[evospire]

O.k before I am lambasted for this, I will say quite clearly that when Rico was put in temporary charge I was none too impressed. However, I am hoping he prooves me wrong.

Tonights result is a good result. Yes of course we should of won, yes of course we needed 3 points but I agree with Rico, it is something to build on.

When a team loses 5 games on the bounce, confidence is low. I feel that tonight there is a big difference for us in terms of a 1-1 draw in which we were losing, as opposed to a 1-1 draw in a game we were winning.

3 things I noticed tonight that support Rico's claims that 'I am my own man'

1. 2 players left up hen they had a corner. I have only seen Nicky Law's side do this. Mac was leaving nobody up.
2. Positive substitutions with plenty of time left.
3. No long throw apart from at the end.

o.k maybe not major changes, but we have stopped the rot, reached 40 points and have what i believe is a good run in.


Away

Yeovil not winnable
Northampton winnable
Cheltenham winnable
Oldham not winnable

Home
Crewe winnable
Gills winnable
Bradford winnable

this is not to say i expect us to win these games, but they are winnable.

well done tonight lads, great battling performance, good support.

we may go down, but if we can get the confidence back We will STAY UP (even if we lose on sat)

[azul]

evospire, on Mar 22 2007, 12:02 AM, said:

O.k before I am lambasted for this, I will say quite clearly that when Rico was put in temporary charge I was none too impressed. However, I am hoping he prooves me wrong.

Tonights result is a good result. Yes of course we should of won, yes of course we needed 3 points but I agree with Rico, it is something to build on.

When a team loses 5 games on the bounce, confidence is low. I feel that tonight there is a big difference for us in terms of a 1-1 draw in which we were losing, as opposed to a 1-1 draw in a game we were winning.

3 things I noticed tonight that support Rico's claims that 'I am my own man'

1. 2 players left up hen they had a corner. I have only seen Nicky Law's side do this. Mac was leaving nobody up.
2. Positive substitutions with plenty of time left.
3. No long throw apart from at the end.

o.k maybe not major changes, but we have stopped the rot, reached 40 points and have what i believe is a good run in.
Away

Yeovil not winnable
Northampton winnable
Cheltenham winnable
Oldham not winnable

Home
Crewe winnable
Gills winnable
Bradford winnable

this is not to say i expect us to win these games, but they are winnable.

well done tonight lads, great battling performance, good support.

we may go down, but if we can get the confidence back We will STAY UP (even if we lose on sat)

[Fletcha]

fair enough post

Although I think Oldham is winnable

[ash_cfc]

we have already won there this season aswell..

[Bugerov]

ash_cfc, on Mar 22 2007, 03:44 AM, said:

we have already won there this season aswell..

All games are winnable, it's just that we don't win em

[spireiteluke]

We could win any of them games if we could actually score!!

[Spired]

evospire, on Mar 22 2007, 12:02 AM, said:

1. 2 players left up hen they had a corner. I have only seen Nicky Law's side do this. Mac was leaving nobody up.
2. Positive substitutions with plenty of time left.
3. No long throw apart from at the end.

agree 100% delighted to see those changes made.

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

evospire, on Mar 22 2007, 12:02 AM, said:

O.k before I am lambasted for this, I will say quite clearly that when Rico was put in temporary charge I was none too impressed. However, I am hoping he prooves me wrong.

Tonights result is a good result. Yes of course we should of won, yes of course we needed 3 points but I agree with Rico, it is something to build on.

When a team loses 5 games on the bounce, confidence is low. I feel that tonight there is a big difference for us in terms of a 1-1 draw in which we were losing, as opposed to a 1-1 draw in a game we were winning.

3 things I noticed tonight that support Rico's claims that 'I am my own man'

1. 2 players left up hen they had a corner. I have only seen Nicky Law's side do this. Mac was leaving nobody up.
2. Positive substitutions with plenty of time left.
3. No long throw apart from at the end.

o.k maybe not major changes, but we have stopped the rot, reached 40 points and have what i believe is a good run in.
Away

Yeovil not winnable
Northampton winnable
Cheltenham winnable
Oldham not winnable

Home
Crewe winnable
Gills winnable
Bradford winnable

this is not to say i expect us to win these games, but they are winnable.

well done tonight lads, great battling performance, good support.

we may go down, but if we can get the confidence back We will STAY UP (even if we lose on sat)

it's still 1 point from 2 games

[cooper6271.freeserve.co.uk]

What stood out more than ever last night, was how poor we are up front unless the striker problem is addressed later today im convinced it will be 2nd division football next season.

[Spired]

spireiteblue, on Mar 22 2007, 01:07 PM, said:

I would have accepted 2nd division football 20 years ago with open arms

Was it really 20 years ago that Man Utd were at the foot of the old division 1?

[Spindle]

cooper6271.freeserve.co.uk, on Mar 22 2007, 01:01 PM, said:

What stood out more than ever last night, was how poor we are up front unless the striker problem is addressed later today im convinced it will be 2nd division football next season.

I think both strikers did reasonably well last night, Larkin ran his socks off, but the thing is they never look like scoring. To be fair to them they are not getting the best service and the only chances they are getting are via mistakes by the opposition defenders or ones they create for themselves. Also last night right at the death cheif had a half chance but his shot was comfortably saved by Sullivan, these are the chances which seperate a good team from a bad team and ones we need to be taking in the situation were in.

[lindave]

i can't see where anyone can say Ricco has had good start.We lost at Swansea and failed to score yet again.
The said tried hard last night and still the same old story can't score apart from the penalty.
We needed a win last night and now we have to beat Yeovil to stand any decent chance of stopping up.

[Blueprint]

I feel once we've got past Yeovil the games should be a bit easier to win, the sides will still have a lot to play (play offs/relegation) for but they won't be as good as the likes of our recent encounters.

[Spireite-Karl]

Blueprint, on Mar 22 2007, 08:06 PM, said:

I feel once we've got past Yeovil the games should be a bit easier to win, the sides will still have a lot to play (play offs/relegation) for but they won't be as good as the likes of our recent encounters.

I'm with you, but.................

Why can't we go to the Yeovil game and take something? I think we can!
another point will set us up for the telling games in April, bearing in mind that our rivals have difficult games on saturday! a point would be a good un and you never know we might take all 3!

This post has been edited by Spireite-Karl: 22 March 2007 - 08:16 PM

[Blueprint]

Aim to get a point, if we get all 3 then we will be delighted. I can't see us winning but who knows, maybe they'll have an off day.

I'll take a 0-0 or a 1-1.

[BlueRover52]

lindave, on Mar 22 2007, 03:42 PM, said:

i can't see where anyone can say Ricco has had good start.We lost at Swansea and failed to score yet again.
The said tried hard last night and still the same old story can't score apart from the penalty.
We needed a win last night and now we have to beat Yeovil to stand any decent chance of stopping up.

Quite agree.Is 1point every two games going to keep us up?

[Blueprint]

Given our recent form last night's draw was very good. It was a better performance by the team, the coaching staff need to keep working hard with the players so we win a game very soon, Donny only scored one goal and that deflected into the net, it could have easily deflected wide.

We still have a monutain to climb but at least now we are dressed for the occasion, even if some of the equipment isn't of the best quality.

[sophocles]

Blueprint, on Mar 22 2007, 08:32 PM, said:

Given our recent form last night's draw was very good. It was a better performance by the team, the coaching staff need to keep working hard with the players so we win a game very soon, Donny only scored one goal and that deflected into the net, it could have easily deflected wide.

We still have a monutain to climb but at least now we are dressed for the occasion, even if some of the equipment isn't of the best quality.

You are right about their goal, it went exactly where it was impossible to save, and just inside the post, but the really worrying thing is that we posed absolutely no threat up front at all. We are clearly pinning all our hopes on Ward riding to the rescue as soon as he's fit; I really hope the lad does that, but it's asking an awful lot after a bad injury.