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Post by woolavingtonpirate on Jan 8, 2023 10:43:23 GMT
Some good performances yesterday, got to mention Gibbons, really put himself about, ran his socks off and a cool head at times. Loft worked hard, Collins and Coburn a class above. Definitely had a few gears to go up second half, controlled the game well.
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Jan 8, 2023 11:52:21 GMT
GD is poor too. Need to get that into plus numbers, could even rely on it Look at our GD and Northamptons on Christmas Day 2021 and the final table! Plenty of time. As soon as we start playing for 90 minutes we are gonna rack up some big wins!! I sure hope so. Right now i am very happy with wins, however they come. Personally, IF we did somehow mimic last season then i think we would need serious investment to even compete at the next tier. We have a lot of games to play yet so i am not getting over excited. Last season was a once in a lifetime thing, I’d be very happy if we ended 10th. I am positive JB has high aspirations but we do need to play all 90 and not just one half. I watched on a stream and thought we rode our luck bit that all balances out and we have had some losses in scrappy games, where we were the better team. UTG
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Jan 8, 2023 11:55:02 GMT
Reading comments like it was an inept second half made me chuckle a bit because not every game is going to see us banging in goals and creating chances galore, sometimes you have to dig deep and defend for your life. That’s exactly what we did second half, at the end of the day Belly hasn’t had a save to make in that second half, which to me is testament to the backs to the wall display. I’m glad we showed the ugly side of the game, because we’ve come in for a lot of stick defensively. Of course we could have been better in possession at times, that mess of a corner from Coutts, Finley and Evans’s in particular was a disaster to watch, but we got the job done. And let’s not forget it was a win with yet another defensive line up, we just just can’t settle because of injuries or JB tinkering can we. When you look at the game as a whole we relied on coburn and Collins to create the magic in the first half, we managed to beat their press with balls into the feet of the strikers and it paid dividends with the 2 goals. I’ve been saying for weeks that our wing backs don’t play like normal wingbacks as we try to keep possession and open up gaps, but between them they created one chance all game, just one time they got behind and we scored with a great ball from hoole. We just don’t play a style that allows our wingbacks to do that regularly enough for me. Stand out performances I thought from Thomas, Connolly, Gibbons (wise to put him at RWB when hoole started to get the run round from their left hand side), Hoole (eventually settled into the game after a shaky start) and Coburn who battled for every ball and looks to have improved his hold up play. I’m happy to see us win ugly in the end. Decent and balanced post. Spot on
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 8, 2023 16:04:37 GMT
Only 13 pages, had more for the car park fine episode! ☹️ Blimey dude, glad you’re not working out our goal difference this season!! 😉 UTG! ps. I know the point you’re making!
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Post by dudelebowski on Jan 8, 2023 16:18:47 GMT
Only 13 pages, had more for the car park fine episode! ☹️ Blimey dude, glad you’re not working out our goal difference this season!! 😉 UTG! ps. I know the point you’re making! 🤪🤪could not resist
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 8, 2023 16:22:03 GMT
Look at our GD and Northamptons on Christmas Day 2021 and the final table! Plenty of time. As soon as we start playing for 90 minutes we are gonna rack up some big wins!! I sure hope so. Right now i am very happy with wins, however they come. Personally, IF we did somehow mimic last season then i think we would need serious investment to even compete at the next tier. We have a lot of games to play yet so i am not getting over excited. Last season was a once in a lifetime thing, I’d be very happy if we ended 10th. I am positive JB has high aspirations but we do need to play all 90 and not just one half. I watched on a stream and thought we rode our luck bit that all balances out and we have had some losses in scrappy games, where we were the better team. UTG I doubt Wycombe spent a lot when they got promoted? You'd also hope we'd be better prepared for the Championship under JB than if GC had managed to get us promoted. Although just reaching the play offs would be an hell of an achievement in our first season back in L1
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Post by exetergas on Jan 8, 2023 19:04:30 GMT
Just watched the highlights. The way Coburn bends his run for his goal to stay onside. Some player!
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Post by playtowin on Jan 8, 2023 20:24:41 GMT
It was a professional performance but still lots of mistakes being made.
This is an important window as far as how well we do this season. We do rely on loan players being the stars of the show. Which is fine if that continues . We do need some quality as permanent signings as well though.
Joe is building the squad quality window by window . So im hoping this continues with a few great signings over the next few weeks.
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Post by baggins on Jan 9, 2023 6:08:14 GMT
Just watched the highlights. The way Coburn bends his run for his goal to stay onside. Some player! And just to say, that I've watched the highlights a few times and what a great save by Belly first half, tipping it over the bar. Glad JB doesn't read this forum.
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