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No easy games - but IF we are 'on our game' think we can get another win
Guess Tabs will be on the bench initially, was really good to see him back playing last week
Hope Charlie starts again, got a good understanding with Rio (imo)
Goals are coming from all over the pitch which is brilliant - I think we now have 20 different players to score (so far) this season (?)
Any road up, Nev to score first goal
Prediction 2-1
Crowd 4999 (cos gazan not going!!)
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Hopefully a 3-1 win , like to see Cooney score if he plays or comes on, also Charlie and big Nev !!
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I think we are due for. big win at home..
4-1 imo...
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These are games we don't like.
1-1.
Attached.
4,800
Scorer: Kirk
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Ah well, got the first goal-scorers right and very nearly got the crowd right (4995) ...Originally Posted by frogpole
... pity that the predicted score wasn't correct.
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Yes brilliant on crowd - how could you know 4 would stay away in sympathy with Gazan ......
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There were one or two things that weren't too good today, but the worst of all was the ref was only his 2nd game and he was atrocious!! Thing is he'll probably go home and think he had a good game!! We've had some shockers this season he must top the list!!
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Nowt to do with the ref. Watched the highlights and the defence was terrible as was Micky and the GK and sorry but this does not look like an automatic promotion team or winning that many more games to me at least. We have lost two home games 3-2 to two teams below us despite leading in both games. Micky can score goals but he is never a centre half imho..Our defenders were looking at the ball instead of covering their players. Pretty basic stuff and we now have four touch line managers and a million pound academy training? Bring back Dave Ewing!
We don't need loads of managers but decent defenders...at half the cost! This is not a L1 team. Far from it imo.
BTW the home crowd numbers were terrible being we are in the top 3. Half the match ticket costs to bring up the numbers..
Our left back passed the ball to them and they scored. Didn't anyone at the academy tell him to boot the ball into the stand in these situations...Too much dilly dalying and trying to be Real Madrid..
Last edited by MikeSB; 03-03-2024 at 12:01 PM.
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Apart from failure to spot at least one penalty, I agree Mike. The referee was not responsible for our conceding those goals. However, he was awful. I was at the match, and he let stuff go that he should have pulled up and pulled things up he should have let go. In his favour, I would say he was dreadful from both teams perspective so even handed.Nowt to do with the ref. Watched the highlights and the defence was terrible as was Micky and the GK and sorry but this does not look like an automatic promotion team or winning that many more games to me at least. We have lost two home games 3-2 to two teams below us despite leading in both games. Micky can score goals but he is never a centre half imho..Our defenders were looking at the ball instead of covering their players. Pretty basic stuff and we now have four touch line managers and a million pound academy training? Bring back Dave Ewing!
We don't need loads of managers but decent defenders...at half the cost! This is not a L1 team. Far from it imo.
BTW the home crowd numbers were terrible being we are in the top 3. Half the match ticket costs to bring up the numbers..
Our left back passed the ball to them and they scored. Didn't anyone at the academy tell him to boot the ball into the stand in these situations...Too much dilly dalying and trying to be Real Madrid..
The defence was not at its best from the start. Mickey D has been an excellent signing for us this season but he is not without flaws. This is why he is playing in League 2!
Sitting 3rd or 4th in the table, any defeat we suffer is likely to be to a lower placed team. That is the point of competition Mike.
I also agree that we don't look like a promotion team, but we may make it either automatically or via the play off. That said we have suffered injuries to several significant players this season, notably Powell, Tabiner, Long, Williams and Tracey carried an injury for several weeks but played because it was needed.
As for booting the ball out of play when in trouble, the players are encouraged to play themselves out of trouble mostly but I guess there are times when row Z is a plausible option.
As for your comment regarding the crowd. Our numbers are relatively decent given the cost of living crisis and several Premier League teams within a 40 mile radius which is bound to have an effect.
As regard to the number of "managers" on the touch line. If we had just the one we would be the only club at virtually any level you might care to name. Ever heard the expression "two heads are better than one"?
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If you cannot get more than half the ground full when you are in the top 2 or 3 you may as well not bother..
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