0-1 defeat against Trelleborg

This was one of the worst games I have seen at home this season.

First off the SillaStrubarna were on strike somehow. We did not hear a song, not 1. The Trelleborg supporter were like 8, and they managed to fill the stadium with the 3 songs they knew.

As to the Trelleborg players, they were not overly impressive, they got like 3 occasions and made 1 goal out of it.
But MAIF was worse. There was no rythm to speak of, not until the 78th minute when Alex and Phille got in. A lot of misunderstandings between players. No agression, we let Trelleborg move forward, we let them take all the headers. We got clear occasions, and made nothing out of them. Like when Olsson manages to go 1-on-1 with the goal-keeper, should have fixed it on his own, but instead gives to Johan on the right, who shoots with the very tip of his foot so it looks like a pass to the goal keeper rather than a real shot. Johan, take 1 more step and BAM, a real shot. And the kalabalik in the 1st half in TFF's surface. The typical thing were we get a goal when it's in ours, but here we're not able to score. And what about the apparent inability/unwillingness of the players to shoot at the goal if they're more than 5 meters away. Give it a try for god's sake! Use the few occasions where the defenders give you a break and you're at shooting distance and the field in front of you is fairly open. And the free kick from Pavel just in front of the surface. We all hoped for a GAIS-are, it was well shot, powerful, worked-out but... right on the keeper! 2 meter to the left and the keeper could't have taken it, he just wouldn't have had time.

Sören was not very inspired today either:

• Jonas is not fit yet, let him rest. I'd rather not see him than see him make a fool out of himself like today. There are plenty of young recruits that could have played today. I want to see Alex on the left side from the start. Then on that line Tobbe, Pavel and Johan/Hirsa.
  
• How the hell did Olsson end up as a right midfielder for half of the game?!? He runs like a rabbit, he's supposed to be at the top, he ain't no midfielder.

So for today's effort, and inability to change anything until way too late, I give Sören one .

In the back I hope we get Wille back soon, so we'd have more opportunities to see Simon at the front. That's 2 games he puts some mess up there when he finally gets a chance. Get well soon Wille, but please don't rush back like Jonas! I want to keep in mind a good picture of you, the picture from your solid play this spring.

Also one thing to note is that neither Alex, once in, nor Johan did get very many balls, like so many other games this season. They were most often alone on their aisles, calling for the ball, and still we tried to get through in the middle, where Trelleborg had their 4 midfielders and we were 2, or maybe 1 and a half considering Jonas' prestation today. When are you guys going to start using the whole width of the plane, and not only the central 15m?

The referee was relatively fair, although he could have given a couple more yellows especially to the very agressive TFF defense, for 98% of the game today. Except at the end, when Simon headed what should have been an equilizing goal, if not for a defender's hand on his goal line. Which none of the referees saw, but apparently all the players did. The defender admitted after the game that he did use his hand. That should have been a for the player and a penalty for us. And also when the keeper deviates the ball out and we don't get a corner-kick, that felt weird. Somehow. So for those misses, despite a good effort, mr referee I have to give you a .

On a side note, I want to give a (I know these don't exist, but I'm sure you get the point) to Sandström, for his performance the last 5-6 games. He may be the lightest guy in the league, there's not much that goes by him on his side, and he's there the whole 90 minutes. I want all 11 players to show that level of dedication.

There are not 20 games left to play, we can't afford any such lousy play, this one should have been at least 2-1. Skärpning! And that goes to all: the players, the coach, the referee, the strubbarna.