Clacton-ammer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 7:38 am
Strange feeling after the final whistle, wasn't that bothered
I have no idea why,
As said beforehand, it's only the Carabao Cup.
It isn't the league cup of old where teams sent out their best XI to play Bury in round 2 - it's a competition where half the PL actively wants to be knocked out early on, and the other half uses the games to play youngsters and reserves. The Football Combination Cup.
The four teams left in it have no interest in the european 'prize' that awaits the winner.
From our perspective, there were positives;
- Ashby started. It's experience under the belt.
- Johnson got 90 minutes on his recovery to fitness.
- Fredericks fit enough to make the bench
- Vlasic had a good first 45 and showed more than he has in other games
- Soucek was back to being a real goal threat in the first half
- Bowen played at 9 and scored a peach of a goal
- We actually kept the ball quite well for most of the game - even allowing for Spurs really defensive tactics. 7 or 8 who started for us are reserves,
The negatives centre on the left side of the team's defending and the poor passing and delivery from both wing back and midfield positions.
Next game we'll probably have six senior fit defenders available (not incl Ashby) which is a big improvement . Good knows where Cresswell is.