For what it's worth todays game between two different styles of football provided an entertaining encounter for a change.
Had it not been for a couple of fantastic saves by Baz in the first half the final result of 1-1 could have been so different.
Chelt prefered to play it short and on the deck but their midfield did put through some excellent balls for their strikers to capitalise on. As I said above thank goodness for Baz! Contract their style to ours which at times looked laboured and not direct enough. Too many high balls which their centre backs winning second balls time after time. And we looked a yard of the pace throughout, allowing them time and room to progress at pace without a challenge coming in from ourselves. We have to close down and dictate midfield play but there isn't anybody for me in our team who can do that. Even Stanners never dictated play.
However for a period in the second half when we applied some pressure their defence looked a bit suspect. But why bring Shuker on and continue with the high balls? Incredible!
Overall a draw was the correct result but I just wish we would play it on the floor to feet. Chelt gave us a lesson in passing prefering short passes to feet than long hopeful balls in the air. Their abilty to find their men time after time with accurate passing is something that I wish we could do.
Not sure I agreed with the MoM; Baz deserved it if just for his first half performance.
As for a MoM for Chelts, without doubt the referee wins that award!
An excellent game for the neutral and obviously not the result we all wanted. But at the end a fair one for me.