Its our first League Cup match this Tuesday against Peterhead (not sure where) so I thought I'd be the first to start a thread for it

Ridgers 

McKay, McCart, Donaldson, Tremarco 

Doran, Carson, Vincent, Walsh

Keatings and White. 

Subs: Mackay, Nicholson, Machado, Todorov and McGregor. 

Edited July 13, 20196 yr by CaleyTennis

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Reality check...

11-10 for Peterhead. Mark Ridgers missed. 

32 minutes ago, caley100 said:

Only cup game in Scotland with no goals...

And then came 21 ?!!

11 - 10    feckin joke

 

1 minute ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

And then came 21 ?!!

And we still get beat.. 

The optimism has been tempered...

It simply has to be Mark Ridgers to blame ?

We scored ten penalties in a row & we still couldn't win. Pretty shocked that we actually scored that many penalties......  

Good to see we haven't forgotten how to draw...?

It's only a mickey mouse cup, enough to sharpen us up and get the performances up to standard.

This is the exact reason why I don't get excited before the League Cup.

What is wrong with Aaron Doran, is he injured at the moment?

Not a worrying loss, only the league cup these games are glorified friendlies. 

But had we won 3 0 we would all be delighted that our season was off to a great start, however...

Winning 3-0 would've been good however our first competitive game back the players are always going to be rusty. Even if we don't make it out of the group stages it may not be a bad thing as it means less games for a thin squad, and less chances of injuries.

2 minutes ago, CameronMurray said:

Winning 3-0 would've been good however our first competitive game back the players are always going to be rusty. Even if we don't make it out of the group stages it may not be a bad thing as it means less games for a thin squad, and less chances of injuries.

so the Peterhead players weren't rusty?

They more than likely were however with Caley being rusty aswell it evens out the playing field a little more. They've also just came off the high of promotion which adds an extra layer to the competitiveness of the game.

Just out of interest, did Ridgers miss the target or was it saved?

Apparently outside of the post. Not saved

9 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

Just out of interest, did Ridgers miss the target or was it saved?

Let's just say it went wide, from where we were sitting he sliced it. 

HOWEVER without Ridgers playing it wouldn't have gone to penalties, he had 3 or 4 fantastic second half saves. Disappointing but it's only the start of the season.

Although a warning of what may  be to come don't you think?

The- team---- should they  not be fresh out of the blocks , regardless of when and whom they are playing?

 

22 minutes ago, Scarlet Pimple said:

Although a warning of what may  be to come don't you think?

The- team---- should they  not be fresh out of the blocks , regardless of when and whom they are playing?

I suppose it's always disappointing to start a season off like this, but I'd rather see how they are getting on in October when the players should be at maximum match sharpness. If they're doing poorly at that point then maybe there is cause for concern.

Ridgers was the clear man of the match before sclaffing his penalty wide.

It's one thing to draw a flat League Cup tie against a part-time side, quite another to be dominated by one as we were for most of that second half. 

We set up with Carson and Trafford sitting in front of the back 4, and what looked initially like a dynamic and interchangeable front 4 with Keatings playing as a 10 and Walsh and Curry pushing up high from the wide areas. There was the odd flash of creativity from Keatings - he's probably not match sharp yet. As with the friendlies, it was Tom Walsh that looked our biggest threat and he put a couple of decent balls into the box, one of which White should've connected with - the big man was played in on goal shortly afterwards but didn't have the composure to get a decent shot away. 

Carson moved to right-back when Vincent replaced McKay at half-time and didn't look comfortable there. But that doesn't explain what happened in the second half and I don't know what does. We were overrun - Peterhead were repeatedly able to pick their pass in the final third, and more often than not they got shots away from inside the box. 

I hope we get to see footage of the penalties. Charlie Trafford's was the highlight of the night. 

Good summary from Caley Stan.

In many ways it was reminiscent of last season. First half we had a lot of the ball but struggled to create chances. Peterhead were content to sit in and absorb pressure and try and hit on the counter. White had our best chance of the half when he pulled a shot across goal / it was palmed away by Flemming.

Second half and Peterhead were all over us. Our best two chances of the second half came from a Vincent header off the post and a White effort clawed away by Flemming. A truly stunning save (think Mikey Fraser v Celtic). Apart from that the home side dominated and should have been out of sight long before the penalty shoot out. Jamie Stevenson and Aidan Smith seemed to be getting a lot of space on their respective flanks and it was disappointing to see how easily Peterhead were able to create space for themselves in the box or drop a ball in behind our full backs to get a cross in. We looked all over the place defensively and it was only thanks to Ridgers that we went to spot kicks.

Neither keeper got near the penalties until Flemming thought he had saved Traffords effort but as he got up to start celebrating the ball fell back down from the bar and spun over the line  Ultimately it came down to the keepers and Ridgers sadly sliced his effort off target before Flemming bagged the bonus point.

Not really much to be impressed by from an ICT PoV. Looks like a change of formation is on the cards with a 4-4-2 / 4-4-1-1 played last night. Our only real change throughout the game was to swap Curry and Walsh. Hard to ignore the obvious Polworth shaped hole in our team at the moment.