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Match 9 Results & Reaction
Posted: 16 Dec 2023, 20:33
by Darlington
Matches and Stats
Missing Sheets
Brighton U23
Bournemouth U23
Burnley U23 - unmanaged
Norwich U23 - unmanaged
Sheet Errors
yde: Player R_Dragusin is named twice in teams sheet - This is a repeated error next time will be a N sheet.
@Dazoctaron
yli: Error in conditionals (line 9) - Illegal position after RED command
@Eduardo
Re: Match 9 Results & Reaction
Posted: 18 Dec 2023, 11:24
by Nocky
Aston Villa U23 2-1 Manchester City U23
A deserved win as we dominated the possession and chances created but struggled to score once again which is becoming frustrating. In the end we did get 2 goals which got us over the line but that's a poor return from 22 shots with 11 on target! And it follows on from a run of games where we only scored 4 times in 7 (although we did manage to win 3, draw 3 and lose only 1 in that period - we only conceded 2 at the same time). But the draws are costing us and we find ourselves 5 points behind the leaders Liverpool despite only losing once all season.
So we'll be looking for ways we can improve on that. Defence is fine currently - we've conceded 4 goals all season in the league and 0 in 5 games in the cup. We've also been free scoring in the cup - 12 in 5 games - but 7 in 9 in the league is not good enough. It's back to the drawing board with tactics on that one as we're still in the mix but need a good run of wins to really put us in there. A 27r FW would be nice - maybe santa will help us out with that. If not, some scouring of the market may need to be done.
But a win is a win and a positive result going into the Christmas break where hopefully we can regroup and come out fighting in the new year.