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Post by OohMac on Mar 10, 2020 11:26:19 GMT
Well seems like playing games just to get the season out of the way, one game at a time.
Southend in more trouble which may mean a points deduction so we leapfrog them without winning any more.
Going into 3rd game unbeaten and something to build on. Again strange because i still think. Lowe and Hamilton to sit back, crawford or darcy to create and Politic and Dodoo to buzz around talisman Murphy. Yeah that is not a bottom of L1 team. Add to that a competant shot stopper and a basic back 4, we really should have more.
Think this game is a real fork in the road for Hill. Do or die.
He may be forced into a decision that may turn things around. Think Van Gaal maybe it was Jose had no one else but Marcus Rashford. Think Spurs similarly played Kane a bit earlier. With Murphy and O'Grady out/doubtful/in need of rest Maybe just maybe it might be time for Politic to try a new role or give Faal 60mins. *admittedly they are not Kane and Rashford.
Think there will goals in this one. 4 for them 1 for us.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Mar 10, 2020 14:38:20 GMT
Can see a right royal thrashing here. Clough seems to have a knack of getting his own back and this will be a motivation to his players that we stayed up in the Championship at their expense
Can’t see us scoring as it’s not what we do, so 3 or 4 nowt and more mumbo jumbo from the mouth of the weird bearded dragon lizard Benjamin Hill🤔😬😞
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Post by kenglowhite on Mar 10, 2020 14:58:29 GMT
Quite agree RFTR and Burton have one player we have never been able to counter in Lucas Akins, the sort of guy we could really do with.
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Post by davidm on Mar 10, 2020 19:08:02 GMT
Played Burton 4 times so far - lost 4 times.
Oh Dear.
Surely we are capable of achieving something better.
Always the optimist that I am - 2-1 win
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Post by whitesince63 on Mar 10, 2020 19:22:43 GMT
Can’t see us getting anything tonight unless they leave their shooting boots at home because I don’t think we’ll get one. He waits all this t8me to get Georgiou and then leaves him on the bench? I missing something somewhere with all this. Not confident but don’t expect a thrashing so I’ll go for 2-0 to Burton.
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Post by davidm on Mar 10, 2020 20:17:03 GMT
Well that's just pathetic goalkeeping by Matthews. I could have caught that corner.
Back to 1-1
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Post by davidm on Mar 10, 2020 20:33:36 GMT
Always the optimist that I am - 2-1 win I just wish it was full-time not just half time! Anyway well done - terrible goal conceded but class 2nd goal |
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Post by OohMac on Mar 10, 2020 22:02:24 GMT
3 unbeaten, 2 away. Leading us to a home game, which should give us some confidence.
I dont think you can ask for more from this side and scoring from set piece about bloody time.
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Post by whitesince63 on Mar 11, 2020 9:47:21 GMT
Agree OM, last nights performance was much more encouraging and if Dodoo had put his chance away we could have been celebrating a win. There seems little doubt that Crawford has been a huge miss for us and hopefully he will agree to stay here next season and help us get back up. It also asks questions of Daryl Murphy because we seemed to be more threatening without him. If we can also get our Spurs loanee firing we could have a confidence restoring run for next season. It might also encourage the likes of Crawford and Darcy to sign new deals which would be a huge boost.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2020 19:08:10 GMT
Agree OM, last nights performance was much more encouraging and if Dodoo had put his chance away we could have been celebrating a win. There seems little doubt that Crawford has been a huge miss for us and hopefully he will agree to stay here next season and help us get back up. It also asks questions of Daryl Murphy because we seemed to be more threatening without him. If we can also get our Spurs loanee firing we could have a confidence restoring run for next season. It might also encourage the likes of Crawford and Darcy to sign new deals which would be a huge boost. Did Dodoo have a good game last night? I hear that he was lacking in his defensive duties for the first goal. I was following with Marc Iles on the BN site. He last comments were 5 mins of added time... then the final whistle and he said it was an entertaining game... what were they doing in the last 5 mins? There wasn't a peep out of him for a whole 5 mins. Maybe I'd better get back on ifollow. Did anyone go? No comments re the game on here. |
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Post by cadders on Mar 11, 2020 21:09:22 GMT
Yes I went Wots,here is my summary
Burton started well having lots of the ball and getting down our flanks easily but without any clear chances. It felt like it was only a matter of time before a goal went in although our centre backs won nearly everything in the air.
Then, in what felt like our first attack we won a corner and scored. At the time,I couldn't see who had scored but our centre backs were in the thick of the action. We were a threat from set peces all night and really should have made them count more.
We then switched off from a corner, RM came out but seemed to get blocked by one of our players and the ball got bundled into the net. Burton again could have scored quickly afterwards but we played a smart passing move to set Hamilton free and he scored.
We then held our own until half time without much scare, although you could sense moments of panic (given we were so close to the touchline!)
After half time we had a period of real pressure, a number of corners and some real chances which didn't go in, either through bad luck (Crawford) or lack of confidence (Dodoo).
The one positive that we noticed after half time was that we defended higher up the pitch putting pressure on their defence and they panicked a few times.
They scored when we switched off (again) and you were expecting them to score again but they didn't through good defensive work and poor finishing. That said we were still going for the winner and could easily have won it at the end.
Our heads didn't drop when they scored their second which which was good to see, and we played a more intelligent mixture of long ball and passing game. This reminded me of Bristol Rovers away in the way we tried to play.
Having a fit Crawford and probably JD at centre forward gave us more flexibility as I think he is quicker than DM.
Only downer was a pint of Carling and a pint of lemonade (not for me!!) came to 7 pounds in the Beech Hotel with the lemonade being 3.20!!!! You can get 2L for less than that in Morrisons/Tescos etc.....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2020 4:40:36 GMT
Thanks Cadders. Good read btw. Bit of a shock for the price of the lemonade though. Just a thought, next time ask for the price of a bottle of Britvic.
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