Why are we conceding such early goals?

stilladdicted

Just a question for those who were at the games. From the commentaries it sounds as though the back 4 are too slow, not good with the ball on the ground, get out of position, leave too much space and generally are pretty poor. I've not really been that impressed by Doc, with or without flu, and from the commentaries he does seem to be having problems at the moment. I would welcome some informed opinions as to what's going on please.

markofkent

Why are we conceding goals....... should be the question !

jazzyjazzyjazzy

I think its just letting the other team set the pace of the game, and we just dont wake up 2 it, then as the game goes on (generally second half normally) WE then set the pace of the game and begin to shine etc. So the easy answer is we need to be the pace setters straight away.

Clem_Snide

We concede far too many goals from set pieces and deadballs. Plymouth yesterday scored from a long throw.

Given the amount of soft freekicks we give away and our habit of conceding from set plays, I personally think we should be working on cutting those out.

Oggy Red

We were having a bit of trouble dealing with an Argyle player's 'Rory Delap' type long throws, right into our box.
In gusting swirling wind conditions, quite hard to defend. Their first goal came from one of those, deflected down and wrongfooting most players in the box , red and green alike, - apart from the scorer facing the right way.

Our record does show that we seem to start on the backfoot, instead of taking the game to the opposition.
But then, of course, opponents playing at home will traditionally begin strongly in front of their own fans.

Kap10

[cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]We were having a bit of trouble dealing with an Argyle player's 'Rory Delap' type long throws, right into our box.
In gusting swirling wind conditions, quite hard to defend. Their first goal came from one of those, deflected down and wrongfooting most players in the box , red and green alike, - apart from the scorer facing the right way.

Our record does show that we seem to start on the backfoot, instead of taking the game to the opposition.
But then, of course, opponents playing at home will traditionally begin strongly in front of their own fans.

Except v Daggers where we started on the front foot and looked great,then thought better of it and went into our shell.

nth_london_addick

concentration lack of it, the lack of anticipation on that first goal was something i expect my u 10's to do

guinnessaddick

Or to put it another way, Why are we scoring such late goals?

Henry Irving

Too much R & B in the dressing room pre-match.

Need some Reggae to get them in the right grove.

Henry Irving

[cite]Posted By: guinnessaddick[/cite]Or to put it another way, Why are we scoring such late goals?

Fitness and a strong bench. How many teams in this league have the likes of Martin and/or Reid to come on against a tiring side?

Leeds scored late a lot last year.

ShootersHillGuru

I have given PP a fair bit of stick of late but in answer to the question you have to put the blame firmly with the players. Our back four are seasoned pros and getting caught out so early game after game is unforgivable. They need bringing up very sharply by the manager. Both early goals this week were appalling pieces of defending.

conza-cafc

Were very bad while the balls in the air, I've noticed that by the way everyone gets panicked in the box. Especially trying to clear corners