derbybear
Well-Known Member
Amongst all the negativity from Saturday there were a few statements about some aspects of the game and some of the players. I rewatched the whole game and these are my findings.
Our crossing is poor (true for some players) - I deem a good cross as one that goes into the danger area that isn't cleared by the first man and that a Rangers player either gets a touch or should have got a touch. 8 out of the 23 crosses could have led to goals. Tav had most crosses, 8 and also the most that could have led to a goal 4. Kent had 2 that hit the first man and Halliday 6 crosses that were no use.
We don't get our shots away (true to a certain extent) - there was 5 opportunities that didn't result in a shot at the goal. Davis twice passed when he could have shot, a couple of times in the box - Ojo and Aribo I think and Kent took an extra touch outside the box and lost the ball.
We don't shoot enough (false)- we had 8 attempts that were between the posts with the keeper only making two decent saves and letting in 3. King and 2 of OJO's efforts I could have saved. We had 17 shots/headers that didn't trouble the keeper. Hitting the bar or post is a missed target unless it rebounds into the net.
It isn't that we don't shoot enough we don't do it well enough.
Barker beat his man plenty of times - he had the ball 14 times - once he scored, twice he went past one player, once he lost the ball and 9 times he passed the ball to a team mate once giving it away. He therefore contributed well but he is hardly a Willie Johnson.
It was a shit game - the perception was that the second half was better is due to Livingston leaving their half more than a couple of times. If a team have 11 behind the ball the game slows down and people get bored.
Our crossing is poor (true for some players) - I deem a good cross as one that goes into the danger area that isn't cleared by the first man and that a Rangers player either gets a touch or should have got a touch. 8 out of the 23 crosses could have led to goals. Tav had most crosses, 8 and also the most that could have led to a goal 4. Kent had 2 that hit the first man and Halliday 6 crosses that were no use.
We don't get our shots away (true to a certain extent) - there was 5 opportunities that didn't result in a shot at the goal. Davis twice passed when he could have shot, a couple of times in the box - Ojo and Aribo I think and Kent took an extra touch outside the box and lost the ball.
We don't shoot enough (false)- we had 8 attempts that were between the posts with the keeper only making two decent saves and letting in 3. King and 2 of OJO's efforts I could have saved. We had 17 shots/headers that didn't trouble the keeper. Hitting the bar or post is a missed target unless it rebounds into the net.
It isn't that we don't shoot enough we don't do it well enough.
Barker beat his man plenty of times - he had the ball 14 times - once he scored, twice he went past one player, once he lost the ball and 9 times he passed the ball to a team mate once giving it away. He therefore contributed well but he is hardly a Willie Johnson.
It was a shit game - the perception was that the second half was better is due to Livingston leaving their half more than a couple of times. If a team have 11 behind the ball the game slows down and people get bored.
