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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2019 9:31:43 GMT
Should have won today, it’s not a point to complain about I suppose as they’re a good side but considering Griffiths’ mistake and the position we later found ourselves in, we should have more. Can’t understand the criticism about the first half at all, other than the early howler it was the most even game of football you’ll come across. Both sides had a couple of half chances but had largely kept each other well at arm’s length. It was certainly uneventful but Jonno’s assessment of 6/10 in his post match interview is bang on, very solid away from home to a top side apart from a gaffe. We came out with more purpose after the break and stepped it up, they couldn’t live with us at times. Our second goal was outstanding, Glendon (somehow) pinged one from the halfway line to the right touchline to Jackson who crossed over for Asante first time. Watch the highlights as Glendon’s ball over is out of this world good. We were good in the second half and shaded it overall, but they’re also a good side and looked decent going forward at times if a little suspect at the back. Glendon was excellent, calm and composed and his part assist for our second was a highlight. Jackson also had a good game tearing down the wing but can’t help but feel he should have caused even more problems, maybe it’s just that I have such high standards for him now but thought their left back was desperately weak. Difficult to sum up Griffiths, it was an absolute howler for their first (not his first either) but I thought the 88 minutes that followed were his best in a Chester shirt. He wasn’t overly tested with shots, but the confidence he showed to throw himself out and firmly catch (not punch) balls aimed in to a big, lumpy and annoying forward line was impressive and a welcome change from him. Ventured in to King’s Lynn for a look around before the game, not the best of places really with little there. Got a friendly welcome from the locals though to be fair, definitely had some proper strange fans by the segregation fence though. A neutral would have been pretty impressed with both sides I'd say. This is a perfect assessment of the game in my opinion. Interesting on King’s Lynns forum and social media how they’re waxing lyrical about the Chester performance, hell of a team/squad that has been put together that’s for sure.
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Post by dmcnally on Oct 13, 2019 11:04:59 GMT
It was a bit of an odd place. I imagined it to be quite affluent round there, instead it seemed a bit forgotten. Still, friendly locals in the pubs. That lot next to the fence were proper weird though. Who sings "you're shit and you know you are" straight after the other team equalises? Also one of the most boring journeys ever, unless you like flat fields and cabbages. The food in the away end was that bad we asked to leave before kick off to go to the chippy down the road. They closed at 2. A great business decision there. Only other option was the subway next door. Also not serving food. So straight back into the ground for the worst chips I’ve ever had. Odd place, odd people. Don’t think I saw any civilisation between Peterborough and King’s Lynn 😂
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Post by Moltisanti on Oct 13, 2019 11:06:00 GMT
Hope we never play there again. Awful place
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Post by combover on Oct 13, 2019 11:42:30 GMT
Hope we never play there again. Awful place We are fortunate enough to have been born and bred in Chester . Everywhere is awful in comparison !!!
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Post by Moltisanti on Oct 13, 2019 11:44:28 GMT
How good is Glendon? Football league player running things in midfield. Great signing.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2019 12:40:06 GMT
It was a great point that yesterday
Scenes when the 2nd goal for us went in was brilliant
Some of the King's Lynn fans we spoke to in the Lord Napier pub were decent and very welcoming and bar staff laid on food for us which was nice of them
As above poster has said Glendon was fantastic we are lucky to have a player like him and hopefully we can keep him beyond January
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Post by sealandender1 on Oct 13, 2019 13:02:35 GMT
It was a great point that yesterday Scenes when the 2nd goal for us went in was brilliant Some of the King's Lynn fans we spoke to in the Lord Napier pub were decent and very welcoming and bar staff laid on food for us which was nice of them As above poster has said Glendon was fantastic we are lucky to have a player like him and hopefully we can keep him beyond January Glendon ‘THE BLUE PIRLO’
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Post by Lobster on Oct 13, 2019 13:14:47 GMT
It was a bit of an odd place. I imagined it to be quite affluent round there, instead it seemed a bit forgotten. Still, friendly locals in the pubs. That lot next to the fence were proper weird though. Who sings "you're shit and you know you are" straight after the other team equalises? Also one of the most boring journeys ever, unless you like flat fields and cabbages. The food in the away end was that bad we asked to leave before kick off to go to the chippy down the road. They closed at 2. A great business decision there. Only other option was the subway next door. Also not serving food. So straight back into the ground for the worst chips I’ve ever had. Odd place, odd people. Don’t think I saw any civilisation between Peterborough and King’s Lynn 😂 Subway not serving food? Why were they even open?
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Post by bitbbh on Oct 13, 2019 16:32:56 GMT
Cracking game especially the second half. Atmosphere was fun and got a bit lively when we went in front. Kings Lynn fans lobbing anything the could find over the fence from beer to cans of deodorant. Copper said to me has someone just thrown that over the fence? I said yeah.... He said are you Sure? I said no I think it's Right Guard I dont think he got it. Had a lively chat with a few Kings Lynn fans after the match on the way back to the Lord Napier who laid on free pies, quiche and a decent pint. All in all a decent day out. It's fun embracing the s*itness.
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Post by 54321 on Oct 13, 2019 16:39:21 GMT
According to my mate who was at the game Griffiths who cocked up in the first half had a very good game commanding his area catching all crosses so let's give the lad a chance!!
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Post by Hannibal on Oct 13, 2019 16:57:12 GMT
Cracking game especially the second half. Atmosphere was fun and got a bit lively when we went in front. Kings Lynn fans lobbing anything the could find over the fence from beer to cans of deodorant. Copper said to me has someone just thrown that over the fence? I said yeah.... He said are you Sure? I said no I think it's Right Guard I dont think he got it. Had a lively chat with a few Kings Lynn fans after the match on the way back to the Lord Napier who laid on free pies, quiche and a decent pint. All in all a decent day out. It's fun embracing the s*itness. I parked my car in a side street near Morrison's and set my phone to walk. As I was setting it a small group of Lynn supporters saw me and said follow us. We walked through a park. I expected the ground to be better than it was, but really enjoyed the second half as others' have said.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Oct 13, 2019 18:26:09 GMT
My match vlog:
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Post by Lobster on Oct 14, 2019 5:52:19 GMT
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Post by eyeswideopen on Oct 14, 2019 6:37:01 GMT
Wasn't at the game, so wanted to keep an open mind about some of the criticism of the keeper, until i saw the highlights, yes its a mistake a better option would have been to kick to his left, but as someone mentioned on here he had all the time in the world, really?, i dont think he did.i also think the pass given to him was unnecessary as Glendon(?) had much more time to stop and turn instead of playing it back to him. Our second goal was outstanding and lets not forget the role Asante played in that too, he made that finish look easy, seen them missed loads of times. I would have taken a point before kick off so happy with that, still a long way to go and i dont think we will be worrying about Kings Lynn so much come April, Squads are important in depth and i only see us and York battling it out at the end of the season.
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Post by Lobster on Oct 14, 2019 7:24:52 GMT
It's a poor goal all round really, especially coming from our corner. Griffiths' mistake is the most obvious, but it's a dire ball from Taylor (who is out of position due to taking the corner) to put us on the back foot, Glendon has given a back pass no keeper would want, and Russ has just hacked at it when there were two players available to his right.
Not what you want to do in the first minute at a place like that, but after that we played well.
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Post by jimianto on Oct 14, 2019 7:44:38 GMT
Not at all. First goal was the fault of Glendon. Second was a cracker from Marriott. It really wasn’t though. Glendon passed the ball back to the goalie (like happens 10+ times a game) and he, with all the time in the world passed it straight to the striker.
I've seen the highlights and I'm confused by what you mean by 'all the time in the world'. He was being closed down fast by a striker and needed to hurry his kick - yes it was poor, but it was a forced error imo rather than an absolute howler - fair play to Gash & Marriot for closing the space and forcing the error. I understand why Glendon 'went home' from that position, but a defender may well have cleared into touch.
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Post by Hannibal on Oct 14, 2019 8:01:37 GMT
It really wasn’t though. Glendon passed the ball back to the goalie (like happens 10+ times a game) and he, with all the time in the world passed it straight to the striker.
I've seen the highlights and I'm confused by what you mean by 'all the time in the world'. He was being closed down fast by a striker and needed to hurry his kick - yes it was poor, but it was a forced error imo rather than an absolute howler - fair play to Gash & Marriot for closing the space and forcing the error. I understand why Glendon 'went home' from that position, but a defender may well have cleared into touch.
Bloody ell the architect of that goal was Glendon, but he put in a m-o-m performance after that. I was there btw.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 8:47:42 GMT
I've seen the highlights and I'm confused by what you mean by 'all the time in the world'. He was being closed down fast by a striker and needed to hurry his kick - yes it was poor, but it was a forced error imo rather than an absolute howler - fair play to Gash & Marriot for closing the space and forcing the error. I understand why Glendon 'went home' from that position, but a defender may well have cleared into touch.
Bloody ell the architect of that goal was Glendon, but he put in a m-o-m performance after that. I was there btw. ‘The architect of that goal was Glendon’ REALLY? He played a back pass that happens 10 plus times a game with good pace on the ball with the goalie in a good position to receive. As an above poster has already said, he hacked at it instead of being composed. If he gets under the ball the goal doesn’t happen. I actually thought he had a good game with his dealing with crosses but that doesn’t mean the first wasn’t his fault, it clearly was.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 8:50:30 GMT
It really wasn’t though. Glendon passed the ball back to the goalie (like happens 10+ times a game) and he, with all the time in the world passed it straight to the striker.
I've seen the highlights and I'm confused by what you mean by 'all the time in the world'. He was being closed down fast by a striker and needed to hurry his kick - yes it was poor, but it was a forced error imo rather than an absolute howler - fair play to Gash & Marriot for closing the space and forcing the error. I understand why Glendon 'went home' from that position, but a defender may well have cleared into touch.
The forward goes to close him down but actually stops a good 5 yard away from him. It’s an error from the goalie that caused the goal!
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Post by Moltisanti on Oct 14, 2019 8:52:05 GMT
It really wasn’t though. Glendon passed the ball back to the goalie (like happens 10+ times a game) and he, with all the time in the world passed it straight to the striker.
I've seen the highlights and I'm confused by what you mean by 'all the time in the world'. He was being closed down fast by a striker and needed to hurry his kick - yes it was poor, but it was a forced error imo rather than an absolute howler - fair play to Gash & Marriot for closing the space and forcing the error. I understand why Glendon 'went home' from that position, but a defender may well have cleared into touch.
Oh dear
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Post by elazuluno on Oct 14, 2019 9:24:51 GMT
More highlights of the game, with some lovely local commentary to boot.
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Post by Hannibal on Oct 14, 2019 9:33:34 GMT
Bloody ell the architect of that goal was Glendon, but he put in a m-o-m performance after that. I was there btw. ‘The architect of that goal was Glendon’ REALLY? He played a back pass that happens 10 plus times a game with good pace on the ball with the goalie in a good position to receive. As an above poster has already said, he hacked at it instead of being composed. If he gets under the ball the goal doesn’t happen. I actually thought he had a good game with his dealing with crosses but that doesn’t mean the first wasn’t his fault, it clearly was. Your opinion pal, not mine. When I saw Gendon pursued by a King's Lynn player I thought "don't pass back to the GK". He did and the outcome was what I feared. Even Premier League GKs don't like being put under that kind of pressure. He's a p/t player in the 6th tier of football. Find someone else to blame or carry on making your "I hate Russ" banner.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 9:50:56 GMT
‘The architect of that goal was Glendon’ REALLY? He played a back pass that happens 10 plus times a game with good pace on the ball with the goalie in a good position to receive. As an above poster has already said, he hacked at it instead of being composed. If he gets under the ball the goal doesn’t happen. I actually thought he had a good game with his dealing with crosses but that doesn’t mean the first wasn’t his fault, it clearly was. Your opinion pal, not mine. When I saw Gendon pursued by a King's Lynn player I thought "don't pass back to the GK". He did and the outcome was what I feared. Even Premier League GKs don't like being put under that kind of pressure. He's a p/t player in the 6th tier of football. Find someone else to blame or carry on making your "I hate Russ" banner. I said - ‘I actually thought he had a good game with his dealing with crosses’ My opinion is that he should have done better, that’s all.
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Post by jb on Oct 14, 2019 10:33:20 GMT
Another howler from Griffiths.
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Post by devablue on Oct 14, 2019 10:38:11 GMT
It's a poor goal all round really, especially coming from our corner. Griffiths' mistake is the most obvious, but it's a dire ball from Taylor (who is out of position due to taking the corner) to put us on the back foot, Glendon has given a back pass no keeper would want, and Russ has just hacked at it when there were two players available to his right. Not what you want to do in the first minute at a place like that, but after that we played well. Yeah i have to agree, poor from Griffiths of-course but it's Taylor who gives the ball away allowing them to counter.
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Post by Lobster on Oct 14, 2019 11:23:21 GMT
More highlights of the game, with some lovely local commentary to boot. Who was the minute's applause for? Got in just as it was kicking off so didn't see that.
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Post by South Wirral Blue on Oct 14, 2019 11:30:00 GMT
Another howler from Griffiths. Agree. I hate back passes (there was one season when we were particularly bad at them) but you can't legislate for your goalie passing it straight to one of them from a ball that wasn't difficult to deal with. We need better.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 11:44:11 GMT
Another howler from Griffiths. I'm not having a go here, everyone's entitled to their opinion but of interest how many Goals do you think Griffiths has cost us this season, you seem adamant he's a liability and "Possibly the worst keeper I’ve seen here" "He’s a dreadful keeper who costs Chester week in week out" I can only think of 4 goals he's culpable for. Just trying to work out why he's coming under such intense backlash from a good chunk of our fanbase.
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Post by Lobster on Oct 14, 2019 11:56:57 GMT
Another howler from Griffiths. I'm not having a go here, everyone's entitled to their opinion but of interest how many Goals do you think Griffiths has cost us this season, you seem adamant he's a liability and "Possibly the worst keeper I’ve seen here" "He’s a dreadful keeper who costs Chester week in week out" I can only think of 4 goals he's culpable for. Just trying to work out why he's coming under such intense backlash from a good chunk of our fanbase. That's quite a lot by mid-October though, in a side that's 2nd in the league. I'm not jumping on the anti-Griffiths bandwagon as I accept he's young and he looks like there's a good keeper in him, but I can understand why some are concerned.
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Post by Anders on Oct 14, 2019 12:02:17 GMT
I'm not having a go here, everyone's entitled to their opinion but of interest how many Goals do you think Griffiths has cost us this season, you seem adamant he's a liability and "Possibly the worst keeper I’ve seen here" "He’s a dreadful keeper who costs Chester week in week out" I can only think of 4 goals he's culpable for. Just trying to work out why he's coming under such intense backlash from a good chunk of our fanbase. That's quite a lot by mid-October though, in a side that's 2nd in the league. I'm not jumping on the anti-Griffiths bandwagon as I accept he's young and he looks like there's a good keeper in him, but I can understand why some are concerned. Should have costed us at Kiddy as well really, got away with that one. Nature of the goals conceded make it worse, not just culpable, they've been howlers. Was impressed by his own response on Saturday though. Did well afterwards.
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