Well it was a much better 2nd half but 1st half was poor again. Nicholson’s passing is abysmal and almost cost us the 1 goal lead, which could have changed the game. He’s a liability and should be dropped for Boyce. We looked much better 2nd half for the width created by the wing backs getting forward, which Rushall allowed. They were awful though, the worst team we’ve played this season. Better teams will know that pinning our width back nullifies our attacking threat.
Rushall were very leggy last twenty minutes the spaces we were finding in different areas of the pitch were very noticeable late on, those Laughton woods runs certainly payed off last night.
I reckon that’s down to many of their players having done a full days graft before travelling 4 hours to GP to play 90 minutes of football. If we’de lost to lads that had spent the day delivering mail, erecting scaffolding and fixing roofs then there would be cause for concern. We should certainly have a big advantage over part time teams in the midweek games. Less Laughton woods runs and more basic passing drills needed for some of our players me thinks.
