Gateshead V Chester FC - Match Thread #46 - VNLN - 28/01/20

Realistically, how many times are you expecting four or more goals away from home?

How many teams have come to our place and scored more than three over the last year and a half? Only Stockport I think. In fact I can only remember two scoring three - Bradford PA (who lost 5-3) and Leamington (3-3).

13th is where we would be & no we are crap away from home you halfwit!

Not to feed the trolls but...

USELESS! Away from home, 3rd best record in the league.



When was the last time we scored more than 3 goals in an away match? - Nobody can really expect Away teams to score 4+ goals. We scored 3 Away goals almost exactly a month ago then won the next away and drew the next, before losing and drawing again. USELESS! The last team to score more than 3 away from home was Southport. at Blythe they then lost the next 6 games on the bounce... now that's USELESS!



Where would we be without Asante's goals? Impossible to answer but it's incomparable, but we'd of won 2 - 0 on saturday. Drawn 0-0 at Leamington, Won 1-0 at Way Guiseley. Won 2-0 at home to Southport. Lost 1-0 to Curzon at home. Won 2-1 Away at Southport. Drawn 0-0 with Telford and Lost 2-0 to Darlington. That takes us back to December and every result is the same if you remove his goals.



someone please check as I am interested thanks. Classic Deva Chat and fan of Chester FC. Someone else do it, I just want to moan about it.

Southport Brackley and Guiseley all 3 tough places to go and we took points off them so yeah we are crap 

Telford another place to go not easy and we beat them 

Walking it? Hahahaha

You clueless little man

He's a member of the squad are you're using the fact that if he wasn't a member of the squad we'd be worse to prove what point?

Against my better judgement asking this but how have you come to 13th? have you just removed all his goals? so by your measure we lost Telford away? You're either insane or have no understanding of Football? Have you removed all the penalties he's scored because obviously we would have just not have taken them with him not being on the pitch.

I'll be honest 13th in the table playing with 10 men every game is pretty decent to me. By my equally ridiculous measure we'd be 1st because whoever replaced him would have scored 2 hat tricks a game. 

Really really disappointing tonight. We performed relatively well in the first half and were still in it with plenty to play for. There wasn’t much in it at all, but what baffled me is how negative we were in the second period. We dropped way too deep and invited loads of pressure, which is why we deservedly lost tonight. Also, our midfield was lacklustre as they gave loads of balls away, failed to keep with their man, and fizzled out as the game went on. In the first 15 minutes of the game we were the better side as we sprayed the ball around nicely on the deck, but for the remainder of the game we played long ball which never worked at all. Gateshead were a decent side to be honest, as they were a stubborn team who capitalised on our wayward approach. They were much better than us, and we can’t complain because we have only ourselves to blame.

The first period was evenly matched because both outfits had their fair share of possession, but the only downside to an otherwise decent encounter was the lack of chances created. As I said earlier on, we started off as the better side because we made some nice passing moves, and were more dominant. John Johnston went inches close to breaking the deadlock earlier on, as a cross-cum-shot whistled past the post, whilst JJ had another chance four minutes later as a hit on the edge of the area was straight at Brad James. At the other end Gateshead started to come into the game, as Jordan Preston fired a shot straight at Russ Griffiths. Preston was a key outlet for The Heed, as he was a handful on the left hand side who caused us problems. After our promising start, we faded away a bit because we took a more direct approach to the game, which wasn’t helped by the hosts beginning to look more lively. Scott Barrow was the next to go close for our opponents as he forced Griffiths to make a strong save, whilst at the other end Johnston had yet another chance which was saved by James. On the half hour Preston went close for Gateshead again, with Griffiths having to get down low for the second time as he did well to parry out. Opportunities then died down for both sides, but we were still well in this contest going into half time.

However, the second period was a completely different story to the first as we just weren’t in it at all. It was a dismal display by us because we emerged from the tunnel as a completely different side, as we dropped off so deeply to invite a lot of pressure. Gateshead thrived off that, as they caused us a tonne of problems on the attack and we just couldn’t cope with them. We lost our shape, failed to keep with our man, and gave the ball away umpteen times. 20 minutes into the half the inevitable happened, as Jordan Preston unsurprisingly made it 1-0 to Gateshead. It was a good goal to be fair, because he curled the ball into the bottom right hand corner on the edge of the area, although we gave him plenty of space. Our first attempt of the half came some 27 minutes in, and it was a rather unspectacular one by Joel Taylor who fired into the hands of Brad James. Three minutes later, Gateshead’s continued pressure resulted in another goal, as debutant Ruairi Keating made it 2-0. Defensively, it was a woeful goal to concede because the corner went in by Greg Olley, and an unmarked Keating netted a free header. For the final ten minutes of the game we did come back into it a little, but it was far too late to even muster a consolation let alone an equaliser. To sum up a turgid evening for us, an effort by Taylor actually went out for a throw in following a George Glendon delivery. We had two further opportunities as firstly a hanging Glendon shot was punched out by Gateshead’s custodian, before Taylor again had a howler as he smashed miles over. A really sub-par second half saw us deservedly muster nothing.

Not many of our players can say they played well tonight which makes options for our man of the match limited. I’ll go for John Johnston who had a decent game again as he was involved a lot in the first half by getting himself into some good positions. He had a couple of shots too where he was unlucky to not have broken the deadlock. Also, Anthony Dudley put in a good shift in the first half because he found a lot of space and was promising on the ball. Russ Griffiths made a few smart stops and couldn’t have done anything for Gateshead’s first goal. However, he should have gone out for their second as it was an in-swinging corner, so he should have punched away. Our midfield were very ineffective this evening, because despite a strong start, they faded away a lot and failed to track Gateshead down. In attack we lacked a lot of service as we had little chances, and that was down to our midfield who struggled to pick the killer pass.

This result is another big disappointment, because we have continued our inconsistent set of results on the road. We mustn’t let our heads drop too low as we have a massive match on Saturday, but we have missed a big opportunity to put daylight between us and Brackley Town and Boston United. Our next match is on Saturday we we play York City away where we simply have to perform for the entire game. It is likely to be quite a close, edgy game so we must keep things tight at the back and improve a lot in midfield, because we will need a lot of quality and cleverness to get balls past Steve McNulty. A long journey back has just been made even longer with a lacklustre showing.

You're that crank with the weird obsession about Roberts aren't you? Had another username?
Roberts was decent on Saturday(as they all were). Personally I think nobody has consistently shone in centre midfield. Roberts has probably been about the best. Burton was decent early doors, but as with last season it's been getting him on the pitch that has been the problem. Stopforth works hard enough but doesn't look anywhere near the form of last season before his injury. Gleddon looked brilliant in his first few games but a bit hit and miss since. 
It's a problem position for me but to single Roberts out and in such a personal way is bang out of order. 

 

Have to take issue with 'absolutely battering us.' That's a hell of an exaggeration!

Two really poor teams with them just less so than us in the second half. They just took their chances. No chance of us breaking down a team with five at the back like them I'm afraid.

Well that was weird. I think Bootlegger may have had to many tonight. Back to being depressed with the football 👌🏼

Any signing related answers Jonno said there’s been no progress since the signing of Johnston.

Hahahahaha yeah course
Burton and Glendon much better players and give 110% effort

I just have.