Ascot (H)
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2026 8:15 pm
I'm sure those with footballing management skills know better than me - but what was the game-plan?
We seemed to be 3-2-3-2 without wingbacks, the more defensive 2 sitting narrow in front of the back 3. When the back 3 were overloaded it was unclear who was supposed to support them.
Meanwhile, where we did have width, and could get round the Ascot defence, the crossing ability of those providing width was severely limited. Elsewhere, our most creative players seemed to be a mixture of out of sorts / on the bench / out of position.
I thought the halftime reshuffle got players more back to playing in their best positions but the odd formation remained. We looked better coming forwards but the frailty of the back 3 remained, combined with a lack of clinical finishing up front saw any realistic chance of reaching the playoffs disappear.
On a positive note I thought our corners were very good - it seemed like we were first to the ball but just couldn't turn that into a goal on quite a few occasions.
It just felt puzzling, the performance of the team far below the combined talents of the players we have.
We seemed to be 3-2-3-2 without wingbacks, the more defensive 2 sitting narrow in front of the back 3. When the back 3 were overloaded it was unclear who was supposed to support them.
Meanwhile, where we did have width, and could get round the Ascot defence, the crossing ability of those providing width was severely limited. Elsewhere, our most creative players seemed to be a mixture of out of sorts / on the bench / out of position.
I thought the halftime reshuffle got players more back to playing in their best positions but the odd formation remained. We looked better coming forwards but the frailty of the back 3 remained, combined with a lack of clinical finishing up front saw any realistic chance of reaching the playoffs disappear.
On a positive note I thought our corners were very good - it seemed like we were first to the ball but just couldn't turn that into a goal on quite a few occasions.
It just felt puzzling, the performance of the team far below the combined talents of the players we have.