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Post by riochforthereebok on Aug 16, 2024 15:04:17 GMT
Ok
Here we go
Our first home game of the season against the television team and no doubt there be extra extra interest because it’s Wrecsam’s first ever BIG game BIG crowd in, ohhhh, I don’t know when…. Yonks
We have to play the game and not the occasion 25,000 + crowd, on Sky TV and a returning Parkhoofson
Last time I over expected against a team, at home, beginning with W, we got well and truly stuffed, I hope Evatt’s learned a few lessons from that day!!
They have a few decent players and goal scorers and of course, having watched highlights of their first game v Wycombe, they like to punt the ball up field and quickly (typically Parky) so Santos and Co need to be wary of this
I really hope Dion bags a goal again, but doesn’t quickly fade as is usually the case with him (why is he like that?) Love to see AdeboyNoShow continue his goal scoring and I’d probably start with him and Dion, but I’d also definitely start with Jay Matete and McAtee from the off
Arfield should be used as an impact sub if we’re being bossed in the middle
Hope we lay down a marker for the season with this game and we’ll never have a better opportunity to show our intentions than with a packed house and on TV so COYWM let’s do this ffs
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Post by OohMac on Aug 16, 2024 20:45:18 GMT
Remember years ago me saying if I had the choice of Evatt or Parkinson, I would chose Evatt however for a one off game I think PP would get the better of him. I can imagine PPs team talk "these lads are soft as sh**, they don't want to score ugly goals, they think the way we play is beneath them and they want to show how pretty they are on the ball. They want 80% possession and we're going to let them have it. Because they do F all with it and we'll get more chances from our 20% possession than them."
Every throw, every free kick, every corner will be worked on for them.
Whilst I don't think Wrexham will be a mainstay(for the autos) I think they will have so much enthusiasm for thier first away game in this league. 25k. Sky cameras. Manager returning. Everything seems scripted for them, like Disney is setting this up?
I would just love us to turn up and not be phased by the occasion and do get the job done and put them in thier place.
Bolton 4 Wrexham 1
Also, not advocating any silly behaviour but if any fans spot Shaun Harvey I hope they make him aware he's not welcome at this club and he failed our fans.
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Post by whitesince63 on Aug 17, 2024 8:07:00 GMT
Actually OM, I’d go with your 4-1 score line too. I just think there’s far too much hype around Wrexham and it needs to be culled. Yes they’ve got famous owners and Disney are all over them but we all know that most movies don’t have happy endings and I’m sure the Wrexham one will be another. I think they’ve had their moment in the sun but they’re in with much bigger clubs now and also clubs with deeper pockets and at some point that will tell. Let’s give them an early wakening of what’s to come and with our strike force we should be well set to do that. A brace for Victor and one each for AC/DC all ably assisted by big John McAtee and their bubble will well and truly burst.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Aug 17, 2024 9:10:31 GMT
Actually OM, I’d go with your 4-1 score line too. I just think there’s far too much hype around Wrexham and it needs to be culled. Yes they’ve got famous owners and Disney are all over them but we all know that most movies don’t have happy endings and I’m sure the Wrexham one will be another. I think they’ve had their moment in the sun but they’re in with much bigger clubs now and also clubs with deeper pockets and at some point that will tell. Let’s give them an early wakening of what’s to come and with our strike force we should be well set to do that. A brace for Victor and one each for AC/DC all ably assisted by big John McAtee and their bubble will well and truly burst. Do we cope well with Hoof ball though chaps??
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Post by whitesince63 on Aug 18, 2024 8:54:34 GMT
Actually OM, I’d go with your 4-1 score line too. I just think there’s far too much hype around Wrexham and it needs to be culled. Yes they’ve got famous owners and Disney are all over them but we all know that most movies don’t have happy endings and I’m sure the Wrexham one will be another. I think they’ve had their moment in the sun but they’re in with much bigger clubs now and also clubs with deeper pockets and at some point that will tell. Let’s give them an early wakening of what’s to come and with our strike force we should be well set to do that. A brace for Victor and one each for AC/DC all ably assisted by big John McAtee and their bubble will well and truly burst. Do we cope well with Hoof ball though chaps?? I think if we start with the likes of Victor, Matete and McAtee and bully them a bit in the first half to get a lead we can then bring on some pace and skill like Dion and Sheehan after 60 or 70 when they’re tiring and run them ragged. I’d like to see Evatt prioritise this game with his selection and also start Johnson after his stellar performance last Tuesday. I want to see a bit of the shithousery from our lot today that other teams lay on us and bin this soft tag we’ve built.
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Post by chip on Aug 18, 2024 13:13:25 GMT
Good to see Johnston back and starting fingers crossed it’s going to be a very good game and a home victory COYWM
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Post by riochforthereebok on Aug 18, 2024 14:55:57 GMT
Decent half but probably one that Wrexham will feel the happier having contained any threat we have
Schon has played well as has Santos. Sheehan looks lovely but after that,Collins and Charles are really ineffective and surely a 2 pronged striker attack would have made things a little more uncomfortable for Wrexham at the back but both sides have so far made any keeper have to make a save
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Post by chip on Aug 18, 2024 15:02:05 GMT
Not a bad first half with both teams passing it around quite well I still think we need to get it forward a bit quicker and try shooting more often COYWM
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Post by riochforthereebok on Aug 18, 2024 15:20:19 GMT
Did you say 4-1 W63🤔🤔
On 64 mins, this has the hallmark of a typical smash and grab unless we start putting pressure on their goal
I’d take a single goal right now
Wow Who trains us on dead balls??? We are woeful on free kick and corners!!!!! Why???
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Post by riochforthereebok on Aug 18, 2024 15:51:52 GMT
After a decent opening 20 mins, on the whole, very very disappointed with a point.
Their goalie man of the match !!!! Not sure why as Baxter has made better saves and we’ve hardly tested him
3 minutes injury time after about 10 subs!!!! Strange
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Post by whitesince63 on Aug 18, 2024 16:10:26 GMT
After a decent opening 20 mins, on the whole, very very disappointed with a point. Their goalie man of the match !!!! Not sure why as Baxter has made better saves and we’ve hardly tested him 3 minutes injury time after about 10 subs!!!! Strange To be fair Rioch we could have played for another 30 minutes and we still wouldn’t have scored. All those strikers and we can’t even muster a few decent shots. We pass it out wide but neither Schon or Cogley have a clue how to deliver a cross or final ball in and our corners and free kicks are just awful. With the set up we have with basically 3 up top we don’t need to go wide just play down the middle and make them defend. Maybe as the players get more used to each other things will improve but that for me was definitely 2 points wasted.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Aug 18, 2024 16:16:12 GMT
After a decent opening 20 mins, on the whole, very very disappointed with a point. Their goalie man of the match !!!! Not sure why as Baxter has made better saves and we’ve hardly tested him 3 minutes injury time after about 10 subs!!!! Strange To be fair Rioch we could have played for another 30 minutes and we still wouldn’t have scored. All those strikers and we can’t even muster a few decent shots. We pass it out wide but neither Schon or Cogley have a clue how to deliver a cross or final ball in and our corners and free kicks are just awful. With the set up we have with basically 3 up top we don’t need to go wide just play down the middle and make them defend. Maybe as the players get more used to each other things will improve but that for me was definitely 2 points wasted. And to think, lowly Wycombe scored twice against these and we struggled to muster a decent effort on target to make their keeper make a save Very disappointing in the end
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Post by chip on Aug 18, 2024 17:02:11 GMT
Not a bad game but for some reason I can’t help thinking we are missing an out and out goal poacher that can sniff a goal out but we will have to wait and see what happens the next few games when our new players have had a chance to settle in better onwards and upwards COYWM
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Post by riochforthereebok on Aug 18, 2024 17:34:54 GMT
Phenomenal support for the Wanderers today and support that deserves better than its witnessing 28,383 v Leicester 02/03 Best ever Premier League record Best attendances outside the Prem 25,957 v Wrexham 24/25 25,428 v Derby Co 22/23 25,266 v Reading 23/24 24,844 v Blackpool 12/13 24,518 v Barnsley (play-off) 23/24 24,377 v Cambridge U 22/23 24,238 v Blackpool 23/24 23,450 v Barnsley (play-off) 22/23 23,376 v Chesterfield 16/17 23,203 v Blackburn Rovers 13/14 22,590 v Peterborough 16/17 22,292 v Sheffield W 12/13 22,023 v Sheffield W 22/23 Common denominator? EVATTBALL We have to be braver, quicker, cleverer, smarter and wiser and I worry that we are heading into another 44 games of the same set up as last term On paper, we have a very decent squad of players capable of tearing this league up, despite the Birmingham’s Huddersfield’s and Wrexham’s with their cash, we have to be top from first to last but average battles like today are not going to see us achieve that Like chip says, not a bad game, but also, not a great game and every time we are under the spotlight of a decent home crowd, or SKY TV, we don’t deliver
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Post by OohMac on Aug 18, 2024 18:29:10 GMT
Last weeks win means we're still on 2ppg. Clean sheet for Johnstons return.
Chosing to be positive. That was a massive game(for them) and had the fixture come 5 or 6 weeks in I'd be more disappointed but think they must have been on such a high going from conference to 25k+ first game of the season.
I do wish we could be deadly.
I hope we do a bit more business and get that extra bit of quality in though.
Only negative I'm saying today is it doesn't seem like there's much difference between now and the 2nd half of last season. When will we win at a canter by two clear goals if not more?
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