Wigan Athletic v Cheltenham Town
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Lloyd fell really awkwardly going up for header and got up very slowly. That was a couple of minutes before he went down for treatment. He didn’t look, er, comfortable in the groin area, shall we say.
He was hauling the legs of his shorts up and looking at his nuts while sat on the ground, I thought. Hopefully he's just sore from a bit of a smack.
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That’s the sort of point that survivals are made of. Under the cosh for the whole second half, virtually zero attacking threat but bags of endeavour with several players out on their feet at the end.
We’d have lost that by 3 or 4 back in September.
We’d have lost that by 3 or 4 back in September.
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Yep, I’m surprised Lloyd hasn’t been rested before now. Hopefully Darrell decided he needs to take a bit of a precautionary time out and it’s nothing more than that.
After the final whistle the guy on the commentary said "the game was a bit of a non-event"....! Shameful... For me, it was a really solid performance. If he belongs to Radio Gloucetershire (or "Proctorshire", as it was before "Cheltenhamshire") - I would like tell him to better appreciate who he works for - and what really matters.
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Just checked the score. A mix of pleasant surprise and disappointment. Odd feeling but shows how far we have come.
Hard fought point in the end. And DC has said he thought there was a foul in the build up to their goal, as did I.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024, 22:39 Just checked the score. A mix of pleasant surprise and disappointment. Odd feeling but shows how far we have come.
I've rarely been as tense through an entire game this season as I was tonight. It was a hard watch, because Wigan had so much of the ball.
Hope that Lloydy's ok - he went down on his haunches with no-one around him, but was assessed and did come back on for the rest of the half and was running/jumping fine.
After DC's interview I can see why he was irate about the foul on Taylor - looks like a shoulder barge by #8 Matt Smith and Taylor retaliates. If Taylor had made more of it then foul might have been given, but there were chances to clear the ball before it went in. Maybe DC should have brought on Harrop and Nuttall at HT, but I'm being really picky.
2 shots on goal/1 scored isn't bad for that performance - if we stay up by one point, then the performance doesn't matter.
After DC's interview I can see why he was irate about the foul on Taylor - looks like a shoulder barge by #8 Matt Smith and Taylor retaliates. If Taylor had made more of it then foul might have been given, but there were chances to clear the ball before it went in. Maybe DC should have brought on Harrop and Nuttall at HT, but I'm being really picky.
2 shots on goal/1 scored isn't bad for that performance - if we stay up by one point, then the performance doesn't matter.
Maybe Taylor had to do the full Maradona swan dive to get that decision Yes it was nervous, but Wigan only had 2 shots on target - Magennis had a great chance in the 81st minute though. Couldn't do a lot with all that possession at homeShade wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024, 23:01Hard fought point in the end. And DC has said he thought there was a foul in the build up to their goal, as did I.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024, 22:39 Just checked the score. A mix of pleasant surprise and disappointment. Odd feeling but shows how far we have come.
I've rarely been as tense through an entire game this season as I was tonight. It was a hard watch, because Wigan had so much of the ball.
Also - first time on iFollow and ANOTHER alternative spelling of Darrell Clarke 's name?RS1978 wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024, 23:32 Hope that Lloydy's ok - he went down on his haunches with no-one around him, but was assessed and did come back on for the rest of the half and was running/jumping fine.
After DC's interview I can see why he was irate about the foul on Taylor - looks like a shoulder barge by #8 Matt Smith and Taylor retaliates. If Taylor had made more of it then foul might have been given, but there were chances to clear the ball before it went in. Maybe DC should have brought on Harrop and Nuttall at HT, but I'm being really picky.
2 shots on goal/1 scored isn't bad for that performance - if we stay up by one point, then the performance doesn't matter.
Could it be that the loans that WE took at the start of the season either had large fees/ penalty clauses to be paid if the loans were cut short?Robin wrote: ↑24 Feb 2024, 08:23It will be the last financial year so Goodwin sale would not be included, May sale may also not be included but could include the training ground purchase.
Tbh all I really want to know is "What is the plan going forward to reduce this significant financial loss" and "Is the day-to-day running of the Club in any immediate danger"
That’s the sort of game that, pre DC, we would have taken the lead, lost the lead and gone on to lose the game. It wasn’t a classic performance from either side but we battled away and held on to a valuable point. Neither keeper had a lot to do which sums up the performance from both sides. We are unlikely to win every game but fighting hard for a valuable point is the next best thing!
Well done DC and the lads.
Well done DC and the lads.