Match Thread vs. Solihull Moors 13.04.21 [NL]

[Elite_Pie]

Dover should have been a Bradford 5-0 at home in the Munto season if we were going to be the real deal and serious title challenges this season.

It certainly should, because absolutely everything was in our favour. It was explained away by some that "the grass was too long", or "there are often freak results on opening day". We were bloody lucky that it didn't count in the end.

[countygump]

Groundhog day, swapped one loser for another. Put the club up for sale, these Danes are as clueless as Ardley and Burchall

Makes you wonder what the Danes must be thinking at this moment in time. Did no one warn them of the 'curse'?

[LaxtonLad]

Yes we all knew that this season we should have gone up a level to be the ones to hit the ground running. Some people say you can't judge a team straight away but it has transpired that the warning signs that were there then and in the pre-season game against York that we have a knack of making other teams look more 'up for it' or we allow them to grow into the game or play their game instead of imposing our game and style on them throughout.

Dover should have been a Bradford 5-0 at home in the Munto season if we were going to be the real deal and serious title challenges this season.

This allowing other teams to develop their game while we wait and see what might come our way is no way to dominate a game, never mind win one. Time and again we do it and after six games in charge IB hasn’t stopped us doing it. The 4-2 win was three games away and is now history, your last game is the one that matters, the one you should learn from.

[lunaspie]

We don't seem to be pulling up any trees under Danes never mind Scots.

ETA: The Wood have let us down too. 0-0 at full time

The standard of play is still Macduff.

[Killerkline]

Just listened to IB interview. Don’t understand why folk are critical. The points he made were correct.

[magpie_mania]

Just listened to IB interview. Don’t understand why folk are critical. The points he made were correct.

Who has criticised his interview?

Nothing wrong with the interview, my criticism is that he recognised a weapon the opponents used - we have the same but didn't try it.

[nw6pie]

Just watched the post-match interview with IB and he’s talking - as he did against Woking - of how Notts were the only team to create “open play” chances. Welcome to the National League, Ian. Teams are invariably going to stick the ball into the box every chance they get, especially when we keep on conceding goals from set plays. Also, the last time I checked, you don’t get marks for artistic merit in this sport.

[jacobncfc]

This allowing other teams to develop their game while we wait and see what might come our way is no way to dominate a game, never mind win one. Time and again we do it and after six games in charge IB hasn’t stopped us doing it. The 4-2 win was three games away and is now history, your last game is the one that matters, the one you should learn from.

I don’t think this is necessarily fair, on Burchnall anyway. I think Notts went out and imposed their game on Solihull for half an hour tonight but couldn’t respond when it started going against us. A similar thing happened at Woking where we controlled the game for half an hour, played some nice stuff, took the lead and then immediately conceded two soft goals from set pieces.

I think you can see some positive signs in the way that IB wants the team to play, which we see in flashes. A similar thing happened under Ardley, where we had the odd half an hour where we looked great but could never sustain it for a whole game, let alone a run of them.

It’s increasingly clear that this group of players is inconsistent, mentally weak, loses focus way too easily and gets bullied. This isn’t something that a change of manager was ever going to solve in hindsight, at least not quickly.

[laddo]

Just listened to IB interview. Don’t understand why folk are critical. The points he made were correct.

It's NCM why would you expect anything else? If you can't understand some folk on here you need to stay well clear of Facebook! Full of complete muppets with comments to match.

I don't get involved, they are a lost cause.

[St Kitts Magpie]

How come we never get the new manger "bounce" ??? I remember watching Notts beat Man Utd 3-2 I believe it was, with MacParland scoring the winner. Now we are getting turned over by the likes of this lot, who I had never heard of a short while ago.

Feel your pain foreign...was there too...Solihull 2 Notts 1 , not even smash and grab, as others have said it was always coming 2nd half....let let sink in