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Jon Palmer
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Team news, live updates and reaction all here this afternoon:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/s ... wn-8863696
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Nesty
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Starting XI: Southwood; Bevan, Davies, B Williams; Long (c), Thompson, Bonds, Ferry; Street, Lloyd, Goodwin.

Subs: Harris, Sercombe, Bradbury, Butler-Oyedeji, J Williams, Malcolm, Keena.
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Shade
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Fiver* for anyone who correctly guesses the formation and which players in the correct positions.

*That's five units of my respect
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9/2 odds for a Cheltenham win today, which I find utterly ridiculous.

I know I've gone for 1-1 in the prediction league, but personally, I think 9/2 is way too big and I wouldn't be surprised if we won this too.

I haven't bet myself, but was quite tempted when I saw those stupid odds.
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tunnelvision
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4-3-3

Long, Bevan, Davies, Williams
Thompson, Bonds, Ferry
Street, Goodwin, Lloyd
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Shade
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Wouldn't be surprised if 5-3-2 with one of Lloyd or Ferry at RWB and the other behind the front two, though.
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Southwood
Long Bevan Davies B Williams Ferry
Bonds Thompson
Goodwin Street Lloyd
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Playmeuptop
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3-5-2 Ferry and Long at WBs.

Think it’ll be similar to Cambridge play long and push high and try to feed off second ball.
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Playmeuptop
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Assuming Smith must have picked up a knock , looked like he was limping a bit at the end at Blackpool
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Broadway Brian
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Goodwin will be desperate to score against these soap-dodgers today.
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Southwood
Long Bevan Davies Williams
Bonds Thompson
Lloyd Goodwin Street Ferry 4 4 2 going for it
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JP saying 3-4-3 with Williams at left centre back.
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HamTown
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Warwickshire Robin wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 13:48 JP saying 3-4-3 with Williams at left centre back.
Yowza. Worry about the "rest defence"
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HamTown
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Could we not have played in red? Not much contrast going on there
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Shade
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HamTown wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 13:59 Could we not have played in red? Not much contrast going on there
Being a colourblind, the recent games have pissed me off as well. Oppo wearing dark strips when we are wearing red at home. What happened to contrast the EFL and the club were on about a year or two ago?
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Williams playing left centre back with Bradbury on the bench is odd, but I guess Bradbury, Davies and Long in the back 5 is already an extremely slow defence, and I assume Freestone is injured. And Sercs, or 3 games in a week too much for him?

Minute and a half in, first c!#p ref decision, giving a free kick to Vale for something that happened when the ball was out of play, and should have gone Cheltenham's way anyway.
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tunnelvision
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HamTown wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 13:56
Warwickshire Robin wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 13:48 JP saying 3-4-3 with Williams at left centre back.
Yowza. Worry about the "rest defence"
Trust Darrell knows what he’s doing but Long, Davies & Williams wouldn’t be my pick. Is Freestone suspended or injured?
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And there's the second c!#p decision, pulling us back, penalising us, for taking a quick free kick when he wasn't going to talk to the Vale player.
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Shade
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tunnelvision wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 14:08
HamTown wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 13:56
Warwickshire Robin wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 13:48 JP saying 3-4-3 with Williams at left centre back.
Yowza. Worry about the "rest defence"
Trust Darrell knows what he’s doing but Long, Davies & Williams wouldn’t be my pick. Is Freestone suspended or injured?
Ah there we go, Freestone has 5 yellows already...
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Shade wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 14:10 And there's the second c!#p decision, pulling us back, penalising us, for taking a quick free kick when he wasn't going to talk to the Vale player.
And what do we do with the first two free kicks we have? Lob them straight up into the air and into the keepers hands when we should be whipping them across around the penalty area.
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f#!$ ref. Every week.
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Shade wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 14:05
HamTown wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 13:59 Could we not have played in red? Not much contrast going on there
Being a colourblind, the recent games have pissed me off as well. Oppo wearing dark strips when we are wearing red at home. What happened to contrast the EFL and the club were on about a year or two ago?
It is one of those daft things that probably shouldn't wind me up but does in that all clubs have a dozen kits or kit options but still manage to have clashes, usually shorts or socks.

Why we couldnt wear all red today is beyond me rather than having clashing black shorts.
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Shade
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Goodwin wandering away from his man, looking to break rather than defend.

Someone give Halliwell some weed ffs.
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CTFCfan99
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Why can't other teams gift us goals like we do for them.

And this referee is a massive bellend.
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Garby74
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Goodwin napping
Wtf
Basic stuff
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HamTown
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Shade wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 14:36 Goodwin wandering away from his man, looking to break rather than defend.

Someone give Halliwell some weed ffs.
There's been so many back post goals though, very frustrating
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Playmeuptop
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Totally switched off, standing next to him then running away, shocking!!
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Garby74
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Vale there for taking so frustrating.
Basic stuff.
Ahhh
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Get in Longy!

A gift of a goal back, really.
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CTFCfan99
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CTFCfan99 wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 14:37 Why can't other teams gift us goals like we do for them.
You're all very welcome :D
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this ref :shock:
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Vale commentary very palatable today.

Halliwell gets so angry and wound up. Still prefer him to James Young who tries to stop Matthews from getting a word in when there’s attacking play going on. Always has to interrupt. Hopefully he’s changed his tune now anyway. Strikers finish from Long.
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Commentators paying so little attention they just managed to completely miss that DC just got booked.
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HamTown
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Shade wrote: ↑28 Oct 2023, 14:50 Commentators paying so little attention they just managed to completely miss that DC just got booked.
To talk about the snooker :lol:
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