Match Thread Home vs Oldham Saturday 14th August

Angol seems to lack composure with his finishing. He’s mobile though and his link play is good.

 

I think there's a good player in there somewhere! But its when you see his finishing/decision making, it's when you realise he hasn't progressed. If he'd had squared his two chances, instead of ballooning over the bar, we'd have maybe won by a bigger margin. BUT as I have said, fair play to him for taking that last min penalty. Wasn't easy. (lucky lucky bast@rd!!).

 

Second best xG in L2 today.

 

Interested to hear your definition of what a "proper chance" is. Obviously it's not when you are at the edge of the box and have a free shot on target.

 

Exactly the comment Adams made they play 3-4-3 they take huge risks that's what their all about they'll score goals and concede goals as they did last season.

 

Yes, his finishing definitely seems to be his weak link. He's quick and very skilful. I expect him to get more than his fair share of penalties, but hopefully to hit them a bit harder than today's effort.

 

The keeper should have saved both those.
Let's just be happy he didn't.
Woeful goalkeeping.

 

It will have done him the world of good to open his city account today and fair play to him for stepping up to take the penalty at the end because he could quite easily have been painted as the villan tonight had he not scored. Hopefully now he has 2 goals to his name it will have taken a bit of pressure off him and he can work on his composure and decision making in front of goal so that he can keep finding the back of the net on a regular basis.

 

I don’t need to be.

However, AM and the midfield area in general plus I would like another forward.

 

Cooke did well to bamboozle the Oldham defence late on, Andy Cook should have let him get his shot away but Andy Cook challenging for the same ball put Callum off.
Were 3 games into a new season and have created chances against all 3 opposition teams, I'd be more worried if we weren't creating chances.

 

Not dissimilar to Ivan Toney a few years ago and also Jordy Hiwula.

Funny thing football. What make some successful and others not?

 

Glad we're all seeing this from a better Angol ...

 

Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love a selfish, single minded centre forward. They are the absolute best! BUT...if they are being selfish, then they have to finish 9 out of 10 of their chances. As you say - lets hope this has now given Angol a lot more confidence, and he's going to be much more successful with his shots.

 

Course you do. You're spouting bollocks just for fun. Wum on, pal.

 

He does have a few assets to his game, if he could finish he wouldn't be in league 2. Potentially offers more than Cook with his workrate and an movement off the ball.

 

I'm fully prepared to make a 180 turnaround if he starts finding the net.

 

I expected Andy Cook to take the penalty. but looking at the situation Angol took the ball placing it on the penalty spot maybe Adams has made Angol the dedicated penalty taker ?.

 

Spot on Dave.
The contrast with recent seasons, where we were creating next to nothing and relying on the occasional worldy, or opposition mistake, is pretty stark.
Yes, we definitely need to get more clinical in front of goal, but I'd far rather be creating lots of chances, even if we miss plenty, than expecting to score from two or three chances per game.

 

He took them in pre-season and scored, so I guess he's the designated taker until he misses.

 

Yes, and his ability to control the ball and turn quickly. He draws fouls for fun against L2 defenders. As you say, with his other assets, he would be playing in L1 or possibly Championship if his finishing matched the rest of his game.