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Post by greydad on Nov 4, 2016 20:58:46 GMT
Could be interesting in terms of team selection given the injuries and suspension of senior midfielders...I hope Derik is not risked if there is the slightest doubt about his fitness, his skills are even more essential for the club to progress in the league given the news about Spearing. Ameobi and Henry are not certain to be eligible as yet, but it will be up to the players available to follow the example set by Thorpe, Derik and ( last week's performance) by Trotter. Chris Taylor might well be given another opportunity to show his worth, he has some ground to make up to convince fans but a good showing will be positive for him and the club. The defence and forwards seem to be fit for selection, I wonder if Alnwick will be given a start ? Whatever the selection let's hope the impressive run continues, a good cup run in tandem with league success would be a pleasant winter fillip.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Nov 4, 2016 21:56:55 GMT
I got told it was £22 for a ticket, surely that's got to be wrong??
Could be a banana skin this but I'll go 1-0
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Post by greydad on Nov 4, 2016 23:09:29 GMT
Prices are £10.00 season ticket holders, £12.00 non-season ticket, with £5.00 concession prices....not sure why they didn't just say a tenner all round for adults, but it doesn't seem bad value, although some might argue that it depends on the team P.P. puts out of course!
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Post by Pedro on Nov 5, 2016 9:17:37 GMT
Just had a look and only about 50 or so tickets left in the still available blocks in NSL and ESL. A few hundred in WSL block AL2.
Could be interesting to see some of the reserve players in action.
COYWM
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Post by Pedro on Nov 5, 2016 18:56:20 GMT
Oh dear. Back to normal. Very good thing Wheater and Beavers played otherwise we could easily have been beaten. Started off okay up to the goal. A proper header by Trotter from a corner. He should show the useless pair of Madine and Procter how it's done. Then there was the usual Wanderers lull and we let them back into the game. Luckily their strikers were as useless as ours but one stinger knocked Wheater over immediately it hit him! Amazing, you don't often see them hit that hard.
When on the few occasions we actually went on the attack nobody followed up and there were only one or two in the box and absolutely no-one to get any rebounds. No urgency at all to get the second goal which was frustrating the VERY quiet crowd who were totally embarrassed by the VERY LOUD 1900 Grimsby fans.
Sign of the times. I hardly saw anyone wearing a poppy and only about one person remove his hat for the one minute's silence.
Possession
Home44%
Away56%
Shots
Home11
Away15
Shots on Target
Home7 At least 2 or 3 of these were tapped straight at the keeper and just rolled slowly towards him!
Away2
Corners
Home3
Away6
Fouls
Home10
Away12
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Post by greydad on Nov 5, 2016 18:57:24 GMT
I thought the first half saw a controlled and relatively untroubled performance by Wanderers, although possession was squandered more than it should have been...in an untried midfield Trotter and Perry passed the ball well and had a good understanding, and the former showed how to convert a good corner. Perry looked confident and accomplished, a good 45 minutes. Unfortunately Clough couldn't apply the finishing touch to a number of good runs into the box, and Procter continues to misfire. Defensively it was a sound performance as usual, but midfield faded as the second half developed, often being by-passed when possession was conceded in the final third... it was no surprise when Procter was replaced. Taylor showed a willingness to harry and chase, but is no Vela. Ameobi worked hard and showed some trademark touches, and he linked up well with Anderson a couple of times only to see things peter out in and around the box..Grimsby played their part in making things difficult , and Howard made a couple of inspired saves in the second half as pressure mounted. The impressive travelling support made their presence felt, and Wheater and Beevers had to be as resolute as we have come to expect, again supported ably by Wilson (again one or two rushes of blood, but he recovers well) and A.Taylor, another good performance. All in all a pleasing clean sheet, a welcome win, but Vela was badly missed, as was Madine dare I say it..he too might be goal shy at the moment but he has linked up more effectively with Clough and Ameobi recently. Anyway, job done, bring on the draw on Monday night!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 23:18:48 GMT
We got lucky today it seems we always have to play long ball football in the air, Grimsby played football on the ground and it was good to see. The only thing they lacked was a goal scorer which was good for us cause apart Clough we don't seem to have a goal scorer either. Good luck to Grimsby for the rest of the season but we are in the second round yes. Full marks to there fans what a noise I could hear a pin drop in our end, but enough of that roll on the draw.
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Post by davidm on Nov 6, 2016 16:57:45 GMT
Well I went away relieved and disappointed. Relieved that we were through and disappointed that we faded so badly in the second.
Grimsby dominated the second half and should really have got something but don't let us forget the first half. We could so easily have scored 3 in the first half. Proctor hit the post, Clough shot just wide after a brilliant passing movement and there were also a number of near misses.
Definitely a game of 2 halves but very worrying that we should lose all control of the game in the second half.
It was poor that we couldn't dominate a league 2 team. Defensively, we were OK. Midfield we were poor - we couldn't keep the ball. Upfront, Clough had some good touches but Proctor is not a goalscorer.
Howard - 7 - a couple of excellent saves but also a couple of bad flaps.
Wilson - 6 - reasonably steady
Taylor A - 6 - again steady enough
Beavers - 6 - solid enough to hold Grimsby off
Wheater - 6 - beaten a couple of times in the air but overall fine
Trotter - 5 - fine headed goal but other than that he just dawdled around
Perry - 6 - quite good debut
Ameobi - 5 - frustrating and too far behind the strikers
Taylor C - 4 - just no problem for the Grimsby defence/midfield
Clough - 6 - good first half but faded
Proctor - 4 - works really hard but is not a good footballer. Poor hold up play, poor passing, poor shooting
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Post by Pedro on Nov 6, 2016 17:43:34 GMT
Just watched some of the other FA Cup highlights. Some great goals scored by teams way below us and yet we seem to find it so difficult. WHY?
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Post by whitesince63 on Nov 7, 2016 17:02:02 GMT
Just watched some of the other FA Cup highlights. Some great goals scored by teams way below us and yet we seem to find it so difficult. WHY? I think that every week Pedro, with the exception of Port Vale, we just never seem to actually run at defenders or get players into the box. Madine is totally useless and never attacks defences, always has his back to goal. |
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Post by Pedro on Nov 8, 2016 20:57:38 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37807516I had forgotten about Clough's pathetic miss (yet another failed one on one - what do they DO at training?) at the end. Just look at the angle of his foot - unbelievable.
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