long throw by rovers and exeter keeper got the ball and then dropped it. cleared to harrison who turned his man and brought down. free kick in shooting range.
norburn shoots and just over. our 1st real chance and 1st real pressure put on exeter and then half time whistle goes.
story of the 1st half, exeter doing the better. rovers with lots of defending. mildenhall not tested yet. exeter keeper only real bit of work he dropped the ball from a throw in which allowed us to give some pressure just before half time. rovers defending well but just clearing the ball which exeter just keeps thumping back. on the odd ocassion a clearance falls to a rovers player who makes a good break but then gives it away. when we got the ball going forward we do sound dangerous but its just not happening enough. too many individual mistakes causing unneeded pressure. we are our own worse enemy so far. if we can concentrate more exeter wouldnt be giving us as many problems. overall we are defending well but not releasing the pressure by not attacking as much. we seem too defensive. maybe making sure we dont conceed so dont lose!
This was one of the problems of last year. If we are going anywhere we need to sort it out soon. It is essential that the midfield and forwards hold the ball up and give the defence a bit of breathing space!!
possesion: exeter 58% gas 42% shots: exeter 3 gas 1 no shots on target from either side. corners: exeter 4 gas 2
to be honest, i havent heard his name at all in commentry. he is making his 1st league start and is up front on his own as clarkson is playing very deep like 451 formation. harding not getting anything from the exeter defence.
Not getting the ball from our midfield so far. get the ball down and give it to O'Toole to create something for our forwards
thats exactly what is needed. the defence is doing well but they need help from the front guys to keep possession. a few times players were in positions to keep possession or get in a chance to do something but each time we gave the ball away wasted the possession and the players who were free were then out of position meaning more pressure on the defence. we need to step up a few gears this 2nd half.
