Invicta vs Haringey Borough - Tues 14/11/23

[finbarr_in_z]

Let's hope we're on the turn regarding form. Back to back wins would be good. COYS!

[stumpy]

I wonder whether we'll play - it's very wet and still raining hard. Rain is forecast to stop around 4 o'clock. Hythe are having a pitch inspection at 3pm.

[stumpy]

rain stopped about half-past two; maybe we'll be OK.

[stumpy]

Game ON. Hythe off.

[damo]

Is there a lost property place somewhere in the ground thanks

[finbarr_in_z]

Only game on in our league

Isthmian League - Premier Division
Canvey Island P P Lewes
Concord Rangers P P Hornchurch
7.45pm Folkestone Invicta v Haringey Borough
Hastings United P P Carshalton Athletic

[colash]

Late KO tonight.

[finbarr_in_z]

Nov 14, 2023 19:16:08 GMT colash said:

Late KO tonight.

M25 delays
Aren't there always M25 delays?

[finbarr_in_z]

Folkestone Invicta
1Joe Coleman
2Kane Penn
3Toby Byron
6Jake Goodman
5Callum Davies
14Will Moses
7Ira Jackson
8Ade Cole
9Luke Holness
10Andy Drury
11Christopher Regis
12David Smith
4Ian Gayle
15Ibrahim Olutade
16Elliott Moore
17Luke Watkins

[finbarr_in_z]

Was an 8:18pm (ish) kick off

[finbarr_in_z]

HT 0-0

[Foss]

1-0 Olutade 47th min.

[finbarr_in_z]

Nov 14, 2023 21:40:21 GMT Foss said:

1-0 Olutade 47th min.

And he only came on at HT.

[finbarr_in_z]

Pah. 1-1
69 minutes

[finbarr_in_z]

FT 1-1
We go 11th. Haringey stay 2nd bottom.

[Foss]

Slightly disappointing then? Expecting all 3 points?

I suppose you can always look at it as 4 points in 2 games, which is usually good thing, but Haringey are struggling down the bottom end of the table aren't they.

[finbarr_in_z]

Nov 14, 2023 22:14:23 GMT Foss said:

Slightly disappointing then? Expecting all 3 points?

I suppose you can always look at it as 4 points in 2 games, which is usually good thing, but Haringey are struggling down the bottom end of the table aren't they.

So were Concord and Kingstonian. Maybe we struggle against teams lower than us.

[gazza41]

Not good enough tonight, we got the lead and then let them play in our half . We didn’t press enough and force them to make mistakes. I think we missed Scott Heard’s energy from Saturday tonight. But we should still be able to press with the players we had out there. Another issue is we get in some great positions around the box but fail to shoot. Just put your foot through it . If it takes a deflection it could go in .
This maybe looked at a point gained in the end.

[stumpy]

30+ minutes late kicking off, and definitely not worth waiting for. Apart from 10 minutes at the start of each half, we were awful. If there is a tactical plan, I need somebody to explain to me what it is, because I couldn't spot one.

[gerryhan]

4-5-1 Stumps, and lash it up to that one man! Not quite that bad, but shapeless and tired.

Our midfield particularly looked tired tonight, leading to a lot of misplaced final passes. Young Toby Byron at left-back seemed our best attacking option.

So we still have not come up with a settled side we can build around. Smith got a few minutes at the end ...hopefully fit enough for Saturday and allow us to go two up. A draw was about the right result tonight, although they may feel that they deserved more.

So we go to Dulwich on Saturday hoping for a better performance.

[tigger]

We started really well some great crosses into the box but no one there to finish them off .
I thought a big difference from Saturday was Andy Drury , he controlled the last game but was hardly involved and looked tired .

[gerryhan]

Yes ...good player that still is, he does not have two games in three days in his locker these days.

The shape we used last night required two wide players.

Byron doing a good job down the left but the only right flank player we have is currently playing for Faversham.

Perhaps we should get him back ASAP!

[stumpy]

Nov 14, 2023 23:18:02 GMT gerryhan said:

4-5-1 Stumps, and lash it up to that one man! Not quite that bad, but shapeless and tired.

Gerry, I wasn't so much thinking of formation which, as you say, was 5-4-1, same as Saturday, but about what we were trying to do within that formation. Sure, it has made us defensively a bit more secure, simply by having more bodies behind the ball and smaller spaces between those bodies, but we don't yet seem know how to attack with it. We created precious few good chances on Saturday and the same again last night; on Saturday we got lucky with a break away and a great finish; last night we got lucky with a poor punch from their keeper which gifted us the goal, but in neither game did we give the opposition keepers much to do.

I said after one of our recent matches that we wouldn't win many games if we had to score three goals to do so, but equally we won't win many games if we only have one or two shots on target.

Still a lot of work for Edgy and Mev to do to get it right.

[gazza41]

Nov 15, 2023 12:35:58 GMT stumpy said:

Nov 14, 2023 23:18:02 GMT gerryhan said:

4-5-1 Stumps, and lash it up to that one man! Not quite that bad, but shapeless and tired.

Gerry, I wasn't so much thinking of formation which, as you say, was 5-4-1, same as Saturday, but about what we were trying to do within that formation. Sure, it has made us defensively a bit more secure, simply by having more bodies behind the ball and smaller spaces between those bodies, but we don't yet seem know how to attack with it. We created precious few good chances on Saturday and the same again last night; on Saturday we got lucky with a break away and a great finish; last night we got lucky with a poor punch from their keeper which gifted us the goal, but in neither game did we give the opposition keepers much to do.

I said after one of our recent matches that we wouldn't win many games if we had to score three goals to do so, but equally we won't win many games if we only have one or two shots on target.

Still a lot of work for Edgy and Mev to do to get it right.

[gazza41]

We got into positions where we had chances to shoot and chose to pass . Whether it’s a confidence situation or just poor decision making I’m not sure. Both Dury and Cole can strike a ball .