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Ref had pretty bad game too! Am I right in thinking that their No 16 was booked in the first half and then hacked Joe down early in the second and no second card produced. From early on it was clear that ref was not going to give us anything. Equally lino in front of CF stand was at least two yards...

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RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Exeter could have had an early penalty, and we should have gone 3-0 up. Fine margins.

We would probably still have lost if we'd gone 3-0 up given how much the standard dropped.

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I agree with you to some extent - we looked brilliant for 20 minutes, then for whatever reason (likely tactical) we started playing like a Ryman League side. The 70 minutes that followed us going 2-0 up were diabolical, we stopped playing the way we started and rather than trying to kick on tried to...

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I agree - as a Season Ticket holder I don't care if they discount tickets once in a while to try and engage with more fans in the hope that they become regulars. After all, the more fans that turn up long-term, the better playing budget / players we will be able to afford. And with that we would hop...

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Agree with that idea, it's also a shame the club encouraged people to turn up with cash to pay for advanced tickets in order to to speed things up. There are about 2,000 people who will have attended the game and the club will have no idea who they are so can't market to them directly in future.

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solihullkev wrote:for the rest of the season and we will do fine

I thought this when we lost 2-1 at Upton Park a few years back...

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Boyle went down when Winchester was getting treatment first half, prior to West Ham scoring. He didn't look comfortable for the rest of the half, so i'd assume he was injured yes.

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For the first goal, the ball went over the line about a metre within the post, the shot was scuffed, and it had barely any power on it. Goalkeepers push off the ground with their feet to get a bit of distance in their dive, but when he appeared to try and push off the ground his feet kind of gave w...

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I'd have gone:

Cheltenham: Flatt (4), Grimes (7), Cranston (7), Storer (6), Atangana (7)*, Pell (7), Wright (6), Winchester (6), Boyle (6), Eisa (7), Forster (6)

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For the first goal, the ball went over the line about a metre within the post, the shot was scuffed, and it had barely any power on it. Goalkeepers push off the ground with their feet to get a bit of distance in their dive, but when he appeared to try and push off the ground his feet kind of gave wa...

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I feel like we need a bit more pace in the side, especially in the top half of the pitch.

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He broke is leg playing for Tranmere in April, so have to assume that they will have planned not to have him back to his best and Kiddy have offered him the chance to play again.

He's not fit to play again until atleast September.

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little mo wrote:Actually, my previous post was incorrect. 4 of last 7 are at home.

That comment makes me assume that if 4 of our last 7 are at home, that's also the same as 4 of our last 8 being at home (or you'd have said 5 of our last 8). So basically half, probably the same as everyone else

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It's not really a good time for us to cash in, if we had him on another 2 year contract then a year's time (before he turns 24) would be the best time. In the current situation we'd be relying on compensation being agreed, which could go either way.

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I wonder how much of his decision will be based on us letting go of all of his best friends this summer. Maybe now they're all going he'll think it's the time for his own new start.

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I haven't gone as far as to take into account how many of these appearances are sub appearances, but the below is all of the outfield players currently at the club and out of contract this summer and their win ratio in league games this season: Kyle Storer - 23 games - 11 wins / 4 draws / 8 losses -...

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Who would I retain: Lovett, Kitscha, Barthram (although GJ evidently has issues with him - so we may see him leave), Munns, Storer, Waters, Downes (as player-coach) Who would I release: Parslow, Morgan-Smith, Hall, Rowe, O'Shaugnessy, Davis, Jennings, Dayton, Cranston, Wright Wright is the only one ...

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Billy is only 22, he'll be here next season unless someone pays us a handsome amount of money. If he gets 20 league goals this season his value even through compensation would be more than decent, given the development he's made here. I can see him signing a 2 or 3 year contract if we are in decent ...

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I expect Parslow to be one of the ones departing if we lose a centre half. He wasn't a target for Johnson last season if I remember rightly, he asked to come in on trial and managed to impress enough (or maybe we couldn't find anyone better before the season began). Downes on the other hand must be ...

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You say he's clearly not ready for league one, but i'd have said that about Cameron Burgess. Part of the issue for someone like Dickie (and the rest of the defence) is that we can't string 2 passes together in front of them or hold the ball up top - so the defence is being exposed a lot more than yo...

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Whose to say that any of our strikers will leave just because Diego has arrived? Personally if we were moving one on I'd expect it to be Amari...however we only have Holman, Wright, Billy, Amari and now Diego and we are in a fight to get out of a situation. Five seems a reasonable number. Diego is u...

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I feel that if GJ thought Flatt was up to this level he'd have gone for him over Griffiths when Phillips deal fell through?

Wolves unlikely to have stood in his way given he's fourth choice if we had gone knocking.

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Paul Godfrey explained the Kyle Storer situation last night and, as simply as I can put it, he has been banned from all football until 8 first team matches have been played, whereas other players have just been banned for a certain number of first team games. To be fair, Suarez also got a ban from ...

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I expect something like the below, with Dickie not being risked (unless we rest O'Shaughnessy instead). Expecting Pell, Waters and Wright all to be given a rest.

Kitscha

Barthram
Parslow
O'Shaughnessy
Jennings (if fit)

Hall
Whitehead
Rowe

Smith
Morgan Smith
Arthur

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Exactly, I would expect GJ has been given the incentive by PB to win these games - any money you make from the groups you can use to kick on in January, maybe...

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If Barthram wasn't happy about not coming on at right back / or starting - I wouldn't be happy if he wasn't angry at that (and I doubt GJ would want a player who wasn't unhappy at not being involved). Personally, I could probably see Barthram's point of view as I think he's a better player than Suli...

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We had 9 points after 5 games last season:

1-1 at Lincoln
0-0 at home to Aldershot
3-0 at home to Southport
1-1 at Chester
2-1 at home to Barrow

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Given that he hasn't made the Reading match day squad in any of their 3 games so far this season, I haven't completely ruled out Dickie coming back before the window shuts.

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I think the goalkeeper will be Russell Griffiths from Everton. Spent some time at Halifax on loan previously.

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Why would the club discount tickets for it? We've discounted tickets before and hardly seen an uplift in attendance. Simple maths suggests that you can get a crowd of 3,000 paying full price you'd need a load more people to attend if you offered 25 or 50% off the ticket price and wanted to make the ...

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We'll be fine, we've been missing a few keys players in pre season namely Phillips, Dickie, Downes, Munns, Dayton (for some of it). We also appear to have been aiming to play the wingbacks system, as this is the system we're looking to use next season, but haven't yet got the bodies available to pla...

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I think if we don't sign a centre half before Saturday we'll be playing 4-4-2 until we do.

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Danny Wright was up against some tough defenders last night, I commented that Barnsley were a very tall physical side especially at the back. He won't come up against defenders of that quality in League Two. The one who I thought had a poor game was Cranston, who I'm still yet to make my mind up abo...

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I heard George is no longer of interest to Gillingham. Don't know where that would leave him mind, assume we would still hold out for compensation if he were to move anywhere.

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Only Holman has a deal beyond this season however all league two clubs run the risk of higher clubs coming in for their players and what happens if we are promoted to league one, surely we would want to release a few then anyway? When was it confirmed that Holman has a deal beyond this season? I th...

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