⚽ Match Thread vs. Peterborough Utd. 30.11.24 [FAC R2]

[BigFatPie]

didn't see the game, but just listening to Stallard on Magpie Circle and he's convinced we were lucky not have lost by lots more. We can second guess his tactics and subs cuz that's football, but assuming it's SM's fault we didn't beat Posh is a bit of a reach imo.

I did see the game and those subs meant we went from having maybe a 50/50 chance of winning at 2-1 up to zero chance.

No one had to second guess the subs, everyone thought they were sh!t when he was making them.

[Mud Pie]

Posh were the better team for most of the match, as you?d expect. That also doesn?t guarantee you a win if the opposition play it right, as we should knowing having lost about a dozen games where we?ve been the better team for most of the match over the last eigh**** months or so.

People aren?t angry because we lost to Peterborough, they?re angry because we were winning with 20 minutes left and made a series of decisions that unarguably made it less likely that we were going to win.

point taken about best teams winning, but it did sound like they were highly likely to. SM also made the decisions that got us to 2-1 up against a better side with 20 to go, he doesn't seem to get any credit for that. If, for argument's sake, SM's decisions mid second half made it 10% less likely we'd win (say from 20% to 10%) would that justify so much anger?

[Mud Pie]

I did see the game and those subs meant we went from having maybe a 50/50 chance of winning at 2-1 up to zero chance.

No one had to second guess the subs, everyone thought they were sh!t when he was making them.

ha, was just thinking along the same lines. I don't think Stall would agree that we had a 50% chance of winning before he made the subs. The way he was talking it was more like 5%

[jacobncfc]

point taken about best teams winning, but it did sound like they were highly likely to. SM also made the decisions that got us to 2-1 up against a better side with 20 to go, he doesn't seem to get any credit for that. If, for argument's sake, SM's decisions mid second half made it 10% less likely we'd win (say from 20% to 10%) would that justify so much anger?

Of course they weren?t highly likely to win, they were 2-1 down with just over 20 minutes to go!

[durhampie]

It was just another instance where the manager/club are taking the pi** out of our supporters.. Just remember, without supporters they will go out of business..

[Mud Pie]

Of course they weren?t highly likely to win, they were 2-1 down with just over 20 minutes to go!

not going to argue, but according to Stall...!

It won't be a great surprise if we don't win tomorrow, especially because Walsall rested so many. Given that no one knew who we'd get next round if we won, I'd have taken a loss against Posh and a win at Walsall going into this. We definitely have a puncher's chance.

[BigFatPie]

ha, was just thinking along the same lines. I don't think Stall would agree that we had a 50% chance of winning before he made the subs. The way he was talking it was more like 5%

We were under pressure but looked fairly comfortable to me apart from when we decided to give them the ball! Taking Jatta off meant we had no outlet whatsoever.

I like Stall as a pundit but local radio co commentators aren?t exactly renowned for getting stuck into the manager unless they know he?s getting sacked?

[Boomerangpie]

Glad to read phrases like less likely to win because it read that the trip to Goodison was guaranteed if no substitutions made. Against a better side with a better bench with tiring players with 25 to go

Of course we had a chance when leading half way through second half but I did not feel comfortable at any point. An equaliser was always more likely than a Notts 3rd

[Boomerangpie]

It was just another instance where the manager/club are taking the pi** out of our supporters.. Just remember, without supporters they will go out of business..

True but luckily we have more supporters than the club have had for about 3 decades. Not bad for cheap ambition owners.

Jesus wept

[Elite_Pie]

It?s highly unlikely we would have got Everton away in the draw.

Really? Whoever won the game at Posh was already allocated ball number 56.

Ball number 56 was drawn to play Everton away.

As a Forest fan might say, it's not rocket surgery.