by South Coast Royal »
17 Feb 2022 11:03
Obviously the conditions affected the play last night but it looked very much like a 3rd division game which is where one or both of the teams will end up next season-the passing, more so by us, was dire.
Apart from the apparent lack of commitment (call it confidence if you like but few of our players seemed ready to die for the cause) our style of play is meant to be as a passing side, or at least that is what the manager says.
So on a windy night what would most sides do?
Keep it on the deck.
Peterborough did , especially in the second half, and looked far more threatening than we did-it's as if they had a plan but this was a side that has now gone more than 8 hours without scoring and something like one win in 12.
We won't play anybody worse for the rest of the season-from reports Barnsley are not playing as badly as their results indicate.
This was one of those 5 games that we needed to win (yes I know there is no exact science) but watching the game I never felt, apart from the isolated cases of Swift and Joao's chances, that we ever looked like winning and it was a case of holding our breath every time that Peterborough had an attacking set piece.
Either or both of Peterborough and Derby will pick up at least a point at the weekend -let's hope we do the same as hope is just about all we have.
BTW we were very lucky when Morrison gave the ball away early on and IMHO the keeper is about the same as Southwood.