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Cheltenham Town v Lincoln City
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Summut else that bugs me, the players just walking off at the end of the warm up. Come over to the fans and get us making some noise, like the old days!
Anyway, I'm guessing 4-3-3/4-5-1 today with Ferry and Thomas flanking Taylor. Let's hope it works better than the last time we stayed from 5-3-2 at home...
Obieri preferred to King on the bench 16 I believe. Would be our youngest ever League player.
Anyway, I'm guessing 4-3-3/4-5-1 today with Ferry and Thomas flanking Taylor. Let's hope it works better than the last time we stayed from 5-3-2 at home...
Obieri preferred to King on the bench 16 I believe. Would be our youngest ever League player.
f#!$ Reading. Ankers.
If only someone had taken the runner down. Or Thomas had taken the chance seconds before. Or the ref had given us a second penalty for the foul that looked, from where I am, like it could well have been on the line. At least we have a ref that actually gave us a penalty!!!
If only someone had taken the runner down. Or Thomas had taken the chance seconds before. Or the ref had given us a second penalty for the foul that looked, from where I am, like it could well have been on the line. At least we have a ref that actually gave us a penalty!!!
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It's almost as if they're waiting for our LCB and RCB to get isolated against their wingers - rapid balls from the centre out wide are leaving Shep and Davies one on one and they don't have the pace. This is Harrop's time to shine with 15/20 minutes to go...
Thomas on in the first half again - and not running against tiring defenders
Thomas on in the first half again - and not running against tiring defenders
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But Thomas one the penalty and should have made it 2-0.RS1978 wrote: ↑20 Apr 2024, 15:35 It's almost as if they're waiting for our LCB and RCB to get isolated against their wingers - rapid balls from the centre out wide are leaving Shep and Davies one on one and they don't have the pace. This is Harrop's time to shine with 15/20 minutes to go...
Thomas on in the first half again - and not running against tiring defenders
Sercombe stoodright beside nim watched the ball come down then watched him put it in the net without doing anything to try and win the ball. Clown
You can't expect a young guy in his 20s in his first half-season of professional football to be our only major attacking threat. Yes he should have finished it but you expect experienced players like Sercs, Taylor, Bonds, Ferry, Long to create more than what they did...RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote: ↑20 Apr 2024, 15:49But Thomas one the penalty and should have made it 2-0.RS1978 wrote: ↑20 Apr 2024, 15:35 It's almost as if they're waiting for our LCB and RCB to get isolated against their wingers - rapid balls from the centre out wide are leaving Shep and Davies one on one and they don't have the pace. This is Harrop's time to shine with 15/20 minutes to go...
Thomas on in the first half again - and not running against tiring defenders
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.RS1978 wrote: ↑20 Apr 2024, 16:01You can't expect a young guy in his 20s in his first half-season of professional football to be our only major attacking threat. Yes he should have finished it but you expect experienced players like Sercs, Taylor, Bonds, Ferry, Long to create more than what they did...RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote: ↑20 Apr 2024, 15:49But Thomas one the penalty and should have made it 2-0.RS1978 wrote: ↑20 Apr 2024, 15:35 It's almost as if they're waiting for our LCB and RCB to get isolated against their wingers - rapid balls from the centre out wide are leaving Shep and Davies one on one and they don't have the pace. This is Harrop's time to shine with 15/20 minutes to go...
Thomas on in the first half again - and not running against tiring defenders
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Same with the ref. Was fairly good to us first half, and swung right the other way in the second.
Well, it's pretty simple now. Win both games and hope Burton or Cambridge blow their remaining games or it's L2.
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Yeah decent effort today, pretty much did the best we could with the resources available.
My god did Lincoln take shithousery to a new level though! The no 6, 9 and goalkeeper in particular. Read a report from their own fans website that said they did this at Oxford but wasn't quite expecting this high of a level, makes Luke's efforts look amateur!
My god did Lincoln take shithousery to a new level though! The no 6, 9 and goalkeeper in particular. Read a report from their own fans website that said they did this at Oxford but wasn't quite expecting this high of a level, makes Luke's efforts look amateur!
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I wondered what that was about, too. I didn't hear him get any abuse from the home crowd in that particular stand, so it would appear that their number nine is, as you say, an anker.
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If you’d landed from outer space and watched that game you’d assume it was two limited, but competent, lower half L1 teams, with the lads in pink and black just edging it.
And we had half of our best players out. An incredibly frustrating afternoon.
And we had half of our best players out. An incredibly frustrating afternoon.
As I was in the Optimising IT/Prestbury Road stand (the place that Taylor's ire was directed at) all that I can remember was a shout of "Get up" when he went down a bit easily and a laugh at a miscontrol. So lots of "stick" given to him then. Maybe he was euphoric at the quality finish into the top corner and didn't know what to do with himself?
Did hear Joe Nuttall getting dogs abuse again so I'll be in a different stand on Tuesday - as it's counterproductive IMHO
He's got form for it from when he's scored against other clubs. Appears he's just a prick by the sounds of things.
As others have said, we tried but it just wasn't enough. First half I thought was the best we've played in some time and a lot of players stood up to be counted. Williams was great, Thomas was fantastic and I thought Fez really put himself about.
Taylor tried, but he was so clearly unfit today. How he got through 90 mins I'll never know, but it really seemed like we were playing with 10 players for the last half hour today.
Two huge games to go - we can't give up on them yet.