Montrose v Clyde

[Bully Wee Clyde FC]

Is it me or is the feed push poor?

[Gogs Grog]

No it's me as well. Totally frozen atm

[RutherGlen]

Cuts out every half minute or so. Absolute garbage. 

Did manage to see us hit the post with a good shot and we haven't lost an early goal at least so grounds for optimism perhaps? 

[the_bully_wee]

Kevin Nicoll conceding a penalty. Well, I never.

[RutherGlen]

1-0 Montrose. Webster pen conceded by Nicoll. You can't buy that kinda experience...

[RutherGlen]

Clyde goal!!!!!

[Bully Wee Clyde FC]

Fu(kin Nicoll. Too fu(in slow

[Bully Wee Clyde FC]

Pretty good response!

[VillaKnollBoy]

The ball will be black and blue the night, getting some hiding from both sides.

[RutherGlen]

2-1 Clyde!! Never in doubt. 

[RutherGlen]

2-2. Mental game.

[The Gable Endie]

We should’ve been up at the break, but fair play to Clyde we haven’t exactly been great

[RutherGlen]

We missed a couple of half chances as well. I missed a bit due to your club's dodgy stream but from what I've seen it's been fairly even. 

Did I miss a plethora of Montrose chances in the opening half hour?

[The Gable Endie]

There was a couple, not many. Just 2 goalkeeping mistakes have failed us.

[elvis]

Is that the boy from St Mirren who's scored for clyde

[Adolfo Rios]

We also hit the post and had a chance from Goody fly wide. Its been an even game.

[RutherGlen]

2 minutes ago, elvis said:

Is that the boy from St Mirren who's scored for clyde

Lewis Jamieson, aye. Only 18 so great to see him get a goal this early on.

[Clydeside]

Trying something different today which we can't complain about I suppose. Goodwillie has been relieved of the job of chasing their defenders around. That makes a lot of sense. Jamieson's picked that job up and done well. He's got plenty legs and an incentive to impress. Got us a goal just by being tireless. It's the first time in a while that we've had something like, if not exactly, two up. After the first twenty, twenty-five minutes Montrose didn't have such an easy time of getting into our half because we were pressing their defenders. Perhaps the downside of this change has been that Goodwillie is trying to find his feet as the deeper forward, rather than the focal point. But he's good enough come around to that obviously.

In midfield, despite the stupid penalty given away by Nicoll, we're better. Reasonably solid down the sides against a team who build a lot of good moves in there with Webster, Ballantyne, Cochrane, Jonhston buzzing around. Still a bit of work to do. Not a lot of communication going on between the full backs and midfielders but it's their first outing in that shape, and they're young for the most part.

Nicoll's giving you the usual pros and cons. Pros: heading on first balls, competing aggressively, occasionally playing out of trouble, keeping space closed off. Cons: slow as a week, thinks he has more time than he does, doesn't hesitate to dive in and give away penalties...! Maybe get fresh legs on for him later in the game, see if we lever our full-time players to see it out.

Lang's dealt quite well with Russell. But in terms of the overall defensive coordination, we're still lacking a bit in leadership and aggression terms. But I think that's a product of the newness of the side out.

I think we can get another. McGlinchey, Jamieson, Thomson, Cuddihy, Goodie. They can all string something together.

Be an interesting second half. Always a good game against Montrose.

Edited March 27, 2021 by Clydeside
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[RutherGlen]

Just now, Adolfo Rios said:

We also hit the post and had a chance from Goody fly wide. Its been an even game.

God forbid the score reflect what actually went on in the game, right? 

[Bully Wee Clyde FC]

Montrose an interesting blend. Not short of skill, have a decent system  and full of units willing to leave the boot in.