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Post by thegrud1 on Mar 21, 2021 20:21:42 GMT
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Post by whitesince63 on Mar 21, 2021 22:42:13 GMT
We’re starting to get noticed at last Grud so let’s hope we can keep the profile going next week with a victory over FGR on Sky? We shouldn’t fear anyone now, we are by far the best team in L2, not perfect and there are things we need to work on but all round we should be able to beat anyone, home or away. I’m not one of these that sees draws away to teams above us as a good result, just the opposite, it’s two points dropped. If we are going to get automatic promotion we need to be beating the teams above us because we’re still behind on points,games played and goal difference. As IE says, we’ve done nothing yet, we’re the ones playing catch up and to do that we need to win. If we don’t do it now it will be a massive disappointment because it’s within our grasp.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Mar 22, 2021 12:06:52 GMT
At the risk of sounding completely negative, I worry that a good pasting is waiting for us around the corner and that we are in a false position.
Is this league really as fickle as it looks?
One minute we can’t even score let alone win and the next minute we’re all ‘expecting’ automatic promotion with some of us expecting to go up as champions
Am I being unfair?
We’ve not set this league alight by any stretch of the imagination and I’m sure if each win was scrutinised, we’d all agree that we’ve been bloody lucky in 80% of them
That said, I’m not convinced at Cambridge, Cheltenham, FGR or Newport but I do have a nagging doubt that Keith Hills Trashmere will have a big say on the auto’s but most definitely the Play-Offs and wouldn’t life be so cruel if Bolton’s very own Keith took his Trashmere to Wembley and pipped us in the final!!!!
Doesn’t bare thinking about does it
COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
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Post by davidm on Mar 22, 2021 15:26:43 GMT
At the risk of sounding completely negative, I worry that a good pasting is waiting for us around the corner and that we are in a false position. Is this league really as fickle as it looks? One minute we can’t even score let alone win and the next minute we’re all ‘expecting’ automatic promotion with some of us expecting to go up as champions Am I being unfair? We’ve not set this league alight by any stretch of the imagination and I’m sure if each win was scrutinised, we’d all agree that we’ve been bloody lucky in 80% of them That said, I’m not convinced at Cambridge, Cheltenham, FGR or Newport but I do have a nagging doubt that Keith Hills Trashmere will have a big say on the auto’s but most definitely the Play-Offs and wouldn’t life be so cruel if Bolton’s very own Keith took his Trashmere to Wembley and pipped us in the final!!!! Doesn’t bare thinking about does it COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Quite a pessimist there, rioch! It’s not quite “ One minute we can’t even score let alone win and the next minute we’re all ‘expecting’ automatic promotion with some of us expecting to go up as champions” is it? It’s not just a couple of games that we have won. It is 12 games with 10 wins and 2 draws. That’s a fantastic set of results. Can I take you back to your hero’s time in L1. Some of our greatest times. The final 18 games were 15 wins, 2 draws and just 1 defeat to achieve promotion. So it is possible, As Whites63 and I have said for a while, there really is nobody in this division to worry us. We could be Salford - just sacked another manager! Talking of Tranmere, if you think we are lucky look at them. Two dubious penalties on Saturday. I don’t know the exact figures so does anybody know how many penalties they have had this season (2 lucky ones against us!) and how many opponents have been sent off. I believe that both answers are high! Anyway, cheer up, get optimistic and see if we can do it! |
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Post by OohMac on Mar 22, 2021 16:37:54 GMT
At the risk of sounding completely negative, I worry that a good pasting is waiting for us around the corner and that we are in a false position. Is this league really as fickle as it looks? One minute we can’t even score let alone win and the next minute we’re all ‘expecting’ automatic promotion with some of us expecting to go up as champions Am I being unfair? We’ve not set this league alight by any stretch of the imagination and I’m sure if each win was scrutinised, we’d all agree that we’ve been bloody lucky in 80% of them That said, I’m not convinced at Cambridge, Cheltenham, FGR or Newport but I do have a nagging doubt that Keith Hills Trashmere will have a big say on the auto’s but most definitely the Play-Offs and wouldn’t life be so cruel if Bolton’s very own Keith took his Trashmere to Wembley and pipped us in the final!!!! Doesn’t bare thinking about does it COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ No i dont think were in for a pasting because although we dont always play well Gilks is usually a spectator. Even the league leaders created nothing. I thought we were pretty poor on Saturday but I couldnt even say we deserved to lose. Hope we dont play as bad as that again. Bit of a shock about Wellens but you cannot fail at Salford, apparently. |
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Post by whitesince63 on Mar 22, 2021 23:38:43 GMT
At the risk of sounding completely negative, I worry that a good pasting is waiting for us around the corner and that we are in a false position. Is this league really as fickle as it looks? One minute we can’t even score let alone win and the next minute we’re all ‘expecting’ automatic promotion with some of us expecting to go up as champions Am I being unfair? We’ve not set this league alight by any stretch of the imagination and I’m sure if each win was scrutinised, we’d all agree that we’ve been bloody lucky in 80% of them That said, I’m not convinced at Cambridge, Cheltenham, FGR or Newport but I do have a nagging doubt that Keith Hills Trashmere will have a big say on the auto’s but most definitely the Play-Offs and wouldn’t life be so cruel if Bolton’s very own Keith took his Trashmere to Wembley and pipped us in the final!!!! Doesn’t bare thinking about does it COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Well you’re right about one thing rftr, you are sounding completely negative. I’m not going to tempt fate by dismissing the possibility of our getting a pasting because any team can have an off day but let’s just say that with our current team and considering the opposition, I think it’s unlikely. I’m more concerned with why despite our clear superiority, we aren’t giving others a pasting. We’ve played some outstanding football for a team at this level, until that is, we get to the oppositions box, when we become impossibly ineffective. That always leaves us vulnerable just like at Bradford and almost against Walsall where the ref could easily have given a penalty. In both games as well as others, (most in fact) where we’ve been hanging on at the end, the result could have been completely different. The next 3 games will be season defining but since I expect Tranmere to make the automatics, wherever we end up, I don’t think we’ll be losing to them in any play offs. I have faith in the team but I genuinely would like us to find a way to accommodate and encourage players who can shoot, like Arthur, Mad and Dapo, to get on the score sheet more often. Even allowing for our deficiency up front, I still think we’ve enough to see anybody in this league off, so I’m fully expecting one of the automatic places and hopefully the top one!! |
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Post by riochforthereebok on Mar 23, 2021 21:27:43 GMT
At the risk of sounding completely negative, I worry that a good pasting is waiting for us around the corner and that we are in a false position. Is this league really as fickle as it looks? One minute we can’t even score let alone win and the next minute we’re all ‘expecting’ automatic promotion with some of us expecting to go up as champions Am I being unfair? We’ve not set this league alight by any stretch of the imagination and I’m sure if each win was scrutinised, we’d all agree that we’ve been bloody lucky in 80% of them That said, I’m not convinced at Cambridge, Cheltenham, FGR or Newport but I do have a nagging doubt that Keith Hills Trashmere will have a big say on the auto’s but most definitely the Play-Offs and wouldn’t life be so cruel if Bolton’s very own Keith took his Trashmere to Wembley and pipped us in the final!!!! Doesn’t bare thinking about does it COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Well you’re right about one thing rftr, you are sounding completely negative. I’m not going to tempt fate by dismissing the possibility of our getting a pasting because any team can have an off day but let’s just say that with our current team and considering the opposition, I think it’s unlikely. I’m more concerned with why despite our clear superiority, we aren’t giving others a pasting. We’ve played some outstanding football for a team at this level, until that is, we get to the oppositions box, when we become impossibly ineffective. That always leaves us vulnerable just like at Bradford and almost against Walsall where the ref could easily have given a penalty. In both games as well as others, (most in fact) where we’ve been hanging on at the end, the result could have been completely different. The next 3 games will be season defining but since I expect Tranmere to make the automatics, wherever we end up, I don’t think we’ll be losing to them in any play offs. I have faith in the team but I genuinely would like us to find a way to accommodate and encourage players who can shoot, like Arthur, Mad and Dapo, to get on the score sheet more often. Even allowing for our deficiency up front, I still think we’ve enough to see anybody in this league off, so I’m fully expecting one of the automatic places and hopefully the top one!! Fair reply that W63 And after tonight’s results which again look like they’ve gone in our favour, if we turn FGR over, we’ll swap places with them and end up in a promotion spot COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ |
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Post by whitesince63 on Mar 23, 2021 22:36:20 GMT
Yes, amazingly good results for us again rftr and as you say, if/when we beat FGR on Saturday, we’ll leapfrog into the automatics and once there we shouldn’t be out of them again. This is the business end of the season now and those with the strongest mindset will prevail and I think ours is probably the strongest of all. Clearly, things like injuries or sendings off of key players can affect progress but for once we seem to have strength in all areas to accommodate for those things. I just wish we could find a way to score more because that’s our only weakness at the moment.
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Post by OohMac on Mar 24, 2021 8:36:07 GMT
Sorry for being a stickler but we will unlikely leapfrog FGR and we in the automatic spots. We would leapfrog them but would still need Tranmere to lose to get a spot. They're at home. A draw in that game and we need a 6 goal win.
Ah, were the early kick off so you are correct! We may not see out the day right but its another message sent and we are breathing down the necks of the others.
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Post by whitesince63 on Mar 24, 2021 9:49:28 GMT
You’re right OM and I’d like to lie that I meant due to our early ko but I didn’t and you’re right about Tranmere, if they get a result, they will still be above us. In fact if we lose and Morecambe and Newport win we could easily be further down!!
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Post by riochforthereebok on Mar 24, 2021 11:17:56 GMT
I can just feel a Bolton v Trashmere encounter still to be served up in this topsy turvy league 2
In utopia, I could just about stomach going up in 2nd spot behind them if they were to be champions purely based on THAT horrid wretched start we had, but I’d feel sick to my stomach if we had to meet them in the P-O Final🥵
There’s so many reasons why I hate Trashmere, too many to mention, not least having my works van attacked driving away from Prenton Park in the 90’s, John Aldridge, Chris Malkin, Steve Morrisey, Eric Nixon, stopping our points record, all our ex players, Trotter Spearing Woolery Crawford, I could go on
Oh
And I almost forgot that our very own LEGEND RiP Frankie once managed them but I’ll forgive him his one mistake as he was pure BWFC entertainment
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