Tool tips · Match day
A match report that says more than the score
What you asked for, what happened, and whether those were the same thing.
A report that checks the game you played against the philosophy you declared.
When
After the match, once the score has stopped mattering.
Why
It is the only place your stated intentions meet what actually happened on a Saturday, without the scoreline standing in for both.
The mistake most coaches make
Writing it on the day. On the day you are writing about the result. Forty-eight hours later you are writing about the performance, and only one of those is any use in February.
Written in the car park
- ·Lost 3-1
- ·We were second to everything
- ·Need to want it more
Written on Tuesday
- →Conceded twice in transition
- →Both from our own throw-in
- →Next block: restarts under pressure
In practice
Where a match produced no evidence about a moment, the report says so and stays quiet. Two of four moments spoken to is a normal Saturday, not a failure.
Match reports
Open it and try it on one session
You will not get anything out of a single entry, and that is the honest answer. Match reports is inside the platform. Setting up takes a couple of minutes and needs no payment details.
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