Minority Report v Colchester United

90% of goal kicks had been easily dealt with, mainly by Roberts. Why was this goal kick any different to any other. Hammill had consistently hit his crosses over all our players and out for goal kicks. I do not remember reflecting that the resulting goal kicks represented an opportunity for them to score. Football just does not work like that. Teams exchange possession all the time, and the better team can be expected to do more with it than the opposition when they have possession. Which is especially true when one team is down to 10 men, and has an outfield player in goal.

 

Haha, you're incapable of accepting other folk hold differing views, ant tha?

I give up, pal. My point was (about 22 hours ago) and point remains, that not all of us who were at the game were unhappy with our tactic of running the clock down by keeping the ball, and it's our opinion that had Hammill retained possession down by the corner flag we'd have been unlikely to concede the equalizer.

I'm not using hindsight, I'm not even saying my opinion is anything but an opinion, but please accept that others hold a different view. Only reight, innit?

I'm actually stunned at just how long this discussion has lasted. But one last time.......

I felt our tactic of keep ball was the right thing to do. The fact we then conceded as soon as we gave up possession, cheaply, that added to my feeling that retaining possession was key. If you've got the ball, you can't concede. Your opinion is that had we not tried to play keep ball, and instead focused on scoring a third, we'd have fared better. I appreciate that alternative viewpoint. I've no idea which opinion is more valid. But what I know for a fact is, Adam Hammill could have kept the ball in the corner and thus retained possession, in a shithouse manner and secured us three points. But he didn't. And we conceded soon afterwards. Indirectly. I'm not blaming him for that goal. I'm merely suggesting that him keeping possession was the way to go. Surely that's an acceptable viewpoint?

 

That made me laugh. I'm always being told that I'm like a dog with a bone, so it must be true.

It is too far to go for me to accept that you are right, so we will just have to accept that we have different opinions on the matter. I respect your views, and there are not many on here with whom I am prepared to debate.

But this is the last word on the subject, so I win. So there.

 

I don't want you to accept I'm right. I'm not saying I'm right.

But aye. Let's move on.

 

Surely then we were also unlucky not to go in winning 4-2.

Bizarre use of hindsight.