Chester vs Barrow MATCH THREAD 28/03/17

Lynch made up for that with a wonderful save from Hannah, though, so can't blame him for the defeat.

Were you at the game? Richards was arguably our best player first half, second they were all quite poor. Hudson looked shaky but wasn't at fault for any goals. Talk about looking for a scapegoat Christ sake.

I just feel a lack of width is hurting us we can only play the ball through the middle and due to the amount of bodies in that area it's very hard to find your man and create any chances, I think 5 minutes of injury time in each half was testimony to the time wasting tactics employed by Barrow they are a horrible side.

I’m going to let loose for a second, forgive me, but… What an absolute embarrassing farmyard outfit Barrow are, managed by a scruffy fat slurring git. Seriously, their antics were pathetic tonight and the last thing we needed was a weak referee who was completely taken in by it all. You need someone strong to clamp down on shithouse tactics like that. Some of their fans were proper weird as well, staggering around falling over the wall for christ sake.

All that said, they possibly just about deserved to win, maybe a draw would have been a fairer result but they created a bit more. Did a job on us, ugly but effective enough football, although the first goal looked offside and second was pure luck with Lynch dropping a pot shot. They actually started to play a bit when Ross Hannah came on.

Average sort of performance from us, didn’t think we were particularly bad but struggled to create much. If I had to pick someone out I’d probably go with Hunt as man of the match, Richards did ok at times and Shaw did alright.

I can give credit to a team like Macclesfield, came here and played the game in the right way and outplayed us last week. But not this shower who turned up here tonight.

Horrible football from a horrible team with a horrible attitude.

In their cretinous little minds they will justify it because they won but, in my view, they were an absolute disgrace to football. Frankly I hope they fail in whatever they're trying to achieve and slip back into obscurity.

As for the "officials" - quite possibly the worst performance I've seen in recent times (and there's been a few) - and they wonder why they get dog's abuse

As for us, distinctly non-descript type of performance, didn't create a lot and just seemed to lack imagination and creativity to unlock their defence even though they looked vulnerable when we did put them under pressure.
One of Alabi's poorer games, Richards OK, my MoM was Tom Shaw

Overall, a night to forget for the reasons I've given

  I think hunt was MOM and for me the most improved player of the season , Richards did OK but Alabi was totally ineffective. I can give credit to Macc who were a good footballing side but this shower of shite if they did manage the playoffs will get tossed . 

What a frustrating game that was. The so-called ''officials'' stole a living tonight, possibly one of the worst set I've seen here. They were constantly making poor, controversial decisions which lifted the roof off here. I don't know how the ''linesman'' never raised his flag for the first goal, he was 5 yards offside, but knowing horrible little teams like Barrow he would be in his favour. What a melon! Finally, am I the only person who thinks the circus is here for the officials? That's where they belong in my eyes.
Paul Cox is right, no-one likes Barrow. How they won I'll never know. We might have lacked quality, but I can't believe a team who were coming up with nasty little tricks won tonight. They are a disgrace to football, and I feel sorry for Ross Hannah who isn't starting for them for the case of a squad of thugs. The sooner Paul Casson gives up, the better.
Anyway, the match was a frustrating affair. In the first half Kane Richards was up for it more and he played rather well. Hunt, Shaw, Lloyd and Durrell were probably our better players tonight but Alabi didn't look himself. In general we kept possession well against a Barrow team who didn't impress me at all. We need more width though and when we attack their is a lack of options I find. We maybe could've picked up a win if Alex Lynch had not let that in, but it's a rare mistake from him after he made a good tip over from Hannah. A frustrating night, but a win at Torquay is a possibility on Saturday. Good luck to everyone travelling down there 🔵⚪.

Completely agree and he is only going to get fitter and stronger when we eventually go full time

That manager and squad will get us relegated next season ,possibly as early as the end of January

Everytime Hudson plays we get beat.

The pen was right in front of me if Kane had have stayed upright until the challage was made it would have been nailed on but he's was on his way down before the tackle was made and that's what the ref saw, the fullback got the man not the ball but Kane was already falling by then

Couldn't agree more. Embarrassing his after match press conference, criticising supporters for questioning him and his decision making. Keeps banging on about where we are etc, etc. He seems to conveniently forget the appalling run we have been on since the beginning of December, and how, but for what we achieved before then, we would be bottom of the league now. What we achieved before then was achieved despite of him, not because of him - it becomes clearer every game that his previous assistant was the main organiser. It really annoys me when he clearly gets upset with Neil Turner asking him about re-signing all the players. At what point and in what fairyland does he think that some of these are good enough? Has he not been watching George, Hudson, Richards etc all season like we have? He even has the 'luxury' of watching them many times over with his infamous DVD's. Perhaps he to shares the same doubts as we do about his potential to recruit and sees an easier option as retaining some of this shower? I'm sure 'Big Chris' will work it out though. He looks more like a fan on the sidelines than a coach. Spent the whole of last night turning around and mocking the officials, rather than doing anything of note. Anyway, Jon tells us we are going to win a few of the next games, so don't worry. His crystal ball and fantasy thinking should never be doubted.

Utterly disgraceful from Barrow and the officials. From the first minute when they gave Barrow a throw even though it clearly came off their player we were always up against it. Their first goal was yards offside but the linesman was nowhere near being up with play. I wonder how teams can get away with that - filthy tackles, taking a minute for every dead ball situation, their keeper waiting to pick the ball up until one of our players was near him from the second minute. But the thing that really hacked me off was as soon as we started building pressure or getting into threatening positions one of their players went down holding his head. I know by the rules the ref has to stop play for a head injury but it happened every bloody time and he has to realise that. With all the discussion and concern over head injuries I would like to see a rule where if play is stopped for a head injury, the injured player has to stay off the field for a few minutes - it would ensure the player is fit to return and would stop cheating like what Barrow were doing. And I know Richards likes to go to ground but that was as clear a penalty as you can see - he got in front of the defender and had his legs taken from underneath him. Blatant, linesman and ref had to see that.

Apart from the goals neither team created too much. Hannah's brilliant lob from the half way line was superbly saved, we came close a few times, draw would have been fair. But not much football was played due to Barrow's antics and teams like that do not deserve to win. If they do get into the playoffs they have no chance. Game of football ruined.

Ok, so Barrow were horrible and the officials terrible . . . but by my reckoning we had two shots in 100 minutes!! Good job it's York next up at home, who will bring a large following. Alabi and Hughes will be gone end of season, and the loan lads gone back . . . probably about half a dozen worth keeping for me.