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Post by avfo on Jan 23, 2024 22:31:51 GMT
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Post by Lobster on Jan 23, 2024 22:37:35 GMT
I knew we'd get at least a draw today and was hopeful we could sneak a win. Didn't expect it to be as convincing as that but the result itself doesn't surprise me.
Why are people so negative about games like this? We've shown for the last year and a half that we can go places like that and more often than not get a result. It makes me think we do actually have a chance if we get in the playoffs, since we tend to do well against the better sides.
It's games like Saturday's at King's Lynn that worry me more. Poor sides have dragged us down to their level too often this season so that's what we need to work on.
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Post by 1paulcarden on Jan 23, 2024 22:53:56 GMT
Brilliant result. Full credit to Cal and the lads. If that front two can stay fit…
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Post by MPW on Jan 23, 2024 23:18:48 GMT
Another excellent performance against yet another promotion contender. Peers and Caton make a huge difference in these type of games, we just need to keep them fit. Hopefully Hall gets back to the form he’s capable of soon too and I doubt he’ll be happy that Norton gets on ahead of him.
To think that we were still missing Edwards, Coates, Murray and Thomas who would probably walk into most teams in the NLN.
If we can back this up with a win at KL on Saturday then I can only see us going from strength to strength.
Just a mention regarding Cal’s post match interview, he’s clearly frustrated at some of the negativity aimed at him and the team when things aren’t going to plan, but this happens at every club and it’s only the minority, so he shouldn’t let it get under his skin.
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Post by boughtonblue on Jan 23, 2024 23:32:20 GMT
Another excellent performance against yet another promotion contender. Peers and Caton make a huge difference in these type of games, we just need to keep them fit. Hopefully Hall gets back to the form he’s capable of soon too and I doubt he’ll be happy that Norton gets on ahead of him. To think that we were still missing Edwards, Coates, Murray and Thomas who would probably walk into most teams in the NLN. If we can back this up with a win at KL on Saturday then I can only see us going from strength to strength. Just a mention regarding Cal’s post match interview, he’s clearly frustrated at some of the negativity aimed at him and the team when things aren’t going to plan, but this happens at every club and it’s only the minority, so he shouldn’t let it get under his skin. Agreed, Çal gives the more negative fans way too much time. He needs to forget them but it must be hard as he is so emotionally invested in the club.
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Post by rainhillblue9 on Jan 23, 2024 23:46:47 GMT
Fantastic performance tonight.Cal definitely got his tactics spot on,playing Woodthorpe against one of the top teams,might of been risky but he put in a great shift.Maybe Cal is becoming the Jurgen Klopp off the Conf.north blooding all these young players!!Even finding Jon 27 on the M6 closed could not spoil my night??!! UTS!!!
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Post by avfo on Jan 23, 2024 23:49:15 GMT
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Post by Lobster on Jan 24, 2024 0:03:53 GMT
Another excellent performance against yet another promotion contender. Peers and Caton make a huge difference in these type of games, we just need to keep them fit. Hopefully Hall gets back to the form he’s capable of soon too and I doubt he’ll be happy that Norton gets on ahead of him. To think that we were still missing Edwards, Coates, Murray and Thomas who would probably walk into most teams in the NLN. If we can back this up with a win at KL on Saturday then I can only see us going from strength to strength. Just a mention regarding Cal’s post match interview, he’s clearly frustrated at some of the negativity aimed at him and the team when things aren’t going to plan, but this happens at every club and it’s only the minority, so he shouldn’t let it get under his skin. Agreed, Çal gives the more negative fans way too much time. He needs to forget them but it must be hard as he is so emotionally invested in the club. I think Calum is a rare example of a manager who tends to interview better after a defeat than a win.
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Post by whitey on Jan 24, 2024 0:04:34 GMT
Another excellent performance against yet another promotion contender. Peers and Caton make a huge difference in these type of games, we just need to keep them fit. Hopefully Hall gets back to the form he’s capable of soon too and I doubt he’ll be happy that Norton gets on ahead of him. To think that we were still missing Edwards, Coates, Murray and Thomas who would probably walk into most teams in the NLN. If we can back this up with a win at KL on Saturday then I can only see us going from strength to strength. Just a mention regarding Cal’s post match interview, he’s clearly frustrated at some of the negativity aimed at him and the team when things aren’t going to plan, but this happens at every club and it’s only the minority, so he shouldn’t let it get under his skin. Happens at every club as you say and in fairness to the fans as well some of the recent home games have been a hard watch. I'm sure Cal will mature and learn this especially if he has ambitions to manage higher up where the focus/acclaim and also criticism will be much greater.
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Post by Moltisanti on Jan 24, 2024 6:59:20 GMT
We’re not playing well enough to keep a clean sheet at the moment (I realise we just did! - Stortford really should have had at least one goal though). Can we create enough to take at least one chance against a good team? Probably. So I’ll go for a 2-1 loss. I’m not sure we’ve turned any sort of corner with regards performance although I really hope I’m wrong. 😂😂
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Post by Moltisanti on Jan 24, 2024 7:00:01 GMT
I think 0-0 is the best we can hope for. 😂😂
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Post by seal with it on Jan 24, 2024 7:11:24 GMT
Everything went to plan last night, the tactics were spot on, the stream was spot on. Peers and Caton will get us promoted if they stay fit, just got to stick together and keep the faith UTFS
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Post by devadiva on Jan 24, 2024 7:14:00 GMT
Cracking performance. As others have said it’s so frustrating we pull it out the bag against the good teams but not the less good ones.
Loved that comedy Chorley throw in the second half when their player ran half the pitch to take over the throw and then it was blown straight out for our goal kick. Looking forward to re-watching that on the highlights!
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Post by martyntrumpcaster on Jan 24, 2024 7:48:43 GMT
Preece magnanimous in defeat and had a word for our support. "Not a game you want to lose. Because when they (Chester) win you hear all about it".
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Post by agl on Jan 24, 2024 7:56:52 GMT
I think 0-0 is the best we can hope for. 😂😂 What, so now no-one is allowed to give an honest pre-match prediction without you going back through them all after the game and giving the raised eyes emojis? How about doing the same for everyone who predicted us to beat Rushall or Buxton at home? It's tedious and cluttering up the thread when we should be celebrating a brilliant win. Just makes you look a bit sad, I'm afraid.
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Post by Lobster on Jan 24, 2024 8:02:03 GMT
Preece magnanimous in defeat and had a word for our support. "Not a game you want to lose. Because when they (Chester) win you hear all about it". Haven't they tried to bill games against us as a derby or rivalry in the past? Funnily enough, when I went to Southport v Darlo a couple of weeks ago, the home fans seemed to spend most of the game chanting about Chorley. Didn't realise that rivalry was a thing.
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Post by Harry Lime on Jan 24, 2024 8:22:26 GMT
That was probably the best result / performance of the season given the conditions, opposition and injury problems.
This time we got the early goal, kept going forwards and controlled the game. Team selection and tactics proved spot on.
Going into the game I thought the conditions might have suited them better than us. Maybe had they scored early and had the wind behind them, they might have played better?? Who knows?
Well done Cal, the staff and all the players. Big well done to the 300 who made the trip over on a grim evening, and made some noise!
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Post by southernblue on Jan 24, 2024 9:18:53 GMT
I think it was AGL who said it before, but it does seem to be first goal wins with our matches at the moment.
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Post by Moltisanti on Jan 24, 2024 9:22:42 GMT
What, so now no-one is allowed to give an honest pre-match prediction without you going back through them all after the game and giving the raised eyes emojis? How about doing the same for everyone who predicted us to beat Rushall or Buxton at home? It's tedious and cluttering up the thread when we should be celebrating a brilliant win. Just makes you look a bit sad, I'm afraid. Couldn’t give the slightest shit, what you or anyone else thinks. If I’ve got to read negative crap from the usual idiots when we lose I’ll make the most of it when we win. I celebrated in real life because I actually attend our fixtures not sit at home waiting for us to lose to I can abuse our managers and players on Deva Chat.
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Post by bing on Jan 24, 2024 9:40:46 GMT
I knew we'd get at least a draw today and was hopeful we could sneak a win. Didn't expect it to be as convincing as that but the result itself doesn't surprise me. Why are people so negative about games like this? We've shown for the last year and a half that we can go places like that and more often than not get a result. It makes me think we do actually have a chance if we get in the playoffs, since we tend to do well against the better sides. It's games like Saturday's at King's Lynn that worry me more. Poor sides have dragged us down to their level too often this season so that's what we need to work on. I think our lack of goals gives the impression that we're doing worse than we actually are. We were 4th before the game and ahead of Chorley, so I was surprised by the pessimism. Having two up top makes a world of difference - occupying defenders and making space for each other. Gives us so many options.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2024 9:51:26 GMT
What, so now no-one is allowed to give an honest pre-match prediction without you going back through them all after the game and giving the raised eyes emojis? How about doing the same for everyone who predicted us to beat Rushall or Buxton at home? It's tedious and cluttering up the thread when we should be celebrating a brilliant win. Just makes you look a bit sad, I'm afraid. Couldn’t give the slightest shit, what you or anyone else thinks. If I’ve got to read negative crap from the usual idiots when we lose I’ll make the most of it when we win. I celebrated in real life because I actually attend our fixtures not sit at home waiting for us to lose to I can abuse our managers and players on Deva Chat. Give enough of a shit to log in on your mobile and reply in the middle of a working day though Or are you going to reply with laughing emojis again to illustrate you still don't give a shit what anyone thinks? Fool
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Post by Moltisanti on Jan 24, 2024 10:06:55 GMT
Couldn’t give the slightest shit, what you or anyone else thinks. If I’ve got to read negative crap from the usual idiots when we lose I’ll make the most of it when we win. I celebrated in real life because I actually attend our fixtures not sit at home waiting for us to lose to I can abuse our managers and players on Deva Chat. Give enough of a shit to log in on your mobile and reply in the middle of a working day though Or are you going to reply with laughing emojis again to illustrate you still don't give a shit what anyone thinks? Fool Hahahahaha Grrrrr
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Post by agl on Jan 24, 2024 10:21:23 GMT
What, so now no-one is allowed to give an honest pre-match prediction without you going back through them all after the game and giving the raised eyes emojis? How about doing the same for everyone who predicted us to beat Rushall or Buxton at home? It's tedious and cluttering up the thread when we should be celebrating a brilliant win. Just makes you look a bit sad, I'm afraid. Couldn’t give the slightest shit, what you or anyone else thinks. If I’ve got to read negative crap from the usual idiots when we lose I’ll make the most of it when we win. I celebrated in real life because I actually attend our fixtures not sit at home waiting for us to lose to I can abuse our managers and players on Deva Chat. Ok, you were there. That's great. So how about giving a few thoughts on the match? Would be interesting to know how Peers and Caton look as a front two, or if one was slightly withdrawn. And why do we struggle so much against the poor teams who let us have the ball? I can't think of any other season like this when results against top half teams have been so good but so bad against bottom half. I'm sure some statto could come up with a form guide to illustrate that. Who knows, if you engage with people on here it might even help in your 'real life'?
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Post by leedsutd234 on Jan 24, 2024 10:22:43 GMT
What, so now no-one is allowed to give an honest pre-match prediction without you going back through them all after the game and giving the raised eyes emojis? How about doing the same for everyone who predicted us to beat Rushall or Buxton at home? It's tedious and cluttering up the thread when we should be celebrating a brilliant win. Just makes you look a bit sad, I'm afraid. Superb result and probably the best win of the season. I don't think we've beaten them since 2012.
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Post by Moltisanti on Jan 24, 2024 10:28:38 GMT
Couldn’t give the slightest shit, what you or anyone else thinks. If I’ve got to read negative crap from the usual idiots when we lose I’ll make the most of it when we win. I celebrated in real life because I actually attend our fixtures not sit at home waiting for us to lose to I can abuse our managers and players on Deva Chat. Ok, you were there. That's great. So how about giving a few thoughts on the match? Would be interesting to know how Peers and Caton look as a front two, or if one was slightly withdrawn. And why do we struggle so much against the poor teams who let us have the ball? I can't think of any other season like this when results against top half teams have been so good but so bad against bottom half. I'm sure some statto could come up with a form guide to illustrate that. Who knows, if you engage with people on here it might even help in your 'real life'? Absolutely fantastic performance my friend. Peers and Caton are basically Yorke and Cole.
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Post by jimianto on Jan 24, 2024 10:35:54 GMT
I've never seen us win so many second balls as we did in the first half. Weeks and Whitehouse in particular were dervishes, never stopping and we gave Chorley no time on the ball at all. Clearly a clinical striker makes all the difference to us and Peers was fantastic with the finishes and his all round hustle. I think the 90 mins would have done Charlie Caton good. He was blowing a bit at the end, but still never stopped.
One for the older supporters - Woodthorpe's delivery to the far post for Daly early in the second half was so reminiscent of his Dad from back in the 1980s! Lovely ball and deserved a goal.
Overall a brave, determined and confident performance that thoroughly deserved 3 points - even Andy Preece agreed we were the better team and that would have been tough for him to admit!
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Post by Moltisanti on Jan 24, 2024 10:38:05 GMT
I've never seen us win so many second balls as we did in the first half. Weeks and Whitehouse in particular were dervishes, never stopping and we gave Chorley no time on the ball at all. Clearly a clinical striker makes all the difference to us and Peers was fantastic with the finishes and his all round hustle. I think the 90 mins would have done Charlie Caton good. He was blowing a bit at the end, but still never stopped. One for the older supporters - Woodthorpe's delivery to the far post for Daly early in the second half was so reminiscent of his Dad from back in the 1980s! Lovely ball and deserved a goal. Overall a brave, determined and confident performance that thoroughly deserved 3 points - even Andy Preece agreed we were the better team and that would have been tough for him to admit! Spot on we never give them an inch. Best performance of the season, Hartlepool aside.
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Post by Si on Jan 24, 2024 11:15:41 GMT
Did the damage in the first half, killed the game in the second.....proper away performance. Much more cutting edge with Peers and Caton up front, the ball actually sticks which then allows others to get up the pitch and join in. Don't think there's any need for Cal to be getting so salty in the interview to be honest, people had every right to constructively criticise some really crap home performance where we barely had a shot, he'd come across a bit better just to take that on the chin and concentrate on what was an excellent performance on the night. He's got a couple of matches wrong tactically of late, but last night his game plan was absolutely spot on. And was really impressed with Woodthorpe - it was a bold decision to put him in but he was aggressive and solid and looks right at home at this level. If we can get that front pair on the pitch then we'll be play offs, if not then I think we may fall short as the backup has proven to be ineffective. Hats off to the supporters last night, could hear them loud and clear on the stream and it must have been a dog of a night to travel up to that dump.
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Post by agl on Jan 24, 2024 11:21:33 GMT
I think it was AGL who said it before, but it does seem to be first goal wins with our matches at the moment. Preece mentions it in his interview that the first goal instilled self belief. You can see why it's so important, because we haven't been scoring many. Think we've only won once after conceding first (maybe drawn three) but not lost if scoring first (feel free to correct me on that).
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Post by catfordbags on Jan 24, 2024 11:49:45 GMT
Acceptable forms of celebratory projectile in the modern game - antibacterial hand wash. Get in Tom Peers !
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