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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 23, 2022 11:28:03 GMT
It will be tough. Exeter will have had 11 days rest, during which we've played two away games with the travel and tiredness/knocks from playing. Hopefully the substitutions last night were precautionary and everyone will be fit for Saturday - but our lack of defensive back up is a real worry. I'd take a point if offered now, 1-1.
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 22, 2022 18:53:54 GMT
Thomas at a stretch, but who would you select, as they're all injured Martinez is a defender I thought first and foremost , as well as being a decent defensive midfielder. I thought he was good last season. Injured too ? Martinez was on the bench on Saturday. Perhaps Loft could be an emergency centre back
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 22, 2022 11:41:27 GMT
I just checked a different website and it’s showing him on 10 bookings so I’m not sure now Is that the Footystats site? footystats.org/england/efl-league-two/playersThat shows him on 10 (and Harries 10, Coutts 8). Has he been sent off for 2 yellows? I think that only one then counts as a yellow? This site says 9 yellows and no second yellows, so who knows? - www.transfermarkt.co.uk/sam-finley/leistungsdaten/spieler/217806One thing is for certain he is pretty close to a two match ban - if he doesn't appear on the team sheet tonight then it could be the first of two games he is missing.
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 22, 2022 9:31:46 GMT
Is Finley playing (or at least in the squad)? The commentator on Saturday said he had picked up the correct amount of bookings to earn a ban. Or (as usual) was he talking rubbish! He’s on 9 so one away from a ban unless it’s been cleared now due to number of games played? That being said I can see him being rested for evans tonight. Ready for the big game Saturday. I posted this on the build up thread: I found this on the FA Disciplinary website:
EFL Leagues:
5 bookings in 19 EFL League matches = 1 match ban 10 bookings in 37 EFL League matches = 2 match ban 15 bookings by Last day of the relevant league playing season prior to the Play-Off matches = 3 match ban 20 bookings by Last day of the relevant league playing season prior to the Play-Off matches, ban as determined by a Regulatory Commission
see the pdf download on this link - www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/discipline/player-essentials
It used to be possible to see who was suspended and who was one booking away, but I can't see that now (perhaps it was felt to be too much personal information)
If Finley is now on 9 bookings then he has to avoid another for seven more gamesI can't see him avoiding a two match ban if he is on 9 cautions already....
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 21, 2022 20:58:37 GMT
Only the top 3 teams have conceded less goals than Leyton Orient.Kenny Jacket is a wily old bugger and might set his side up for a clean sheet as the main target,just to get some confidence back,hoping to nick a goal and win it of course.First goal,if there is one,will be more important than normal for this one as they were very poor once they went behind in their last game against Salford by all accounts. They have had a 10 day rest but the confidence we have gained via the last 2 wins while they’ve had their feet up will hopefully prove to be more beneficial .Going for a 0-2 gas win but a 0-0 draw would not surprise me. ... and during that 10 days we've played twice. Exeter will have had an 11 day rest come Saturday during which we will have played two games again. We have this heavy schedule of two games a week for the next four weeks, having already done it for two - that will be 13 games in the period Sat 5th Feb to Sat 19th March inclusive (6 weeks plus 1 day) so all the talk of maximum points is, imho, a bit over optimistic. Yes teams that are doing well want to keep it up and keep playing, but I fear the schedule will impact us and will test the squad. I expect us to lose Finley for two games before long if it is the case he is currently on 9 cautions - he has to avoid another in the next seven games to not get that suspension.
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 21, 2022 15:42:34 GMT
It's going to be tough We have 8 games in the next four weeks - Tues/Sat until 19th March, that will take its toll. Then it settles down to just Saturdays, apart from the Easter weekend, but it's a tough set of games. I've gone for a probably optimistic 27pts:
Feb 22nd - A - L Orient - 3pts 26th - H - Exeter - 1pt
Mar 01st - H - Barrow - 3pts 05th - A - Newport - 1pt 08th - A - Crawley - 1pt 12th - H - Harrogate - 3pts 15th - H - Colchester - 3pts 19th - A - Northampton - 0pts 26th - A - Carlisle - 1pt
Apr 02nd - H - Bradford - 3pts 09th - A - Tranmere - 0pts 15th - H - Salford - 1pt 18th - A - Port Vale - 0pts 23rd - H - Forest Green - 1pt 30th - A - Rochdale - 3pts
May 07th - H - Scunthorpe - 3pts
W-7, D-6, L-3 Total 27pts
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 21, 2022 12:09:07 GMT
Aren't the yellow cards/ban threshold reset sometime in December? I think Finley's safe. As lastminutewinner says, the current rules are: Five yellows accumulated before match week 19 results in a one-match ban. Ten yellows accumulated by week 32 will result in a two-match ban. Fifteen yellows by week 38 means a three-match ban. Twenty yellows in a season can result in the Regulatory Commission punishing the player in a manner that they deem to be most fitting. I think the game weeks were: Game week 19 was Forest Green A Game week 32 was last weekend against Mansfield H Game week 38 will be Northampton A Not sure that is correct. I found this on the FA Disciplinary website: EFL Leagues: 5 bookings in 19 EFL League matches = 1 match ban 10 bookings in 37 EFL League matches = 2 match ban 15 bookings by Last day of the relevant league playing season prior to the Play-Off matches = 3 match ban 20 bookings by Last day of the relevant league playing season prior to the Play-Off matches, ban as determined by a Regulatory Commission see the pdf download on this link - www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/discipline/player-essentialsIt used to be possible to see who was suspended and who was one booking away, but I can't see that now (perhaps it was felt to be too much personal information) If Finley is now on 9 bookings then he has to avoid another for seven more games
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 19, 2022 16:30:46 GMT
Finlay booked Is that is 10th? I don't know, but if it is then it's a two match ban
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 19, 2022 12:53:26 GMT
Well it’s my birthday today (fifty-bloody-nine, FFS!) so I’m hoping for a win & 3 big points as a present . . . Happy Birthday young-un Hoping you get your (and our) wish
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 16, 2022 15:14:16 GMT
That's the one I would go for Pirate. Irene being sung, the ball comes in, and then noise!
Edit - and I was there
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 15, 2022 17:58:35 GMT
What about the Kidderminster defender that held West Ham at bay for 90 minutes, almost. Matt Preston - I believe his short term contract there is ending soon? Wouldn't be able to play for us this season if he's currently under contract. I wouldn't mind Geraldo Bajrami from them in the summer. I understand that Preston was signed on a two month contract from mid Jan, so yes he's not available now, but would be in ~4 weeks?.....
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 15, 2022 15:50:13 GMT
First their Manager and now their fans are talking about adapting to our sloping pitch.Am I missing something? ..mixing us up with Yeovil? Do we get the points if the game is off because the opposition go to the wrong club?
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 15, 2022 15:38:55 GMT
What about the Kidderminster defender that held West Ham at bay for 90 minutes, almost. Matt Preston - I believe his short term contract there is ending soon?
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 13, 2022 8:30:38 GMT
Definitely a penalty. As I said on the match thread, the defender goes down rubbing his leg after the contact. Interestingly on the Mansfield forum there are differences of opinion - one saying Collins changed direction to run into the defender looking for contact (can't see that), others saying it was a pen and they got lucky. It was certainly more of a penalty than the one Man City got for their 4th goal yesterday (having just seen that on Match of the Day this morning).
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 12, 2022 16:41:04 GMT
Their player goes down rubbing his leg after the contact - however Collins falls over, that is a clear penalty
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 8, 2022 21:40:21 GMT
Very poor - could/should have been 4-1 with the offside/onside goal, and the one that was over the line. I hope it is explainable by some bug, hopefully short term otherwise we're in trouble on Saturday
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 8, 2022 21:28:01 GMT
Perhaps they've all got whatever Taylor has. Hope they're all over it by Saturday, play like this against Mansfield.....
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 8, 2022 20:11:57 GMT
sh**e camera angle and I'm getting a really poor frame rate which makes it quite jerky and difficult to watch. Antony Evans coming off now too.. buggah Tactical though for Evans, unless there's a sickness bug in the Rovers camp? Get the Immodium in Barton!
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 8, 2022 19:45:29 GMT
Looks as I’d Conner Taylor may have to to be replaced due to illness. Has left warm up twice now. Confirmed.. Connolly replaced Taylor in the starting XI That's a bit of a blow - just hope it's a short term thing and he's back for Saturday, get well soon young man
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Post by Rod1883 on Feb 7, 2022 19:38:02 GMT
What has happened to Loft? Have we signed an(other) injured/injury prone player?
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