[jack bauer]

comfortable as you like, could/should have been more but no complaints, bromley, boreham and now solihull all soundly beaten at home this season.

[Tha Knows...]

He kicked dobra two if not 3 times. It was a straight red

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[Westbars Spireite]

dart in the crossbar, on 19 November 2022 - 05:42 PM, said:

Did you see their lad kick Dobra as he was on the floor? Did you see Osbourne kick Mandy in front of the ref?

He should have had a yellow card for the first one. Watching it now on TV.

[Mr Mercury]

jack bauer, on 19 November 2022 - 05:46 PM, said:

comfortable as you like, could/should have been more but no complaints, bromley, boreham and now solihull all soundly beaten at home this season.

Add Wrexham to that list.

[rodney]

jack bauer, on 19 November 2022 - 05:46 PM, said:

comfortable as you like, could/should have been more but no complaints, bromley, boreham and now solihull all soundly beaten at home this season.

Great professional performance. Could have had more but 2-0 will do. Only team to score in every match so far.
We had a great game plan and bar a great save from Fitz looked very comfortable.

[Valley Blues]

turrhall, on 19 November 2022 - 04:50 PM, said:

lol Jeff King is Virgo's MotM, think he's been poor

IMO today was the only poor game I’ve seen from King all season. His passing was awful today but having said that, excellent delivery for our first.

For me, Grimes was excellent but my MOM was Mike Jones. He’s made a huge difference since coming in and his reading of the game is just what we were missing.

[Lincs Spireite]

rodney, on 19 November 2022 - 06:08 PM, said:

Great professional performance. Could have had more but 2-0 will do. Only team to score in every match so far.
We had a great game plan and bar a great save from Fitz looked very comfortable.

I like the look of Fitz. Comes off his line when needed and made at least one first class save today.

Covolan will have to be content with being number 2 keeper for the foreseeable for me.

And his clean sheet record is good too.

This post has been edited by Lincs Spireite: 19 November 2022 - 06:21 PM

[Tha Knows...]

https://youtu.be/EgNxbA6F2v0

So the defeat was all about them, according to Arseley, nothing good about us

Lincs Spireite, on 19 November 2022 - 06:17 PM, said:

I like the look of Fitz. Comes off his line when needed and made at least one first class save today.

Covolan will have to be content with being number 2 keeper for the foreseeable for me.

Fitz even did a Covs style header

[jack bauer]

Valley Blues, on 19 November 2022 - 06:15 PM, said:

IMO today was the only poor game I’ve seen from King all season. His passing was awful today but having said that, excellent delivery for our first.

For me, Grimes was excellent but my MOM was Mike Jones. He’s made a huge difference since coming in and his reading of the game is just what we were missing.

agree on all that plus a shout for whelan who did a lot of good work today.

[Humpalumpa]

Valley Blues, on 19 November 2022 - 06:15 PM, said:

IMO today was the only poor game I’ve seen from King all season. His passing was awful today but having said that, excellent delivery for our first.

For me, Grimes was excellent but my MOM was Mike Jones. He’s made a huge difference since coming in and his reading of the game is just what we were missing.

Spot on

[Tha Knows...]

jack bauer, on 19 November 2022 - 06:19 PM, said:

agree on all that plus a shout for whelan who did a lot of good work today.

He had a good game, shame he blew the chance where he could easily have put Dobra in instead of shooting. He created the chance tbf

[Nitrous Oxide]

Akinola is quality, he needs to start.

[Rodney's Moustache]

Shout out to Tim Akinola who was outstanding when he came on.

[rodney]

Nitrous Oxide, on 19 November 2022 - 06:23 PM, said:

Akinola is quality, he needs to start.

What a dilemma for the manager….Akinola pressing for a start and Banks not far off fitness. Great competition for places.

[turrhall]

jack bauer, on 19 November 2022 - 06:19 PM, said:

agree on all that plus a shout for whelan who did a lot of good work today.

Think Whelan was brilliant in the first half, a bit less effective in the 2nd before he was subbed. Would like to see Akinola start soon though.

[DIFH]

Top performance today and we seem to have learnt a few lessons against ‘this lot’. No diving in/lunging for the ball but good defensive play. Standing up and pressing them away from our goal and not giving them chance to role about like Olympic divers.

Praise to the ref for a good strong performance letting the game flow and again stopping ‘their’ time wasting/ breaking the flow of the game.

If you want to get into this team or keep your place then you’ve got to earn it, Cook has rewarded players like Whelan, Bailey - Clements and Jones with a run in the team which they are benefiting from. There will be no automatic return for injured players because no one can convince me that those in possession of the shirt don’t deserve it.

Games are rolling up now and we see points being dropped with our closer rivals, our squad is relatively strong so do we need loanees as was mooted last week. Why chance disheartening those patiently waiting their chance.

Finally Ross Fitsimmonds has to get a mention, the one on one save was tremendous at that stage of the game - allowed us to play the game out and secure those points.

[gordon_brittas]

Excellent performance against a team we have struggled against in recent times.

Onto Wimbledon now, which is a very winnable game, then over to West Yorkshire to play a fast improving Halifax side.

Not cursing it, but it looks a distinct possibility we may have 50 points before Christmas Day. When was the last time that happened?

[Tha Knows...]

Rodney, on 19 November 2022 - 06:27 PM, said:

Shout out to Tim Akinola who was outstanding when he came on.

Top player

[dtp]

Thought Solihull were a decent side but most of the problems they caused us came from our own carelessness. Osborne is a decent player at this level, the sort of player you hate to play against, but one who might be better appreciated in your own team, a bit like Sir Jack really.

Felt we were far too wasteful with some very good opportunities and should have been out of sight by HT and added a few more after. Apart from Quigley, Dobra, Mandeville & Whelan missed good opportunities. Our final pass could have been better several times too. Tshimanga came on but never got a sniff.

Having said all that, nobody can fault the work ethic of this group of players and if we can add a little more ruthlessness up front along whilst eliminating the defensive carelessness we should still be challenging at the end of the season.

[Siberian Spireite]

If only we had the best striker in the league fit and ready.