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Post by chesterken on Feb 24, 2024 19:56:46 GMT
The worst part today was to hear Chester fans cheering and chanting “ let him die “ after the Spennymoor lad pulled his hamstring, absolutely no need for that , I know a lot of play acting goes on but you could tell the lad was genuinely injured . That’s probably him out for the season I thought it was a total lack of class from some of our fans.
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Post by 1paulcarden on Feb 24, 2024 20:06:20 GMT
Midfield hopeless again. George ‘Gin & Tonic’ Glendon looked like he’d spent all Friday evening and Saturday lunchtime in Bar Lounge. Had to be reminded he was playing when he needlessly gave the ball away in the 85th minute. Weeks was also crap but tried. Whitehouse played well I thought. Peers surprisingly rubbish. As others have said, the Taylor substitution was mental.
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Post by bluegazza on Feb 24, 2024 20:25:29 GMT
Too many final passes poor, straight to defenders.
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Post by blue4life on Feb 24, 2024 20:31:44 GMT
The worst part today was to hear Chester fans cheering and chanting “ let him die “ after the Spennymoor lad pulled his hamstring, absolutely no need for that , I know a lot of play acting goes on but you could tell the lad was genuinely injured . That’s probably him out for the season I thought it was a total lack of class from some of our fans. Yeah was very cringe to hear the little scrotes behind the goal cheering his injury and chanting, just no need at all, hope the lad has a speedy recovery.
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Post by moldcestrian on Feb 24, 2024 20:31:45 GMT
Midfield hopeless again. George ‘Gin & Tonic’ Glendon looked like he’d spent all Friday evening and Saturday lunchtime in Bar Lounge. Had to be reminded he was playing when he needlessly gave the ball away in the 85th minute. Weeks was also crap but tried. Whitehouse played well I thought. Peers surprisingly rubbish. As others have said, the Taylor substitution was mental. What’s with that dig at Glendon? Explain? He’s our top scorer and arguably player of the season so far.
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Post by 1paulcarden on Feb 24, 2024 20:34:04 GMT
Midfield hopeless again. George ‘Gin & Tonic’ Glendon looked like he’d spent all Friday evening and Saturday lunchtime in Bar Lounge. Had to be reminded he was playing when he needlessly gave the ball away in the 85th minute. Weeks was also crap but tried. Whitehouse played well I thought. Peers surprisingly rubbish. As others have said, the Taylor substitution was mental. What’s with that dig at Glendon? Explain? He’s our top scorer and arguably player of the season so far. When he’s at it he’s a good Conference North player. When he isn’t (like today) it’s ten men stuff. Player of the season over Stanway or Matty Williams? Give over.
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Post by loskasleftfoot on Feb 24, 2024 20:34:17 GMT
90 mins in which neither side had a single decent passing movement,Spennymoor keeper made one save and Stanway didn't break sweat. This league is crap with the teams much of a muchness. Entertainment level 2/10
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Post by 1paulcarden on Feb 24, 2024 20:50:09 GMT
90 mins in which neither side had a single decent passing movement,Spennymoor keeper made one save and Stanway didn't break sweat. This league is crap with the teams much of a muchness. Entertainment level 2/10 Agree with this. Love Cal, think it’s been another good season. But let’s be honest, it’s a bloody hard watch for most home games.
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Post by moldcestrian on Feb 24, 2024 20:51:19 GMT
What’s with that dig at Glendon? Explain? He’s our top scorer and arguably player of the season so far. When he’s at it he’s a good Conference North player. When he isn’t (like today) it’s ten men stuff. Player of the season over Stanway or Matty Williams? Give over. Stop trying to get bites by saying on his day he’s a good ‘conference north’ player. What’s he done to you? Enlighten us all please. Did your wife leave you for him?
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Post by bonecrusher on Feb 24, 2024 20:56:06 GMT
The worst part today was to hear Chester fans cheering and chanting “ let him die “ after the Spennymoor lad pulled his hamstring, absolutely no need for that , I know a lot of play acting goes on but you could tell the lad was genuinely injured . That’s probably him out for the season I thought it was a total lack of class from some of our fans. We definitely have some utter bellends who follow us.
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Post by 1paulcarden on Feb 24, 2024 21:08:38 GMT
When he’s at it he’s a good Conference North player. When he isn’t (like today) it’s ten men stuff. Player of the season over Stanway or Matty Williams? Give over. Stop trying to get bites by saying on his day he’s a good ‘conference north’ player. What’s he done to you? Enlighten us all please. Did your wife leave you for him? If you didn’t go today you didn’t miss much. If you did, why on Earth are you asking that question? Norton has been twatted for far more commitment than he showed today.
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Post by weststander on Feb 24, 2024 21:11:52 GMT
Poor second half that. Too many home performances like that this season.if you don't put away the.chances when we are on top, you are going to struggle. For me the reason we can't maintain momentum is that we lack a targetmsn to hold the ball up in the final third, and bring others into play.It comes back at us far too much . And we overplay it in the final third. Really missed the creatuvity and directness of Tollit. Imagine him and Dackers as a forward line
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Post by moldcestrian on Feb 24, 2024 21:28:51 GMT
Stop trying to get bites by saying on his day he’s a good ‘conference north’ player. What’s he done to you? Enlighten us all please. Did your wife leave you for him? If you didn’t go today you didn’t miss much. If you did, why on Earth are you asking that question? Norton has been twatted for far more commitment than he showed today. You haven’t answered what I’ve asked. What’s Glendon done to you, to warrant this level of negativity? George ‘gin & tonic’ Glendon? Can be a good conference player? You’re an absolute joke. Everything that’s wrong with sections of our fan base. You’d say none of your dribble to Glendon’s face
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Post by 1paulcarden on Feb 24, 2024 21:40:57 GMT
If you didn’t go today you didn’t miss much. If you did, why on Earth are you asking that question? Norton has been twatted for far more commitment than he showed today. You haven’t answered what I’ve asked. What’s Glendon done to you, to warrant this level of negativity? George ‘gin & tonic’ Glendon? Can be a good conference player? You’re an absolute joke. Everything that’s wrong with sections of our fan base. You’d say none of your dribble to Glendon’s face I said on his day he’s a good conference north player. He’s often not at that level like today. My argument is that we hedge our bets as a team and a squad that he’s of such an unreal pedigree/quality that he’ll turn up and all he needs to do is sneeze and we’ll win 3-0. Reality is a million miles away from that. When he performs he’s a good player for our level. When he doesn’t he’s so ineffective if’s not worth having him in the squad.
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Post by Anders on Feb 24, 2024 21:41:07 GMT
Random whinge, but is there really a need for so many stewards in front of the Harry Mac in the last few minutes? Must have been about ten of them. Looked pathetic.
Genuinely mistook one of them for their keeper at one point.
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Post by Anders on Feb 24, 2024 22:40:52 GMT
The worst part today was to hear Chester fans cheering and chanting “ let him die “ after the Spennymoor lad pulled his hamstring, absolutely no need for that , I know a lot of play acting goes on but you could tell the lad was genuinely injured . That’s probably him out for the season I thought it was a total lack of class from some of our fans. Was right in front of me in the West Stand when he was being treated and the poor lad was in a really bad way. After hobbling off I think he went in to shock, had oxygen.
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Post by Harry Lime on Feb 24, 2024 22:44:52 GMT
It seems to be a consistent thing that we start ok and slowly lose our threat as the game goes on.
I get that we choose to control the centre of the pitch, but it's often at the expense of creating genuine chances. The game gets squeezed as we press the opposition back,but that removes any space for our forwards. I felt sorry for Peers and Norton as almost every ball was a fight ball. They had very little opportunity to turn and run with the ball. As the 2nd half went on Glendon disappeared again. He needs to find a way to get into space as he's the front of the diamond. Link play, find space and create chances.
You could predict the subs today. It's always Murray and Norton who go off. The space 1st half was all wide left, so you could see why Taylor might come on, but he played more central for some reason.
I disagree with an earlier post that the game is all about short passing now. True the game is more about passing, but the better sides also combine that with athleticism and pace. I actually think we make the game more difficult for the players by not having more variety in the group. It's hardly an ideally balanced midfield. That can cause us to overplay. Add to that no real target man, and no one who can take men on. The opposition know we will move the ball around, and rotate well, but it's all in front of them. That probably suits the lesser sides as they can drop in. It's less important to control centre of midfield against a poorer team, as they'll drop off anyway. Might be better stretching them.
We're all Chester fans and have views on performances and players. Like all fans do. We won't all agree. But I often wonder what a neutral visiting the Deva would think of the performance. If we want to grow the club fanbase we do need to be both winning and entertaining. Would the neutral come back?
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Post by borussiachester on Feb 24, 2024 23:00:19 GMT
You haven’t answered what I’ve asked. What’s Glendon done to you, to warrant this level of negativity? George ‘gin & tonic’ Glendon? Can be a good conference player? You’re an absolute joke. Everything that’s wrong with sections of our fan base. You’d say none of your dribble to Glendon’s face I said on his day he’s a good conference north player. He’s often not at that level like today. My argument is that we hedge our bets as a team and a squad that he’s of such an unreal pedigree/quality that he’ll turn up and all he needs to do is sneeze and we’ll win 3-0. Reality is a million miles away from that. When he performs he’s a good player for our level. When he doesn’t he’s so ineffective if’s not worth having him in the squad. I’m not convinced even you believe the stuff you come out with about Glendon at this point. Every time the team play badly, you blame him (and often him alone) and lay into him with the most ridiculously heavy-handed criticism, and ludicrous comments like the ones you’ve just made would almost suggest that this agenda is driven not just by your opinions on him as a footballer but by a personal vendetta. Do you fancy enlightening us as to what he’s done off the pitch to offend you so deeply?
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Post by 1paulcarden on Feb 24, 2024 23:08:49 GMT
It seems to be a consistent thing that we start ok and slowly lose our threat as the game goes on. I get that we choose to control the centre of the pitch, but it's often at the expense of creating genuine chances. The game gets squeezed as we press the opposition back,but that removes any space for our forwards. I felt sorry for Peers and Norton as almost every ball was a fight ball. They had very little opportunity to turn and run with the ball. As the 2nd half went on Glendon disappeared again. He needs to find a way to get into space as he's the front of the diamond. Link play, find space and create chances. You could predict the subs today. It's always Murray and Norton who go off. The space 1st half was all wide left, so you could see why Taylor might come on, but he played more central for some reason. I disagree with an earlier post that the game is all about short passing now. True the game is more about passing, but the better sides also combine that with athleticism and pace. I actually think we make the game more difficult for the players by not having more variety in the group. It's hardly an ideally balanced midfield. That can cause us to overplay. Add to that no real target man, and no one who can take men on. The opposition know we will move the ball around, and rotate well, but it's all in front of them. That probably suits the lesser sides as they can drop in. It's less important to control centre of midfield against a poorer team, as they'll drop off anyway. Might be better stretching them. We're all Chester fans and have views on performances and players. Like all fans do. We won't all agree. But I often wonder what a neutral visiting the Deva would think of the performance. If we want to grow the club fanbase we do need to be both winning and entertaining. Would the neutral come back? Sorry Harry, this isn’t the place for reasoned thought. Tell them Glendon’s Championship class and is the only reason why we score one at home regularly and they’ll leave you alone.
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Post by 1paulcarden on Feb 24, 2024 23:16:19 GMT
I said on his day he’s a good conference north player. He’s often not at that level like today. My argument is that we hedge our bets as a team and a squad that he’s of such an unreal pedigree/quality that he’ll turn up and all he needs to do is sneeze and we’ll win 3-0. Reality is a million miles away from that. When he performs he’s a good player for our level. When he doesn’t he’s so ineffective if’s not worth having him in the squad. I’m not convinced even you believe the stuff you come out with about Glendon at this point. Every time the team play badly, you blame him (and often him alone) and lay into him with the most ridiculously heavy-handed criticism, and ludicrous comments like the ones you’ve just made would almost suggest that this agenda is driven not just by your opinions on him as a footballer but by a personal vendetta. Do you fancy enlightening us as to what he’s done off the pitch to offend you so deeply? Perceptive stuff. All I’ll say is, and it’s dead easy, is that he’s the fulcrum of our midfield and we don’t create or score much. He’s got a decent goal tally this season (as has Whitehouse) but the reason I heard ‘fucking shite’ in the Blues Bar afterwards is due to lack of creativity. Don’t have a massive agenda against him, more to do with the fact that I’m constantly told how ridiculously marvellous he is and that the reason why we constantly don’t hit the mark is because the midfield doesn’t work. Watch him track, it’s wild.
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Post by highpeakblue on Feb 24, 2024 23:27:30 GMT
I’m not convinced even you believe the stuff you come out with about Glendon at this point. Every time the team play badly, you blame him (and often him alone) and lay into him with the most ridiculously heavy-handed criticism, and ludicrous comments like the ones you’ve just made would almost suggest that this agenda is driven not just by your opinions on him as a footballer but by a personal vendetta. Do you fancy enlightening us as to what he’s done off the pitch to offend you so deeply? Perceptive stuff. All I’ll say is, and it’s dead easy, is that he’s the fulcrum of our midfield and we don’t create or score much. He’s got a decent goal tally this season (as has Whitehouse) but the reason I heard ‘fucking shite’ in the Blues Bar afterwards is due to lack of creativity. Don’t have a massive agenda against him, more to do with the fact that I’m constantly told how ridiculously marvellous he is and that the reason why we constantly don’t hit the mark is because the midfield doesn’t work. Watch him track, it’s wild. You really just have one target, don't you. Many worse performances. How you can absolve Weeks, who was dire today, and pick Glendon, who was average, is beyond me. Why not pick out Peers, who couldn't win a ball in the air all afternoon, mistiming all of his jumps and had a mare. Iwan Murray won more than he did against those defenders.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2024 0:18:59 GMT
bad day at the office. don't feed these absolute weapons who appear when we dont win. If not for the standards this squad set last year we'd all be delighted to be where we are now. UTS.
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Post by Anders on Feb 25, 2024 3:38:49 GMT
Really poor. It felt flat from the start, on and off the pitch and we just never really got going. Been a while since I’ve seen so many unforced errors. Roberts probably MOTM, followed by Norton. Nobody else much good, Whitehouse and Woodthorpe the only other two who could claim to be maybe rated average at best. Love Burke and Williams to bits but my word they were both painful to watch in this. Weeks at least got on the ball unlike Glendon, but he was absolutely miles off it. Murray bought a few fouls but otherwise not in it.
Spennymoor didn’t offer much at all, a point was the absolute most they deserved. I don’t mind my manager being aware and highlighting things like the opposition being in form, but I thought he overhyped them a bit beforehand and already has again early on with Scunthorpe. Was no need for that and I think the deliberate self-deprecating tactic can go too far sometimes. Maybe it translated on the pitch a bit because it felt like we meekly accepted a point a bit too easily for my liking. We were going through the motions from a fair way out.
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Post by highpeakblue on Feb 25, 2024 8:36:57 GMT
Agree with your performance standouts.
I just think that the formation didn't work from the start. No width or cohesion. The only time we got wide with purpose in the first half we scored.
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Post by johny9 on Feb 25, 2024 8:39:33 GMT
Frustrating one yesterday which we badly missed tollitt , he could be the difference in games like that . It followed the same pattern as a lot of our home games this season in which we never seem to throw the kitchen sink at teams when we are trying to win games and my concern is if we need a goal in the last 10/15 minutes in playoffs or a game to get in playoffs will we make the changes to put opposition under constant pressure or let games fizzle out like yesterday ( and playoff game last year ) ?!
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Post by Harry Lime on Feb 25, 2024 8:41:54 GMT
Really poor. It felt flat from the start, on and off the pitch and we just never really got going. Been a while since I’ve seen so many unforced errors. Roberts probably MOTM, followed by Norton. Nobody else much good, Whitehouse and Woodthorpe the only other two who could claim to be maybe rated average at best. Love Burke and Williams to bits but my word they were both painful to watch in this. Weeks at least got on the ball unlike Glendon, but he was absolutely miles off it. Murray bought a few fouls but otherwise not in it. Spennymoor didn’t offer much at all, a point was the absolute most they deserved. I don’t mind my manager being aware and highlighting things like the opposition being in form, but I thought he overhyped them a bit beforehand and already has again early on with Scunthorpe. Was no need for that and I think the deliberate self-deprecating tactic can go too far sometimes. Maybe it translated on the pitch a bit because it felt like we meekly accepted a point a bit too easily for my liking. We were going through the motions from a fair way out. On Friday night Cal mentioned their effectiveness on the break and said we'd need to control that area of the game. When he does that we can look a bit passive. It all becomes a bit safe, and it's like we're not prepared to take risks to score a goal in case we concede.
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Post by Moltisanti on Feb 25, 2024 8:43:34 GMT
Midfield hopeless again. George ‘Gin & Tonic’ Glendon looked like he’d spent all Friday evening and Saturday lunchtime in Bar Lounge. Had to be reminded he was playing when he needlessly gave the ball away in the 85th minute. Weeks was also crap but tried. Whitehouse played well I thought. Peers surprisingly rubbish. As others have said, the Taylor substitution was mental. What’s with that dig at Glendon? Explain? He’s our top scorer and arguably player of the season so far. Always does it when we lose. Doesn’t post when we win only when we lose normally and always blames Glendon. Obsessed weirdo who is even more weird in real life going by what I’ve been told by many posters 👀
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Post by Moltisanti on Feb 25, 2024 8:46:46 GMT
I’m not convinced even you believe the stuff you come out with about Glendon at this point. Every time the team play badly, you blame him (and often him alone) and lay into him with the most ridiculously heavy-handed criticism, and ludicrous comments like the ones you’ve just made would almost suggest that this agenda is driven not just by your opinions on him as a footballer but by a personal vendetta. Do you fancy enlightening us as to what he’s done off the pitch to offend you so deeply? Perceptive stuff. All I’ll say is, and it’s dead easy, is that he’s the fulcrum of our midfield and we don’t create or score much. He’s got a decent goal tally this season (as has Whitehouse) but the reason I heard ‘fucking shite’ in the Blues Bar afterwards is due to lack of creativity. Don’t have a massive agenda against him, more to do with the fact that I’m constantly told how ridiculously marvellous he is and that the reason why we constantly don’t hit the mark is because the midfield doesn’t work. Watch him track, it’s wild. “Don’t have a massive agenda against him” 😂😂 You realise everyone can read your post history?
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Post by 1paulcarden on Feb 25, 2024 8:50:52 GMT
Really poor. It felt flat from the start, on and off the pitch and we just never really got going. Been a while since I’ve seen so many unforced errors. Roberts probably MOTM, followed by Norton. Nobody else much good, Whitehouse and Woodthorpe the only other two who could claim to be maybe rated average at best. Love Burke and Williams to bits but my word they were both painful to watch in this. Weeks at least got on the ball unlike Glendon, but he was absolutely miles off it. Murray bought a few fouls but otherwise not in it. Spennymoor didn’t offer much at all, a point was the absolute most they deserved. I don’t mind my manager being aware and highlighting things like the opposition being in form, but I thought he overhyped them a bit beforehand and already has again early on with Scunthorpe. Was no need for that and I think the deliberate self-deprecating tactic can go too far sometimes. Maybe it translated on the pitch a bit because it felt like we meekly accepted a point a bit too easily for my liking. We were going through the motions from a fair way out. Agreed on Norton. Definitely a player in there.
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Post by 1paulcarden on Feb 25, 2024 8:54:49 GMT
What’s with that dig at Glendon? Explain? He’s our top scorer and arguably player of the season so far. Always does it when we lose. Doesn’t post when we win only when we lose normally and always blames Glendon. Obsessed weirdo who is even more weird in real life going by what I’ve been told by many posters 👀 Anyone asks what I do in my spare time and I tell them I trawl through people’s post history on Devachat. They soon disappear.
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