Fullback threat spot on for Hill
KEITH Hill is calling for more of the same from his fullbacks following Saturday’s FA Cup first round win against Bromley.
Kgosi Ntlhe came into to replace the suspended Joe Bunney at left back and produced his best display in a Dale shirt since his summer arrival, while Joe Rafferty at rightback earned a penalty for the second goal in the 4-0 triumph.
The pair were a menacing presence throughout the match and Hill said such threat had been missing so far this season.
“I was really pleased with my full-backs, because I got what I wanted from them,” he Rafferty, Donervon Daniels, from the game at in the league, so in the cup again last night with said. “Throughout the Kgosi Ntlhe or Joe Plymouth recently which when we are playing Blackburn heading to the course of this season, I Bunney. would have won us the against the National Crown Oil Arena in the haven’t really got what I “Maybe they had got a game there. Both fullbacks League opposition, I EFL Cup. wanted from my fullbacks, little bit comfortable in could have been believe we are fitter than And while the competition whether offensively the way that we play, the higher up the pitch for them, so that’s one of the does not carry the or defensively, and a lot of way that we train, but longer. We want the fullbacks reasons why we play at prestige of the FA Cup, Hill the goals that we’ve scored we’ve been working on to invade the threeyard such a high tempo, insists he will be taking it during my time at the club that and making sure that line, not the six-yard because it does put the just as seriously as the have come through the we’re fitter to sustain the box, and they did it and opposition on the back weekend’s game. fullbacks. type of game that I expect that’s why they were influential.” foot. “It’s equally as important
“It’s one of the most us to be able to play, and “We scored good goals for me against Blackburn – demanding playing positions, fair credit to the players Hill said the attacking and there were good we do want to progress and whether it’s Premier because they’ve play in general was too opportunities missed. We I will be bitterly disappointed League or National responded superbly. much for Bromley – as just don’t want the opportunities if we don’t progress. League. The demands are “During the week, I’ve was his side’s fitness. missed to be the Financially we there and fullbacks are had great training performances “The way that we were deciding factor between shouldn’t be in the same being signed for £50m off Joe Bunney and playing throughout the us winning and losing, so league as Blackburn but we now, so we’ve been stressing Donervon Daniels as well, course of the game indicated with the amount of have to fight that 11 v 11. to the players that so they’re getting the message that we were going to chances we created we We will be able to compete when we look at the data now of the way that my score because we were scored four goals but and that’s what we’ll always we’re not getting what we fullbacks have to play. playing well, we were playing arguably it could have look to do, over-achieve by want from fullbacks – “We haven’t been doing quick and I believe we been more.” competing and being fitter whether that’s Joe that. We highlighted incidents are one of the fittest teams Dale were in cup action than the opponent”
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