[tedspireite]

Westbars Spireite, on 19 January 2022 - 09:08 AM, said:

Sometimes it's best to not reveal you have no sense of humour.

Here here . some people just haven't got a sense of humour wbs 😁

[dim view]

tedspireite, on 19 January 2022 - 11:42 AM, said:

I think JR made a mistake not starting Asante with KT try and get the won then replace Asante at helf time. as you say though in hindsight . 3 points a must now Saturday but no need to panic at moment.

Time to stop beating around the bush. The best man in our current squad for last night would have been Danny Rowe. For any game where we need an 'Ernie' type partner for Tshimanga, we only have Payne and he's not at the races.

[clarevoyant.]

Goku, on 19 January 2022 - 11:43 AM, said:

We do this all the time. I guess it's part of our eagerness to win the ball back but that's a double-edged sword and causes problems on nights like last night.

[jack bauer]

dim view, on 19 January 2022 - 11:53 AM, said:

Time to stop beating around the bush. The best man in our current squad for last night would have been Danny Rowe. For any game where we need an 'Ernie' type partner for Tshimanga, we only have Payne and he's not at the races.

and probably more to the point is that for several weeks now payne has had limited pitch time, i don't think rowe trusts him, we currently have tschimanga, payne and tyson as fully fit strikers with asante returning and being managed through that return, i can understand why asante was on the bench last night, the last thing we want is to over extend him and have him out for another 6 weeks or so, with rowe and denton sidelined for the time being it's left with payne or tyson to stake a claim, yet neither is really in the managers thoughts.

[clarevoyant.]

dim view, on 19 January 2022 - 11:53 AM, said:

Time to stop beating around the bush. The best man in our current squad for last night would have been Danny Rowe. For any game where we need an 'Ernie' type partner for Tshimanga, we only have Payne and he's not at the races.

Spot on, there ain't many players in the style of Danny Rowe though. Definitely need a 6'4"+ imposing target man Poste Haste for games like yesterday's

[rodney]

Don’t disagree with additional strike force needed for back up but we scored 2! Should be enough not to lose a game!

[rodney]

Don’t disagree with additional strike force needed for back up but we scored 2! Should be enough not to lose a game!

[DIFH]

CFC91, on 19 January 2022 - 10:50 AM, said:

There's some panic stations on here which I think is a tad crazy. Let's hope people are more rational in everyday life than they are when it comes to Town.

Agree we should have gone onto win it and all the momentum was with us but for some reason we just didn't go in for the kill like we did at Barnet, they were there for the taking and Kings goal on HT should have set us up nicely.

Something about these Tuesday night trips to back of beyond that seems to rattle us, not sure what it is but having been at both Woking and Maidenhead i'm glad our next 2 midweekers are much closer! I was driving last night too so didn't even have the joys of a beer to cheer me up slightly on the way home. Les said about the chaos of motorway closures on M1, M42 and M6 the better but at least I got to see the delights of Tamworth at night!

Must win on Sat, we bounced back well after Woking, we will do the same again. Fully expect us to get a striker in this before Sat, and maybe Tyson out the door to make room (had seen him linked with Alfreton which makes sense). Though i'd rather it be Payne

Matlock have just signed 2 players, Alfreton maybe ?

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

This hurt.

But that's a major plus, 'cos it's still not too long ago when we almost expected to lose. Infact we'd reached the stage where goals were pretty much met by indifference by fans assembled in pubs rather than at games.

Now's a time for context rather than panic, though.

Yeah, talk of remaining unbeaten was entertaining, yet totally unreasonable. However so is fear our opponents won't drop points. Lose games. Suffer key injuries.

So perhaps it was a timely kick up the jacksy - especially as it wasn't a close competitor delivering it.

Can't do owt about last neet, but can make sure we win Sat'di. Then the next match. Then the next. Then the next...

[bucko]

I'm sure that JR will use last nights defeat as a stark reminder to the players that if you allow complacency into your performance then the nett result is a defeat like last night.

One thing I've learnt watching the last 4 seasons in this league is that you have to be on your game every week, there's no easy games.

We treated Dover with contempt and came away with a battling 0-0

We went to Woking went ahead, thought that was it, and got thumped

Maidenhead last night , sloppy play and lethargic 1st half ended up costing us

"Big Teams" in this league are always a scalp to the smaller clubs , and part timers, and you have to be on it from minute 1 against them.

It's certainly not panic stations, and this Manager more than most in out recent past I trust to get a reaction and remind players of what's needed.

Aldershot should be a cracking opportunity to bounce back, then we have the TV game at Eastleigh.

With Dents set to resume full training , we will soon have a different option in the squad, one that would of been a real asset last night.

🤞 Danny Rowe resumes training soon, and I'm sure if he doesn't JR will go into the transfer market to bring someone in to replace that creativity missing from Clarke and Rowes absence.

[dart in the crossbar]

clarevoyant., on 19 January 2022 - 12:01 PM, said:

Spot on, there ain't many players in the style of Danny Rowe though. Definitely need a 6'4"+ imposing target man Poste Haste for games like yesterday's

Despite his few games, I think that Rowe will be remembered as one of our top players. His reading of the game and movement of teammates, touch and shooting are exceptional.

Let's hope that he'll be back soon

[Fit as a Nelson]

Highlights are available. I suggest people listen with the sound up to hear what me and the others that sit behind the dugout get to hear from Mr Rowe throughout the game. Jamie Grimes is clearly an effing ******. I couldn’t care less if it gets us out of this league but I’ve a feeling it might shock a few..

[sophocles]

Just seen the highlights, and I'm not surprised JR resorted to 'colourful' language at times. Unless I'm mistaken, it was Grimes who backed off the scorer of their first goal, and let their player carry the ball completely unhindered into our area, then allowed him to pick his spot and score. JR would understandably be livid, as it only required a step or two forward to crowd the attacker and probably stop him shooting, or to block his shot. I'm not putting all the blame on Grimes, who has played brilliantly in recent games, but I would also have expected him to have marked either the player who flicked on the Maidenhead corner, or the one who headed it in. By the way, I don't think Loach had a chance with any of the goals, as far as I could tell from the highlights.

[It's bolted]

Westbars Spireite, on 19 January 2022 - 09:08 AM, said:

Sometimes it's best to not reveal you have no sense of humour.

😀👍

[Tha Knows...]

Fit as a Nelson, on 19 January 2022 - 10:44 PM, said:

Highlights are available. I suggest people listen with the sound up to hear what me and the others that sit behind the dugout get to hear from Mr Rowe throughout the game. Jamie Grimes is clearly an effing ******. I couldn’t care less if it gets us out of this league but I’ve a feeling it might shock a few..

It was disappointing that we didn't seem to have a combat ready XI from the start, at a place where everyone knew what to expect. A few who were there said Grimes was one of our better players..

[To the Winchester]

sophocles, on 19 January 2022 - 11:57 PM, said:

Just seen the highlights, and I'm not surprised JR resorted to 'colourful' language at times. Unless I'm mistaken, it was Grimes who backed off the scorer of their first goal, and let their player carry the ball completely unhindered into our area, then allowed him to pick his spot and score. JR would understandably be livid, as it only required a step or two forward to crowd the attacker and probably stop him shooting, or to block his shot. I'm not putting all the blame on Grimes, who has played brilliantly in recent games, but I would also have expected him to have marked either the player who flicked on the Maidenhead corner, or the one who headed it in. By the way, I don't think Loach had a chance with any of the goals, as far as I could tell from the highlights.

Loach got his hand to first one and so should have saved it. The second one he was beaten at the side he was stood from a free kick, so he should save it.

I've been a defender of Loach, but he really had a bad game.

[Tha Knows...]

To the Winchester, on 20 January 2022 - 07:52 AM, said:

Loach got his hand to first one and so should have saved it. The second one he was beaten at the side he was stood from a free kick, so he should save it.

I've been a defender of Loach, but he really had a bad game.

Just watched the highlights and Weston is the main culprit for the first 2 goals with farty challenges outside the danger area, aided by Oyeleke, for the first and turning his back on a free kick that he could otherwise have repelled for their second. Some poor defending on show by both teams that didn't lead to goals (shocking miss by us at 1-0) and nobody challenging the guy at the back stick for the 3rd. The flicked on corner is very effective and older fans may recall the success we had with this in the Archer Randall Moss era

This post has been edited by Tiptoe thru the Cross St: 20 January 2022 - 08:04 AM

[dim view]

sophocles, on 19 January 2022 - 11:57 PM, said:

Just seen the highlights, and I'm not surprised JR resorted to 'colourful' language at times. Unless I'm mistaken, it was Grimes who backed off the scorer of their first goal, and let their player carry the ball completely unhindered into our area, then allowed him to pick his spot and score. JR would understandably be livid, as it only required a step or two forward to crowd the attacker and probably stop him shooting, or to block his shot. I'm not putting all the blame on Grimes, who has played brilliantly in recent games, but I would also have expected him to have marked either the player who flicked on the Maidenhead corner, or the one who headed it in. By the way, I don't think Loach had a chance with any of the goals, as far as I could tell from the highlights.

I think JR was spot on when he said that the team hadn't prepared well enough. Our defensive wall for that first free kick, from which they didn't score, was a joke and a pointer. Two men to cover half the goal. No leadership by Loach.

The first goal was a bit unlucky when a deflection left their scorer goal side (again) of Oyeleke and out of the game. Oyeleke should have fouled their man. Great strike though.

Grimes had one of those rare games where nowt went right, Blatherwickesque. I wouldn't fault him for the winner though unless he disobeyed instructions to mark their giant who scored. No defender can stop that kind of near post flick on if it's done to perfection. We are not a big team, except for Grimes, Williams and Croll.

It was the kind of defeat for which the anecdote 'we need better players' isn't appropriate. The blame in my opinion goes to whoever got the match preparation wrong.

A one off, move on.

[To the Winchester]

Tiptoe thru the Cross St, on 20 January 2022 - 08:01 AM, said:

Just watched the highlights and Weston is the main culprit for the first 2 goals with farty challenges outside the danger area, aided by Oyeleke, for the first and turning his back on a free kick that he could otherwise have repelled for their second. Some poor defending on show by both teams that didn't lead to goals (shocking miss by us at 1-0) and nobody challenging the guy at the back stick for the 3rd. The flicked on corner is very effective and older fans may recall the success we had with this in the Archer Randall Moss era

Poor display all round.

[60s 70s Spireite]

Tiptoe thru the Cross St, on 20 January 2022 - 08:01 AM, said:

Just watched the highlights and Weston is the main culprit for the first 2 goals with farty challenges outside the danger area, aided by Oyeleke, for the first and turning his back on a free kick that he could otherwise have repelled for their second. Some poor defending on show by both teams that didn't lead to goals (shocking miss by us at 1-0) and nobody challenging the guy at the back stick for the 3rd. The flicked on corner is very effective and older fans may recall the success we had with this in the Archer Randall Moss era

Can never understand why modern coaches and their teams don’t think to practice and try the near post corner flick every so often. If the near post header can be won- defensive chaos is guaranteed.