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Post by gasandelectricity on Dec 22, 2018 20:43:07 GMT
Must have seen a different match as I was amazed Jak was still running at the end! People around me were commenting on how he was putting in w shift
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2018 20:44:01 GMT
I thought we deserved to win. I thought we were poor. I thought upson was terrible. I thought lockyer and reilly played well. Tariq-holmes was limping before he went off which is a worry. We did play with more width today. The ref was dreadful as he always is. We are set up in a very similar style to before as we dont press the ball but coughlan has opted for traditional style wide players. The crowd were great in the 2nd half. Jakubiak is lazy. Is this a haiku match report BB? Had to google that but yes i suppose it is. |
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Post by Strange Gas on Dec 22, 2018 20:51:09 GMT
THD limping was a worry, he is our key to the door IMHO
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Dec 22, 2018 20:58:41 GMT
THD limping was a worry, he is our key to the door IMHO Didn't see him limp? I assumed he was subbed due to only just returning from injury. I agree, I really like him. He has a bit of pace which I like and allows us to attack on the front foot at home. I think he could be versatile down all that left hand side too. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2018 21:03:45 GMT
THD limping was a worry, he is our key to the door IMHO Didn't see him limp? I assumed he was subbed due to only just returning from injury. I agree, I really like him. He has a bit of pace which I like and allows us to attack on the front foot at home. I think he could be versatile down all that left hand side too. He was not limping. The bench waved to him a few minutes before he came off and he gave them the thumbs up to acknowledge he was being substituted. Think he was just tired, not surprised he really put in a shift and was my mom, at last someone with real pace and control and liked him and Kelly on our left. |
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Post by markczgas on Dec 22, 2018 21:03:46 GMT
First matchday thread I've created! I even got the score right!! Great game! I thought the atmosphere was tremendous, especially after the sending off. I thought Reilly and Jak played really well together, although Linesy could easily have been sent off? Huxtable is easily the worse Referee I've seen. He caused the problem that ended with Joey Barton being sent off and the near riot on the touchline! At the end of the day it was the correct result and you could see the passion that Coughlan and the players had. Just hope we carry that into the Walsall/Oxford games. I might even start another thread if my luck holds?? and I thought we won because I bought a programme for the first time in yonks  |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Dec 22, 2018 21:23:17 GMT
Is this a haiku match report BB? Had to google that but yes i suppose it is. Right on some stuff with Poetical summary Not Jakubiak |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2018 21:44:16 GMT
Had to google that but yes i suppose it is. Right on some stuff with Poetical summary Not Jakubiak Maybe i was a bit hard on jakubaiak. After all he was on his own up front with reilly playing in the area between him and midfield. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 22, 2018 22:09:12 GMT
I thought we deserved to win. I thought we were poor. I thought upson was terrible. I thought lockyer and reilly played well. Tariq-holmes was limping before he went off which is a worry. We did play with more width today. The ref was dreadful as he always is. We are set up in a very similar style to before as we dont press the ball but coughlan has opted for traditional style wide players. The crowd were great in the 2nd half. Jakubiak is lazy. Is this a haiku match report BB? No he's just stolen Stevek's match notes, his full report will be up shortly! |
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Post by midlandgas213 on Dec 22, 2018 22:18:10 GMT
Great to get down the mem again after so long and what a day to do it
Great 3 points just what we needed
Just she was where we could have been if we had got rid of dc earlier
We would be looking at a good mid table position
Utg
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Post by southmeadgas on Dec 23, 2018 5:53:03 GMT
Not lockyers fault he had his man stopped him cutting inside but nobody picked up the other man running in behind him. Don't agree I'm afraid. Their player was allowed to get to a ball that he should have got nowhere near. Once again water poor defending by captain crap. You're having a laugh... no way their goal was Tom's fault. Once again water poor commenting by tbone (aka captain negative) |
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Post by Gassy on Dec 23, 2018 9:02:51 GMT
Don't agree I'm afraid. Their player was allowed to get to a ball that he should have got nowhere near. Once again water poor defending by captain crap. You're having a laugh... no way their goal was Tom's fault. Once again water poor commenting by tbone (aka captain negative) I actually thought OC was caught in no mans land as the ball was played down there, poor positioning from him. At the time, I thought Bonham should have come out but watching it back I’m not so sure he should have |
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Post by Marshy on Dec 23, 2018 9:53:18 GMT
You're having a laugh... no way their goal was Tom's fault. Once again water poor commenting by tbone (aka captain negative) I actually thought OC was caught in no mans land as the ball was played down there, poor positioning from him. At the time, I thought Bonham should have come out but watching it back I’m not so sure he should have Is it just me,I thought Bonham should have saved it? I know it was struck well and swerving but it wasn’t very far away from him. Who cares anyway as we won UTG! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 16:35:57 GMT
Socrates has been saying this for weeks. Width was what won us the game yesterday with Rodman and Holmes-Dennis vying for the MoM award.
Whether it will work as well away from home when we need to be tighter is another thing, as is the ongoing question of fitting our (IMO) best central midfielders in Lines and Sercombe into such a system. But yesterday clearly showed how much more difficult it is to defend a wider space.
Have you sent your CV to our esteemed CEO yet Socrates?!
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Post by paulpirate on Dec 23, 2018 18:38:34 GMT
I actually thought OC was caught in no mans land as the ball was played down there, poor positioning from him. At the time, I thought Bonham should have come out but watching it back I’m not so sure he should have Is it just me,I thought Bonham should have saved it? I know it was struck well and swerving but it wasn’t very far away from him. Who cares anyway as we won UTG! exactly what I thought,he only had to put his hand out |
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Post by stokegiffordgas on Dec 23, 2018 18:50:13 GMT
If you watch the highlights again I think it takes a slight but significant deflection from a defender (think it's lockyer) so he had a good sight of it as it was pretty much heading for him until then. I.e. he would have saved it but deflections like that and at that speed catch out almost all goalkeepers.
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Post by james246 on Dec 23, 2018 18:51:26 GMT
Their goal tool a slight deflection and this is why the shot beat Bonham.
Good performance overall - THD particularly impressive, normally he plays as a defender, but he didn't look out of place because his touch and movement was so good
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Post by gashead1981 on Dec 23, 2018 18:55:12 GMT
Their goal was a good strike with a very slight touch of a deflection. Sometimes you just have to acknowledge a good goal when you see it. I’m not sure there was anything anyone could have done about it. Locks got back well and JC covered the angle as best he could. Bonham almost got his glove on it.
Hunter had a great game all afternoon for them and I was surprised when he came off as much as I was relieved.
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Post by socrates on Dec 23, 2018 19:39:07 GMT
Socrates has been saying this for weeks. Width was what won us the game yesterday with Rodman and Holmes-Dennis vying for the MoM award. Whether it will work as well away from home when we need to be tighter is another thing, as is the ongoing question of fitting our (IMO) best central midfielders in Lines and Sercombe into such a system. But yesterday clearly showed how much more difficult it is to defend a wider space. Have you sent your CV to our esteemed CEO yet Socrates?! I haven’t mate but I’ve been a goalkeeper since I was old enough to kick and catch a ball and I know that when a team sets up narrow without attacking fullbacks you just tell your fullbacks to tuck in close to your center half’s, ideally the boss will stick an anchor man just in front of the back four too and if your well drilled and expecting it then for them it’s like trying to break down a brick wall. It’s good to mix it up of course keep them guessing but playing right footers on the left and lefties on the right every game was so easy for whoever we played week in week out. The reason we’ve not seen Bennet under GC yet is he drifts inside regardless of what side he’s playing I think. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 19:50:00 GMT
Socrates has been saying this for weeks. Width was what won us the game yesterday with Rodman and Holmes-Dennis vying for the MoM award. Whether it will work as well away from home when we need to be tighter is another thing, as is the ongoing question of fitting our (IMO) best central midfielders in Lines and Sercombe into such a system. But yesterday clearly showed how much more difficult it is to defend a wider space. Have you sent your CV to our esteemed CEO yet Socrates?! I haven’t mate but I’ve been a goalkeeper since I was old enough to kick and catch a ball and I know that when a team sets up narrow without attacking fullbacks you just tell your fullbacks to tuck in close to your center half’s, ideally the boss will stick an anchor man just in front of the back four too and if your well drilled and expecting it then for them it’s like trying to break down a brick wall. It’s good to mix it up of course keep them guessing but playing right footers on the left and lefties on the right every game was so easy for whoever we played week in week out. The reason we’ve not seen Bennet under GC yet is he drifts inside regardless of what side he’s playing I think. Think it also shows just how much we have missed Lee Brown this season too. I don't mind wingers cutting inside, but agree it was getting predictable and would have liked them to have swapped wings from time to time, just to give the full backs something different to think about. Ironically though, whenever Matthews got the ball on the left yesterday, he cut inside too. Would have liked him to have run at the full back down the outside a bit more. Still, onwards and hopefully upwards!! |
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