[camyat]

Few of us in west stand amused by Paul Tisdale, great big trench coat, big woolly hat, gloves and probably hot water bottle under that coat,what a wus Tommy Wright pair of shorts, made of tough stuff us Northerners 😁

[whittman]

camyat, on 19 November 2017 - 07:58 AM, said:

Few of us in west stand amused by Paul Tisdale, great big trench coat, big woolly hat, gloves and probably hot water bottle under that coat,what a wus Tommy Wright pair of shorts, made of tough stuff us Northerners 😁

On his local radio interview Tisdale said he was satisfied with how they played but obviously not the result

[Spire-Heights]

whittman, on 19 November 2017 - 08:02 AM, said:

On his local radio interview Tisdale said he was satisfied with how they played but obviously not the result

Was he? I don’t think they were any good yesterday and will not be promoted playing like that.

[KevoBMMD]

Spire-Heights, on 19 November 2017 - 08:07 AM, said:

Was he? I don’t think they were any good yesterday and will not be promoted playing like that.

I thought they were a decent team and Chesterfield stuck to a Game plan and ground out a good result.

The fact we were chasing the Ball down in every part of the field stopped them controlling the game. No matter where the ball fell there was a CFC player either within 1 yard of them or they were closed down with in seconds. We moved the ball quicker and we followed the ball. Even around Exeters box.


We only had Evatt with any height so we had to play football on the grass just how it is meant to be played,

[Spire-Heights]

KevoBMMD, on 19 November 2017 - 08:11 AM, said:

I thought they were a decent team and Chesterfield stuck to a Game plan and ground out a good result.

The fact we were chasing the Ball down in every part of the field stopped them controlling the game. No matter where the ball fell there was a CFC player either within 1 yard of them or they were closed down with in seconds. We moved the ball quicker and we followed the ball. Even around Exeters box.


We only had Evatt with any height so we had to play football on the grass just how it is meant to be played,

Yeah, the only high balls we kept doing was up field to Williams... First half anyway.

[Mr Mercury]

whittman, on 19 November 2017 - 08:02 AM, said:

On his local radio interview Tisdale said he was satisfied with how they played but obviously not the result

I thought they were one of the slightly better teams we've played this year, and there was a 15 minute spell in the first half were I thought we were going to struggle to get anything from the game, so three points is most welcome!

[Blue5]

KevoBMMD, on 19 November 2017 - 08:11 AM, said:

I thought they were a decent team and Chesterfield stuck to a Game plan and ground out a good result.

The fact we were chasing the Ball down in every part of the field stopped them controlling the game. No matter where the ball fell there was a CFC player either within 1 yard of them or they were closed down with in seconds. We moved the ball quicker and we followed the ball. Even around Exeters box.


We only had Evatt with any height so we had to play football on the grass just how it is meant to be played,

Many of our former managers have been criticised for having no plan B, well Exeter's manager falls firmly in that category. Even with us down to ten men and a defeat staring them in the face, they still preferred to play it out from the back losing valuable time in the process when you would have expected long balls into our half. We battled and played very well and my only hope is that more teams have Exeter's game plan.

[sophocles]

Blue5, on 19 November 2017 - 09:01 AM, said:

Many of our former managers have been criticised for having no plan B, well Exeter's manager falls firmly in that category. Even with us down to ten men and a defeat staring them in the face, they still preferred to play it out from the back losing valuable time in the process when you would have expected long balls into our half. We battled and played very well and my only hope is that more teams have Exeter's game plan.

Agree that their manager showed surprising inflexibility. Everyone who has seen us play this season knows that our greatest weakness is against high balls into our area. I can only remember them trying that two or three times in the whole game. Fair enough- he wants his team to play football on the floor, but it played right into our hands as it failed to exploit our vulnerability.

This post has been edited by sophocles: 19 November 2017 - 09:28 AM

[dtp]

Actually, I thought, they were one of the best, if not the best, teams to visit us this season. They were comfortable in possession all over the park and played a lot of excellent crosses into the box. However, these crosses never really picked out a man. Anyon's early save when they carved us open kept us in it and we showed similar determination all over the pitch to grind out the win.

[Spire-Power]

While they were comfortable in possession they didn't build up much momentum in the game to force us onto the ropes for any kind of sustained period so I didn't feel we were playing a stronger team. I expected them to be better as top 3.

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

Spire-Power, on 19 November 2017 - 09:44 AM, said:

While they were comfortable in possession they didn't build up much momentum in the game to force us onto the ropes for any kind of sustained period so I didn't feel we were playing a stronger team. I expected them to be better as top 3.

I think I read they have only won one of their last 6

[Spire-Power]

camyat, on 19 November 2017 - 07:58 AM, said:

Few of us in west stand amused by Paul Tisdale, great big trench coat, big woolly hat, gloves and probably hot water bottle under that coat,what a wus Tommy Wright pair of shorts, made of tough stuff us Northerners 😁

Trench coat looked naff

[azul]

I agree with Jack, best opposition I have seen this season

[Albert Holmes Slides In]

As someone who lives in Devon I can tell you that every Tisdale team's strength can also be its weakness. They keep playing their game. Do you remember when they were up top and we were mid-tablish (under Richo?) we went down to Exeter and scored six AND unusually for Exeter, seemed to demoralise them. BUT they came out, played their game next match usual style,won and got promoted. They are the Division 2 Arsenal, but devoid of stars and money.

The thing I'd think you'd have found is IF we had let them into the game Saturday they would have gone on to win. Whatever you are doing that keeps you on top against a Tisdale team, you must keep doing it and not relax. Once he gets a team to believe in what he's doing they are very difficult to shake out of it. BUT because of financial constraints, belief and style only take them so far. And once they lose that belief they lose their style and end up back down the lower reaches of Div 2.

As for Tisdale's fashion sense - as a club that has been successful under John Sheridan and Paul Cook I don't think we have even earned the right to comment.

This post has been edited by Albert Holmes Slides In: 19 November 2017 - 11:22 AM

[RN Blue]

Albert Holmes Slides In, on 19 November 2017 - 11:18 AM, said:

As someone who lives in Devon I can tell you that every Tisdale team's strength can also be its weakness. They keep playing their game. Do you remember when they were up top and we were mid-tablish (under Richo?) we went down to Exeter and scored six AND unusually for Exeter, seemed to demoralise them. BUT they came out, played their game next match usual style,won and got promoted. They are the Division 2 Arsenal, but devoid of stars and money.

The thing I'd think you'd have found is IF we had let them into the game Saturday they would have gone on to win. Whatever you are doing that keeps you on top against a Tisdale team, you must keep doing it and not relax. Once he gets a team to believe in what he's doing they are very difficult to shake out of it. BUT because of financial constraints, belief and style only take them so far. And once they lose that belief they lose their style and end up back down the lower reaches of Div 2.

As for Tisdale's fashion sense - as a club that has been successful under John Sheridan and Paul Cook I don't think we have even earned the right to comment.

Where in Devon, I'm just outside Bideford?

[Paul Fisher]

camyat, on 19 November 2017 - 07:58 AM, said:

Few of us in west stand amused by Paul Tisdale, great big trench coat, big woolly hat, gloves and probably hot water bottle under that coat,what a wus Tommy Wright pair of shorts, made of tough stuff us Northerners 😁

His best friend is Ted Baker (True Story).

[60s 70s Spireite]

Darcy Sarto, on 19 November 2017 - 12:54 PM, said:

His best friend is Ted Baker (True Story).

Actually it's Ray Kelvin, founder of said brand.

[DIFH]

KevoBMMD, on 19 November 2017 - 08:11 AM, said:

I thought they were a decent team and Chesterfield stuck to a Game plan and ground out a good result.

The fact we were chasing the Ball down in every part of the field stopped them controlling the game. No matter where the ball fell there was a CFC player either within 1 yard of them or they were closed down with in seconds. We moved the ball quicker and we followed the ball. Even around Exeters box.


We only had Evatt with any height so we had to play football on the grass just how it is meant to be played,

Agree I'd feel a lot happier if they were in our dressing room.

[Paul Fisher]

60s 70s Spireite, on 19 November 2017 - 02:43 PM, said:

Actually it's Ray Kelvin, founder of said brand.

That's what I meant. 😊