Official match day thread. Mackems V Gas

Happy with that well done gas , hung on for large periods but shows we can actually defend !! Great point earned UTG !!!!

Great result , still lots of things not quite right about us but our defence defended better and didn’t dick about with it so much , we often looked good on the counter more so first half where as second half I thought we looked knackered by about the 60th minute.
Regarding formation and tactics I think that only having two central midfielders and most of our other players wide means we can’t get a hold on games , I don’t rate either Westbrooke who slows it down when we’ve got chance to keep tempo up and attack and also doesn’t seem too interested in defending or Grant who seems no better in fact worse than Ogogo so far although it has only been a few games and half of those were friendlies so the jury’s out obviously at this stage.
It feels smash and grab and Sunderland will be wondering how they haven’t won that but it’s a great point for us and relieves a bit of pressure on our young manager and his young team.
UTG !

We’ve got Anssi Jaakkola to thank for that, Sunderland could of scored a few more if it wasn’t for him. Best keeper the gas have had for ages.

There could be lots to fear- you have to look at the flow of the game, if we had finished stronger then it would be a more positive outlook. As it is you can make a case for saying Sunderland maybe under-estimated us first half and we duly profited. Second half they went about clawing that head start back and as a result we were very much second best and under huge pressure. Perhaps unlucky not to be a man ahead which would have changed things massively, on the other hand they hit the post and had one cleared off the line and we’ve maybe been fortunate to come away with the draw.

So if other teams give us the due respect and take the game to us from the off then we could be in trouble, but we won’t play teams with Sunderland’s resources every week. Swings and roundabouts.

Surprised to hear that, Nicholson seemed like a good outlet in the Cheltenham friendly

That is a long way off - at least 10 games

Determined defense, ref bottling the red card affected the game but happy with a point. Fighting spirit even though completely outplayed in terms of possession.

Undoubtedly we will, but I’ll be very surprised if that happens against the likes of Sunderland, Ipswich and Doncaster. The next couple of games will be very interesting in light of today, 3 draws from the first 3 would be a decent return imo.

I seem to recall being on the front foot and pretty much dominating our last league game, against this lot.