Chester FC V Boreham Wood MATCH THREAD

whatever species they were, they were more entertaining than the 11 bluetits on the pitch, there more like magpies, nasty pilthering bastards, robbing the heart and soul out the club to feather there own nests

Perhaps because we have no confidence and play with fear of making mistakes.

Chappell on a couple of occasions did try and run at them, but eventually took to turning back on himself and playing the ball backwards. That seemed to be the last straw for Bignot from what I saw of his reaction.

They were the new wing..ers

Agreed with this. What is going on with Kingsley James? He doesn't look arsed and looks a shell of his previous self. Dawson, whilst his willingness to get on the ball should be applauded, he has to be one of the weakest central midfielders in the division. And shaw was sub standard. I'd go as far to say he looks like a man who knows the game is up and he's on his way. And Turnbull is a disgrace. He's hiding in games.

Agree with all these posts but one thing that no-one ever seems to mention is how poor we are at throw ins.

I’d be a rich man if I had a £1 for every time we end up hurling it up the line to someone who is marked by two opposition players because none of our players show any willingness to lose their marker or stand within a realistic distance from the thrower. You’d have to be Geoff Capes to throw it to one of our players at times.

Did ok second half last week, wouldn’t criticise him too much from his header chance. He has pace and runs at players. Only one that did.

Thought that was just a pretty generic poor display, we’re well accustomed to them by now, nothing new. We actually started alright despite the stop start nature to the game but we fell apart after conceding, the rest of the first half was pretty turgid. Lathaniel Rowe-Turner conceding the corner which led to Boreham’s opener was one of the stupidest things I’ve seen executed on a football pitch. Right out on the wing about 40 yards from the touchline he was just about to be closed down when he hoofed it back with his right foot (presumably meant for Lynch) when it went straight out for a corner instead. That’s a new mental scar to add to the collection following this club, I just know that I’m forever going to struggle to forget it. We improved a bit after the break with a diamond in midfield switched from a 4-3-3 system, but improving just ‘a bit’ summed the whole day up.

Chapell was unceremoniously dumped at half time, thought it was a bit harsh myself, he has obvious limitations but he was the one player trying to get the ball down and play. Overall though it’s a bit silly how he’s in his third year here, I actually think he has the technical ability above this level but it’s far outweighed by just how unbelievably powderpuff he is. Kingsley James also seemed to have a right sulk on, he was possibly our best and most consistent performer during August and September but he just looks as if he’s spat the dummy out, Tom Shaw gave him a right tongue lashing for it at one point in the second half. The new lad Reece Hall-Johnson looked alright, nothing spectacular but certainly an improvement on you know who, usually occupying that position. Not a hope in hell of that midfield creating anything, stood still all game. Harry White did nothing either, just ran around a bit, Zanzala at the very least beat a few men.

Don’t blame Bignot for trying a different system, he has to really. It worked fairly well against Ebbsfleet a few weeks ago, we actually have the personnel for it with plenty of central midfielders and forwards. What I like about Bignot is that he takes no time in identifying the problems, not like McCarthy getting all defensive burying his head in the sand. He has to work by hook or by crook to get out of this.

Just got to hope Bignot can wave some sort of magic wand, Boreham Wood were absolutely awful but we’re even worse!

Ok we are a poor side with a LOT of poor players. But the teams we are playing aren't great, so we don't need to turn into Barcelona to move up the league.

Boringwood had nothing yesterday. They won by being more professional and not making stupid mistakes. They are 9th, that's the standard we need to beat

If we win on Tuesday we are out of the relegation zone, so it's not like we are already doomed. I know we are bad but reading some of these comments you'd think we are 15 points from safety

I also looked at Astles yesterday and thought he'd put weight on. Don't get me wrong, I love the big man but he is a professional ffs.

By the way it says new member but I have been in football on way or another for 60 years and supporting the team all that time as well.

Where I was yesterday we agreed that you could "cut and paste" the posts from the Kiddie game, indeed virtually any game this season and apply them to yesterday's shambles so there's really not much to add.

We are what we are - a Conference North team trying to survive in a league one level higher.

I was really hoping for a strong reaction yesterday after Kiddie but, yet again, I left the Deva disappointed and angry.
The Deva really is becoming a depressing place to be at the moment, a real sense of impending doom. The crowd, for what it was, WILL get behind the team if they see something to get behind.
But, there's almost a sense of resignation nowadays - we WILL make schoolboy errors, we WILL concede and we haven't got either the guile or fight to recover. You know it's coming, you can't do anything about it but still watch almost as if it's a macabre addiction! Gallows humour is creeping in!
This is why the atmosphere is flat at the Deva, it's becoming a vicious spiral of pessimism which must be broken. The crowd can and will do their bit but, ultimately, the solution rests with the manager and players, the latter simply not being good enough at the moment.

I thought the seagulls took the piss, the Crow had a good game tho