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Post by devachatter on Mar 9, 2024 17:30:47 GMT
Lino on the East stand area was a disgrace
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Post by Lon on Mar 9, 2024 17:35:37 GMT
That was incredibly frustrating. We wouldn’t have scored even if we played another 90. Curzon with their depleted squad just time wasted and play acted their way through that, the ref was so bad he appeased that. Tuesday is a must win now
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Post by Lobster on Mar 9, 2024 17:47:35 GMT
With a bit of luck we could have easily won that game. Having said that Curzon played us well and are a decent team. Disappointing but the main thing is we didn't loseDisagree with that sentiment really. We're drawing too many games at home. I'd rather we lost the odd one and won more.
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Post by weststander on Mar 9, 2024 17:47:59 GMT
That's was poor again. We really do struggle to break teams down. For me we are not strong enough to control the midfield and in the absence of Roberts need a ball winner in there. Also, the ball doesn't stick well enough up front. Peers and Caton did not play well . Nothing came off for Tollitt either. We have lacked a targetman for 2 seasons. We really do need a physical presence up there to hold the ball up and link the play around the 18 yard box. The ball comes back at us far too much and its the main reason we can't put any sustained pressure on teams. Seen far too many of these performances at home and there is never a Plan B. MOM Burton
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Post by Royal Blue on Mar 9, 2024 17:53:55 GMT
Total lack of quality today with the forward play with passes going astray, ball not being held up and wrong options being chosed. Frustrating really as that was very winnable. Officials were very poor with some very bad throw in decisions in particular. Burton had a proper Chester debut, man of the match then gets sent off. Have to say I was disappointed with the crowd, 1142 away then not even double that at home a week later. The team deserve better even though they weren't on it today.
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Post by nytram on Mar 9, 2024 18:06:58 GMT
Lino on the East stand area was a disgrace Lino on the West stand area was a disgrace.
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Post by vandycandy on Mar 9, 2024 18:08:27 GMT
Hope all these draws don't cost us getting into the playoffs. Burton showed a bit of naivety with that second yellow which was a shame as he was excellent to that point. Quick, strong, gets stuck in & nearly scored from a corner.
Caton was very quiet again & after taking off Tollitt & Murray we had absolutely nothing going forward. Like to see Norton start ahead of Caton on Tuesday.
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Post by yossergolf on Mar 9, 2024 18:11:21 GMT
With a bit of luck we could have easily won that game. Having said that Curzon played us well and are a decent team. Disappointing but the main thing is we didn't loseDisagree with that sentiment really. We're drawing too many games at home. I'd rather we lost the odd one and won more. Said the same about too many draws last season when on that long unbeaten run, was slated by some for wanting team to lose. Unfortunately you get a better points tally by winning games. First 30 mins team played some good football and we needed to score in that period, as the game went on we looked toothless.
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Post by Anders on Mar 9, 2024 18:12:52 GMT
With a bit of luck we could have easily won that game. Having said that Curzon played us well and are a decent team. Disappointing but the main thing is we didn't loseDisagree with that sentiment really. We're drawing too many games at home. I'd rather we lost the odd one and won more. This. Draws aren't much use really, look at how Chorley have motored away from us.
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Post by jimianto on Mar 9, 2024 18:13:21 GMT
Disappointed to see Woody dropped. Charlie Caton is not a left sided wing back.
Surely we have to go more attacking against Southport on Tuesday.
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Post by Lon on Mar 9, 2024 18:14:23 GMT
With a bit of luck we could have easily won that game. Having said that Curzon played us well and are a decent team. Disappointing but the main thing is we didn't loseDisagree with that sentiment really. We're drawing too many games at home. I'd rather we lost the odd one and won more. 1 win and 2 losses is the same amount of points as 3 draws. Need to start winning games. Especially at home
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Post by southernblue on Mar 9, 2024 18:17:31 GMT
Lino on the East stand area was a disgrace Lino on the West stand area was a disgrace. Man in the middle was a disgrace.
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Post by theshed1 on Mar 9, 2024 18:19:03 GMT
Disagree with that sentiment really. We're drawing too many games at home. I'd rather we lost the odd one and won more. 1 win and 2 losses is the same amount of points as 3 draws. Need to start winning games. Especially at home Totally agree 2 wins and 1 loss is 6pts and that's what we need to finish 4th or 5th which is now all we can realistically achieve
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Post by avfo on Mar 9, 2024 18:20:30 GMT
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Post by southernblue on Mar 9, 2024 18:31:39 GMT
Last four games (I know the run is longer) we are unbeaten, but we could have lost two and still had two more points from those games if we'd won the other two. Draws kill you.
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Post by Harry Lime on Mar 9, 2024 18:33:31 GMT
Worst officiating I’ve ever seen I think. If that's the level of officiating we have to endure, they might as well scrap the leagues now. The referee gave every slight contact as a free kick. Then proceeded to book players for what were just fouls. Peers seemed to get booked for being persistently fouled. He pointed all round the pitch to non existent fouls, then booked him. No idea whether Burton said anything to the referee before he got sent off, but didn't appear to. The lino East Stand side didn't actually get a decision correct all second half. Throw ins were given the wrong way. He gave fouls that weren't, and didn't flag for one offside even though there were a few. As I said at the start, if that's the level of officiating we have to endure, it will kill the game off. There were 2 red cards and 6 yellow(?) and there wasn't a bad challenge in the game. Spencer was the only player who persistently fouled and he did eventually get sent off. If he had any brain cells he'd have stopped doing that.
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Post by southernblue on Mar 9, 2024 18:42:17 GMT
I had to have a wry smile at Cal's answer to Neil Turner about the officials. He wasn't going to be drawn in, but you know what he thought. Amusing, although I'm sure the fans didn't find the ref's performance amusing.
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Post by Moltisanti on Mar 9, 2024 18:57:58 GMT
Worst officiating I’ve ever seen I think. If that's the level of officiating we have to endure, they might as well scrap the leagues now. The referee gave every slight contact as a free kick. Then proceeded to book players for what were just fouls. Peers seemed to get booked for being persistently fouled. He pointed all round the pitch to non existent fouls, then booked him. No idea whether Burton said anything to the referee before he got sent off, but didn't appear to. The lino East Stand side didn't actually get a decision correct all second half. Throw ins were given the wrong way. He gave fouls that weren't, and didn't flag for one offside even though there were a few. As I said at the start, if that's the level of officiating we have to endure, it will kill the game off. There were 2 red cards and 6 yellow(?) and there wasn't a bad challenge in the game. Spencer was the only player who persistently fouled and he did eventually get sent off. If he had any brain cells he'd have stopped doing that. Spot on. Most of the time the ref was just giving fouls because the Curzon players shouted foul. Embarrassing
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Post by devadiva on Mar 9, 2024 19:14:28 GMT
That was pretty turgid. I was really pleased with the starting line up - really attacking at a home game was great. Felt like we may continue the high/impetus of last Saturday’s game. However we reverted to type at home. No quality or incisiveness up front. Everyone looked tired and out of ideas. Tollit remains the only player willing to have a crack from outside the box and Burton had an excellent debut until his ridiculous sending off. As others have said we simply aren’t accumulating enough points, despite having a much improved squad. We need 4 from the next 2 games at least and our run in is not an easy one - we still have a lot of games against play off teams to come. And the way Darlo are improving under Watson, the last thing we need is a final game against them with a win keeping them safe and a win getting us playoffs as I can see us bottling that.
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Post by noddy on Mar 9, 2024 19:17:46 GMT
Didn't do enough second half to deserve more than our point, had chances in the first half, especially the Whitehouse header. Only Chester playing with three strikers on the pitch and still look pretty toothless, none of the three had good games today unfortunately. Burton was our best player until the sending off. Move on to Southport Tuesday night who typically seem to have found their form the last few weeks so will be another tough one but a game we have to find a way to win.
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Post by oldblue72 on Mar 9, 2024 19:19:06 GMT
We set up to avoid defeat- no surprise when we draw. Who the heck plays their striker as an assistant left back. Totally embarrassing strategy. Then we take Murray and tollit off- the only two likely to make something happen.
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Post by oldblue72 on Mar 9, 2024 19:21:04 GMT
The officials didn’t prevent the win. All our own doing
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Post by noddy on Mar 9, 2024 19:21:22 GMT
We set up to avoid defeat- no surprise when we draw. Who the heck plays their striker as an assistant left back. Totally embarrassing strategy. Then we take Murray and tollit off- the only two likely to make something happen. Agree to a certain extent. Just wish Callum would release the shackles a bit more. We have the players, just need them to play with a bit more freedom.
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Post by boughtonblue on Mar 9, 2024 19:43:16 GMT
Disagree with that sentiment really. We're drawing too many games at home. I'd rather we lost the odd one and won more. 1 win and 2 losses is the same amount of points as 3 draws. Need to start winning games. Especially at home Agree about the draws, although Curzon are competing with us for play off place ect so didn't want to gift them 3 points. I think we lost a game last year and it resulted in a great run in. If we get in the play offs we certainly won't be favourites which may not be a bad thing
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Post by Jack on Mar 9, 2024 19:49:43 GMT
Thought Cal was pretty bang on in his post match interview. Although the home record is better this season, the same issues persist in home games as they did last season. We've been excellent and gritty in games against Scunthorpe, Tamworth, Brackley etc, but as he pointed out, those wins were achieved through endeavour and counter attacking. It's the games against the rest that are still a worry.
We don't score enough, and we don't consistently create chances from open play. I feel a bit for Peers - he had a poor day today but I can't remember him ever being put through on goal with a through ball and him having the keeper to beat. He is battling all day with his back to goal, looking for scraps from cut backs into crowded areas. That is 100% in part due to teams sitting so deep behind the ball, but we have to do more. With Tollit, you can see his ability is miles above this level, but I don't ever really know where he is meant to be playing and wonder if we're getting the best out of him. I want to see him cutting in from the wing and getting his shots in but he gets lost in the game.
I think teams probably fancy their chances of coming here and getting something. They know we don't sustain periods of pressure and box our opponents in for a long time so they can just feign injury, slow the game down and any spell we have on top seem to be short.
I still think we'll get into the play offs though, so no major panic & when we do, I back us against any team in this division on our day. That being said, there's definitely more in this squad than we're seeing at the Deva so that's the challenge between now and the end of the season.
Thought Stanway was excellent again as was Burton. The rest of them were lacking a bit of sharpness. The less said about the officials, the better. They were just appallingly shite.
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Post by Lon on Mar 9, 2024 19:50:36 GMT
1 win and 2 losses is the same amount of points as 3 draws. Need to start winning games. Especially at home Agree about the draws, although Curzon are competing with us for play off place ect so didn't want to gift them 3 points. I think we lost a game last year and it resulted in a great run in. If we get in the play offs we certainly won't be favourites which may not be a bad thing I predicted a 1-1 draw today so I’m not too worried about today’s result. Just means Tuesday is a massive game now and we need to win
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Post by Anders on Mar 9, 2024 19:58:06 GMT
Felt a bit for Caton today, clearly needs a confidence boost and the last thing he needed was his manager plonking him where he did in the first half at left wing back, his head dropped after getting torn through a few times in a five minute spell when they hit the post.
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Post by welshrover on Mar 9, 2024 20:17:54 GMT
Didn't see Tribal Society there today paying their dues.
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Post by yossergolf on Mar 9, 2024 20:34:51 GMT
Thought Cal was pretty bang on in his post match interview. Although the home record is better this season, the same issues persist in home games as they did last season. We've been excellent and gritty in games against Scunthorpe, Tamworth, Brackley etc, but as he pointed out, those wins were achieved through endeavour and counter attacking. It's the games against the rest that are still a worry. We don't score enough, and we don't consistently create chances from open play. I feel a bit for Peers - he had a poor day today but I can't remember him ever being put through on goal with a through ball and him having the keeper to beat. He is battling all day with his back to goal, looking for scraps from cut backs into crowded areas. That is 100% in part due to teams sitting so deep behind the ball, but we have to do more. With Tollit, you can see his ability is miles above this level, but I don't ever really know where he is meant to be playing and wonder if we're getting the best out of him. I want to see him cutting in from the wing and getting his shots in but he gets lost in the game. I think teams probably fancy their chances of coming here and getting something. They know we don't sustain periods of pressure and box our opponents in for a long time so they can just feign injury, slow the game down and any spell we have on top seem to be short. I still think we'll get into the play offs though, so no major panic & when we do, I back us against any team in this division on our day. That being said, there's definitely more in this squad than we're seeing at the Deva so that's the challenge between now and the end of the season. Thought Stanway was excellent again as was Burton. The rest of them were lacking a bit of sharpness. The less said about the officials, the better. They were just appallingly shite. Thought we played some good stuff for first 30 mins and created a number of openings, without troubling the keeper. If we had scored early on then we would probably win the game. If we don’t score then there appears to be no tactical changes made to create anything. We rarely seem to have a plan B. Tuesdays game now has to be a must win but won’t be easy. If we do make the play offs then believe away ties will suit our style of play better
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Post by sammychester on Mar 9, 2024 20:37:59 GMT
Felt a bit for Caton today, clearly needs a confidence boost and the last thing he needed was his manager plonking him where he did in the first half at left wing back, his head dropped after getting torn through a few times in a five minute spell when they hit the post. What on earth was that about? Ridiculous to put him there
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