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Post by rjdgull on Jul 23, 2013 7:34:29 GMT
Almost a year to the day that we last played this fixture, this is our penultimate match prior to the Wimbledon game. If Knill is simply to rotate everyone then should line up something like this:
Rice, unless Poke is fit, anyone noticed that he hasn't let one in yet?
Tonge, MacKenzie, Hutchings, Cruise
Thompson, Lathrope, Craig, Bodin
Yeoman, Sullivan
There could be a trailist playing but I can't see Cooper playing unless he has signed! Hope to post my thoughts on the match later....
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Post by rjdgull on Jul 23, 2013 8:45:21 GMT
I see from the Herald that Thompson will start in goal tonight. Sounds like Poke is touch and go for Wimbledon but Knill has confidence in Rice starting this game. Lathrope picked up a groin strain so unlikely to be risked.
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Post by rjdgull on Jul 23, 2013 21:29:07 GMT
Almost a year to the day that we last played this fixture, this is our penultimate match prior to the Wimbledon game. If Knill is simply to rotate everyone then should line up something like this: Rice, unless Poke is fit, anyone noticed that he hasn't let one in yet? Tonge, MacKenzie, Hutchings, Cruise Thompson, Lathrope, Craig, Bodin Yeoman, Sullivan There could be a trailist playing but I can't see Cooper playing unless he has signed! Hope to post my thoughts on the match later.... Almost played that team to start. Manse for Lathrope due to a niggle. Hutchings at right back instead of Tonge with Downes plugging the gap in the middle of defence. We scored in the first half with a good strike from Craig and they equalised after some good work from a throw in during the second. Changes at half time confined to midfield with Chappell, Cameron and Harding coming on, only Craig staying for the duration. |
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Post by rjdgull on Jul 23, 2013 22:11:25 GMT
Apart from a late challenge on Craig early on by their number 8, for which he got a yellow, the game was played in the right spirit. We had the better of the first half with Thompson being the stand out performer for me, ironically, more on the left as he switched wings regularly with Bodin. When he got the ball to feet and ran with it, caused them a lot of problems with not too many chances for our strikers. Probably the best chance of the was a diagonal ball that their defender failed to cut out leaving Thompson with a one on one similar to Chappell in the Yeovil match, went for a similar finish but the ball went the wrong side of the far post. Bodin did some good work to get into a shooting position but could only finish weakly. The goal came from some good harrying by Manse who managed to squeeze the ball out to Sullivan on the edge of the area who then teed up Craig with a sweetly struck shot from almost 25 yards into the corner of the net.
The second half saw Tiverton make a lot of changes and the balance of power shift. Despite our new wingers both on, not many chances were made from out wide. Downes was very lucky not to concede earlier after a horrific defensive lapse that teed up their striker perfectly but hit it just wide. Their goal came from a throw in on the right of the area which was not dealt with and forced home. They then looked more likely to score but a strange game in that both keepers had a quiet game with not too many saves to make.
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