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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 5, 2020 15:32:31 GMT
Mine landed on the doormat on Saturday, just about the time Norwich scored their third against C&@^ 1982.
It's a weighty volume. I'm enjoying it.
I'd be amazed if the books didn't all get snapped up, what with Christmas not far off.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 1, 2020 15:59:08 GMT
I've just watched the full 95 minutes back again, this time with the home commentary. It was a lot more enjoyable watching it back without the anxiety that we were one mistake away from defeat!
Interesting that the Rochdale commentators were a lot more complimentary about Rovers than were our own Hadwinn/Brookman combo!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 1, 2020 12:12:16 GMT
Our task was harder by home side treating it as away game and not coming out to play. Maybe this was reason for too much rubbish hoof ball, but too much ineffective hoof ball there was. I thought both teams tried to play in the "modern" style, which their manager summed up as: "...the balance between keeping the ball and penetrating the opposition's back line..." Unfortunately, in the 20 minutes before half time, too many of our attempts at penetration didn't succeed. Link to Dale manager Barry-Murphy's view of the game.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 31, 2020 15:07:11 GMT
i follow Working now!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 31, 2020 15:06:43 GMT
Me too. Sat through half an hour of preamble, only for the picture to freeze just before kick off. Keep trying.
Rochdale commentator reckons we should put bibs on, as there is a colour clash!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 26, 2020 19:31:11 GMT
We've played Walsall in the FA Cup on three previous occasions, winning at home in 1927-28, losing away in 1948-49 and winning away in 1964-65.
In all three ties, though, we were in the same League division as Walsall at the time.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 22, 2020 15:58:29 GMT
I think Eastville was one of the bigger pitches, but then got reduced to the bare minimum when they started up the Speedway around 1976-8, if I remember correctly.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 22, 2020 13:02:00 GMT
Saturday 15th Feb 2020.
Rovers 2 v 1 Blackpool Leeds 1 v 0 C*&£% 1982
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 19, 2020 8:37:57 GMT
If we had, say, one of the strongest defensive capabilities in League One, then I could see the logic. Take the lead, hold on to it in confidence.
But what happened for the Burton goal? Their corner came after two or three close calls in quick succession - OK, they didn't score from them. But as the ball came across from the corner on the edge of the 6-yard box, Josh Grant didn't head it away, Zain Westbrooke (in close proximity) seemed to see it late (or not at all) and it rebounded off him back towards the goal-line where it was always likely to be scrambled in. We needed someone in an Ellis Harrison-type, free to head the ball away.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 19, 2020 8:29:22 GMT
Maybe. Burton players looked gutted when we went 1-0 up. Ripe for conceding a second? Encouraging them to come at us, even though they spent the next half hour failing to score, re-built their confidence.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 19, 2020 8:02:52 GMT
I think the key lesson in Monday’s debrief is not how to defend narrow lead I'm not sure whether you meant that, but I disagree (...or do I?). We seem to shut-up shop as soon as we take the lead (even with a big chunk of the match still to play). But that invites pressure on us and concedes a lot of possession. So, with a lot of the ball, the opposition naturally speed the game up, how ever much we want to try to slow down the tempo. If it goes well for us, and we repel every attack, and the opposition commit more and more people forward, we might counter against a depleted back-line and extend our lead. (I can't remember a single counter-attack against Burton when we were 1-0 up. I can remember three at Sunderland though: a shot narrowly over the bar, and two breaks, one of which should have ended with a sending off for Wright). But having to play that way for over 40 minutes (as on Saturday) or for over 80 minutes (as at Sunderland), even with a little bit of bad luck, or a single mistake, we are likely to concede. What's the alternative? Ramp up the pressure on the opposition to barnstorm a second goal immediately after the first? Maybe that's naive (as naive as the commentary of Hadwin and Brookman, who seem to lose patience and declare the match a bore if we're not 3-0 up at half-time). It was noticeable, though, as soon as we conceded against Burton and we had to start committing forward again, we carved out three or four good efforts on goal in very little time. So I think we do need to review how to play when we have taken the lead...!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 15, 2020 11:59:20 GMT
Well I guess that proposal was at least starting point for negotiation. At least the PL have been 'forced' to actually talk about reform / redistribution of TV money. Away from the "power grab" element... the rest of the proposal, seems OK to me. There will be a price to be paid for the PL bailing out the EFL. They are not a registered charity. Not sure what you mean by "integrity"? Losing the EFL Cup? Losing two clubs. I hadn't thought that through. How would "The 72" have accommodated the two ex-Premier League clubs? By becoming "The 74"? Probably not. So either promotion from the National League is suspended for a season, or four clubs get relegated from League Two, to be replaced by only two from the National League. More sinister, in my view, would have been, in the words of David Conn in the Guardian, the "planned consolidation of voting power within the Premier League of the big six plus the three outside clubs that have been in the top flight longest, Everton, Southampton and West Ham". That sounds anti-competitive even in a business context, let alone what is supposed to be a sporting competition.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 14, 2020 10:04:29 GMT
But I agree, the case was daft, we were never going to win. Didn't the judge actually find in favour of Rovers on four of the five points of contention. As I remember, the only reason Sainsbury's won was on the the fifth (and overriding) point, that the contractual agreement had time-expired. And it only time-expired because of the tactically astute calling of a judicial review by Rovers' opponents at the very last moment, to maximise the length of time before the case could be heard? The above has no bearing on whether the UWE Stadium scheme was viable, or in Rovers' long-term interests, which is still a moot point. Although I think some of the construction costs that are being remembered now are ones which applied at the end of the drawn-out saga. If Nick Higgs could have cracked on with the scheme in the initially envisaged timescales, the costs would have been much lower.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 11, 2020 21:36:15 GMT
Thanks for this. Have just watched all 2+ hours!
The coverage of the two Liverpool FA Cup matches is comprehensive (and the pictures of the Twerton game of better quality than I have seen on YouTube before).
The 3-0 win against Dalglish's Blackburn is one of the few League matches that season I can remember attending.
Funny how Roger Malone changes his tune about Devon White's goal at Twerton against C&^% 1982, first implying it's a clear foul on their keeper, then back in the studio agreeing with Lawrenson that it was a fair challenge!
Brighton's kit has to be seen to be believed!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 11, 2020 8:55:14 GMT
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 10, 2020 18:00:43 GMT
I watched Lincoln lose 7-2 to a much-changed Liverpool in the League Cup recently. Despite the trouncing, Lincoln looked very well organised to me and played with a lot of spirit even when losing heavily. Here's a collection of key words and phrases I've picked out from online BBC Sport reports from Lincoln's four League matches so far. Four of their nine goals have come directly (or in one case indirectly) from penalties. And another four have come from headers. Lincoln (P)review (H) v Oxford 2-0 W
new-look … exquisite cross which was nodded home…terrific football…free-kick … was powered home by the head of defender. (A) v MK Dons 1-2 W
Penalty…thumping header from cross won it for the Imps with 12 minutes left. (H) v Charlton 2-0 W
Charlton were superior in first-half…controversial penalty…saved, but… knocked it across the area… offside… rifled home….Two minutes from time, defender snuck in at the back post to powerfully head home corner. (A) v Blackpool 2-3 W
twice battle[d] from behind…cancelled out [Blackpool’s] opener from the penalty spot, scored a second penalty with six minutes left…close range with two minutes remaining…Forest loanee…impressive. (H) v Bristol Rovers 1-2 L
perfect start ended…excellent away display…dramatic start to the second half…free-kick headed home…brilliant right-wing cross was nodded home…penalty, following a rash challenge…slammed home… pushed for a leveller…hindered [by sending off]. It would be a pity not to have updated the above, for the sake of completeness.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 9, 2020 22:16:22 GMT
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 9, 2020 22:14:54 GMT
I remember a 2-1 away defeat in probably 82/83..errington Kelly (who?) scored and my mate got the arse of his bleached white jeans snagged on a level crossing gate in the city...we laughed our mullets off..utg 1-0 away win tomorrow 🤪 You're correct - 22nd January 1983. Lincoln had a good side. I was there, but I'm struggling to square my memory of the ground that day with how it looks now.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 9, 2020 15:47:04 GMT
I watched Lincoln lose 7-2 to a much-changed Liverpool in the League Cup recently. Despite the trouncing, Lincoln looked very well organised to me and played with a lot of spirit even when losing heavily.
Here's a collection of key words and phrases I've picked out from online BBC Sport reports from Lincoln's four League matches so far. Four of their nine goals have come directly (or in one case indirectly) from penalties. And another four have come from headers.
Lincoln Preview
(H) v Oxford 2-0 new-look … exquisite cross which was nodded home…terrific football…free-kick … was powered home by the head of defender.
(A) v MK Dons 1-2 Penalty…thumping header from cross won it for the Imps with 12 minutes left.
(H) v Charlton 2-0 Charlton were superior in first-half…controversial penalty…saved, but… knocked it across the area… offside… rifled home….Two minutes from time, defender snuck in at the back post to powerfully head home corner.
(A) v Blackpool 2-3 twice battle[d] from behind…cancelled out [Blackpool’s] opener from the penalty spot, scored a second penalty with six minutes left…close range with two minutes remaining…Forest loanee…impressive.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 6, 2020 15:30:51 GMT
I make no apology for repeating (as I do at every round) my reason for the boycott:
"We need to highlight that the changes to this competition could be the first step to inclusion of B teams in the lower leagues. That would destroy the integrity of the Football League and, through the consequent devaluation of the League matches, lead towards the demise of clubs who normally play at the lower corners of the Football League pyramid".
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