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Post by Pedro on Apr 18, 2014 15:59:31 GMT
Sounded pretty dire - will have to wait for Andy and the Kraken's reports but neither side could shoot on target, same old same old. . Should have gone to Bury!
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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 18, 2014 16:06:53 GMT
Didn't think we'd win, didn't think we'd lose
Poor...
Well done Sam Ricketts,
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Post by wotsupnow on Apr 18, 2014 16:06:57 GMT
Sounded pretty dire - will have to wait for Andy and the Kraken's reports but neither side could shoot on target, same old same old. . Should have gone to Bury! Or, you could have watched Alfreton vs Grimsby on Cric free, as I did, or even watched the other Wanderers, where former Wanderer has just put Wolves ahead in the 89th minute in a 9 goal thriller...
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Post by davidm on Apr 18, 2014 16:16:22 GMT
New commentator on Tower FM nothing like as good as normal pair and of course the guy on Wanderers player utterly pathetic. Still 0-0, 14 shots each, we have 4 on target they have only 3 Yes, I agree. Lousy commentary - hard to tell what went on. In the end, it sounded another dreary performance.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2014 17:02:12 GMT
Not a very good game by all accounts 0-0 away clean sheet and all that but thank god its the end of the season maybe better games to come next season.
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Post by thekraken on Apr 18, 2014 17:17:27 GMT
Yes, a bore draw especially the first half. First live game I've seen since the second half at Ipswich so I was keen to see what had changed for the better. The main difference was that at times we played quite fluently with people moving well off the ball but then at other times not much movement at all especially at throw ins. It had a bit of an end of season feel about it and they had little quality. It was a very winnable game but we weren't incisive enough to capitalise. But we seem to be moving forward and if we can keep that fluency going for longer periods it will pay off if we have someone who can stick it in the net.
The defence wasn't really troubled except for a Bogdan clearance being blocked by one of their forwards and a glancing header from Church which he should have scored from. Bogdan didn't have a save of note to make. Wheater and Mills seem to have a good understanding but Ream is no nearer becoming a left back. Hutton had a steady game as did Baptiste when Hutton got injured with about 15 to go. No hint of a penalty this week.
We had a Mills header from a corner cleared off the line. Danns skied one over the bar after having cleverly made space from a great break by Beckford out of our own penalty area. Juke had a few shots but was well marshalled by their centre halves. He doesn't have SKD's presence and was out muscled quite a few times. Beckford looked a bit rusty and didn't make the most of his chances.
In midfield Spearing had an effective game, Trotter can pass a ball very well but doesn't break sweat, Danns had a busy game and is obviously trying to become as skilful as Chungy who was always a threat and was the one quality player on view. Hall came on at the end but didn't see the ball.
Yes, it was boring but I didn't come away thinking how useless we were as at Reading and Ipswich. We have improved.
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Post by andyl on Apr 18, 2014 18:17:01 GMT
The BBC will be severely challenged to conjure any highlights from this one! For the purist defensive coach I do think there was something to admire. Our defenders played very well throughout the game and eclipsed the opposition. Apart from one crazy bit of passing across the back until Bogdan's clearance was half blocked by a player who then claimed a penalty, they never looked like scoring. And credit to our defence for demoralising them. We really did well.
Trotter is an obvious talking point. In his new position he makes the whole team more fluent and we did string together lots of neat phases of possession. Trotter misplaced two passes horribly but otherwise for me had his foot on the tiller of pretty much anything we did that was good and he fits in really well with Spearing. But he is one paced and languid of movement and this will not endear him to everyone. Still today he had a lot of very good touches.He also made a fabulous block on Jackson who was just about to fire in a carbon copy of his effort last year.
The same is true of Chungy. Lots of running and keen involvement but alas he offered nothing much in the final third
DF went with two upfront today and we were left for me with too few in midfield and no presence on the flanks. This rendered us more or less toothless and although Mills had a great set piece header clawed away by a defender's boot our only other chances of note fell : one to Beckford who fell over his own feet and one to Danns after an excellent burst forward by Beckford . Danns jinked himself into a good position but then ballooned his shot over the bar
Jutkiewicz makes an interesting study. He held the ball up or chested it off well a couple of times and worked a couple of shots on goal but he is seriously unfit and it really showed today. Maybe he can go up a gear for short periods and I do believe he is the nearest we have to a player of the season. But you know what: to sign him permanently is not the be all and end all. He wasn't good today and really should have been hooked at 65 Mins when clearly feeling exhausted and getting groin twinges!
Beckford has speed and did a couple of things well. He all but got a touch for goal before the keeper in an early 50:50. Another day it might have gone in. Today both keeper and Beckford had about 4 mins treatment which curiously only brought two mins first half added time
In sum a good, controlled defensive performance which made Charlton look awful but didn't excite. An end of season, mid table nothingness for us . One for the coach not the fans
Bogdan 8 Hutton 7 Wheater 8 Mills 8 Ream 7 Spearing 7 Trotter7 CYL 6 Danns 6. Jutkiewicz 5 Beckford 5
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Post by Trotter on Apr 18, 2014 18:20:45 GMT
Thanks for the reports lads, sorry it was a bore draw in which the majority on here forecast no one got the actual score right but many predicted a draw.
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Post by davidm on Apr 18, 2014 19:38:18 GMT
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Post by BL2 on Apr 18, 2014 20:00:18 GMT
New commentator on Tower FM nothing like as good as normal pair It was a weird commentary on Tower. Couldn't hear any background/crowd noise at all. It was as if the guy was locked away in a soundproofed room watching the match on a monitor. I kept switching between that and that idiot Dearden on GMR. I don't know which was worst.
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Post by thekraken on Apr 18, 2014 20:02:43 GMT
Yes, you're right David. Bogdan gave him a good kick. It was at the far end to us and I wondered what all the fuss was about. Mills had lots of time to clear up field but for some reason passed it across the back and maybe Bogdan didn't see him coming. Lucky escape!
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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 18, 2014 20:04:31 GMT
It's looking like this is the sort of feast on offer for next season!!! If I thought DF had built on something from the Blackpool game last season, I'd have been encouraged, but he's been in the job long enough in a poor league where everyone beats everyone and yet we've struggled so badly and we haven't moved on one single bit. This, for me is a damning indictment of DFs managerial credentials and proves that he will never lead us back to the Prem, well certainly not with the unadventurous uninspiring football on show. BUT..... We're stuck with him!! What a shame...
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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 18, 2014 20:04:59 GMT
It's looking like this is the sort of feast on offer for next season!!! If I thought DF had built on something from the Blackpool game last season, I'd have been encouraged, but he's been in the job long enough in a poor league where everyone beats everyone and yet we've struggled so badly and we haven't moved on one single bit. This, for me is a damning indictment of DFs managerial credentials and proves that he will never lead us back to the Prem, well certainly not with the unadventurous uninspiring football on show. BUT..... We're stuck with him!! What a shame...
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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 18, 2014 20:07:43 GMT
Don't know why It posted twice!! Maybe I needed to be heard?
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Post by socalwanderers on Apr 18, 2014 23:12:57 GMT
Boring DF... Your right Ricoh... This is exactly what's going to be on offer next season.
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