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Post by thegrud1 on Dec 27, 2016 16:10:05 GMT
After the last 2 games cant say I,m really looking forward to this game,,,,,we looked very lethargic v Shrews....lets hope we win this one ,,,we will need a complete team performance with a bit of brilliance from our front players...unfortunatley I see a 1-2 result
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Post by whitesince63 on Dec 31, 2016 9:10:06 GMT
Message to Parky, message to Parky. Keep the ball on the ground today, leave the lumping in the kit bag and remember we have a midfield. Oh and whilst we're at it, Derik is better thanThorpe. Just thought I'd say. 😉
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Post by davidm on Dec 31, 2016 10:16:57 GMT
Message to Parky, message to Parky. Keep the ball on the ground today, leave the lumping in the kit bag and remember we have a midfield. Oh and whilst we're at it, Derik is better thanThorpe. Just thought I'd say. 😉
The minute we start lumping the ball up high to Madine, like against Shrewsbury, we take Vela and Clough out of the game. They need the ball on the ground. Madine may have worked hard, even played well, but it doesn't work for our team and it is as boring as hell.
Onto today - we need a win. Our defence needs to be back at its best. The last 2 games, we have looked a bit out of sorts at the back. Then we need to have a bit more flair up front to create.
Obviously our toughest home game of the season, against a good side who at the top for a reason.
Get back to some on-the floor attacking with Clough, Vela and Ameobi and I'll go for a tight 1-0 win. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2016 10:37:01 GMT
Sorry cant see owt but a 0-3 loss
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Post by greydad on Dec 31, 2016 13:20:39 GMT
It's an exciting prospect today...halfway through the season, 3rd playing 1st, the best defence against the top scorers, what a difference from last New Year, albeit in a division lower. If the Wanderers defence and midfield are strong I think there is every chance of a home win, as that usually ensures the creation of chances for the front players, but the game will undoubtedly be a real test..let's hope the team is up to the challenge (and that Spearing is ok!). As DM suggests a battling 1-0 might be the order of the day, and that would do very nicely.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2016 16:59:32 GMT
Sorry cant see owt but a 0-3 loss And that ends my short career as a tipster |
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Post by andyl on Dec 31, 2016 17:14:33 GMT
2-1. After 30 second half minutes of evidence suggesting the contrary we finished the stronger team and Henry came good-as he was bound to do sometime. I hope it's not a swansong.
It was a right old scrap against a tough and talented team. No-one embodied that more than Madine. He may have missed a couple of half chances but his chest work was excellent and the early lay off for yet another Vela follow up looked really good.
Prior to this Alnwick made a smart save to keep us level. He is doing really well and today had to deal with some awkward back passes.
Injury presumably to Wilson unbalanced us. Derik came on out of position and they got on top. When their goal came it was no surprise. Their dead ball kicking was a constant threat and we probably all feared the worst?
But this year we are resilient. Spearing and their 8 relished combat and with Thorpe clearing up bits andpieces and Ameobi doing really well in possession we came through the worst somehow. Henry for Clough set up the grandstand finish. It was just like Stuart H's glorious winner v Blackburn even if this deflected helpfully
Alnwick8 Wilson6 Beevers7 Wheatet7 Taylor 7 Thorpe7 Spearing8 Vela8 Ameobi 8 Madine9 Clough6 Henry!!!
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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 31, 2016 18:08:54 GMT
Sorry AndyL
I've just typed in the other link before reading your post
Not disagreeing with you apart from if that's all that Madine is getting paid for in a game we'l try someone else as I didn't see his full contribution as anything other than 2 chested knockdowns!!
It's goals I want and movement in the box, both of which he has neither
Unlikely 3 points based on the way we played in the bull of the second half
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2016 18:37:35 GMT
I have just read the reviews great result today 👀 Forward to the Palace game happy new year to you all x
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Post by andyl on Dec 31, 2016 18:59:45 GMT
I think that Madine and high balls in his orbit were the one aspect of the game where we were superior. He did very well. He had a couple of tame shots but overall that's where in my opinion a game that we could have lost or drawn was won! Wheater and Beevers were good but knocked about at times.They also backed off some headers.
But it was a meaty game. The ref. did well not to send anyone off despite some crunching tackles. It was a good old fashioned game and in my opinion the best of the season especially the last 15!
We were on our knees and jumped up to find unexpected levels of energy just when it mattered.
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Post by davidm on Dec 31, 2016 19:06:40 GMT
What an excellent result
BUT
what a scrappy performance.
It has to be said that, 2nd half in particular, Scun thorpe totally out-passed us. They moved well and found their men well while we were very static and continued with the high ball to Madine tactic.
Really the result was a travesty. We worked hard but tactically were poor. All high balls to Madine and little else. We worried Scun thorpe in the first half but they sussed us out and just passed the ball around us in the second.
We scored from a high ball from Alnwick which Madine chested down and Vela hammered it into the corner.
Scun thorpe eventually equalised remarkably from a corner. We somehow managed to let the ball bounce around the area before their man swivelled and hit it in. The goal followed some sustained Scun thorpe pressure and was deserved.
When the board went up for 6 minutes of additional time, I would have happily settled for a point but we rode out the pressure from them and a loose ball fell to Henry 30 yards in the 94th minute. He advanced up to the edge of the box, somehow unchallenged, and hit a decent shot which was deflected into the corner.
Scun thorpe were niggly and disgraceful in appealing to get Spearing sent off for a minor foul after he had been booked.
What a hotpotch of officialdom today. Some weird decisions from all 3 officials.
Before the match, I would have been happy with a win no matter how achieved and so I am but please change the tactics.
Alnwick - 8 One early good save and a brilliant catch late on amid a host of bodies. Assisted in the first goal with a huge kick to Madine.
Wilson - 6 Only lasted 50 minutes so a worry that he is injured. Reasonably steady except for one dreadful back pass.
Beevers - 6 Not as dominant as normal. Scun thorpe’s movement caused a lot of problems.
Wheater - 6 Won a lot of headers but the opposition’s movement worried him.
Taylor A - 7 Good game. He does link up well with Clough.
Spearing - 6 Couldn’t dominate midfield. He was a bit ragged and got booked.
Thorpe - 6 Steady but, again, I’m not sure what he brings to the game other than to stop the opposition which the previous 6 players already do.
Ameobi - 5 Whishy-washy performance. When he has days like this, it infuriates. When the attack is on the left, he never gets into the box so we are always light on bodies to try and score.
Vela - 7 Great shot for the goal. As against Shrewsbury, our tactics of constant high balls just takes him out of the game.
Clough - 6 Isolated again and unable to contribute to our hoofball tactics.
Madine - 6 Won quite a lot of the high balls with his head but wasted the majority with his dreadful footwork.
Derik - 6 Out of position at right back but steady enough.
Henry - 7 He has now paid us back for that Wolves goal 2 years ago. A much better sub than the normal one of Chris Taylor.
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Post by andyl on Dec 31, 2016 19:20:06 GMT
Scrappy yes- but a battle. They missed lots of passes too. I thought we were on top for 30 mins first half and critically for the last 15. Thorpe was very unlucky with one off his back. I've seen many games like that it was like a derby. Great energy all round. They had a really skilful dead ball kicker illustrated by the offside goal. We were lucky there.
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Post by joanna on Dec 31, 2016 19:50:50 GMT
I'm with Andy on this one. An important game like this was always going to be a tense battle and unlikely to produce flowing football. It was the sort of game in which our men had to scrap......and one they would often have lost in previous recent seasons, but we seem to be finding ways to win, and are at last able to play out time.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 31, 2016 20:00:45 GMT
Tell you what tho
Liverpool £40
Man Utd £37
Bolton £26!!!!!
And that just does not add up!!
That's bloody daylight robbery at this level
Took a couple of me mates along thinking £20 at best for a top of the table clash but £26 is a pi55take. Could have proved a real expensive hit in the pocket but for the win.
That should be Championship prices not League One.
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Post by andyl on Dec 31, 2016 22:00:48 GMT
On that note of agreement, Joanna let's see in the New Year. And HNY to all here.And what a win to herald it in
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