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Post by JeffNZ on Mar 16, 2019 6:43:56 GMT
The events of the last 36 hours here have been all-consuming for Kiwis and it seems in some way wrong to be discussing something as futile as a football match. However, it is a welcome distraction from the sadness, incredulity and anger those events have created within me. So... today will be really telling. A win or even a draw against a top flight team such as Charlton will provide strong evidence our recent good form is just that and not due to the opposition being poor, as some have suggested. After three wins on the bounce, whatever the opposition, the lads must be high in confidence so I think we can get a result. I'm going for a 1-1 draw. COYB  and Kia Kaha Christchurch  |
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Post by Peter Parker on Mar 16, 2019 8:10:18 GMT
The last two wins certainly help make a draw today a decent result. The other fixtures can make it really tight down the bottom
1-1 for me today
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Post by eppinggas on Mar 16, 2019 8:44:11 GMT
I'd have taken a point at Scunny and Gills... and the same again today. As NZ says, a welcome distraction from the awful events in Christchurch. Football is one of those things which actually brings people together. We bicker and moan amongst ourselves (well I do), but it is a unifying thing. I like having a beer with opposition supporters as a general rule. Apart from when we play the sh*t. Or Oxford. Or Plymouth. UTG.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Mar 16, 2019 8:46:36 GMT
Some things transgress Gas v Charlton.
I'm sure thoughts are with anyone who is affected by recent news.
As much as we should be confident over the last 3 league matches, I think some teams can perform way beyond our optimum capabilities. Charlton are potentially one of them.
Heart hopes for a draw. Or more.
Head says comfortable defeat (as usual v Addicks), probably 0-2.
I'm assuming Charlton sold out their allocation, I'll plump for a 9100 attendance.
If we can be patient for chances and take them, the match will be interesting.
COME ON YOU BLUES! UptheGas..
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Post by Igitur on Mar 16, 2019 9:45:39 GMT
Some things transgress Gas v Charlton. I'm sure thoughts are with anyone who is affected by recent news. As much as we should be confident over the last 3 league matches, I think some teams can perform way beyond our optimum capabilities. Charlton are potentially one of them. Heart hopes for a draw. Or more. Head says comfortable defeat (as usual v Addicks), probably 0-2. I'm assuming Charlton sold out their allocation, I'll plump for a 9100 attendance. If we can be patient for chances and take them, the match will be interesting. COME ON YOU BLUES! UptheGas.. Like it, and probably sums up how a fair number feel. It reminds me of one of the brilliant well-paid pundits on BBC saying, "This match can go one of three ways." |
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Post by TaiwanGas on Mar 16, 2019 11:07:25 GMT
2-0 Gas, Tom Nichols to score, coyb!...
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Post by bloogas on Mar 16, 2019 11:42:01 GMT
My sympathy & commiserations Jeff. I've a bit of a connection - my niece (my late brother's daughter) lives over there. Sadly I have to say the odd football fan gives a glimpse of the depths some people can sink to.
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Mar 16, 2019 11:49:15 GMT
They've won their last two, we've won our last three. Banker draw I reckon.
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Post by emperorsuperbus on Mar 16, 2019 14:02:28 GMT
Three straight wins. Nine season transforming points. And goal of the season too.
I think we are nine more short of playing league 1 next season, which considering where we were is not bad. Not bad at all.
Credit for Cocko for getting the results. But also the signing of Jono.
If Jono flops now from now to the end of the season, he may already have done enough to take plaudits for keeping us up.
Have we got a song for him yet?
We love you jono, we do.
Jono Jono, what a signing!
Jono Jono, what a signing!
Or if we want to be more ingenious, there’s reference on Kendrick Lamar’s conscious hip hop album Damn to him having two fore name’s “whats that all about”
Johno has three surnames! What’s that all about?
We could adapt the lyrics to Lamar’s track DNA to honour Jono
Original
I got, I got, I got, I got
Loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
Cocaine quarter piece, got war and peace inside my DNA
I got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DNA
I got hustle though, ambition, flow, inside my DNA
I was born like this, since one like this
Immaculate conception
I transform like this, perform like this
Was Yeshua's new weapon
Stop there! I’ve Tweaked it
We got, we got, we got, we got
Loyalty, got royalty inside our JCH
Cocaine quarter piece, got war and peace inside our JCH
We got power, poison, pain and joy inside our JCH
We got hustle though, ambition flow, inside our JCH
He was born like this, since one like this
Immaculate conception
Transform like this, perform like this
Cocko’s brand new weapon!
(repeat)
What do you think?
Or we can just chant Jono Jono what a signing
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Post by traveling_wilbury on Mar 16, 2019 17:09:08 GMT
Good point against a tough Charlton side (going by the Twitter feed) and up to 13th in the table - who would have imagined that just a couple of weeks ago.
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Post by JeffNZ on Mar 16, 2019 17:19:15 GMT
0-0 FT. Solid result.
Sounds like the conditions played their part but that could be a crucial point come the end of the season.
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Post by Gas Since 1957 on Mar 16, 2019 18:09:19 GMT
Good point against a tough Charlton side (going by the Twitter feed) and up to 13th in the table - who would have imagined that just a couple of weeks ago. Ironically, we move up 3 places but the gap to the bottom 4 is reduced to only 2 points! Seems impossible! |
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Post by The Concept on Mar 16, 2019 18:38:18 GMT
Credit for Cocko for getting the results. But also the signing of Jono. If Jono flops now from now to the end of the season, he may already have done enough to take plaudits for keeping us up. Have we got a song for him yet? "Ohhh, Jonson Clarke-Harris … Ohhh, Jonson Clarke-Harris … Ohhh, Jonson Clarke-Harris." To the tune of the guitar riff from "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes. Á la "Ohhh, Jeremy Corbin … ", and also used for things like "We're the blue & white army …". |
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Post by The Concept on Mar 16, 2019 19:24:46 GMT
Was going to post something very similar to what I've just seen on the BBC report:
"Both teams deserved credit for producing an entertaining game in wretched weather conditions."
It really was an excellent game, despite the gale blowing round.
It was difficult to tell the direction of the wind - mostly in towards the east side, and seemed to be behind Charlton at times in the first half, but then in the second half their 'keeper kicked it straight through to ours on a couple of occasions.
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Mar 16, 2019 20:58:12 GMT
They've won their last two, we've won our last three. Banker draw I reckon. Wot he said :-) |
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Post by emperorsuperbus on Mar 17, 2019 20:35:33 GMT
They've won their last two, we've won our last three. Banker draw I reckon. Wot he said :-) All the corner flags seemed to be simulateaneously blowing in different directions, like the four winds at the end of the world. Did you notice someone set an inflated condom across the pitch, as a smart way to access what the wind would do to the ball? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 21:33:36 GMT
What on earth was their striker's hair cut all about?
On to more serious things. We looked difficult to play against. Lockyer was superb.
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Post by emperorsuperbus on Mar 21, 2019 0:25:21 GMT
What on earth was their striker's hair cut all about? On to more serious things. We looked difficult to play against. Lockyer was superb. “What on earth was their striker's hair cut all about?” He looked like a cheese string. I actually thought good haircut |
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