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Post by markczgas on Oct 18, 2019 7:25:12 GMT
Donnie's home record: They've beaten Pboro and Fleetwood but lost to Blackpool and Pompey,so inconsistent - hope for us.
Doncaster 7 4 1 2 11 8 +3 13
and our away:
Bristol Rovers 5 2 0 3 4 7 -3 6
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Post by markczgas on Oct 17, 2019 15:24:45 GMT
How many have we lost on the trot to Donnie ? we are due a draw or win.
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Post by markczgas on Oct 17, 2019 9:58:34 GMT
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Post by markczgas on Oct 17, 2019 8:32:04 GMT
We've had a solid defence for a good few years now. The problem over that period is scoring goals. Over-reliant on the Snake a few years ago and now on JCH. Don't agree with the few years Aghast. 2 seasons ago we had Smith/Slocombe in goal and a backline that consisted of players like Leadbitter and Hartley. I'll think you'll find the goals against column was 60 goals + for the season. Now we have Jaakkola and the back 3 assisted by Agogo and Upson - we look the part !
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Post by markczgas on Oct 17, 2019 8:26:00 GMT
Why don't you email Steve Hamer with your idea. I emailed him before the MK Dons game asking if they could offer reduced tickets for supporters coming with season ticket holders - and they did it ! It had some success Rotherham 6,800 home supporters, MK Dons 7,500 home supporters. Did they reward you with a free sausage roll ? I need beer not food !
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Post by markczgas on Oct 16, 2019 18:53:04 GMT
I think doing some Flexi tickets might encourage more people to come along. Frome are doing 12 for the price 10. We could do that or 5 for the price of 4 which would suit a lot of people Why don't you email Steve Hamer with your idea. I emailed him before the MK Dons game asking if they could offer reduced tickets for supporters coming with season ticket holders - and they did it ! It had some success Rotherham 6,800 home supporters, MK Dons 7,500 home supporters.
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Post by markczgas on Oct 15, 2019 8:33:49 GMT
I’m not getting carried away, but Gas are going up... I wouldn't say that but we look very solid at home and expect it to stay that way. We have to wait and see how we are going to shape up away from home. Yes 2 wins out of 5 but so far we've lost to 2 teams in the top 8 away -if we can pick up some wins and draws with teams in top half of table then we might stay in the top 6 till the end of the season -that's a nice thought. UTG !
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Post by markczgas on Oct 14, 2019 20:41:25 GMT
Points are what it's about and that's another 3 to move us up to fourth but it's obvious I'm in the minority in that I didn't think we played well against poor opponents. We are slow going forward and keep launching it up the park. It says it all when our 2 best players play in the back 3! Van 6, didn't have a lot to do but did it ok. Davies, 7.5 mom took his goal well and was solid at the back Craig, 7 usual level of performance. Kilgore 7 another good performance from the young defender, maturing well. Rodman 6, no as good going forward as needed. Ogogo, 6.5 battled away well in the middle Upson, 6 not up to his standards of late. Sercombe, 6 we need him to give us creativity and he didn't deliver on Saturday.Leahy, 5.5 can't wait for THD to get back to full match fitness. Smith, 5.5 looked busy but didn't actually work their keeper. Nichols, 3.5, time for him to put us and himself out of our misery by going. Couldn't even hit the target from 10 yards and had a couple of good hearing chances. Subs, Bennett, 6 did ok we introduced. Hargreaves, 6 nice to see the youngster introduced, had a great run before being hauled down. Alex, 6 as Bennett. Crowd, 6 you could feel the mood and atmosphere changing as halftime approached and it was still level. Ref, 7 MK, 4 poor and only came to life in the final 15 mins Did you see Sercs deep cross/through ball right on the by-line straight onto the head of the on-running Nichols, about 40 -odd yards away in the first 10 mins ? keeper got across to save it. This is L1 not watching Man C /Liverpool my fellow Gashead
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Post by markczgas on Oct 13, 2019 22:20:03 GMT
The next three name's are daunting : Doncaster, Bolton and Pompey, but they are 11th, 23rd and 16th in the table respectively ! Mind you I wish JCH was around for them.
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Post by markczgas on Oct 13, 2019 22:16:46 GMT
We have only played teams with very little away support. Combine hopefully another result away this week, will start to increase in crowd sizes to 9-10k. I f we get a positive off the field development we could start to get near capacity!Rovers and "Ifs" - the story of our last god knows how many years. Some fans have given up on the ifs. Don't like it but you can't blame them really.
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Post by markczgas on Oct 13, 2019 22:11:40 GMT
Such a good finish from Davies. He really has been a bargain find. A left foot finish. Pretty sure he's mainly right foot.
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Post by markczgas on Oct 13, 2019 22:06:58 GMT
Player for player, this has to be the best squad we've had for 6-7 years. Most defintely, but I'd go back further to the Lambert, Disley, Campbell, Hughes, Elliot team. Just worry about all the injuries though and a smallish squad. It'd be great if we could reinforce left midfield and central defence.
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Post by markczgas on Oct 13, 2019 8:09:26 GMT
When we got nervy and backed the boys verbally at the end of the game when they were under the cosh. Can we do that for a bit longer next home game! Thanks 😜💙 Watched on Ifollow and apart from the odd song after the goal the atmosphere sounded sh**e. that was true. But the team played well, fully deserved the win and know that more goals will come if they play like they did today.
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Post by markczgas on Oct 13, 2019 8:00:54 GMT
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Post by markczgas on Oct 12, 2019 19:35:59 GMT
van Stappershoef 7
Davies 7.5 Craig 7 Kilgour 7
Rodman 6.5 Ogogo 7 Upson 7 Sercombe 7 Leahy 6.5
Nichols 5.5 Smith 6.5
Subs: Bennett 6.5 Hargreaves 6.5 Adeboyejo 6
Crowd 5 Ref 7 MK 4
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Post by markczgas on Oct 11, 2019 9:09:09 GMT
I know we have conditioning coaches, fitness coaches, medical staff etc etc, but I do wonder if players do warms ups and stretches properly. After some injuries I experienced I was always told to warm up gently, stretch and then build up the intensity of the training session or activity before warming down and stretching out again. I was also told never to 'bounce' stretches yet I often see players doing that and some of the 'stretches' they do during warms ups are imho of very poor technique. I used to do a lot of running in my youth and early twenties - pretty reasonable club standard (10miles in 55 mins) and I pulled/strained my calf at one time. It took some pretty deep massage (I never realised how far a sports physio can get their thumbs into a muscle group) but it cured the problem of deep scar tissue in the muscle - maybe this is what JCH needs to get the muscles working and moving again properly as it seems to me he has had an issue ever since arriving. My calf problem occurred nearly 40 years ago now and I'm sure treatments have moved on, but I'll always remember that physio session - it did hurt at the time, but cured the problem for good. good points, but muscles for running are probably treated and looked after differently than for contact sports, like football.
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Post by markczgas on Oct 11, 2019 9:06:07 GMT
thanks for putting it up - a good read.
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Post by markczgas on Oct 11, 2019 9:01:58 GMT
Clarke-Harris POTM WINNER! Well done fully deserved! Yep, in a not-so free scoring team as Peterborough most definitely. and that bicycle kick !
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Post by markczgas on Oct 10, 2019 15:41:14 GMT
Sad news. One of my first memories was watching the giant bean-pole on the pitch. I also interviewed him for the matchday programme many years later - he had very vivid memories of games.
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Post by markczgas on Oct 9, 2019 12:32:47 GMT
Good time for us to see how we’ll fare without him after the January window. Sadly think it’ll be a massive blow. all your posts are full of cheer - how do you do it !?
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