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Post by laughinggas on Dec 21, 2019 19:08:05 GMT
Not that any were ten out of ten but having 3 midfielders wanting the ball made difference today.
JCH getting fit will give us a better option upfront.
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Post by laughinggas on Dec 21, 2019 19:53:45 GMT
Today showed that the idea of being able to take a goal kick to a player inside the area leads to more time wasting rather than speeding up the game.
They lined up for the short kick but when we pressed they changed the plan meaning that delay as players moved out the box and upfield.
Calculated?
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Post by basel on Dec 21, 2019 19:55:28 GMT
"It's no surprise Bristol are up there,they have some very good players".
Darren Ferguson.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2019 20:15:14 GMT
Today showed that the idea of being able to take a goal kick to a player inside the area leads to more time wasting rather than speeding up the game. They lined up for the short kick but when we pressed they changed the plan meaning that delay as players moved out the box and upfield. Calculated? But then again jaakola was clearly wasting time in the last 20 minutes of the match even though we were the home team. Had the rule not changed they would still look for the short ball but move upfield if it was not on. |
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Post by emperorsuperbus on Dec 21, 2019 22:09:05 GMT
"It's no surprise Bristol are up there,they have some very good players". Darren Ferguson. to be honest a month or so ago I wouldn’t have thought this rovers team were capable of playing as well as they did today. They are playing with self belief now and on a good run of confidence and morale, and it shows in all aspects of the teams play. I can’t wait till kick off on Thursday. |
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Post by matealotblue on Dec 21, 2019 22:35:53 GMT
At least the attendance is over 8,000. We've had a dire home crowd this year. Boxing Day crowd will be bumper if we nick this. So I am confused as to why the club thinks it is a good idea to shut the West Enclosure for a 3rd Round FA Cup game..... |
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Post by kingswood Polak on Dec 21, 2019 22:47:10 GMT
At least the attendance is over 8,000. We've had a dire home crowd this year. Boxing Day crowd will be bumper if we nick this. So I am confused as to why the club thinks it is a good idea to shut the West Enclosure for a 3rd Round FA Cup game..... Yes. Totally unacceptable |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2019 23:21:18 GMT
Absolutely fantastic 0-0. We deserved that point. Tony Craig is an absolute rock. Graham who? I mentioned Tony Craig earlier. He really was a brilliant signing in retrospect. The way he organises, does his job, and is bringing on the youngsters around him - all credit to him. My personal POTS so far. Yep. Along with Ogogo in my opinion. Tommy Nichols had another good game today, along with Alfie, Rollin (fantastic) and the best keeper since Stevie Phillips. Proud today. We're a proper team and haven't conceded a goal since the Mansfield manager left us. |
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Post by JeffNZ on Dec 21, 2019 23:30:08 GMT
If (and that's a big IF) we keep this core group of players together come January we have a shout and at 16-1 I'm tempted to have a cheeky fiver on it! |
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Post by a more piratey game on Dec 21, 2019 23:34:21 GMT
he's pretty much been MOTM in all of the 7-ish games since he got into the team, hasn't he? |
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Post by eastlondongas on Dec 22, 2019 0:00:38 GMT
At least the attendance is over 8,000. We've had a dire home crowd this year. Boxing Day crowd will be bumper if we nick this. So I am confused as to why the club thinks it is a good idea to shut the West Enclosure for a 3rd Round FA Cup game..... Yeah strange that, we must be turning the screw on costs if that’s the case. Wonder how much it costs to open a stand / what the break-even attendance in said stand is... |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2019 0:47:29 GMT
I do not know if its 10 or 15 years even but every time i watch peterborough play they never fail to play some great attacking football,usually under darren ferguson but also other managers.
So i say well done to them for playing football how it should be played over a very long period of time.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Dec 22, 2019 5:37:22 GMT
Just got back!
What another brilliant result against credible opponents! Does that make us a credible team?
Probably the best and most entertaining 0-0 I've seen in a while where anyone could have nicked it, and I thought we had the best chance of the match on 90 mins where Ollie clean through....he pointed where he wanted it and (a re insurged) Nichols played him in exactly to the tee.
We really have the spirit of 90.... where the sum of our parts are stronger than any one individual. In fact, we play to our strengths. And that is unfortunately conceding possession and space, then hitting on counter. Too many times decent through balls looked to put us in a place, but we got ourselves out of it by physical presence defending....this has resorted to team throwing themselves down (Ellis style in 2016) and refs spot this.
I really like our defensive set up. I like watching defensive play anyway, but our line is solid and communicative. We defend higher up the pitch. We usually are first to the ball on crosses into our area. We haul back most the midfield into defensive positions and have a confident, emerging amazing goalkeeper.....he will spill the odd shot, but otherwise is very stubborn. In essence, they play as a unit in the bigger picture and are major reason we are where we are. They are the jewel.... forget jch going next month, the priority is preserving that back 6. I'm including Leahy and Rodman in that mix..... what a revelation playing him wing back (a Jocky-esque decision, anyone?).
Rollin was brilliant.
Craig was and has stepped up to be the leader he was brought in for when we knew Lockyer (!) wasn't to be with us.
Kilgour plays like he's been in first team for years like Rollin.
Steady. I like it. It's a jewel in our crown.
Okies....
Nichols imporoved performance with touches....if that's your style, then fine....I saw he ran around alot today but hardly done anything of note except on the 90 mins. I'm laying off him because in this team, we are 4th. We could be higher if he bla bla bla but I'll take where we are and how he fits into the team. I have swayed my opinion, because I defer to now 4 managers picking him to start for some reason?
Jch upped the ante on his arrival. Done little else.
Tyler ran his pretty little heart out, bless.
We really need a striker!
Upson was awful in his distribution, but his tackling and tracking back was exemplary. Ollie was pedestrian, got booked again stupidly, and below par performance....he was gifted the opportunity to win it, but I saw a draw as fair result.
Ok our plat forward is slow in tempo, we struggled to find out players with the long ball and hardly made any significant moves and consecutive passes. This needs to be worked on.
So....there you have it. A very competent defensive display that again helped us to a point or points. Sometimes it ain't pretty, but that depends on your perception of beauty. 4th in table and only losing to one side in top six makes it very pretty to me..
Wombles, and Don's should be picking up points time..... Fleets a more difficult proposition. But whom would honestly swap where we are now on the pitch and where our potential lies to any position in the last 20 years?
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Dec 22, 2019 6:13:08 GMT
Good write up , captured the essence of the side and performance. Think the assist for Ollie Clarke’s last gasp effort was from Leahy. As one of several East Standers who felt Tommy Nic deserved a stand up round of applause on 83 minutes when he was subbed off for Victor, I know he wasn’t on the pitch to make that pass.
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Post by JeffNZ on Dec 22, 2019 6:27:28 GMT
Yes agree with WG... great write up. Thanks for taking the time to do it o2o2bo2ba |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Dec 22, 2019 6:49:32 GMT
Good write up , captured the essence of the side and performance. Think the assist for Ollie Clarke’s last gasp effort was from Leahy. As one of several East Standers who felt Tommy Nic deserved a stand up round of applause on 83 minutes when he was subbed off for Victor, I know he wasn’t on the pitch to make that pass. Yes on reflection, Leahy may have been the assist. Leahy is the example I'm meaning.... probably as an individual, he is unremarkable. I thought he made a few timely interventions and is turning out to be an impressive left sided wing back. |
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Post by basel on Dec 22, 2019 7:05:04 GMT
I enjoyed Luke Leahy 'ruffling' the refs hair,after undoing a knot on Rodders boot. Ref spoke to him afterwards,don't know what was said,but I imagine something like ' I'll let it go this time'.  I think Luke deserves more praise (the whole team does),he's done a good job for us. |
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Dec 22, 2019 8:02:03 GMT
<Nichols imporoved performance with touches....if that's your style, then fine....I saw he ran around a lot today but hardly done anything of note>
That's right, but the policy is to shower him with rose petals and applaud him for running his socks off in the hope he will come good. Trouble is, he has no pace and is easily caught when running his socks off, doesn't have the ability to turn his man to make space for himself and invariably gets in a tangle trying to do so, thus killing momentum. Applauding a player with no pace for running his socks off seems to me as nothing more than a desperate attempt to justify his price tag. Peterborough got away with daylight robbery there. There's just no comparison between him and the young strike force they put out yesterday that caused our defence all sorts of problems. They coped with it admirably, but wouldn't have a couple of months ago. We need one like that in the window, a young forward with skill, pace and menace to play alongside JCH. If Peterborough can find them time and again how come we can't?
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Post by Rex on Dec 22, 2019 8:40:24 GMT
Absolutely fantastic 0-0. We deserved that point. Tony Craig is an absolute rock. Graham who? I mentioned Tony Craig earlier. He really was a brilliant signing in retrospect. The way he organises, does his job, and is bringing on the youngsters around him - all credit to him. My personal POTS so far.This must be the first season in years when we have several genuine candidates . |
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Post by mangogas15 on Dec 22, 2019 10:08:10 GMT
I mentioned Tony Craig earlier. He really was a brilliant signing in retrospect. The way he organises, does his job, and is bringing on the youngsters around him - all credit to him. My personal POTS so far.This must be the first season in years when we have several genuine candidates . One from Craig, Keeper, Ogogo. Kilgour YPOTS. JCH has only played half the games and likely won't be there to pick up an award. |
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