by URZZ »
31 May 2011 00:11
It's a tough one, Swansea ultimately deserved it but I think 4-2 flatters them.
IF Jem's shot went in, we'd of won, we all know it, the momentum would of took us through... But, if, if, if... The whole way home, myself and my family have used the word 'if' countlessly, fact of the matter is we didn't win, time to move on. We had 20 minutes of the game, nothing more.
Swansea had us chasing for 70 minutes and played their possession game very well.
Today's ultimate difference was pace, Sinclair and Dyer absolutely terrorised Griffin and Harte, Dyer especially, albeit Sinclair getting the hat-trick and MOTM award. They could have had 5 penalties (by this I obviously don't mean they have 5 calls), whenever Dyer ran into our box he was always a pace ahead every one of our defenders, including Mills and you just thought he'd skip away and get dropped. Dyer reminds me of Ashley Young. Whenever Swansea came forward, you just felt your heart racing at the possibility of them scoring, again, regardless of whether we had more shots or not, fact is they looked more dangerous for the majority of the match. Whilst at the game, I didn't think either of the penalties were legitimate penalties, but having seen them on TV, they were stonewall penalties.
I'm a fan of Khish, but he fcuked it up for us today well and truly... quite embarrassing. Yeah, yeah he put that one tackle in on Sinclair which prevented an almost definite goal but, whatever. At half-time, I just sat there staring at the '3-0' on the screen, I genuinely couldn't believe it if I'm honest.
... on another note, Kebe was sensational for a player who had been out for 6 weeks, you are world class Jimmy. When he was on the run, taking 1, 2, 3 players on, very much like when Dyer had the ball, you got that feeling a goal was coming... But you just knew he wasn't all fit. If only Kebe had played that second leg against Cardiff, one game may have just made a difference. Who knows, another can of worms there. Fed up with maybe's, if's and but's.
Highlight of the day was actually after the game. Going back to The Green Man pub, singing oldies such as, "OOH - Sammy Igoe", "Jamie Cureton, what a bargain..." etc.
Who knows what we'll do next season, all depends who comes, who goes...
End of the day, our best player is McDermott, his tactics were off in the first half, but whatever he said at half-time, we came out a different team entirely.
Altogether, we should be proud. I'm bloody proud... It's been said many a time, and it's getting a bit old but we were 12th in February, and that is important to keep remembering, we have over achieved. Not to mention that FA Cup QF... We were one game away from two trips to Wembley.
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