Heysham_Shrimp wrote:shrimper wrote:I thought they were a better side than us with strength and a bit of pace all over the park.
But I also thought we played well going forward and created a lot of decent chances, even in the first half before they got in front we had a few.
There was some slack defending and tracking back, which led to at least two of their goals.
I didn't at the time and still don't think it was a penalty. I think Ainsworth (who played superbly all game) used his experience and played for the pen and got it. Looking at it again confirms that. I don't think Gary did anything wrong, in fact he looked to stand still and NOT give away a pen - Ainsworth pushed it forward and leapt over him, another ref would have booked him.
All said I think we've played worse than that and won this season and think if we continue making as many chances we can get the four or so points I think we need to survive.
The future is another story.
I too think we will gather the 4 points that should barring automatic promotion form from Barnet and Stockport ensure our survival.
But should the fans be put through the sort of appalling performance that we endured on Saturday. ok the stats may suggest it was a close match shots on target and corner kick wise. But most of our good moments were when the game was dead at 3-0 down and they were coasting and resting key players.
Sammy could give the whole club and most of the fans a boost by recalling Craig Stanley (possibly as captain) and replacing Charnock with Will Haining and moving Andy Parrish to right back.
Not at all - up to their first goal we gave as good as we got and had three presentable chances. In fact if you want to be ultra positive we more than matched them for all but a sloppy 15 minutes.
I don't think we should be ultra positive mind - they did look a better side than us. But there was enough in that display to suggest to me we'll survive. That's all.