itzdrk Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 On 20/11/2022 at 20:43, RiG said: Odd game looking back at it. I thought Ayr were on top before we took the lead. They had some nice chances to open the scoring the best of which fell to Akinyemi (I think) which drew a fine stop at close range from MacKay. Despite it being against the run of play Shaw took his goal well. Not sure who played the ball through to him but he rounded the keeper well to score. After that I think we were the better side and looked a lot more comfortable than we did at the start of the game. We were probably helped when O'Connor went off injured. He looked very lively and was keeping Duffy and Ram occupied with some clever runs in behind them before his injury. Second half I think we started quite well with some half chances created before Ayr got their equaliser a little against the run of play. Chalmers had been forcing Harper back since he came on and he broke down the ICT left and crossed for MacKenzie to find the net at the second attempt. After this we seemed to completely collapse and Ayr were on top and looking certain to get the three points. It was no real surprise when Akinyemi got his goal. After what must have been the millionth long ball towards Mckay one of Ayr's 10 ft tall defenders easily won the aerial dual and his header sent Akinyemi off towards goal and he finished well past MacKay. Fortunately, despite seemingly throwing away at least 1 point, we got an equaliser when some scrappy play at the edge of the Ayr box saw the ball fall to Shaw and he got a shot away early sending a low drive across goal past the Ayr keeper. Another well taken strike. The game seemed to change when Ayr had to make changes. They looked weaker when O'Conner went off and much stronger when Chalmers came on. For ICT we played some decent stuff at times but too often there were some bizarre passages of play where we continued to smash the ball towards Mckay who won almost no headers all day against the giant Ayr CBs. No idea why we persisted with this approach. Shaw had a good game, Devine was a reassuring presence when he was on the pitch and I think Harper did well until he had to go up against Chalmers who took him to the cleaners a couple of times. Decent away support up the road from Ayr as well. Chalmers came on for O'Connor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, itzdrk said: Chalmers came on for O'Connor. I had it in my head that he had come on in the second half. Didn't realise they were the same sub Edited November 22, 2022 by RiG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 6 hours ago, RiG said: I had it in my head that he had come on in the second half. Didn't realise they were the same sub I don't think he got near the ball until the second half tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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