Chester FC V Woking MATCH THREAD

First half has been the case of 2nd best. Woking are solid, quick and organised. We’ve had a few chances but in all honesty Woking are by far the better team. Gonna be some team talk to wake the lads up.

Torquay 4-0 up at half time v Maidenhead !

Halls seems to be playing really poorly at the moment.

We hit the post twice and had a few decent chances before gifting them a second. We'll lose this but there are a few reasons to be encouraged. 

Aaaargh another defeat to Woking. ☹️☹️☹️

Agreed ..... no positives at all for me. Some dreadful performances tonight as bad a Dover. Dawson, Halls , Mahon, Shaw, Akintunde, Hannah, Davies were all shite. I thought after the last home game we were ok. We're a shambles and will go down unless he can ship out all the deadwood.

We have got Jon McCarthy to thank for that, he's the gift that keeps on giving. Building such an unbalanced squad meant that if our only winger gets injured then we have no width to bring on. We were left with Davies, who is woefully out of his depth at this level and I've still no idea if there is any position on a football pitch actually suits him. How did he get an extra year? Then we have no competition or cover for any of our defenders should they get injured or just need some competition. Also it's yet another team than are miles fitter and sharper than us.....what did we do in pre season?

We started slow and paid the price. Woking looked far superior in possession although we were getting to grips with them a bit by the end of the first half. 2nd half Woking were quicker out of the blocks again but we came into it and looked like we could score. Astles hits the post and we are all set for a great last 20 mins where we had every chance of getting one back but then Halls completely kills us by selling Lynch short on a back pass. Game over.

Halls should be embarrassed to pick up a pay packet after that dogshit performance tonight. He has been inept all season. He is poor at defending, has no composure, and no wonder all he does is hoof is because his distribution when he does try and pass is amongst the worst I've seen at this level. I'd seriously rather have Higgins who was dreadful but at least he could give us a bit of energy getting forward. But he has no competition for his place so we are stuck with him. He couldn't have been this bad at Macc surely? He was their captain and seemed well thought of in a team that did pretty well. Askey is a genius it seems.

Marcus probably realises what a big job he has on his hands tonight. A small, unbalanced squad which is unlikely to change unless we have a have decent run in the cup to allow us to strengthen. But with Torquay getting those sort of results I worry whether we will be cut adrift come January.

We were all frustrated tonight but who on earth is that strange chap on the terrace who seems to squeal "every balls a chester ball" on loop? He was berating Rowe Turner for being lazy.......Christ he was the only only getting down the flanks! Then he was yelling at Davies calling him a prick. I know Davies is poor but seriously what good is it abusing a young lad who is struggling? Don't understand the mindset of people at times.

A word on Woking, who were a well drilled team who has terrific movement and passed the ball really well. Even though we had some chances, I always felt like we were just trying to counter attack whereas they controlled the majority of possession. It was all a bit McCarthy.

Certain people had a go at me for saying halls is worst than Higgins tonight proved it Hannah should not of got a two year deal Davies a waste of space but halls was shocking

Macc fans warned us about him, they weren't lying that's for sure.

We looked so slow tonight, lethargic and to be honest just generally unfit, Woking were fast and zippy and kept it up for 90 minutes. Funnily enough a game against a slow and lumpy Tranmere on Saturday might actually suit us better.

Strange really as the Woking I watched on Saturday looked nothing like the side they were tonight. Stopped our full backs getting forward and marked Dawson out of the game. As it happens we had the best chances but make no mistake Woking were by far the superior side.

Pretty good summary that Si. I think Bignot can now see that he has a job on his hands and at times we were a little unlucky - the one that hit the post - if that goes in it would have been interesting, Instead we go down our own end and gift them a goal. You're right about them being fitter as well. Lynch is way too porky. I also agree with your comments on Davies. Abusing the lad is pretty counterproductive but he is painfully out of his depth - at least Marcus will know that for sure now. What the hell was Macca thinking giving him a full year. Farcical. 

Cupe run essential now and the game v Kiddie is a big one for us for many reasons. 

Kingsley should never have cut his hair. Short back and sides and suddenly the worst game he's ever had. That cannot be a coincidence.

Too many beards, if our players put at much effort into training as they do facial grooming we would be promotion contenders!

Completely outclassed. Why do we always look much slower and not as fit as the opposition. Bignot has a hell of a job on his hands to keep this lot in the league.
He has to start with the basics: get them fit, teach them how to pass a ball to a team-mate and instill some fire in their bellies to go into a tackle and actually win the ball. We might then stand a chance.

Surprised it's taken this long for people to notice - Andy Halls has been woeful all season, tonight wasn't a one off - he needs dropping and very quickly.

As for Liam Davies - the idea that people at the club chose to use precious funds to extend his contract by 6 months during pre-season because they thought he could be the next under-24 player we can sell for big money is embarrassingly laughable.