Dorking Wandering
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A fourth Tuesday night match in a row sees us face bogey team Tonbridge Angels at Meadowbank tomorrow night. The Angels sit in 10th place on 44 points with 1 win and 2 draws from their last 5 games. The Tonbridge side also features former Wanderers man, Harry Ottaway.
Marc's update earlier revealed that Milsom and Camp were back in training today but are not guaranteed to be involved tomorrow. Marc also announced that Briggs is likely to miss the game.
Predictions
Dorking 1-0 Tonbridge Angels (Prior)
1,102 att.
Foulkes
Brooking Craig Milsom
Muitt J.Taylor Williams Norville-Williams
Carter
Prior Rutherford
Subs: Gallagher, B.Taylor, McManus, Young, Murphy
Stats from the game look surprisingly good and look much better than the Salisbury away game a few days earlier.
Possession: Dorking 70% - 30% Tonbridge
xG: Dorking 2.08 - 0.40 Tonbridge
Shots (Accurate): Dorking 15 (4) - 3 (2) Tonbridge
Passes (Accurate): Dorking 556 (469) - 223 (147) Tonbridge
Top Performer: Tony Craig [7.6]
Could Murphy's goal be the one that gets us promoted?
On another issue I noticed Marc getting a yellow card on Tuesday.
Just been reading "Nonconformist FC" and back in 2012/13, when DW were playing at Arundel in the Sussex County League Div 1, he was sent off: "after an altercation with a supporter when he removed the man's glasses, then poked him in the eye."
Haven't got mine yet, presume hardback and signed copies are taking a little longer to be produced?
"Why would I leave to join a League Two club? We're going there anyway!" - Marc White
Haven't got mine yet, presume hardback and signed copies are taking a little longer to be produced?
Not got mine either - I went for the fancy version too. Maybe Marc can't find a pen?
Interesting stats @TomCalvert. I didn't think we had as many shots as that. Do you have your stats on percentage of long balls? From memory, there was not much playing out from the back at all - a massive change in style from the start of the season. It was Dan G getting on the ball and hitting the long passes. Have you got any comparisons with earlier in the season, or maybe I have imagined this? I think it is good to mix it up, tactically. There was much more going through the middle, rather than focussing on getting it wide all the time, especially in second half with Murphy up there looking to get on the ball. Has made us far less predictable as an attacking unit. Still top scorers in all 7 top leagues - just!
@baggy We attempted 75 long balls on Tuesday which was the 6th highest of the season so far.
There is a slight recent trend to going longer as 3 of the top 7 most long ball games have been in the last 4 matches (Slough, Salisbury and Tonbridge). Two of the lowest amounts of long balls attempted were in the first 4 games as well (Chippenham and Torquay). The lowest was a few weeks later away at Aveley. That being said, it does seem to vary from game to game as Hampton away last week was one of the lowest.
We average just over 60 long balls per game this season. We also average 442 passes per game.
