FT: NORTH MACEDONIA 1 - 1 WALES. Match thread

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Originally Posted by Don Corleone

It would actually have been easier to have played a simple pass forward , there were no Macedonians in front of him and he had space to move into.

You know for all of the clever football tactics we end up scoring from a deep cross into the big man who heads it down for the small quick one to knock home - very old school! Shame we didn’t try it sooner in the game 😂

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You have a point there about how we scored: isn’t that the manager’s job to have different plans to try and win games?

Maybe we should have gone more direct to Moore sooner? Macedonia certainly weren’t up to much.

It would actually have been easier to have played a simple pass forward , there were no Macedonians in front of him and he had space to move into.

You know for all of the clever football tactics we end up scoring from a deep cross into the big man who heads it down for the small quick one to knock home - very old school! Shame we didn’t try it sooner in the game ��

EXACTAMUNDO

View from the sofa:

Positives:
Jordan James
The centre halves
Darlow
Grabbing a point
The football played. Some very good stuff

Negatives:
The substitutions. DJ off. Made no sense. Bring kiefer on take DJ off? Brookes for broadhead way too late.
Missed chances. Could / should have won that game twice.
Failure to get the best out of Brennan
Failure to utilise kiefer when he did come on
Lack of urgency from 70 on
Lack of 3 points! Only 1 qualifies

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Originally Posted by Lord Worcester

View from the sofa:

Positives:
Jordan James
The centre halves
Darlow
Grabbing a point
The football played. Some very good stuff

Negatives:
The substitutions. DJ off. Made no sense. Bring kiefer on take DJ off? Brookes for broadhead way too late.
Missed chances. Could / should have won that game twice.
Failure to get the best out of Brennan
Failure to utilise kiefer when he did come on
Lack of urgency from 70 on
Lack of 3 points! Only 1 qualifies

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Originally Posted by Lord Worcester

View from the sofa:

Positives:
Jordan James
The centre halves
Darlow
Grabbing a point
The football played. Some very good stuff

Negatives:
The substitutions. DJ off. Made no sense. Bring kiefer on take DJ off? Brookes for broadhead way too late.
Missed chances. Could / should have won that game twice.
Failure to get the best out of Brennan
Failure to utilise kiefer when he did come on
Lack of urgency from 70 on
Lack of 3 points! Only 1 qualifies

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Belgium go to North Macedonia 3 days before we play them in June, whilst we play Liechtenstein

Hopefully North Macedonia can give them a game while we can go into it a little fresher

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Originally Posted by Lord Worcester

View from the sofa:

Positives:
Jordan James
The centre halves
Darlow
Grabbing a point
The football played. Some very good stuff

Negatives:
The substitutions. DJ off. Made no sense. Bring kiefer on take DJ off? Brookes for broadhead way too late.
Missed chances. Could / should have won that game twice.
Failure to get the best out of Brennan
Failure to utilise kiefer when he did come on
Lack of urgency from 70 on
Lack of 3 points! Only 1 qualifies

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I’d add Sorba Thomas as a positive, outside of the finish he cocked up at the far post thought he was excellent again, the one player who was really driving us forward.

Totally agree about the subs, bit odd. Broadhead was a strange choice given how little he’s played this year and he persisted with it far too long.

Johnson is an enigma for club and country. When he’s on he’s one of Spurs better players but sometimes he’s infuriatingly uninvolved. And he’s never a center forward.

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Originally Posted by LA Bluebird

I’d add Sorba Thomas as a positive, outside of the finish he cocked up at the far post thought he was excellent again, the one player who was really driving us forward.

Totally agree about the subs, bit odd. Broadhead was a strange choice given how little he’s played this year and he persisted with it far too long.

Johnson is an enigma for club and country. When he’s on he’s one of Spurs better players but sometimes he’s infuriatingly uninvolved. And he’s never a center forward.

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Agree with you on sorba. Broadhead was odd. Linked up well with DJ 1st half. Essentially didn’t touch ball in 2nd. Not subbed until 75th. Inexplicable. Kiefer comes on needs DJ to supply. Not to be the one he replaces.

Agree with you on Brennan. But we have all witnessed what a capable and quality player he can be. Down to the manager to get the best out of him. And he is, to date, failing to do that.

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Originally Posted by Lord Worcester

Agree with you on sorba. Broadhead was odd. Linked up well with DJ 1st half. Essentially didn’t touch ball in 2nd. Not subbed until 75th. Inexplicable. Kiefer comes on needs DJ to supply. Not to be the one he replaces.

Agree with you on Brennan. But we have all witnessed what a capable and quality player he can be. Down to the manager to get the best out of him. And he is, to date, failing to do that.

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Brennan was the same at forest. would look really good in one game and then you don't notice he's on the pitch in the next 4.

we have a few players who blow hot and cold

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Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue

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That last cross to Moore was the only cross to reach him..pathetic