van dem Berg to Mannone for 70% of the time, sure. They completely dominated us. They got between our lines a couple of times, but it was hardly dominiation.
Negan Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 Well Reading still made plenty of chances and had they taken them they would have won 4-1. Luckily they we're poor in front of goal. Still think Brownhill and Pack are a better/stronger option.
Davefevs Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 7 minutes ago, Sergio Georgini said: If you count pointless 5 yard passes from Van dem Berg to Mannone for 70% of the time, sure. They completely dominated us. They got between our lines a couple of times, but it was hardly dominiation. Yep, Reading are a team that delight in passing the ball without feeling the need to go forward.
Red_Nine Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 Would love to see pack and brownhill at home and smith and brownhill away
Admin Ian M Posted September 10, 2017 Admin Posted September 10, 2017 There were a few occasions where we had players free on the wings but passes to them were poor and intercepted. When Pack was brought on I immediately felt more confident about our passing and almost immediately Pack spread the ball nicely to Bryan where we had often failed previously. But I totally get why against Reading, who like to keep the ball, fairly meaninglessly at times in midfield, Johnson went for two terriers instead.
BCFC Grim Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 7 minutes ago, Negan said: Well Reading still made plenty of chances and had they taken them they would have won 4-1. Luckily they we're poor in front of goal. Still think Brownhill and Pack are a better/stronger option. I thought we limited then to long range efforts. They missed a couple of great chances but I'd say Patterson's effort was the best chance of the match bar the goal.
JoeAman08 Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 3 hours ago, BCFC Grim said: I thought we limited then to long range efforts. They missed a couple of great chances but I'd say Patterson's effort was the best chance of the match bar the goal. Spot on. They had 60% possession so were bound to have more shots. Most of them were long range shots. Good saves by FF in that he caught them but saves I'd expect him to make. They probably had 2-3 chances in the box and missed the target though we probably had 2-3 in the box and one that got us the 3 points. They didn't really trouble us when we were set defensively. Second half I think we were the better side by a fair margin. Just so much more productive in our passing than Reading. Mannone had far more touches than I'd like to see if I were a Reading fan.
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