Now home.. Not depressed at all...was so good to see the team trying to build attacks from the back. Kenwyne miss was horrific. Guerra played well. Defense didn't look bad. Theobald once again was frustrating. Fine in rushing up to players without really putting any pressure on them. Seems like he is happy to do "enough".
Crowd support in numbers was decent but other than that u felt like u were in a library. Was nice and easy to walk over to the uncovered and get seats on the half line.
Glad to see fellow presentation alumni, future president of TnT come across and take in the game 
So for those who went to the game, did we not have as many wasted long balls from the back as we usually have?
I was waiting for someone to post a link of the actual game so I could see for myself, but that apparently not happening 
Youre right, not until very late in the game a long ball was played. The ball was played out of the back 99 percent of the time so there was no early wastage of possession. But this is not new, leading up to and throughout the Caribbean tournament this has been the mode of play under Hutson Charles, this is why i made the point in my matchday comments that i don't see anything material different since Shabazz has been brought in.
On the flip side, what it does is slow down the pace of the game significantly because in the first option in the midfield is to play the safe pass either square or back so if teams playing against us sit back there are little options going forward. Most of our attacking play actually came when Peru attempted to press and we were able to execute a few passes that either led to Carter or Guerra with some room to attack behind the spaces.
I feel a bit better because watching the game you see a plan in place and some tactical discipline from the players in executing the same. You feel good because you can see a plan on how we play and i think in some key positions Hyland, Guerra, Roberts the players to make it work albeit in spurts.
One of personnel issues i think once we can solve would make us extremely stronger is a midfielder to play with Hyland who is extremely good defensively. Theobald was the person employed this time but as another person mentioned he does a lot of hussle without actually tackling and the ball is passed around him easily. In fact lemme call it what it is, we need a bruiser. A player physically strong but with a good touch as well. Unfortunately i can't even find a player currently who fits both bills. Because in the minds of the technical staff they prefer the technically correct midfielder probably because of this same reason of ensuring we keep possession rather than someone to win possession, most midfielders we have can either do one or the other only. Hyland and Theobald held their own but i think we can really unlock Hyland from an attacking standpoint if we can get someone to take off a bit more of his defensive responsibilities.
We need more games.
