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Re: Isthmian League - Premier Division results

By Alastair16/4/2023 13:47Sun Apr 16 13:47:37 2023In response to Re: Isthmian League - Premier Division results

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Under Simon Lane we have become a solid mid-table side in open play, able to hold our own against all but the top sides. That’s fairly impressive progress from the rest of the season and the sign of a good coach. He’s a good bloke as well and in a club like ours I think that’s important too.

However I think we do have to be concerned about our record from set pieces, particularly corners. We seem to have conceded a ridiculous number of goals that way in the last few months, and Simon hasn’t managed to sort this out. That means we are losing games we shouldn’t be, such as the game yesterday at Cray. Not sure if this is personnel (not enough tall/aggressive headers of the ball) or something else.

More broadly, I’m worried about next season because we can’t be in any way complacent: we are going to have to improve significantly to avoid another relegation scrap. We’ve been lucky that there have been precisely 4 teams out of their depth this season and I’d bet any money that won’t be the case next year. There might even be people on the board thinking “job done”, which is scary. I really hope not and this very poor season needs to act as a big kick up the backside for everyone involved.

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