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Post by martinblue47 on Jan 13, 2018 19:36:42 GMT
Disgusting. We got what we deserved really. No players showed any fight at all. The performance really was gutless. I was saying to a few fans before the game that I wouldn’t be surprised if we see Kidderminster all over again, and we did for most parts of the game. Hardly any of the players looked like winners whatsoever. Also, the style of play was shocking too. All we did was play the ball long, and hardly played it on the floor. Fair play to East Thurrock though, they did put their bodies on the line and fully deserved the victory. It’s not the best of grounds but the village was lovely, and the locals were very friendly. I had a brief chat with their manager for 10 minutes and he was nice too. The tackle from Gary Roberts was nasty, though. He did win some of the ball but he sent their player flying. Gary was barely on for 5 minutes, then he lost his head. Today’s defeat really is embarrassing. For one, we’ve lost out on £7,000 and 2, the players didn’t put heart in at all. If their is a positive, then at least we focus on our very small chance of survival. I would say that we took about 150 down there today. A terrific number from our superb supporters who don’t deserve to be watching this. Where were the 300 from Blacon though?? Are you for real. 300 from blacon. You will never get 300 extra when we play trashmere at home from blacon. Fans have gone to spend there £18 elsewhere and who can blame them. That small chance of survival you and others talk about has long since gone. Face it Chester are a club in the mire up shit creek without a paddle doomed. And that has been obvious since the end of last season when JM was allowed to stay. Upstairs in the boardroom have alot to answer when we drop
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Post by Paul Da Part on Jan 13, 2018 19:41:47 GMT
I'd be a lot more pissed off if this was an abject performance in a vital league game. The Trophy should never be prioritised over our National League status (no matter what the prize funds are for winning rounds). Sure, £7,000 would have been nice but the Trophy would be an unwelcome distraction and who actually thought that we could actually go all the way in it anyway? All well and good MB giving the press a few soundbites about a trip to Wembley etc, but the League is where it really matters. It's not exactly out of reach is it? Just need the players, all of them, to step up. I actually thought that we would win today but it wasn't to be. Roberts sending off irked me, but again, at least it's not cost us too much in terms of league postions etc, given we were 1-0 down, his sending off wasn't a game-changer and it was a cup game after all. Will be a loss for the three game ban that'll be incoming but there's a lot to play for. I'm a pessimist and proud of it, but you can only try and think positively before games now. What is the alternative, after all? If, ultimately, we do fall short, then I hope we go down battling and with a bit of pride and a bit of fight. A lack of that today, yes, but would like to see a backlash against Gateshead now next week.
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Post by agl on Jan 13, 2018 19:45:50 GMT
Wow. Just when you think a corner has been turned they revert to type. Outfought and outplayed by a mid table team from a division below. The first half was an absolute embarrassment. I don't know where to begin trying to dissect what went wrong but we lost the midfield battle for a start - Shaw and Dawson were shocking. Improved in the second half and had a couple of good chances but they could equally have scored another couple. There were 4 out of ten performances all over the pitch - apart from the two I've already shamed Akintunde and Hannah were poor...I've had enough of Hannah. Constantly offside, doesn't win headers or hold the ball up then when he gets a one on one with the keeper he fluffs it. Akintunde was pushed wide to accommodate Hannah and had a stinker. Thought White did OK and we need to be playing him and Akintunde up front and drop Hannah to the bench. Astles and Jones were solid enough but you'd expect that against lower opposition. Kingsley at right back was never going to work.. All very well peopple who didn't go dismissing it as Mickey Mouse but all the shortcomings that will probably send us down were obvious again today...no quality against a team that ran hard, were well organised and didn't give us any time on the ball. We rely on Dawson to be the playmaker but he isn't up to it...needs too much time on the ball and never got into the game. Too far away to see the sending off properly but looked bad...bit like the one last week at Ebbsfleet. At best it was silly but didn't really influence the result. If it was Roberts that put Hannah in it was the only piece of quality from a player in a blue shirt. Well done to East Thurrock - thoroughly deserved. I wish some of our lot had the commitment and attitudes of their team.
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Post by Helsby Blue on Jan 13, 2018 19:45:54 GMT
Disgusting. We got what we deserved really. No players showed any fight at all. The performance really was gutless. I was saying to a few fans before the game that I wouldn’t be surprised if we see Kidderminster all over again, and we did for most parts of the game. Hardly any of the players looked like winners whatsoever. Also, the style of play was shocking too. All we did was play the ball long, and hardly played it on the floor. Fair play to East Thurrock though, they did put their bodies on the line and fully deserved the victory. It’s not the best of grounds but the village was lovely, and the locals were very friendly. I had a brief chat with their manager for 10 minutes and he was nice too. The tackle from Gary Roberts was nasty, though. He did win some of the ball but he sent their player flying. Gary was barely on for 5 minutes, then he lost his head. Today’s defeat really is embarrassing. For one, we’ve lost out on £7,000 and 2, the players didn’t put heart in at all. If their is a positive, then at least we focus on our very small chance of survival. I would say that we took about 150 down there today. A terrific number from our superb supporters who don’t deserve to be watching this. Where were the 300 from Blacon though?? Come on Rio, we still have 54 points to play for. Far more than a very small chance of survival. Of all people, I don’t expect you to be so pessimistic. Nobody injured, and Roberts not yet match fit so would only make the bench anyway, so no damage done. Happy New Year, and all the best for 2018. Rio makes a perfectly valid point about the very small chance. Regardless of how many points are available, the reality is how many are we likely to get out of those 54. No hiding from the fact we have been bottom four form for over 12 months.
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Post by stevew on Jan 13, 2018 19:51:16 GMT
Look the way I see it is we really need to get behind the team 100% for the rest of the season. We are where we are and we need to give OUR all for the remaining games. I really hope that Roberts comes back and shows what he can do because we have no one else who can create from midfield. He is not the 1st player to be sent off and he at least showed some fire. My Dad passed away recently at age 97 and he would turn in his grave at some of the comments on here. He watched his 1st Chester match in the 1920's and would moan when the team played crap but he always turned up and supported the team. My point is that we all want the same thing. COUB 'A
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Post by tarvinblue on Jan 13, 2018 19:52:04 GMT
Come on Rio, we still have 54 points to play for. Far more than a very small chance of survival. Of all people, I don’t expect you to be so pessimistic. Nobody injured, and Roberts not yet match fit so would only make the bench anyway, so no damage done. Happy New Year, and all the best for 2018. Rio makes a perfectly valid point about the very small chance. Regardless of how many points are available, the reality is how many are we likely to get out of those 54. No hiding from the fact we have been bottom four form for over 12 months. Realistically we need to win 26 of those 54 to stay up. Does anyone really see us winning half of our remaining games? I few gritty performances is one thing, going on a run like that is quite another.
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Post by Lobster on Jan 13, 2018 20:38:10 GMT
Rio makes a perfectly valid point about the very small chance. Regardless of how many points are available, the reality is how many are we likely to get out of those 54. No hiding from the fact we have been bottom four form for over 12 months. Realistically we need to win 26 of those 54 to stay up. Does anyone really see us winning half of our remaining games? I few gritty performances is one thing, going on a run like that is quite another. To be honest, no, but we might as well give it a go. Even if we can finish fourth bottom, there's a chance we could get a reprieve with the Hartlepool situation and one or two other clubs totally at the whims of their chairmen.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2018 20:44:34 GMT
Realistically we need to win 26 of those 54 to stay up. Does anyone really see us winning half of our remaining games? I few gritty performances is one thing, going on a run like that is quite another. To be honest, no , but we might as well give it a go. Even if we can finish fourth bottom, there's a chance we could get a reprieve with the Hartlepool situation and one or two other clubs totally at the whims of their chairmen. I think, deep down, that's all most people are really asking for!
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Post by dirge on Jan 13, 2018 21:02:32 GMT
I flipping knew that would happen, even started a post asking you lot to persuade me not to go but you buggers talked me into it, assured me it would be different and now I'm on the train home, drunk, skint, grumpy and in trouble with the missus.
Nothing to add about the game (woeful 1at half, bit better second) but wanted to talk about 2 players.
Roberts. Sorry, it was a red card, but in the five minutes he was on the pitch he showed such promise, I really hope we can get behind him because to me, his red card challenge was just a guy trying too hard. Which I will accept all day long, compared to the ghost of a former player called Hannah. Seriously, in 30 years of watching Chester I've seen some shit performances, but I've never seen a guy who so clearly didn't want to be there as Ross today. I can forgive his miss when he was one on one with the keeper, but can't forgive his complete lack of interesting the rest of the game. A fan had a go at him at the end of the game, and Hannah told him to f*** off. If only he'd shown 10% of that passion during the game.
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Post by sirfred on Jan 13, 2018 21:03:58 GMT
Not important what a load of Bollocks- this club is desperate for success us fans have yearned for a Wembley appearance and get turned over by the Thurrock who are lucky to get average gates of 200- we are kidding ourselves in thinking it doesnt matter-Yes it Bloody does matter and I'm passed off we have flopped again against the butcher and candlestickmaker
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Post by dirge on Jan 13, 2018 21:12:38 GMT
Only positive of the day were the free sausages and potatoes East Thurrock supplied at half time. What a touch. Don't understand why they get such low gates when they put on free food of that calibre......
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Post by archwhopper on Jan 13, 2018 21:12:56 GMT
pathetic today, got exactly what we deserved, at least the lads had a great night out at the fa's expense, jimmy filled his boots, all for expenses by the way, exiles out in force, saw 2 taxi's outside the ground. can't wait for maidenhead, enough's enough, it's whopper time
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Post by MPW on Jan 13, 2018 21:27:54 GMT
Worrying to hear about the lack of effort form most of the team, but I wonder how motivated they are in this competition?
We had a decent start to 2018 in the League and I hope that isn’t forgotten when we play Gateshead next Saturday because we all still need to get behind them.
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Post by jabber on Jan 13, 2018 21:28:35 GMT
how many times does this happen , just the way it is , we could win the next 3 games or get hammered. Who knows? The point is they are capable so there's always hope. Don't let it get you down as were so lucky to have our club. What would you moan about if we didn't :-)
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Post by sirfred on Jan 13, 2018 21:31:46 GMT
If it's true Ross Hannah told fans to funk off after travelling all that way and spending all that money then the useless midget can piss off big time - he is just the type of player who has put us in this shite useless premadonna - Out muscled out played by the Thurrock - let me in to training session on Monday and I will give them some home truths useless feckers
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Post by Rio Doherty on Jan 13, 2018 21:54:52 GMT
Disgusting. We got what we deserved really. No players showed any fight at all. The performance really was gutless. I was saying to a few fans before the game that I wouldn’t be surprised if we see Kidderminster all over again, and we did for most parts of the game. Hardly any of the players looked like winners whatsoever. Also, the style of play was shocking too. All we did was play the ball long, and hardly played it on the floor. Fair play to East Thurrock though, they did put their bodies on the line and fully deserved the victory. It’s not the best of grounds but the village was lovely, and the locals were very friendly. I had a brief chat with their manager for 10 minutes and he was nice too. The tackle from Gary Roberts was nasty, though. He did win some of the ball but he sent their player flying. Gary was barely on for 5 minutes, then he lost his head. Today’s defeat really is embarrassing. For one, we’ve lost out on £7,000 and 2, the players didn’t put heart in at all. If their is a positive, then at least we focus on our very small chance of survival. I would say that we took about 150 down there today. A terrific number from our superb supporters who don’t deserve to be watching this. Where were the 300 from Blacon though?? Are you for real. 300 from blacon. You will never get 300 extra when we play trashmere at home from blacon. Fans have gone to spend there £18 elsewhere and who can blame them. That small chance of survival you and others talk about has long since gone. Face it Chester are a club in the mire up shit creek without a paddle doomed. And that has been obvious since the end of last season when JM was allowed to stay. Upstairs in the boardroom have alot to answer when we drop Don’t you realise that I was quoting Gary Roberts? He said as soon as he signed for us that he will bring an extra 300 supporters from Blacon to come and watch each week. What I said in my post was just tongue in cheek.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Jan 13, 2018 22:03:14 GMT
If it's true Ross Hannah told fans to funk off after travelling all that way and spending all that money then the useless midget can piss off big time - he is just the type of player who has put us in this shite useless premadonna - Out muscled out played by the Thurrock - let me in to training session on Monday and I will give them some home truths useless feckers It is true I can confirm sadly. I wasn’t involved in it, but I was next to the incident as I was standing by the tunnel. I must admit the lad did start it by questioning Hannah’s performance, but I’m not going to name any names as their is no need to and I know the lad well. It was nasty what was said though. Hannah replied ‘’F-you’’ to him, which all in all was a disgrace. The 14-year-old lad paid his hard-earned money to travel all that way and did not deserve to watch that performance, let alone have a derogatory comment said to him by a professional footballer. It got a little out of hand in the end but it was very sad to be near the incident. It’s even more upsetting to see players arguing with fans.
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Post by blaconblues on Jan 13, 2018 22:24:41 GMT
Are you for real. 300 from blacon. You will never get 300 extra when we play trashmere at home from blacon. Fans have gone to spend there £18 elsewhere and who can blame them. That small chance of survival you and others talk about has long since gone. Face it Chester are a club in the mire up shit creek without a paddle doomed. And that has been obvious since the end of last season when JM was allowed to stay. Upstairs in the boardroom have alot to answer when we drop Don’t you realise that I was quoting Gary Roberts? He said as soon as he signed for us that he will bring an extra 300 supporters from Blacon to come and watch each week. What I said in my post was just tongue in cheek. Where did he say he'd bring in 300 kid?
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Post by archwhopper on Jan 13, 2018 22:29:09 GMT
come on dmcnally, a new " fuck you too ross" banner should be youre next fund raiser, i will give £100 to start, were stuck with that tosser for 18 months unless the club can see if he's violated conditions of his contract and ask him to piss off by mutual consent
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Post by whopper1 on Jan 13, 2018 22:33:07 GMT
come on dmcnally, a new " fuck you too ross" banner should be youre next fund raiser, i will give £100 to start, were stuck with that tosser for 18 months unless the club can see if he's violated conditions of his contract and ask him to piss off by mutual consent I said that in the deleted thread, sack him and save a wage
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Post by spencerwhelanleftpeg on Jan 13, 2018 22:40:47 GMT
This Hannah thing is disappointing isn’t it. Swearing at a 14 year old. I know it can be hard with Adrenalin and frustration etc but still there needs to be some sort of professionalism. MB talked positively about looking to an improvement between the players and the fans. Especially at home. Ok we’ve done well last three league games but why do we keep throwing in these stinking displays?? We’ve had several of them this season. Moving onto to the start of three massive games. Surely we need a minimum 4 points from these two home games against north east based clubs. Let’s hope heads are clear and focused on these two games which will go a long way to determine our season.
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Post by btb on Jan 13, 2018 22:41:10 GMT
And we're stuck with that gob shite for another season. Literally sucking the club dry those players on two year contracts.
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Post by tarvinblue on Jan 13, 2018 22:45:07 GMT
Hannah hasn't been good enough all season and is living off the back of his performances for us two seasons ago. He will be on a fat wage thanks to JM's generosity and yet his attitude, at times, has stunk the place out. Not running the channels, giving up on balls played into him and generally looking disinterested unless he has the ball into feet in the box - and even then he is prone to missing a sitter. Does anyone know if he's actually attending training full time? Rumours circulated at the beginning of the season that he was dropping in as and when he could.
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Post by Anders on Jan 13, 2018 22:47:01 GMT
Bad day, don't overreact in the heat of the moment though. There's been some good work done in the past week or two.
Take it on the chin and move on to the next one.
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Post by midfieldgeneral on Jan 13, 2018 22:58:43 GMT
Hannah has been dog shite all season. When he plays it puts us under pressure because he is so poor at holding the ball up.Petty Archer has struggled so much with injury.
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Post by gone4eva on Jan 13, 2018 23:02:25 GMT
And we're stuck with that gob shite for another season. Literally sucking the club dry those players on two year contracts. I almost give up asking... who gave those contracts, who oversees those people, who reviews them etc etc The Board. It is banging on constantly with negativity to some, but its connecting the dots to me. Blame the players for signing a 2 year deal? No, blame those who sign them off and shun responsibility via half arsed statements.
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Post by btb on Jan 13, 2018 23:05:55 GMT
And we're stuck with that gob shite for another season. Literally sucking the club dry those players on two year contracts. I almost give up asking... who gave those contracts, who oversees those people, who reviews them etc etc The Board. It is banging on constantly with negativity to some, but its connecting the dots to me. Blame the players for signing a 2 year deal? No, blame those who sign them off and shun responsibility via half arsed statements. Normally I'd completely agree about not blaming players about what contracts they are given. But those boys who've signed two year contracts have completely taken the piss out of the club. For what it's worth I blame McCarthy. He obviously did no due diligence what so ever.
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Post by blaconcasual1 on Jan 13, 2018 23:08:50 GMT
If it's true Ross Hannah told fans to funk off after travelling all that way and spending all that money then the useless midget can piss off big time - he is just the type of player who has put us in this shite useless premadonna - Out muscled out played by the Thurrock - let me in to training session on Monday and I will give them some home truths useless feckers It is true I can confirm sadly. I wasn’t involved in it, but I was next to the incident as I was standing by the tunnel. I must admit the lad did start it by questioning Hannah’s performance, but I’m not going to name any names as their is no need to and I know the lad well. It was nasty what was said though. Hannah replied ‘’F-you’’ to him, which all in all was a disgrace. The 14-year-old lad paid his hard-earned money to travel all that way and did not deserve to watch that performance, let alone have a derogatory comment said to him by a professional footballer. It got a little out of hand in the end but it was very sad to be near the incident. It’s even more upsetting to see players arguing with fans. Hannah is the type of player who plays with his heart on his sleeve,if he did tell a 14 year old to f**k off then yeah it ain't great but at the same time shows his frustration & a bit of passion which sadly has been lacking all f*****g season,also had to laugh at rio's defence of the gobby kid " he's spent his hard earned money" "what" his pocket money from cleaning his room & walking the dog,people have to remember Hannah loves this club so to question his commitment is an absoloute joke.
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Post by Mean Machine on Jan 13, 2018 23:13:48 GMT
Hannah loves the club ? If he loved the club why did he leave us for Barrow The only club players love is the one that will pay them the most money
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Post by gone4eva on Jan 13, 2018 23:14:31 GMT
I almost give up asking... who gave those contracts, who oversees those people, who reviews them etc etc The Board. It is banging on constantly with negativity to some, but its connecting the dots to me. Blame the players for signing a 2 year deal? No, blame those who sign them off and shun responsibility via half arsed statements. Normally I'd completely agree about not blaming players about what contracts they are given. But those boys who've signed two year contracts have completely taken the piss out of the club. For what it's worth I blame McCarthy. He obviously did no due diligence what so ever. If I offer you £1,000,000 a year two year deal to ride my golden unicorn in the grand national on mars you would take it. Who appointed McCarthy, who reviewed his performance, his sales/purchases/loans and retention decisions ? Did he get free reign? Not for this thread but am sure the point is there.
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