Solihull highlights.

[countygump]

Something that really shines out in those highlights is how comfortable Bajrami is with the ball. Couple of one-touch passes during the build-up to the goal that helps maintain the momentum, and a fantastic pass to Scott for that one-on-one chance. Not bad for a defensive midfielder!

No one has mentioned. Pen? or not to pen? That is the question.

[Elite_Pie]

Don’t think it was a penalty, but it was borderline, and a pretty pointless attempt by Baldwin.

I think if the ref saw that on VAR he would have given the penalty. Their player does seem to be looking for it a bit, but there was definite contact from Baldwin and no attempt to play the ball.

[ncfcog]

I think if the ref saw that on VAR he would have given the penalty. Their player does seem to be looking for it a bit, but there was definite contact from Baldwin and no attempt to play the ball.

Considering the player was going to have all on keeping the ball in play from there anyway all Baldwin had to do was shepherd him out, I think we were very fortunate.

[LaxtonLad]

I think if the ref saw that on VAR he would have given the penalty. Their player does seem to be looking for it a bit, but there was definite contact from Baldwin and no attempt to play the ball.

Bugger the "contact" bit, it's supposed to be a contact sport and it was till we started importing them Ities and Dagoes and being the innocents in this sort of thing we took it for granted that their diving and histrionics were the real thing, now it's too late to go our own way and back to the blood and thunder of yesteryear.

Comments from Alan Shearer about a player being "entitled" to go down if he feels a touch in the penalty area (ooh, missus!) do nothing to stop the rot and Don Revie too would have a lot to answer for if he were still with us.

[magpie_mania]

I think if the ref saw that on VAR he would have given the penalty. Their player does seem to be looking for it a bit, but there was definite contact from Baldwin and no attempt to play the ball.

We were in the FS so fairly close.

Definite contact - I've seen far softer penalties given.

I think we probably got away with that one.

[Chicken Balti Pie]

There has been a new edict from the FA that contact is not a foul. If the ref saw it wasn't going to come to anything and the player was milking it, makes his job easier now to say no

[kill_the_drum]

For me it’s a definite pen. It’s not a coming together of two players, it’s a shove from behind.

[kill_the_drum]

I am definitely not of the gerrit forward lot, but the heart in mouth moments when Slocombe passed off to a cb and waiting for the press and then back to Slocombe again…Automatically see the worst happening!

And quite possibly it will. But if we score the majority of our goals working from the back, keeping possession, the risk/reward is worth it. It won’t be viewed that way though.
If we kick it long every time and gift possession back to the opposition, I’ll promise you we’ll concede more goals. Chesterfield was testament to that. We started well but when the crowd turned we started pumping it long. The ball came back every single time and we were under constant pressure.

[matt_magpie]

Most of the time we play it out we get to the halfway line in possession. If we swapped that for kicking long all the time it wouldn’t be the case.
I can see the sense in the Slocombe and Baldwin combo, if a couple of players are going to press the goal kicks then why not enable Slocombe to gain 20 yards on his kicks and leave their players out of position trying to get to get the ball, that said there will be an uproar when or if it goes wrong 😂

[Mark_Ross]

For me it’s a definite pen. It’s not a coming together of two players, it’s a shove from behind.

Great stuff Notts!

But for me that's a penalty all day long. Perhaps we deserved a bit of good fortune in this match.

PS
If only we'd had that ref versus Grimsby....