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It is a very deep barrel that we are scraping the bottom of.
Still, maximum points in the prediction league for that one.
Don’t even feel frustrated or angry anymore. Just resignation and sadness.
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They threw caution to the wind at half time and defenders pushed forward into midfield. Beeston and Butterfield understandably chasing shadows.
Made worse by our wing backs becoming full backs. We were pretty much 5-2-3 for that first 20 minutes of the first half.
Made worse by the isolated front 3 switching to half hearted mode in their closing down.
All these things were blatantly obvious from the stands but we were desperately hanging on to a point by the time Pugh was moved into midfield to help stem the flow.
It was obvious Lavery was gone physically 10 minutes into the second half but took another 20 minutes to get Wilson on.
The players got the blame from Tony for the second half but I think he and Nelson have to shoulder some of the responsibility.
They made the right kind of changes but much too late.
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Not often I come to Mr Swann’s defence but he was promised the land free or virtually free by the council and the first developer. I don’t know if there was a contract in place (you would hope so) but the developer went bust. The council then found a new developer and they then jointly expected Swann to pay for the land and a big chunk of supporting infrastructure.
This made the new stadium financially not viable. That series of events is the only thing in the last 9 years that I have sympathy with Swann for.
Probably explains why the council leader does not get a Christmas card from the Swann’s.
Also to be fair your design and detailed plans have to be presented as part of a planning application so those costs were inevitable.
I want new owners as much as anyone and in my opinion the club has been run spectacularly badly for 5 years.
I hold Mr Swann totally responsible for that and the current nightmare situation the club is in but it seems to me he was not responsible for the failure of the new stadium project.
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There have been 4 or 5 interested groups so far depending who you believe. I think Swann has referenced 4 of them but of course that is no guarantee of truth.
For a club hanging on at the arse end of full time professional football that seems a high number and definitely suggests the interest is certainly there.
It is only my opinion but it also suggests the asking price is too high or that the strings attached too onerous.
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Not sure it’s attitude or even fitness. Beeston at his best is a decent attacking midfielder. Defensively he doesn’t have much idea which is why he’s not playing at a higher level. Not really Butterfield’s strong suit either so when they are facing a 3 that can play a bit they are going to struggle without support from the wing backs and/or one of the centre backs.
This is even more of a problem when your front players are letting their back line pass at will which was happening all of the first half.
Second half we upped the tempo and got their midfield heading back to goal most of the time. Dorking could have still had a couple in the second half though.
The current players and formation will only work if we accept we will concede a few but think we can score more. Personally I am happy with that approach particularly at home or away against the lesser teams.
If you try it at the likes of Wrexham or Solihull you are likely to get a spanking.
Our midfield did not exist in the first half for 2 reasons.
1. Apter had a free role. In his head that means without the ball he doesn’t need to pick men up and when we do have the ball he needs to dribble through their whole team and shoot. This left Beeston and Butterfield trying to look after a 3 in there. Not blaming Apter for this. He has talent but is only 19 FFS and needs telling where and how to play.
2. They had 2 men in their back line that could pass the ball forward properly. The long haired guy was good at it and their number 3 was exceptionally good at it. Our front 2 should have focused on those 2 and let their other defenders or goalkeeper kick it long. There was one moment that summed up the first half. Their keeper passed a goal kick short to their number 3. He dribbled past Nuttall’s half hearted challenge in his own box. Nuttall stood and watched him stroll into our half unchallenged and play a dangerous ball forward. Most players when they have the piss taken out of them would have chased the culprit down and left an agricultural challenge on him.
To be fair Dorking were good in that first half. I have never seen a team break with the ball and quickly get 5 or 6 bodies in the box. They did this half a dozen times in the first half alone. You can see why they score and concede so many goals. An entertaining team to follow not least for the owner managers interviews.
Someone Swann could learn from. If you own the club and feel the need to pick the team then be upfront about it and take responsibility for the successes and failures.
Was still the Old Show Ground last time I went to a match with flairs.
On a more serious note York’s needing the trainer on every 5 minutes for mysterious injuries and the referees “look at me” antics both disrupted the game far more than the Donny Road boys.
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But less adrift than we probably would have been.
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