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Post by noddy on Oct 26, 2020 11:24:06 GMT
One of those games at home we have under performed and been beaten the last 2 seasons. Hoping tomorrow there is a reaction to the disappointment of Saturday's result, 3 points and a positive performance is required. No excuses tomorrow, the players mainly and possibly the set up of the team didn't do us any favours on Saturday, vitally important we bounce back and bring a little more feel good factor to this board.
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Post by dmcnally on Oct 26, 2020 11:34:25 GMT
Gray Morgan Livesey Grand Taylor Jackson Glendon Weeks Bauress Elliott Marsh-Hughes
Please!
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Oct 26, 2020 11:38:29 GMT
That’s probably our best X1 on current form etc. Should’ve gone with that on Saturday.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 11:43:14 GMT
That’s probably our best X1 on current form etc. Should’ve gone with that on Saturday. That’s just a soundbite Frank. It might be your opinion that it’s the best 11 but it certainly isn’t based on form. If it was on form Kev Roberts would start, Joel Taylor probably wouldn’t, Jackson was woeful in his first start and Marsh-Hughes has played about 30 minutes in total. It may be our best 11 players, but it’s certainly not based on form
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Post by g1 on Oct 26, 2020 12:52:19 GMT
That’s probably our best X1 on current form etc. Should’ve gone with that on Saturday. That’s just a soundbite Frank. It might be your opinion that it’s the best 11 but it certainly isn’t based on form. If it was on form Kev Roberts would start, Joel Taylor probably wouldn’t, Jackson was woeful in his first start and Marsh-Hughes has played about 30 minutes in total. It may be our best 11 players, but it’s certainly not based on form I would actually go with Morgan for Roberts he offers more
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Post by Blockhead on Oct 26, 2020 13:07:40 GMT
That’s just a soundbite Frank. It might be your opinion that it’s the best 11 but it certainly isn’t based on form. If it was on form Kev Roberts would start, Joel Taylor probably wouldn’t, Jackson was woeful in his first start and Marsh-Hughes has played about 30 minutes in total. It may be our best 11 players, but it’s certainly not based on form I would actually go with Morgan for Roberts he offers more Based on what we've seen from Johnston so far and Jackson obviously not yet back to his best following injury, I would like to see Morgan given a go on the right wing - solidity of Kev Roberts staying back and giving Taylor licence to bomb forward on the left.
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Post by Greasby Blue on Oct 26, 2020 13:34:55 GMT
Has Paddy Lacey completed his suspension.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 14:06:15 GMT
The line up I was hoping for on Saturday- Gray Roberts Livesey Burke Taylor Morgan Weeks Glendon Bauress Elliott Marsh-Hughes I’d stick to something similar that got us great results and performances against Kidderminster and Spennymoor. Gray Roberts/Morgan - Livesey - Grand - Taylor Jackson/Johnston - Weeks - Glendon - Bauress Dudley Elliott Nows not the time for experimenting, nows the times for playing our best players in their best positions.
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Post by Si on Oct 26, 2020 14:16:53 GMT
I seem to recall a period early last season where Duds was operating on the left and whilst I thought it was a waste of his abilities at the time but he did do a fairly effective job there as he could drift inside to link up with the strikers and taking a marker away from that side to give Joel the space to bomb on. For whatever reason it's rarely worked having two out and out wingers like Jacko and JJ on the pitch at the same time - I'd perhaps take JJ out of the starting 11 for the timebeing and go for Duds on the left and Jacko on the right, also leaving out Bauress who whilst not been poor hasn't really done a lot either.
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Post by chesterken on Oct 26, 2020 14:30:34 GMT
The line up I was hoping for on Saturday- Gray Roberts Livesey Burke Taylor Morgan Weeks Glendon Bauress Elliott Marsh-Hughes Whether this is the right game to introduce Burke I’m not so sure. We could certainly put him on the bench as cover or if we are winning comfortably I don’t think it’s the time or situation to put him in the starting lineup as the players are under pressure to get a result after Saturdays fiasco.
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Post by chesterken on Oct 26, 2020 14:42:23 GMT
The line up I was hoping for on Saturday- Gray Roberts Livesey Burke Taylor Morgan Weeks Glendon Bauress Elliott Marsh-Hughes I’d stick to something similar that got us great results and performances against Kidderminster and Spennymoor. Gray Roberts/Morgan - Livesey - Grand - Taylor Jackson/Johnston - Weeks - Glendon - Bauress Dudley Elliott Nows not the time for experimenting, nows the times for playing our best players in their best positions. Is Paddy Lacy not back after his 3 match ban?
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Post by paulcrossleyshair on Oct 26, 2020 14:47:27 GMT
If Glendon and Weeks play together we have to get at least one of them further up the pitch.
They were almost playing on the toes of Livesey and Grand on Saturday, they're never going to hurt teams from there.
The Kiddie fans were petrified of having Weeks get the ball around 25 yards from goal and we can see by his strike that day why.
If they both play just in front to the back 4, yes we'll keep the ball most of the day, but their only forward pass outlet becomes the wings or a punt up to Elliott.
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Post by rainhillblue9 on Oct 26, 2020 16:20:47 GMT
Yes for that person that keeps asking Paddy Lacey,s ban is now up so he should be available.A few ex blues in the cursing rank,Craig Mahon and Matty Waters tho at the weekend Waters did not play as he was injured.
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Post by rainhillblue9 on Oct 26, 2020 16:22:06 GMT
Sorry hope we are not cursing at 9.40 tomoz.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Oct 26, 2020 16:45:47 GMT
Got a feeling Mahon and Waters (if he plays) will come back to haunt us. Curzon at home has been a defeat for each of the last two seasons now.
Hope I’m wrong come full time tomorrow! I’m really looking forward to finally watching a Chester game - only seen us beat Leamington so far this season as that’s been our only home league game so far.
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Post by agl on Oct 26, 2020 17:01:22 GMT
If Glendon and Weeks play together we have to get at least one of them further up the pitch. They were almost playing on the toes of Livesey and Grand on Saturday, they're never going to hurt teams from there. The Kiddie fans were petrified of having Weeks get the ball around 25 yards from goal and we can see by his strike that day why. If they both play just in front to the back 4, yes we'll keep the ball most of the day, but their only forward pass outlet becomes the wings or a punt up to Elliott. Absolutely. Both have the quality to hurt teams. I don't know what system was used against Spennymoor in the cup but it brought the best out of both of them. Not sure why it went so wrong on Saturday. At some stage I'd like to see Lacey playing the holding role allowing Glendon and Weeks to get further forward but that would mean the end of playing two wide players. Neither Jackson or JJ is playing well at the moment, so perhaps one will have to be sacrificed or come off the bench. Been very impressed with Weeks so far... Kidderminster must have some brilliant players.
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Post by MPW on Oct 26, 2020 17:40:25 GMT
Lose tomorrow and the pressure really will be on with our next games away at Gloucester and York!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 17:45:24 GMT
Lose tomorrow and the pressure really will be on with our next games away at Gloucester and York! I’m presuming this is what Oaks Blue meant by people ‘sensationalising’ things. A win tomorrow and it’s as good as a start we’ve had for years in the league, lose and there’s massive pressure on.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 19:34:29 GMT
It can't be as bad as Saturday..... can it? As a complete glutton for punishment I'll still be coughing up for the live stream
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Post by cfc1885 on Oct 26, 2020 19:39:21 GMT
Lose tomorrow and the pressure really will be on with our next games away at Gloucester and York! What pressure ? The managers ain’t going nowhere... You seriously think we’ve got the money to do that
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Post by Neil Hunt Nonsense Potter on Oct 27, 2020 9:04:33 GMT
Lose tomorrow and the pressure really will be on with our next games away at Gloucester and York! The board will not sack the managers. The board (and our sensible fans) know that they are good, honest, hardworking fellas who are doing their best under very difficult circumstances. Yes we have occasional brainfart results, and yes they wear their hearts on their sleeves, but by God compare them to some of the previous encumbents in the role. You seem genuinely excited in the thought that our next 2 games are probably the toughest 2 of the season and would potentially see them losing their jobs. Sums a few of the posters on here up really that. Some people really need to learn to take winning a bit less deliriously, and losing a bit less suicidally. Smooth your curves folks.
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Post by Oaks Blue on Oct 27, 2020 9:16:45 GMT
Lose tomorrow and the pressure really will be on with our next games away at Gloucester and York! The board will not sack the managers. The board (and our sensible fans) know that they are good, honest, hardworking fellas who are doing their best under very difficult circumstances. Yes we have occasional brainfart results, and yes they wear their hearts on their sleeves, but by God compare them to some of the previous encumbents in the role. You seem genuinely excited in the thought that our next 2 games are probably the toughest 2 of the season and would potentially see them losing their jobs. Sums a few of the posters on here up really that. Some people really need to learn to take winning a bit less deliriously, and losing a bit less suicidally. Smooth your curves folks. It seems we have a fairly large number of fans with delusions of granduer on here. Comments suggesting the managers have become complacent due to the low threat of being sacked is most likely the complete opposite of the reality. Of course they will be putting themselves and their players under pressure to perform and win games, that's what this game is all about. Even if we lose the next 3 games on the bounce we will still be ok and right up there come the end of the season, whenever that may be...
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Post by Rio Doherty on Oct 27, 2020 9:19:34 GMT
Tonight’s game will be the start of a tough few games coming up, so it’s critical we hit the ground running to rectify our slight dip in form. Saturday was absolutely unacceptable and I still haven’t really got over it, but I hope our players have as I’m sure they will be desperate to bounce back by putting in a performance to make us feel proud of them again. Regardless of our cup calamity we have still made a very promising start to our league campaign, which we must maintain given we have some tough tests coming up that will give us a distinct idea of where we are at.
Our last match was on Saturday as we lost 1-0 at home against Marine in the Emirates FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round in what was yet another cup embarrassment. The first period was a drab one because although we did maintain the bulk of possession, we were too lazy and created nothing with it. A stalemate at the interval was absolutely the right judgement on what was an average 45 at best. Sadly, we were unable to wake up to that as our second half showing was even worse. After the hour mark though we had a golden chance to break the deadlock, as Danny Elliott smashed against the crossbar following a flurry of chances for us. With time ticking and our frustration levels increasing, Marine were handed a penalty with not long left on the clock due to a handball. James Barrigan belted the ball as hard as he could to give Louis Gray no chance, therefore making it 1-0 to Marine. We only came alive in the final few moments, although we were hard done by on this occasion as a Danny Livesey header was somehow ruled out for offside - despite him being yards on. We found the net again in injury time, this time George Waring, but his strike was disallowed due to offside in the build-up. We got what we deserved as our lack of desire and valiant defending by Marine resulted in yet another early cup exit.
Curzon Ashton will be making the trip from Greater Manchester having had a solid start to the campaign. The Nash are unbeaten thus far and despite them flirting with the relegation spaces in recent campaigns, many people expect them to be the surprise package this time out due to their excellent Summer transfer window. Our Lancashire opponents signed highly-rated players such as Dominic Knowles, Max Harrop, Paul Turnbull, and Alex Curran to name just a few, who have significantly bolstered their side. We will be up against three former Seals this evening, who are Matty Waters, Craig Mahon, and Paul Turnbull. Firstly, left back Matty graduated from our Academy in 2016 where he was often on the outskirts of our squad in his first couple of seasons, before he really shown his true mettle in his last two years here when given the chance. Unfortunately Matty ended up playing in dribs and drabs without a serious run of games, which resulted in him leaving us in the Summer of this year to sign for his present club, Curzon Ashton, in his quest for regular football. Meanwhile, left winger Craig endured a legendary seven year spell here having joined us from Vauxhall Motors in 2013, where he broke our appearance record and particularly shone in the 2014-15 season. Mahony departed us back in January to join Altrincham, but he wasn’t there for long as he signed for Curzon Ashton back in the Summer. Lastly, centre midfielder Paul had a spell here in the dismal 2017-18 season where he turned out to be a huge disappointment following his departure from Barrow, hence he left the Deva in 2018. Turnbull signed for Curzon Ashton again in the Summer following a successful spell at Stockport County.
Unfortunately home games against Curzon Ashton have turned out to be annual 1-0 defeats in recent years, and on both occasions they were smash-and-grab wins. Both games were also pretty similar to the Marine one on Saturday as we had most of the possession, but Curzon parked the bus for most of the games and were there for the taking, although thanks to our wastefulness they managed to snatch winners. I don’t expect Curzon to play for the draw tonight though as their squad contains loads of quality compared to their recent teams, so I expect them to be much more attacking which we must we wary of. A scrappy 1-0 win will do just so that we can get over Saturday a little bit, therefore that is my prediction. Come On City!
Score: Chester FC (Weeks) 1-0 Curzon Ashton Attendance: 0 (0 Curzon Ashton)
My predicted lineup: Gray K.Roberts Livesey Grand Taylor Jackson Glendon Weeks Bauress Hughes Elliott
COYS!
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Post by Moltisanti on Oct 27, 2020 9:24:45 GMT
Lose tomorrow and the pressure really will be on with our next games away at Gloucester and York! The board will not sack the managers. The board (and our sensible fans) know that they are good, honest, hardworking fellas who are doing their best under very difficult circumstances. Yes we have occasional brainfart results, and yes they wear their hearts on their sleeves, but by God compare them to some of the previous encumbents in the role. You seem genuinely excited in the thought that our next 2 games are probably the toughest 2 of the season and would potentially see them losing their jobs. Sums a few of the posters on here up really that. Some people really need to learn to take winning a bit less deliriously, and losing a bit less suicidally. Smooth your curves folks. THIS
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Oct 27, 2020 10:09:48 GMT
People are getting very tetchy aren’t they?
MPW isn’t even one of the “main” posters you’d associate with opinions that are perceived to be negative, and he’s right - if we do lose tonight the pressure will be on because we have two very difficult games coming next. He didn’t even mention the managers! What’s wrong with people lately?
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Post by Lobster on Oct 27, 2020 10:15:28 GMT
First match thread to be locked before the game starts? MPW didn't even mention the managers, to be fair, but it was a bit of a miserable post that was always likely to provoke a reaction. Come on, let's talk about the game sensibly.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2020 10:19:24 GMT
People are getting very tetchy aren’t they? MPW isn’t even one of the “main” posters you’d associate with opinions that are perceived to be negative, and he’s right - if we do lose tonight the pressure will be on because we have two very difficult games coming next. He didn’t even mention the managers! What’s wrong with people lately? There’ll be 38 games left this season Frank, that’s 114 points more to play for!
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Post by Oaks Blue on Oct 27, 2020 10:29:29 GMT
People are getting very tetchy aren’t they? MPW isn’t even one of the “main” posters you’d associate with opinions that are perceived to be negative, and he’s right - if we do lose tonight the pressure will be on because we have two very difficult games coming next. He didn’t even mention the managers! What’s wrong with people lately? My comment wasn't aimed at MPW specifically. It was more general. The fact is, the managers and players won't be sacked/sold for a poor performance in the next 3 games, why would they? Does that mean they become complacent and sit on their laurels? Who knows, but I doubt it
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Post by highpeakblue on Oct 27, 2020 11:00:28 GMT
We have to play both York and Gloucester away sometime during the season. I'd rather get it of the way early. York haven't had a fantastic start to the season and it is hard to judge Gloucester, as you wouldn't say that they have faced difficult opponents yet.
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Post by dmcnally on Oct 27, 2020 11:12:03 GMT
People are getting very tetchy aren’t they? MPW isn’t even one of the “main” posters you’d associate with opinions that are perceived to be negative, and he’s right - if we do lose tonight the pressure will be on because we have two very difficult games coming next. He didn’t even mention the managers! What’s wrong with people lately? Shame the like button is gone and I’ve got to put a reply in to say this is a good post. Tonight is a game we should be winning. Don’t and we’ve got two of the toughest games all season to try and halt the slide - very possibly we could be looking at 5 games without a win - or even 5 losses on the bounce. That is pressure - they’ll already be feeling it tonight - nowhere has MPW suggested the managers are at risk though.
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