An excellent game by Romig--but it's obviously not a good sign when your keeper has to make that many good saves. If I were Kirt, I'd be switching this team back to the 4-4-2 that we played last year, but we'll see if he makes any changes.
I had a post on all the crazy results in the SEC last night--a few upsets, for sure--but I think the posting of the Romig video zapped my post just as I was hitting the post button! And I don't feel like rewriting it. Long story short, a lot of teams that have been bottom half of the conference or worse in recent years--Georgia, Missouri, Mississippi State--beat teams that have been consistently upper-half--Arkansas lost, Auburn lost, Texas A&M lost. We saw what Florida--picked to finish last in the conference--nearly did to us. And Kentucky, which has been bad the last 3 years, played more than respectably again Ole Miss, but lost, 2-1. As Arkansas coach Colby Hale said, "The SEC is a different animal." By that he meant, that it is physical and athletic and that you'd better to be ready to play--in every game. If you have the better talent, or play the better game, you'd better put the ball in the net. Texas A&M was much better than Georgia but could only manage 2 goals (hit a post, hit a crossbar, two balls cleared off goal-line by Georgia) whereas Georgia had only 3 shots on goal but scored on all three and won the game.
The bama game is HUGE for us, but we have to play a lot better. Have to play much better defense and have to be better in the attacking third. We get the ball into the attacking third a lot--but we aren't scoring enough. Not finishing some good chances, and our forwards too often try to dribble through defenders or muscle past a double-team when finding an open teammate and passing the ball would be better.
I had a post on all the crazy results in the SEC last night--a few upsets, for sure--but I think the posting of the Romig video zapped my post just as I was hitting the post button! And I don't feel like rewriting it. Long story short, a lot of teams that have been bottom half of the conference or worse in recent years--Georgia, Missouri, Mississippi State--beat teams that have been consistently upper-half--Arkansas lost, Auburn lost, Texas A&M lost. We saw what Florida--picked to finish last in the conference--nearly did to us. And Kentucky, which has been bad the last 3 years, played more than respectably again Ole Miss, but lost, 2-1. As Arkansas coach Colby Hale said, "The SEC is a different animal." By that he meant, that it is physical and athletic and that you'd better to be ready to play--in every game. If you have the better talent, or play the better game, you'd better put the ball in the net. Texas A&M was much better than Georgia but could only manage 2 goals (hit a post, hit a crossbar, two balls cleared off goal-line by Georgia) whereas Georgia had only 3 shots on goal but scored on all three and won the game.
The bama game is HUGE for us, but we have to play a lot better. Have to play much better defense and have to be better in the attacking third. We get the ball into the attacking third a lot--but we aren't scoring enough. Not finishing some good chances, and our forwards too often try to dribble through defenders or muscle past a double-team when finding an open teammate and passing the ball would be better.
