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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 5344770, member: 4819"]
I watched the game after knowing the result. I thought the offense in the second half would look dreadful based on the scoring splits, but that wasn’t my takeaway. I thought they were generating good looks, they just had trouble finishing chances. The Deere shot on the doorstep, but also Hiltz making a nice wing dodge to extend his angle, Dwan coming down the middle of the field … all chances that Syracuse usually finishes. I feel like I’m stealing Dr Lexus talking points, but the offense looked the part, and in a game that wasn’t close, that to me is the key takeaway.

English and Leo had a shot or two they probably would like to take back, Spallina with a pass that sailed on him, but other than that I don’t think I saw many wasted possessions. Not sure I understand the negativity. Especially the criticism of Birtwistle? He took one shot (on goal) and had no turnovers. He was quiet but not worthy of a call out.

The real worry for me were the faceoffs. Even on the ones he won, it didn’t look like Mullen was close to winning the clamp. Good news is the wings were good at causing chaos in the middle of the field, but you’d still like to see main FOGO win his fair share of clamps. Hopefully it was just a bad matchup.

Penalties were bad as well. I could be wrong but pretty sure Coach O has said he’s not terribly worried about penalties, and that he’d rather have a player he needs to tone down than one he needs to amp up. There is a middle ground, hopefully they find it soon.
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