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Post by Cestrian1987 on Jan 12, 2019 17:35:20 GMT
Sorry but that is bollocks. His promise was that he would keep the Club up with no increase in cost. Any players brought in would be balanced by players going out. He never did neither. I despise the way he had was sacked, it was wrong, but ultimately he had it coming. Someone I know spoke to him at an away game at Guisely. He said he was told to take the team down, as we couldn't afford Conf this season. Hahahahahaha
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2019 17:37:51 GMT
Dan Mooney and Craig Mahon really struggling of late. I'd give Waters and Murray a run wide. Was surprised when Brown came on ahead of Murray who was excellent midweek (against poor opposition yes, but Guiseley were hardly great). Waters delivery is great, and should have assisted the winner had Grand hit the target late on.
The end product from Waters and Murray is far better than these two currently.
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Post by Cestrian1987 on Jan 12, 2019 17:37:56 GMT
That was poor today. We are just not the same team without Stopforth.
Mooney was appalling today.
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Post by midfieldgeneral on Jan 12, 2019 17:48:41 GMT
Again lack of quality, in the final third. The biggest loss today was Lloyd Marsh Hughes,.Smalley and Mooney totally ineffective. Only really picked up a bit when Waters and Brown came on, but we really didnt look like we were going to score. Really should have won that game, but we need to put our chances away. Ref was terrible. Jackson or Roberts for MOM. The injury list is taking its toll.
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Post by Cestrian1987 on Jan 12, 2019 17:51:05 GMT
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Post by tarvinblue on Jan 12, 2019 17:53:57 GMT
Lack of quality in the final third. Ball into the box wasn't good enough and neither was the finishing when it did get in there. Mooney needs dropping to the bench as he hasn't had a good game in nearly three months and Mahon is now the same player he was in the conference last season. Both are delivering no quality whatsoever and I think opposition teams have just sussed them out and they are unable to adapt their game. Roberts and Jackson played well and Waters offered some quality when he came on. Dudley works hard and has a nice touch, but with a lack of pace and no one around him to hold the ball up what he offers is limited. Smalley is totally ineffective for a big man - can't hold the ball up or offer any kind of physical threat. Really frustrating as Guiseley were there for the taking today.
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Post by luckyblue on Jan 12, 2019 17:55:03 GMT
Guiseley. poor. Guiseley management team . Appalling. Officials. Farcical. Chester. Scared of shooting. Result. Fair. (Just about).
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Post by tonya on Jan 12, 2019 17:56:21 GMT
To state the obvious winning will increase crowds and winning at home a must. Our poor patch is becoming a bit long.
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Post by btb on Jan 12, 2019 18:02:54 GMT
To state the obvious winning will increase crowds and winning at home a must. Our poor patch is becoming a bit long. Think You’re being a tad harsh there Tonya. Today and the Southport game, whilst frustrating, we didn’t lose. The home form isn’t the problem. We’ve had some great games down at the deva this season. I pretty much always stay until the end, where as previous years I’ve been sitting at home for final scores. Asante, Stopforth and Hughes play, we win that game of football comfortably.
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Post by Deva Chanter on Jan 12, 2019 18:03:56 GMT
Jon Worsnop's antics on the touchline today were almost as embarrassing as the "performances" he used to put in when he was our goalkeeper. Total clown.
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Post by Imperial on Jan 12, 2019 18:03:57 GMT
Should have won that, especially against 10 men. I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again; Grand is a great defender but his passing & crossing is poor, he just doesn’t look up. Waters is a more offensive option & should get more game time. Jackson had a great game & was my MOTM. Roberts & Macca both played well in the middle & im really pleased with how Macca looks as a signing. Mooney is still off the boil, not sure what’s happened there as he was arguably our best player at the beginning of the season. Mahon was better today but still not at his best. Smalley was poor again today & more still put in yet another lacklustre performance. He needs to shape up or move on. Dudley is getting better & better for me, at the beginning of the season he was scoring goals but not much else, his game is improving massively. Brown did well when he came on, won a header & was unlucky not to score.
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Post by elazuluno on Jan 12, 2019 18:05:27 GMT
We sleepwalked into that draw! We seemed to forgot that we were playing against 10 men for most of the game.
Referee and assistants appalling (no surprise).
Guiseley (like last season) were the worst team I’ve seen so far at the Deva even with 11 men.
Need a striker in as Smalley isn’t effective with Dudley.
Brad Jackson MoM
Two points drop, let’s hope we don’t regret that come the end of the season.
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Post by elazuluno on Jan 12, 2019 18:08:57 GMT
Should have won that, especially against 10 men. I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again; Grand is a great defender but his passing & crossing is poor, he just doesn’t look up. Waters is a more offensive option & should get more game time. Jackson had a great game & was my MOTM. Roberts & Macca both played well in the middle & im really pleased with how Macca looks as a signing. Mooney is still off the boil, not sure what’s happened there as he was arguably our best player at the beginning of the season. Mahon was better today but still not at his best. Smalley was poor again today & more still put in yet another lacklustre performance. He needs to shape up or move on. Dudley is getting better & better for me, at the beginning of the season he was scoring goals but not much else, his game is improving massively. Brown did well when he came on, won a header & was unlucky not to score. Don’t forget Grand is a centre back playing at left back, he’s doing a Grand job imo can’t expect him to be Cafu and bomb on, it’s not in his nature or locker. Everything else I couldn’t agree more!
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Post by Imperial on Jan 12, 2019 18:15:27 GMT
Should have won that, especially against 10 men. I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again; Grand is a great defender but his passing & crossing is poor, he just doesn’t look up. Waters is a more offensive option & should get more game time. Jackson had a great game & was my MOTM. Roberts & Macca both played well in the middle & im really pleased with how Macca looks as a signing. Mooney is still off the boil, not sure what’s happened there as he was arguably our best player at the beginning of the season. Mahon was better today but still not at his best. Smalley was poor again today & more still put in yet another lacklustre performance. He needs to shape up or move on. Dudley is getting better & better for me, at the beginning of the season he was scoring goals but not much else, his game is improving massively. Brown did well when he came on, won a header & was unlucky not to score. Don’t forget Grand is a centre back playing at left back, he’s doing a Grand job imo can’t expect him to be Cafu and bomb on, it’s not in his nature or locker. Everything else I couldn’t agree more! Completely understand that & overall he’s done a good job there but he keeps giving the ball away & we have Waters on the bench who is a natural full back.
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Post by Jack on Jan 12, 2019 18:18:11 GMT
Seems like Smalley might be on that needs to be moved on to free a bit of space up for us. Not had an effective game for us in a fair while and doesn't seem to click with Dudley.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2019 18:18:33 GMT
Mooney and smalley were poor. But that reff every time she turned her back Guiseley were pinching yards at free kicks and throw ins. If she had given halls a yellow on any of the three occasions she could have she just may have stopped the cheating. Bignot worsnop halls and James. If they had shown half the fight for us we would have stayed up last season
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Post by btb on Jan 12, 2019 18:24:33 GMT
Seems like Smalley might be on that needs to be moved on to free a bit of space up for us. Not had an effective game for us in a fair while and doesn't seem to click with Dudley. He wouldn’t click with Ronaldo. Sadly for us, he’s finished. Can’t win headers. Can’t hold it up. Can’t score. Running more than five yards looks an effort. It’s not nice to single players out like this but he’s just not up to this level of football. I think it’s a case of the heart and head being willing but the body isn’t. We’ve seen it enough times over recent seasons to know when a player is done.
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Post by Matt on Jan 12, 2019 18:25:58 GMT
Interesting comments from post match. Sounds like Halls v Roberts was premeditated.
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Post by btb on Jan 12, 2019 18:31:26 GMT
Interesting comments from post match. Sounds like Halls v Roberts was premeditated. Very interesting comments.
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Post by phillippedulait on Jan 12, 2019 18:33:19 GMT
He's there, He's doing the post match interview Cheers. Didn't see him pitchside.
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Post by Derry Blue on Jan 12, 2019 18:35:14 GMT
Don’t forget Grand is a centre back playing at left back, he’s doing a Grand job imo can’t expect him to be Cafu and bomb on, it’s not in his nature or locker. Everything else I couldn’t agree more! Completely understand that & overall he’s done a good job there but he keeps giving the ball away & we have Waters on the bench who is a natural full back. Genuine question with no malice, but is Waters good enough?
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Post by btb on Jan 12, 2019 18:39:30 GMT
Completely understand that & overall he’s done a good job there but he keeps giving the ball away & we have Waters on the bench who is a natural full back. Genuine question with no malice, but is Waters good enough? Has been since returning from loan? Had a spell where he was pony trap before that though.
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Post by Si on Jan 12, 2019 18:39:59 GMT
Credit to Guiseley, they got men behind the ball and made themselves hard to break down. We huffed and puffed but didn’t have enough guile to create clear chances and ultimately the draw was a fair result. I’d have actually brought Murray on for Smalley and got bodies running onto the ball rather than constantly clipping it in to Smalley’s chest. Asante plays and we win that, and you could argue that it would have been the ideal game for George Green too.
Mooney needs taking out if the firing line. I think people forget the lad is only 19 and he’s going through a tough spell. He has been found out to a certain extent, defenders happy to show him down the line where he is horribly one footed and ends up giving the ball away. He is rarely afforded the space to cut inside anymore, which is the same as what happened to Ritchie Partridge all those years ago when he scored a flurry of goals cutting in and shooting. Him and Mahon are guilty of trying to beat men all the time when the clever option to find space would be laying it off and making a run. At the moment Mooney just puts his head down and bounces off two defenders and loses the ball. If he is to ever make it at a higher level he will have to learn how to create space for yourself when your are a marked man.
Kingsley James is still shite, some things never change.
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Post by 54321 on Jan 12, 2019 18:44:00 GMT
Mooney and smalley were poor. But that reff every time she turned her back Guiseley were pinching yards at free kicks and throw ins. If she had given halls a yellow on any of the three occasions she could have she just may have stopped the cheating. Bignot worsnop halls and James. If they had shown half the fight for us we would have stayed up last season Is smalley sponsored by Blue circle cement?
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Post by archwhopper on Jan 12, 2019 18:44:11 GMT
Very disappointing today, marking for their goal, non existant,very similar to telfords goal against us,try switching mooney and mahon round then at least we would have a left footer on left and right on the right,they were both ineffective today, new lad macallister didn't do much apart from getting booked, noble should of been on instead from the start and lastly a few shots when in on goal or edge of area wouldn't go a miss instead of trying to walk it in, dudley a plus and my man of match gary roberts
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Post by Rio Doherty on Jan 12, 2019 18:46:06 GMT
That was certainly a game where we should have picked up all 3 points due to a flurry of chances at the end. A number of decisions did not go our way today, but to be honest a point is not the end of the world given our injury troubles. Deane Smalley wasn’t really up to standards this afternoon and basing on the last 15 minutes I would’ve started Nathan Brown who was very lively. I’m sure we will live to learn as on another day we would have won this game with it being a tad frustrating to not have taken advantage of a side who had to play with 10 men for most of the match.
The first half was rather level really as both sides had their fair share of chances and tried to get into it. Guiseley had a decent chance to make it 1-0 inside the first couple of minutes as Rowan Liburd’s shot went wide when he really should had scored. We played some decent football in that half and I was pleased with Sean McAllister who seemed like a good addition for us today. Unfortunately though the visitors took the lead from a free kick as Kayode Odejayi headed the ball into the net which was a big blow for us. We still tried to create openings as Danny Livesey nodded just wide whilst Gary Roberts had a shot saved by Marcus Dewhurst. Deane Smalley was very close to finding an equaliser as his powerful strike went just inches over the bar. On the 38th minute mark we were handed a lifeline as a poor two footed challenge by Andy Halls earned him a red card which prompted a bizarre reaction by the Guiseley bench. Today’s referee was very poor but that was a red card all day long. We headed into the break on the end of a slender Guiseley goal.
We were better in the second half as we were a lot more lively in search for the equaliser. Guiseley were very hard to break down and had plenty of men behind the ball, but still we should’ve mustered something. Given the fact we were up against 10 men provided us with a massive advantage, but one we could not take unfortunately. We did get an equaliser though as Anthony Dudley headed home following a brilliant Gary Roberts cross to get us back on track. After that we started to dominate Guiseley who all of a sudden began to invite pressure by sitting back which allowed us to get into them more. Good work by Craig Mahon resulted in his shot being saved by Dewhurst before Matty Waters went close too. Nathan Brown came on to provide us with a new lease of life, and if he had started today’s game we probably would’ve gone on to win. We were still throwing everything at Guiseley who still remained tough at the back as chances from Brown and Simon Grand just couldn’t go in. I thought we put in a decent performance today but given that Guiseley had 10 men and the number of chances we had it is frustrating to not have won.
At least we will have a full week to prepare before we are back at the Swansway to host Curzon Ashton next Saturday. Hopefully we will be able to see the return of a few players whilst I believe we are looking at bringing in a striker on loan. A point is better than nothing but we must get back to winning ways against Curzon.
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Post by billyw on Jan 12, 2019 18:47:45 GMT
A poor performance sorry Smalley dreadful did he win a header Dudley wasn't great but a least scored like Jackson but his crossing was awful but Jackson was my motm I thought Craig Hobson was bad but he was class compared to Smalley.
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Post by MPW on Jan 12, 2019 18:52:28 GMT
Frustrating match, but we were are going to struggle to win when we’re carrying a couple of players like today. Hopefully, a new striker will be in for next week and Green will be back too. I’m hoping Thomson will also be back at right back so Jackson can play right mid.
Really don’t know what is wrong with Mooney, but he needs dropping. Mahon too as they’ve both been ineffective for a while now.
The new lad looked tidy considering it’s his first match for a long time.
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Post by Hannibal on Jan 12, 2019 18:54:42 GMT
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Post by Si on Jan 12, 2019 18:55:33 GMT
Forgot to add that for me Shenton takes some blame for that goal. Not the first time this season where his positioning has resulted in a goal going past him in a fairly central area of the goal. He took a sideways step to his right which made it easy for Odejayi to head it back to other way. It's his biggest weakness IMO, and something a dedicated GK coach would work on. There have been too many goals that fly past him without exactly being in the corners and it's because he is flat footed and slightly wrong positioned.
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