[Rick Payne]

With all the talk of "big descision's" having to be made, I wondered if the result last night will be a turning point for Ricco and he goes on to be CFC's most successful manager: ever? Like Sir Alex, who was rumoured to be one game away from the sack, up popped Mark Robbins to give ManU a 1-0 at Forest back in 1990 - and the rest has become legend. Maybe Wardy will become Ricco's saviour?

On the otherhand, the last time we won 5-1 at home, was also the season Roy Mac got the sack and we go relegated!

Ah, football: it's a funny old game......

[Bugerov]

[quote name='Rick Payne' date='Oct 23 2008, 08:43 AM' post='272388']
, I wondered if the result last night will be a turning point for Ricco and he goes on to be CFC's most successful manager: ever?

[mouldred]

Rick Payne, on Oct 23 2008, 08:43 AM, said:

With all the talk of "big descision's" having to be made, I wondered if the result last night will be a turning point for Ricco and he goes on to be CFC's most successful manager: ever? Like Sir Alex, who was rumoured to be one game away from the sack, up popped Mark Robbins to give ManU a 1-0 at Forest back in 1990 - and the rest has become legend. Maybe Wardy will become Ricco's saviour?

On the otherhand, the last time we won 5-1 at home, was also the season Roy Mac got the sack and we go relegated!

Ah, football: it's a funny old game......

nope dont think so

IMO it was combination of:

bazzers return from hols not a happy bunny and given 'em a rocket

the players were fired up because of the whole situation - Wardy in particular wanted to prove something to the fans

aldershot dont travel well and werent up for it

the fall in the cost of petrol

this aint gona happen every game, Shots are poor and we should be spankng them every day of the week

[Blueprint]

Rick Payne, on Oct 23 2008, 08:43 AM, said:

With all the talk of "big descision's" having to be made, I wondered if the result last night will be a turning point for Ricco and he goes on to be CFC's most successful manager: ever? Like Sir Alex, who was rumoured to be one game away from the sack, up popped Mark Robbins to give ManU a 1-0 at Forest back in 1990 - and the rest has become legend. Maybe Wardy will become Ricco's saviour?

On the otherhand, the last time we won 5-1 at home, was also the season Roy Mac got the sack and we go relegated!

Ah, football: it's a funny old game......

We also went on a good cup run the last time we won 5-1 in a season, ahh drat we're already out the league cup. I'd rather us concentrate on promotion anyway.

Shame we couldn't keep a clean sheet last night as that would have given the defence more confidence, instead they still looked shaky and i will fear everytime Notts County have an attack just like i feared last night for every Aldershot attack.

The performance and result last night may give a fair few players the confidence they were lacking though. I was quite impressed with Goodall in midfield, ward was excellent - far better than at Lincoln. Downes showed that we need him at centre back to partner page. I had no complaints with Austin coming on when we were under pressure at the end providing he played better than at Lincoln which was hard not to do. Carson still has to improve, he looks young and experienced. Val looked decent enough when he came on - and if Lester isn't fit for saturday i think he should get the nod, plus also i think Lowry is better in his usual right midfield position, he doesn't look enough of a threat up front.

Although Aldershot were poor and left gaps for Jamie to expose we still had to win and we did that in front of the saltergate faithful in style, rico has probably saved himself for a while longer, doesn't sound like hubbard had any intention of sacking him while we have 4 games in two weeks, but i think he's done enough with last nights result to keep him in a job for a a while longer, after all it was our biggest win for two seasons and rico's biggest win as manager.

Just depends how we handle Notts County on saturday, given their results so far a draw would be a good result but if rico really wants to win fans over a win against a side who have only lost one game so far this season is the way to do it! A loss and it'll show than Aldershot was just a good performance against a pub team.

[Goku]

I thought Trevor Carson looked alright last night - a couple of times he should've come for balls through which the likes of Downes and Robertson had to clear but I could hear his shouts from the back of the Kop and he made a good save from Junior Mendes in the second half.

[Blueprint]

I was hoping he'd save the peno to show that he is good, but no need. I think the main problem with him is his lack of height, that and the lack of confidence from our start to the season. He is rated highly but still has a fair bit too learn before he's worth the hype.

[Sammy Spireite]

Blueprint, on Oct 23 2008, 09:34 AM, said:

I was hoping he'd save the peno to show that he is good, but no need. I think the main problem with him is his lack of height, that and the lack of confidence from our start to the season. He is rated highly but still has a fair bit too learn before he's worth the hype.

you don't think 6' is tall enough for a keeper then?

[Blueprint]

He doesn't look that tall.

Suppose it's a similar thing to Lee, he didn't look tall enough but he's a similar height. Keepers usually tend to be taller, the bigger the better.

[toddhopper]

Blueprint, on Oct 23 2008, 10:00 AM, said:

He doesn't look that tall.

Suppose it's a similar thing to Lee, he didn't look tall enough but he's a similar height. Keepers usually tend to be taller, the bigger the better.

Height is important but not the only factor. Its equally valid to say the more agile the better. eg Shay Given.

[sophocles]

Blueprint, on Oct 23 2008, 08:59 AM, said:

We also went on a good cup run the last time we won 5-1 in a season, ahh drat we're already out the league cup. I'd rather us concentrate on promotion anyway.

Shame we couldn't keep a clean sheet last night as that would have given the defence more confidence, instead they still looked shaky and i will fear everytime Notts County have an attack just like i feared last night for every Aldershot attack.

The performance and result last night may give a fair few players the confidence they were lacking though. I was quite impressed with Goodall in midfield, ward was excellent - far better than at Lincoln. Downes showed that we need him at centre back to partner page. I had no complaints with Austin coming on when we were under pressure at the end providing he played better than at Lincoln which was hard not to do. Carson still has to improve, he looks young and experienced. Val looked decent enough when he came on - and if Lester isn't fit for saturday i think he should get the nod, plus also i think Lowry is better in his usual right midfield position, he doesn't look enough of a threat up front.

Although Aldershot were poor and left gaps for Jamie to expose we still had to win and we did that in front of the saltergate faithful in style, rico has probably saved himself for a while longer, doesn't sound like hubbard had any intention of sacking him while we have 4 games in two weeks, but i think he's done enough with last nights result to keep him in a job for a a while longer, after all it was our biggest win for two seasons and rico's biggest win as manager.

As usual I agreee completely, if it hadn't been the 'Jamie Ward Show' then Goodall, Lowry and Niven would have competed for MOM. I feel we will go on from this and beat County on Saturday, then continue a good run up the table.

Just depends how we handle Notts County on saturday, given their results so far a draw would be a good result but if rico really wants to win fans over a win against a side who have only lost one game so far this season is the way to do it! A loss and it'll show than Aldershot was just a good performance against a pub team.

[Rob's Page]

For anyone who hasn't seen the interview on Spireites World, Geoff Mitchell just asked Richardson if Aldershots penalty miss was his 'Alex Ferguson Moment'. Rico just laughed and said 'I don't know where you get these things from,Geoff!' He then goes on to say that it would be nice to end the week unbeaten. By that, I presume he means from last tuesday to next saturday at Bournemouth. Cos if he means this week as in LAST saturday to THIS saturday, someone should tell him Lincoln beat us!

Also, when I was watching the interview my computer was doing that annoying thing when it keeps pausing. Has anyone noticed how funny Rico's face is? Next time you watch it, watch it through again and keep pausing it...It made me laugh,anyway!

[Blueprint]

Rob's Page, on Oct 24 2008, 05:35 PM, said:

For anyone who hasn't seen the interview on Spireites World, Geoff Mitchell just asked Richardson if Aldershots penalty miss was his 'Alex Ferguson Moment'. Rico just laughed and said 'I don't know where you get these things from,Geoff!' He then goes on to say that it would be nice to end the week unbeaten. By that, I presume he means from last tuesday to next saturday at Bournemouth. Cos if he means this week as in LAST saturday to THIS saturday, someone should tell him Lincoln beat us!

Also, when I was watching the interview my computer was doing that annoying thing when it keeps pausing. Has anyone noticed how funny Rico's face is? Next time you watch it, watch it through again and keep pausing it...It made me laugh,anyway!

A week is 7 days not 8. As far as i'm aware a week only has one saturday in it, doesn't it

[Rob's Page]

Blueprint, on Oct 24 2008, 07:49 PM, said:

A week is 7 days not 8. As far as i'm aware a week only has one saturday in it, doesn't it

So what he should have said was, it'd be nice to win our 2 home games in a row? If thats the case,then I'm not being funny, but I'd expect that of a manager anyway!

This post has been edited by Rob's Page: 25 October 2008 - 01:26 AM