Slanester wrote:Redalert1970 wrote:Walsall away before Cheltenham
Not for me. Can’t make Walsall.
The amount of away games you attend, it'd be easier just to jump on the team coach
Slanester wrote:Redalert1970 wrote:Walsall away before Cheltenham
Not for me. Can’t make Walsall.
HALMA 1983 wrote:Slanester wrote:Redalert1970 wrote:Walsall away before Cheltenham
Not for me. Can’t make Walsall.
The amount of away games you attend, it'd be easier just to jump on the team coach
Keith wrote:Keith wrote:Two very poor sides.
First goal is really important today as neither side look confident enough to come back from going behind.
Called half of it correctly Two poor sides.
We scored because Slew took a good shot from distance. After a rebound, Phillips scored well. But we then decided to sit back and defend deep. Literally ten minutes before they equalized I said “it is coming...” Sure enough the only team looking likely to score, did so.
After the substitutions, we got back on top again and they had the weirdest time wasting, with a substitution that took four minutes, then didn’t happen! It appeared to distrust them even more and in the end, a fantastic save from their keeper kept them in it.
A poor game, between two poor sides, interspersed with some exciting moments!
Phoenix Shrimp 2017 wrote:Keith wrote:Keith wrote:Two very poor sides.
First goal is really important today as neither side look confident enough to come back from going behind.
Called half of it correctly Two poor sides.
We scored because Slew took a good shot from distance. After a rebound, Phillips scored well. But we then decided to sit back and defend deep. Literally ten minutes before they equalized I said “it is coming...” Sure enough the only team looking likely to score, did so.
After the substitutions, we got back on top again and they had the weirdest time wasting, with a substitution that took four minutes, then didn’t happen! It appeared to distrust them even more and in the end, a fantastic save from their keeper kept them in it.
A poor game, between two poor sides, interspersed with some exciting moments!
Keith, I think everyone in the ground said 'it was coming'. We simply sat back after the opener and invited them on and for 10m minutes we couldn't get hold of the ball, it was inevitable. They must have come for the draw because after that they too sat back a little and to be fair we came back into it and could have won it with a bit more good fortune.
Phoenix Shrimp 2017 wrote:...also hope the EFL win the appeal to keep the points deduction and maybe also add the suspended 4 points deduction for the postponed Plymouth game.
Phoenix Shrimp 2017 wrote:Keith, I think everyone in the ground said 'it was coming'. We simply sat back after the opener and invited them on and for 10m minutes we couldn't get hold of the ball, it was inevitable.
mrpotatohead wrote:The only really good players we get are always either on loan, or not with us for long.
glagys wrote:We scored and then they upped their game, we didn't sit back we just never got the ball
glagys wrote:agreed AJ should have come on earlier
Andy D wrote:mrpotatohead wrote:The only really good players we get are always either on loan, or not with us for long.
So that’s just like an average typical L2 Football club.
Phoenix Shrimp 2017 wrote:Is it just me? Today I got the horrible feeling that our stay in the EFL may be coming to an end soon. First half was even and whilst we never looked like scoring we also never looked like conceding. Dream start to the second half with that goal, so hopefully lets kick on and take the game to them. No such thing, rather a gradual capitulation then a total surrender where we hardly touched the ball for 10 minutes followed by the inevitable equalizer. The game looked there for the taking for them but for some strange reason they took their foot off the gas and were almost made to pay, but not quite. We don't seem to have the quality in the squad to put games to bed and despite his flicks and tricks Gomez-Mendes is lightweight and too easily bullied out of the game.
Macclesfield won again and despite their horrendous off field problems keep picking up more points than us. If they win their points deduction appeal then it casts us and Stevenage adrift in what appears a straight head to head relegation dog fight. Macc' fans are already identifying their game at the Globe on 10th February as a must win and I feel we must do the same and also hope the EFL win the appeal to keep the points deduction and maybe also add the suspended 4 points deduction for the postponed Plymouth game. Who knows, time will tell!
mrpotatohead wrote:Watched the game from the Berlin wall today, first and last time, I am so glad I am not poor.
mrpotatohead wrote:Watched the game from the Berlin wall today, first and last time, I am so glad I am not poor.
Keith wrote:In Cambridge's last eight games they have won one, drawn one, lost six.
They got hammered by Stevenage last week 0-4 at home.
They were beaten by Macclesfield too, another 'relegation rival', albeit due to points deductions.
Prior to yesterday, Cambridge hadn't scored in three league matches.
Of their last eight games, in the two games they didn't lose, they've drawn with us.
And beaten us.
HALMA 1983 wrote:Keith wrote:In Cambridge's last eight games they have won one, drawn one, lost six.
They got hammered by Stevenage last week 0-4 at home.
They were beaten by Macclesfield too, another 'relegation rival', albeit due to points deductions.
Prior to yesterday, Cambridge hadn't scored in three league matches.
Of their last eight games, in the two games they didn't lose, they've drawn with us.
And beaten us.
I think the unsettling of the team with Tanner and O'Sullivan missing had an effect, had they been playing it would have been a win,
Derek must be happy his old team did him a big favour at Stevenage and that his destiny is still in his own hands.
Ispyshrimp wrote:...Slew did nothing in my opinion and should have been pulled off at half time for AJ.
Keith wrote:Ispyshrimp wrote:...Slew did nothing in my opinion and should have been pulled off at half time for AJ.
I broadly agree, although it was Slew's shot from outside the area that led to our goal, so "nothing" is a bit unfair.
I've been saying for a while, we need to get shots off from distance. As long as it is on target, there is a high chance that the keeper will parry the ball and it can then go anywhere. Also, the defence are 'retreating' so on the wrong footing. By the time we've tippy-tappied around the edge of the area, the defence are back and settled. This happened repeatedly v Northampton, where we were playing well, but not shooting until the defence were back in place. Stockton had a dribble across the edge of the penalty area yesterday, looking for a shot about four times, but after his very first touch, there wasn't another opportunity and he had to pass out wide. It was exactly the same move as last week, where he did the same. Yet his last goal came from spinning around and shooting straight away. We scored following Slew's shot from distance and nearly scored from AJ's long shot that was brilliantly saved and went for a corner.
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