Set off like a train

[Jules88]

Apart from the goal conceded, that's as good a half as any since Christmas

[Romared]

Cracking match , cud ev bin ennyscoor , great entertainment , poor ref tho , and can sumdi tek that Williams back to bleedin Everton , he's weak n clueless, Hammil wat a performance , back to his best thank god , fully deserved the win afta the result last setdi , Forest looked decent at times tho , Forza di Reds UTFLWG ;D happy as chuff tuneet ;D:heart:

[POGGYWELL]

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Worth a clap that was!

[bankendbfc]

Very good. What was the deal givin their wide men so much space tho? Must a bin the game plan because it was deliberate. Am guessin they like t play up the middle be narrar. In any case am proud a dint think they do it

[Redstew]

Couldn't make it tonight. Great to get up and running.
How did young Bird do after he came on?

[Romared]

Couldn't make it tonight. Great to get up and running.
How did young Bird do after he came on?
He was decent Redstew , hard game for him to join into late in the game as forest were a threat , good player tho , like many more he needs game time ,
Impressed again with Hedges tonight , looks like he has made the step up well , great finish for his goal too,
Man of match award deservedly went to Hammil though , some performance tonight from him ,

Only need anutha 51 pts :rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Acido]

Hedges has been the find of the season so far hasn't he, and I think he could be more useful to us as a striker rather than a winger. Hes got the 'Watkins' about him to be honest, and maybe hes filling in out wide until Isgrove comes back.
With Thiam available now from the Blunts game onwards, it will cause a few selection headaches for Hecky, and it means hes got some good extra options.
Im still not sure about Potts, and Moncur seems to have gone a step backwards to be honest compared to how he finished last season.
But its always good to beat Notts Florist, and this is a really welcome win for us and 3 points. :)

[Romared]

Potts will come good I've no doubt about him , Moncur is classy but needs help around him , Scowen is the the biggest loss IMO , Williams ? I hope he improves quickly , and i sincerly hope he hasent been give X amount of game time in the deal ? One or too more to join the fray soon ? Lastly a mention on Jackson ! I and a few more had a go at him after Saturdays performance , he did really well tonite for me, Forza di Reds UTFLWG

[Acido]

I used to think Jackson could have been the next one to make the step up, like when we sold Mawson, but so far its like he and MacDonald are complete strangers. But seeing as we've slagged him off so far, credit to him as well tonight for doing better.
Id still liked to have seen Sessi given a chance this season but it looks like Hecky favours the kid Williams instead.
I reckon he will stick with more of the same and 4-5-1 again away at the Blunts, and Id be surprised if that stays 0-0 again.

[Jules88]

Missed header from Jackson
Goal for them
Possible Davies could have come for it

[animallittle3]

If your a fan it was great entertainment and I'm very pleased we are up and running so congratulations to the lads , fully committed and hard working group , as you would expect from Hecky .

Hedges took his goal very well and looks a player with real promise .

Some real hard work to be done and much improvement needed defensively , some of our defending and decision making is naive to say the least .

Pleased at the result , concerning at the same time .

[SBRed48]

Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice.

Cast off those knee jerk reactions to the first two games and wait til wiv laiked ten wivva a settled team emerging.

Second heyf not good fo mi blood pressure. Hammill on fire.

Defence last five games
Rotherham---wi lerrin 4
Bristol City-------------3
Morecambe------------3
Ipswich-----------------2
Forest-------------------1

Spot the pattern emerging

Let the football world rejoice, Barnsley are back.

[Acido]

I don't think they were exactly knee jerk SB, but I agree praise should also be given when we fight as though it matters, like we did last night. Notts Forest look to have become a bit of a team all of sudden with a rich investor and they might surprise a lot of us this season, so lets not under-estimate the value of that win against them last night.

[animallittle3]

I stated at the weekend that a solid competitive 0-0 draw would make more happy than a streaky win and I stand by that opinion .

Forest seem to be much improved but I doubt they will be anything more than mid table , one tactical switch from Warburton to 4-4 -2 and they controlled the game from there on in , 26 attempts at goal , far far too many to be allowing , especially at home .

I'd like to see us hold our defensive line 10 yards further up the pitch and try and stem the pressure that builds .

A positive reaction the opposition changing tactics and formations wouldn't be a bad idea either .

Massive improvement needed .

[Acido]

Looking at our opponents Animal, remember that team who beat us on the opening day!!
They scraped a 97th minute 2-2 draw last night at struggling Brentford, otherwise it would have been 2 losses in a row for them and the pressure might have been mounting on the slimebag Johnson again.
And lets not forget Forest also won at struggling Brentford, after scraping a lucky home win against struggling Millwall, so its still mostly guesswork at the moment. I can't understand how Ipswich have won 3 out of 3 though!.

[animallittle3]

All im saying is that in my honest opinion and taking nothing away from our spirit and commitment that Notts Forest on what I saw won't threaten the top 6 but on another night they could have had four or five last night against ourselves .

When I see better basics and less naivete in our play I will post accordingly .

The win flattered us and I'm not drawn into the watch us go now camp because we've won our first game .

I understand this won't be a popular view but that's how I saw things last night .

[Romared]

It could be said we had equally as good chances and could possibly have been 3 or 4 up before they scored , very similar to last Setdi, making lots of chances and not converting them , I thought we deserved to win just , to battle like that after Setdis dissapointment shows we are moving in the right direction, a lot of work to be done still and it won't be easy , just to add Ryan Shotton looks set for a move to Boro :mad: , would be good to get someone like him in , wonder if his uncle Malcs still keeping fit :eek:

[Acido]

And I wasn't disagreeing with what you suggested, about Notts Forest not doing as well when the season moves on.
I think we're all just relieved to get our first win on the board, surely none of us will get carried away though and we keep our fingers crossed that we might see a few more improvements away at the Blunts.
Things start to take shape after 10 games, 5 at home and 5 away, and I will be very pleased if we're roughly 16th (where we are now) at that stage.
Can any of us say we're surprised to see Burton bottom, with 3 straight losses. Its been suggested they will do a 'Rotherham' this season!.

[animallittle3]

It could be said we had equally as good chances and could possibly have been 3 or 4 up before they scored , very similar to last Setdi, making lots of chances and not converting them , I thought we deserved to win just , to battle like that after Setdis dissapointment shows we are moving in the right direction, a lot of work to be done still and it won't be easy , just to add Ryan Shotton looks set for a move to Boro :mad: , would be good to get someone like him in , wonder if his uncle Malcs still keeping fit :eek:

Ryan Shotton is a good call roma , solid championship defender with experience and can lead .

The tactical adjustments by the opposition seem to pass us by , I was studying Hecky when Warburton switched to 4-4-2 and looking for him to counter that but it never really happened .

I'm looking for Hecky to develop too this season and own some points himself from the touchline .

[Ponte_Steve24]

Great win last night scintillating football at times amazing one touch stuff should have been 4-0 at half time. Exactly same as satdi and I agree with Animal. We vot away with dropping off last night. Pearson isn't fit enough and gets caught out time n' time again. Allows way too many crosses to come in and was to blame for the goal for me. Williams drops too deep and should play further forward. He puts us under pressure with side ways passes. Moncur is ok when we're attacking but goes missing too often. Doesn't look like he wants to roll his sleeves up n fight for me. Both him and Williams were n't getting to any second balls which is concerning. Potts when he wimped out of that 50/50 sums him up. Totally powder puff. Totally Robert Sugden. Plus points what a performance by Hammill and Mccarthy they were all over the park winning tackles and moving the team forward down the right in the first half absolutely brilliant. If we can get left side sorted out and engine room sorted we'll be just fine.

[animallittle3]

If this current group have to work and run like they did last night to register a streaky 2-1 win then we are going to need 30 players .

Can't be working like that all season that's for sure .

Want a clean sheet on saturday against that lot , feckin league one fodder .

[Ponte_Steve24]

Agree you cant chase your tail for 46 games you'd end up doing yourself a mischief. Need to be better with ball n' let opposition do some running.

[Acido]

Hopefully the fitness, skill, & intelligence levels will all improve as the season moves on, and we won't keep needing to win games like we did last night.

The Blunts meanwhile are giving it the usual 'we should be beating teams like Barnsley' and 'if we don't beat them we're in trouble' etc and words to that effect. :zzz:

[Romared]

To be fair it's took em a long time , but they did well last year , however some of their fans are getting WednesdayIitus , gerrin above themselves , in general I hope they do well , good Manager H/C a fan same as Hecky to us , Both of us to finish mid /bottom hafe ,

[Acido]

If they struggle it will be a shame for Rodney the Blunt, we might need to buy him some tissues and make him a nice cuppa. :P

[Romared]

He is a good blowk Rod , met him a few years back , his comments are always fair , not like summarem , it's a nowt match for us really , ;D Big Derby to sum ov them tho ;D even tho they don't admit it ;D creeusz me are some think !! Forza di Reds UTFLWG

[Hodger1957]

Looking at our opponents Animal, remember that team who beat us on the opening day!!
They scraped a 97th minute 2-2 draw last night at struggling Brentford, otherwise it would have been 2 losses in a row for them and the pressure might have been mounting on the slimebag Johnson again.
And lets not forget Forest also won at struggling Brentford, after scraping a lucky home win against struggling Millwall, so its still mostly guesswork at the moment. I can't understand how Ipswich have won 3 out of 3 though!.

Looks like we'll be ok then. All these struggling teams plus Burton & Bolton. Villa & Wednesday are struggling as well.
It makes me laugh. 3 league games played and teams are struggling or going to run away with the title.
Fulham are either unbeaten in all competitions or struggling to find their first league win.
I still think Ipswich will be battling against relegation after watching them at the weekend, yet they've got a 100% record.

[Jules88]

Agree you cant chase your tail for 46 games you'd end up doing yourself a mischief. Need to be better with ball n' let opposition do some running.

Need to be better with ball??????? For 40 minutes We ran their T*ts off. untouchable......
The opposition Ponte COULDNT COPE WITH US we couldn't have been better.

A good balance and good defensive drill yesterday, against a
team who were absolutely excellent at free flowing attacking and distribution. Wide passes, good through middle and wide attacking, clever flicks and neat "one-two" football
Yes, at times we were lucky they didn't break the net from chances I could have put away..... but they didn't

Again...... some of you seem to delight ( despite a win ) in looking on the dark side.
Perhaps it's just so you can say " There.. Aren't I good.... I told you so"

Things aren't perfect, I get that. There will be improvements, and there has been already. I've missed one game this season so far and can see the progression.
One or two of you will eat your words before the season ends.

[Ponte_Steve24]

We can be as selective as we want with quote system Jules. A team managed by me would beat a team managed by you any day of week. You'd be that busy clapping over stringing three fcukin passes together you'd miss six going in your own net. Tool.

[Ponte_Steve24]

Oh n' bytheway that was a spot of retaliation mods ;D

[Jules88]

Lol... we won mate. To me if we play like that every week and win 2-1 I'll see it as a successful season. And I suspect you will too.

[Acido]

Looks like we'll be ok then. All these struggling teams plus Burton & Bolton. Villa & Wednesday are struggling as well.
It makes me laugh. 3 league games played and teams are struggling or going to run away with the title.
Fulham are either unbeaten in all competitions or struggling to find their first league win.
I still think Ipswich will be battling against relegation after watching them at the weekend, yet they've got a 100% record.

Were you struggling to write that comment Hodger ?. ;D