MillersMad Match Thread...Millers v Man City U21s

[mygiddypant]

I imagine our players would have expected to win, but even so the manner of the comeback will help their confidence going forward.

Ragget's headed goal looked like a pre-planned routine. More of that please.

Congratulations to Josh Ayres on his first first-team goal. More of that too!

[RU66]

Still got no wide right player. Martha should be played in front of the midfield. James shows how it should be done going on the outside on the left. Ayres did well but he's out on loan don't know if that's while January.

[Brin]

5 or 6 posters moaning at half time ,crying saying how embarrassing we are,, how pathetic we , no depth in the squad , bla bla bla. All gone very quite .at full time

DonPageFanClub, Indeed they were. Thing is football is a very emotive sport that conjers up all manner of feelings even when we are on top. It's natural to see, albeit, negative posts previous to yours and to coin a couple of phrases, 'Patience is a virtue' and 'Hindsight is a wonderful thing'. Both these applied to the game last night.

I sat there at half time thinking shall I go as we aren't going to win this but, a quick recollection of the Oldham game and my patience rewarded me well.

Credit to the youngsters of City and yes they have a few class players who we will probably see in a couple of years time even if they're no longer at City.

Hamshaw did what he had to do and that was to use a game plan. It was obvious to all viewing, why several of our starting 11 don't start a game but I will give a shout out to Jack Holmes, he never stopped working hard and had a good battle against their left back throughout the game and, credit to him for the cross that help create the third goal for Powell.

Enter Martha and....well. What a breath of fresh air this lad is, unstoppable at times as he danced through the opposition and they simply couldn't control him. Then the addition of our first team regulars in Powell and Gore and the game changed as the youngsters of City basically ran out of steam and ideas. Adding Clarke to run the right wing also left City exposed so a two pronged wing attack worked well. Credit to Hamshaw for executing a well thought out game plan.

As for this Saturday, lord knows what the starting line up may be? Does he risk Nombe in a nothing game? Then again, he needs to build up his match fitness so maybe the last 20 minutes wouldn't hurt.

Is Ayres cup tied, I haven't checked out his loan club's progression in the competition?

Either way, that's 6 without loss with 5 wins and a draw, let's hope other players regain fitness soon and the winning run gains more momentum.

[Lolmorgan]

5 or 6 posters moaning at half time ,crying saying how embarrassing we are,, how pathetic we , no depth in the squad , bla bla bla. All gone very quite .at full time

So did you think that first half was good enough, it was very poor that game could have been over at half time.Would you have posted if we had lost, No I don’t think so.

[MillerBill]

When the first team subs came on, we dominated the young Man City players.We also have some really good talented young players and if we can stay injury free, there is a chance of making the playoffs.What's the latest on Kaleta?

[pipppy]

Gore can be a nasty vengeful little Shute 😂

Just like another player we had starting with GO??. Gerry Gow

[frogmiller]

Just like another player we had starting with GO??. Gerry Gow

He was great wasn?t he?

[Brin]

His red card at Millmoor still lives long in my memory .......didn't give a toss he just did him good and proper and walked before the Ref had got his card out.

[millersrus]

Think he will go down as one of greatest signings.
Our team under Emlyn could play a bit but we were struggling. Following his arrival we got that bit of missing steel needed and I think it was then we went on our February record winning run in 1982.
Remember the red card down by the tunnel quite well.
Thing is, Gerry Gow could also play a bit as well.

[pipppy]

Spence and Gore are nowhere near Gow?s aggressive prowess and thank goodness or they would always be getting sent off. They have got just enough to let the opposition know that they are not a walkover and they are both definitely capable of mixing it if need be. But got to agree GG was a player who deserves to be in the Millers folklore history book.