[bucko]

One of the most enjoyable games I've seen for a while.
We fully deserved that, after a strong opening from Wrexham (first 5 mins) we looked so dangerous going forwards.

As I predicted, play like we did Saturday but be a bit more clinical and the game would be won by half time, and that's how it panned out.

We look very strong all over the pitch, and with quality in the stands.

Not getting carried away, but it's a pleasure to watch this team play the Cook way

💙💙💙

[Spireiteboy155]

Benno Spire, on 16 August 2022 - 09:41 PM, said:

The police have been in the home changing room after receiving a missing persons report for Mullins, they are believed to be searching the pockets of Grimes and Williams

Fact.

[Mr Mercury]

Lucky Ollie Banks, had a bit of a dig at their bloke after a challenge and I thought he’d done his ligaments….thankfully it’s seems like he’s ok.

[Blue5]

bucko, on 16 August 2022 - 09:42 PM, said:

One of the most enjoyable games I've seen for a while.
We fully deserved that, after a strong opening from Wrexham (first 5 mins) we looked so dangerous going forwards.

As I predicted, play like we did Saturday but be a bit more clinical and the game would be won by half time, and that's how it panned out.

We look very strong all over the pitch, and with quality in the stands.

Not getting carried away, but it's a pleasure to watch this team play the Cook way

💙💙💙

A perfect summary.

[s42blue]

Siberian Spireite, on 16 August 2022 - 08:51 PM, said:

Nobody has scored past our goalkeepers yet this season.

Drop Banks.😂

Outstanding team performance. I’d normally give Williams motm but that misrepresents the game. Oldaker for me. Fantastic fitness and does the simple stuff so well.

This post has been edited by s42blue: 16 August 2022 - 09:53 PM

[HoneyTrippa]

Has anyone mentioned that we managed to beat one of the main title contenders without "Kabby". They were quoting on their message board that they needed to "clatter" him early on to take him out of the game. Well he didn't even need to come on. Brilliant performance all round from everyone tonight.

[SALTERGATE]

DMU Blue, on 16 August 2022 - 08:41 PM, said:

One half of the Hollywood owners in attendance tonight. Poor bloke has still never seen them win

Is that Rob Reynolds mate, the one nobody knows

[Westbars Spireite]

SALTERGATE, on 16 August 2022 - 09:55 PM, said:

Is that Rob Reynolds mate, the one nobody knows

McElhenney.

[Tha Knows...]

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Is that Rob Reynolds mate, the one nobody knows



Or has even heard of

[Hong Kong Spireite]

s42blue, on 16 August 2022 - 09:47 PM, said:

Drop Banks.😂

Outstanding team performance. I’d normally give Williams motm but that misrepresents the game. Oldaker for me. Fantastic fitness and does the simple stuff so well.

The whole team looked really fit and kept going for the full 90 mins with no sign of tiredness. Looks like Cooky has been working on the fitness because they were like rabid dogs chasing down the Wrexham players every time they had the ball for the whole match. Brilliant to see.

[sewey89]

Banks and Dobra feel like a cheat code at this level.
Grimes and Williams were absolutely superb.
Horton and King full of energy and running and so dangerous (JK needs to watch his temperament a little bit though, these dreadful refs will have no problem sending him off)
Oldaker is the perfect partner for Banks, proper workhorse and technically good too.
Mandy and Asante looked shattered, ran themselves into the ground.
As did Quigley. Deserved a goal I thought, put a real shift in. He looks a different player from last year.

A brilliant all round performance against the ‘best in the league’. The players look like they have real togetherness and look full of confidence. And we’ve got the best striker in the league sat on the bench 😂😂.

Fitzsimmons too, I forgot about him. Still worries me a bit on crosses, but he had a solid game tonight. Looks a very solid backup option to Covolan (who I think will come back in, but he’ll be on a last chance, we’d be 3 for 3 without his idiocy at Dorking).

Roll on Saturday.

[h again]

SuperJackyLester, on 16 August 2022 - 08:07 PM, said:

Apparently Oldaker just made a last ditch challenge when Mullin was through 1v1. Love him and Banks together already

That was the tackle of the season, and we're still in August. Tenth of a second out and it's a penalty or a goal.

[Westbars Spireite]

Was hoping to hear from PC before bed, but alas it seems not.

[1978blue]

Goku, on 16 August 2022 - 09:38 PM, said:

Can we all just take a moment to agree how well we defended set pieces tonight. Masterclass.

Totally agree fantastic, They only won 1 header all night from their set pieces. We defended so well tonight.

[turrhall]

1978blue, on 16 August 2022 - 10:29 PM, said:

Totally agree fantastic, They only won 1 header all night from their set pieces. We defended so well tonight.

Good to hear as I remember in Cook's first spell we were extremely bad at defending them, corners especially

[Johnnyspireite7]

SALTERGATE, on 16 August 2022 - 09:55 PM, said:

Is that Rob Reynolds mate, the one nobody knows

Ryan Reynolds, played Deadpool in both movies. And Rob McElhenney who is the lesser known of the 2......done more TV shows (most of which not seen in the UK) than movies

[Spireiteboy155]

sewey89, on 16 August 2022 - 10:12 PM, said:

Banks and Dobra feel like a cheat code at this level.
Grimes and Williams were absolutely superb.
Horton and King full of energy and running and so dangerous (JK needs to watch his temperament a little bit though, these dreadful refs will have no problem sending him off)
Oldaker is the perfect partner for Banks, proper workhorse and technically good too.
Mandy and Asante looked shattered, ran themselves into the ground.
As did Quigley. Deserved a goal I thought, put a real shift in. He looks a different player from last year.

A brilliant all round performance against the ‘best in the league’. The players look like they have real togetherness and look full of confidence. And we’ve got the best striker in the league sat on the bench 😂😂.

Fitzsimmons too, I forgot about him. Still worries me a bit on crosses, but he had a solid game tonight. Looks a very solid backup option to Covolan (who I think will come back in, but he’ll be on a last chance, we’d be 3 for 3 without his idiocy at Dorking).

Roll on Saturday.

There’s absolutely no reason to bring Covolan back in at all.

[gloucestershireblue]

What a night! What a pitch. What amazing support. What a manager. What a coaching staff. What an amazing performance.

[The Rev.]

gloucestershireblue, on 16 August 2022 - 11:53 PM, said:

What a night! What a pitch. What amazing support. What a manager. What a coaching staff. What an amazing performance.

Just shows that you can't buy success in this league, but you can achieve it with excellent management and good recruiting - and by playing Cookball...

[The Whistler]

sewey89, on 16 August 2022 - 10:12 PM, said:

Banks and Dobra feel like a cheat code at this level.
Grimes and Williams were absolutely superb.
Horton and King full of energy and running and so dangerous (JK needs to watch his temperament a little bit though, these dreadful refs will have no problem sending him off)
Oldaker is the perfect partner for Banks, proper workhorse and technically good too.
Mandy and Asante looked shattered, ran themselves into the ground.
As did Quigley. Deserved a goal I thought, put a real shift in. He looks a different player from last year.

A brilliant all round performance against the ‘best in the league’. The players look like they have real togetherness and look full of confidence. And we’ve got the best striker in the league sat on the bench 😂😂.

Fitzsimmons too, I forgot about him. Still worries me a bit on crosses, but he had a solid game tonight. Looks a very solid backup option to Covolan (who I think will come back in, but he’ll be on a last chance, we’d be 3 for 3 without his idiocy at Dorking).

Roll on Saturday.

The good thing about the squad is that we have 5 players on 1 goal a piece. Goals coming from all over the pitch, not reliant on 1 player. Partnerships are forming. Asante/Dobra, King/Horton, Banks/DJ. Mandeville appears to be playing a free role and Quigley well he is awesome this year.

Where would Tshimanga fit in at the moment