Most liked posts in thread: Home vs Exeter 2nd Nov

Someone mention Bates? Just when we thought it was safe too.

 

I do think that scoreline flattered Exeter, it was a derby so form goes out the window. Plus it sounded like ryan lowe undersestimated this game and suffered for it..

I will say this season so far i have never actually seen a team out play us at home. Only time i saw was in the first round of the carabao cup who are 2nd in the championship!

I genuinely think we will be good.

 

I'd love to see some through balls to our forwards. When was the last time you saw a striker in a City shirt have a one on one with the keeper?

 

he who must not be mentioned bags another for Swindon

 

Oteh for me.

 

1st goal definitely Oteh's.

 

its the fact we are down to the bare bones that's its annoying

 

Nicky Law run the show for Exeter, class act on the day.

 

Yep. Stupid challenge from Cooke. Bowyer was doing his absolute nut at him as he trudged off.

 

I’d like to see Otehs goal again, i’ve got a right view of it from right behind the goal. Sure he puts it in with his hand, so did everyone around us. Great ball in from Henley.

 

I think Oteh is starting to show signs of the player that he could be. He's frustrating for sure, but there were a couple of moments today where I thought he played very intelligent passes and he was instrumental in the second goal. He's a rough diamond but I think there is a player in there.

 

That game summed up this division, we played better against Port Vale and came away with nothing. A good battling performance against one of the better teams in the division but not much between the teams bar the goals.

 

I'm not complacent, but can you tell me which team is demonstrably better than us and it'll be a surprise if we're above them?

Remember, we're doing this with a team which has six unavailable players, who could arguably improve the team

 

It was a funny old game, as I posted the best footballing side I've seen at Valley Parade this season, a good job they were poor in the final third, their right winger Williams gave both full backs a bit of a tough time today even when he changed wings he looked comfortable either side of the pitch, Law run the show for them.
I thought BRE shaded it but O'Connor was a close second, Exeter won very little in the air but their movement with and without the ball was outstanding at times, we need Donaldson back asap although Vaughan never stopped trying he's not a target man, but credit to the lads they stuck to their task and got the 3 points.
Cooke didn't need to make the challenge the ball and Law were going nowhere, and knowing he was already on a yellow he should have just kept him wide, but it's easy from the stands.

 

It was a strange sort of game really. I thought we were absolutely awful in possession - exeter were aggressive whenever they lost the ball and we showed no composure whatsoever, ball retention was very very poor. However, it was a really good battling performance. We defended really well - Wood, AOC and BRE were superb and the clean sheet was much needed.

Oteh was an odd one, no idea how he got MOTM. Did some things well and some things poorly. Definitely an OG too.

 

Must have been Oteh's best game for us, involved in both goals scored and when we lost Cooke put in a real shift defending out wide.
Getting harry Pritchard back made a difference for us and as mentioned Connor/BRE and AOC were superb.

City dont dominate games but the attitude is there and we are second?
What can i moan about?

 

Law played very well but the fact is he was poor at the end of his time with us he was poor crabbing across the pitch. And I also lost a bit of respect for him for his reaction to a nothing tackle from Cooke

 

More word please..Wood is coming along nicely.

 

Don't see why the first goal cannot be credited to Oteh. Looked his at the game and the SKY highlights seem to prove it.

 

Law played very well...so you agree with my .

but the fact is he was poor at the end of his time with us he was poor crabbing across the pitch, as I said he was playing at league One level when we let him go, he was very good at carrying the ball and making yards up the pitch, exactly how McCall like to play ball retention/possession.

And I also lost a bit of respect for him for his reaction to a nothing tackle from Cooke, they had just lost a player down to 10 men, I'm at a loss to see why Cooke made a bloody stupid challenge but you lose respect for Law, he took Law from behind (excuse the pun) and did not win the ball but took the man it was a foul and he was on a yellow.