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derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12368

.....three points but I am a bag of nerves and have just reached for the whisky bottle.

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2016 10:53 pm

We were a different team in the 2nd half, very lucky 3 points.

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2016 10:57 pm

Nowt lucky about it. They had a lot of the ball but did nowt with it.

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12368

Listening to the game on Poolsworld I got the impression we were inviting a sending off. That Toto fella seems a liability. However the table doesn't lie and the breathing space has just got wider.

ed-t-ball · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2016 11:04 pm

Phew!!

3 points, great.

Chrissy Stevo · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2016 11:22 pm

Had amond 3-1. Happy with 3 points however but the £300 would have been welcomed.

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chunky1988 · **Joined:** Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:33 pm **Posts:** 1066

1st goal great strike and 3rd goal was outstanding.

That's where praise stops, after 3-0 we were appalling. Tactically shocking and makes you question if hignett is purposely trying to mess things up.

Morecambe were shocking and fact we made something very comfortable turn into a battle sums up how poor we are. 2 of the worst teams in league and shows why both are where we are.

Very welcome 3 points though before I get jumped on after a win which was very important.

ltr · **Joined:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:12 am **Posts:** 818

derwent wrote:

Listening to the game on Poolsworld I got the impression we were inviting a sending off. That Toto fella seems a liability. However the table doesn't lie and the breathing space has just got wider.

Thought Toto was very fortunate. Was reckless the way he dived in, could easily have been a red.

Chrissy Stevo · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2016 12:23 am

Chip Fireball wrote:

You must be feeling sick as a pig.

I had a couple of decent bets on the game myself, and didn't enjoy the second half as much as I enjoyed the first. Piss weak defending for that last goal.

After we went 3-0 up so early I had written it off so it wasn't too bad!

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tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

I went for this little beauty.

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:05 am

What is it with the 1 peg left footers, Both Carroll and Deverdicks are flimsy characters, always looking to back out and play backwards, make them practice with their right feet or zap the bastards!

GeoffcN · **Joined:** Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:10 pm **Posts:** 463

The simple change when Paynter was to bring Oates on and stay with the formation. Instead he went with just 1 up front and we could have lost it. Oates was signed as a striker but Hignet just won't play him there.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37701

If they'd scored their second goal even ten minutes earlier anything could have happened.
The team seems devoid of any characters, just lots of lightweight runners busy going nowhere at breakneck speed. The three points are welcome but I don't see anything to really reassure me. They're like a delicate Italian sports car, liable to go all temperamental and fall to pieces when you need them to perform.

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2016 8:17 am

GeoffcN wrote:

The simple change when Paynter was to bring Oates on and stay with the formation. Instead he went with just 1 up front and we could have lost it.

How could we have lost it Geoff? They scored twice but never even had another noteworthy chance.

For all their possession in the second half, it took a massively deflected effort and a goal mouth scramble in the dying seconds for them to get anything.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37701

misterb2001 wrote:

GeoffcN wrote:

The simple change when Paynter was to bring Oates on and stay with the formation. Instead he went with just 1 up front and we could have lost it.

How could we have lost it Geoff? They scored twice but never even had another noteworthy chance.

For all their possession in the second half, it took a massively deflected effort and a goal mouth scramble in the dying seconds for them to get anything.

Of course we could have lost it. Lot of ifs involved, but we could have lost it.

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2016 9:50 am

Go on then, explain how a team who only had 2 shots on target could get 4 goals from it.

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Totos erratic defensive headers?

thedno · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2016 10:10 am

Chip Fireball wrote:

Hopefully the rumours are true and he is off somewhere once the window opens, he's no good for my blood pressure.

The other two starting centre backs played well, Harrison was back to something like his best ( albeit not really tested ) and Donnelly rightly got man of the match.

Not sure what formation we were playing immediately after going 3-0 up like, Hawkins seemed to be virtually playing right back ( clearly not his best position ) and picking up Ellison, before we eventually switched to the conventional back four with Donnelly going right back.

Fair play to Hignett for getting the three points and picking a starting line up that raised eyebrows, not sure I agree with the negativity in the second half because I don't think we are good enough to sit back and invite teams on. Had we stuck with the 3-5-2 and continued going for it I suspect the scoreline would have been a lot more convincing because they really were bobbins at the back and the keeper dropped every cross he came for.

As the old saying goes, sometimes the best defence is to attack, could and should have won by more.
Glad we did not throw it away,.

I hope Hignett learns from this,...as he is so fond of saying!!!! I would imagine some of the players were as frustrated as the fans at his second half tactics? Thank fuck we won.

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Just seen the goals back again, great goal from Amond. Didn't appreciate it that much live.

Laurent missed his header in the 6 yd box for their 2nd goal.

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2016 12:03 pm

pooliecrab wrote:

Just seen the goals back again, great goal from Amond. Didn't appreciate it that much live.

Laurent missed his header in the 6 yd box for their 2nd goal.

He has been pants since his new contract and bigging up as a million pound player, million pence more like :shifty:

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

It often happens with young players they come into the team and do well initially then they have a dip not being used to the grind of week in week out League football. Give him a rest for a while before the nuggets start slaughtering him, no drama.

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:13 pm

Thought we were lucky with the penalty as it looked like Paynter or Amond clearly pushed somebody in the back, the highlights don't show it like.

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:27 pm

Chip Fireball wrote:

They ended up with more shots than us, more possession, and more corners. Which you would have found hard to fathom after the first 30 minutes.

I can sort of see where Mr B is coming from, but he seems to be overlooking the bloke hitting the underside of the bar ( looked like it might even have bounced over the line ) just before half time. They had two blokes totally unmarked six yards out and still managed to fuck it up.

Sitting back and slowing the game down just played into their hands.

The initial comment was along the lines of we could have lost it when Paynter went off so I disregarded their chance in the first half.

I appreciate we went way too defensive, but the reality is they got a flukey goal at the start of the 2nd half then we kept them at arms length for the remainder until the goal mouth scramble with 40 seconds left.

They only had 2 on target. They were unlucky with the one that hit the bar. Apart from that, they had nothing that came anywhere close to troubling us.

demented twig · **Joined:** Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:09 pm **Posts:** 1043

Joe Mac wrote:

We were a different team in the 2nd half, very lucky 3 points.

they say football is a game of 2 halves,well i disagree,i had 6 pints during and after the game last night

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37701

misterb2001 wrote:

Chip Fireball wrote:

They ended up with more shots than us, more possession, and more corners. Which you would have found hard to fathom after the first 30 minutes.

I can sort of see where Mr B is coming from, but he seems to be overlooking the bloke hitting the underside of the bar ( looked like it might even have bounced over the line ) just before half time. They had two blokes totally unmarked six yards out and still managed to fuck it up.

Sitting back and slowing the game down just played into their hands.

The initial comment was along the lines of we could have lost it when Paynter went off so I disregarded their chance in the first half.

I appreciate we went way too defensive, but the reality is they got a flukey goal at the start of the 2nd half then we kept them at arms length for the remainder until the goal mouth scramble with 40 seconds left.

They only had 2 on target. They were unlucky with the one that hit the bar. Apart from that, they had nothing that came anywhere close to troubling us.

Of course it was possible to lose it. As things turned out we didn't, but we could have. You are talking post match, were you saying during the match we couldn't lose ? Any team can lose a match in progress, it's only certain when the final whistle blows.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Followed up by...

Must be my lucky weekend

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2016 6:01 pm

Your right snowy. We could easily have lost 25-3

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2016 7:09 pm

Well done Mr.Hamster!!!!

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Drinks on tree with disorder

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

demented twig wrote:

Joe Mac wrote:

We were a different team in the 2nd half, very lucky 3 points.

they say football is a game of 2 halves,well i disagree,i had 6 pints during and after the game last night

Monkeybutts 3rd alias outed.

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2016 8:05 pm

pooliecrab wrote:

demented twig wrote:

Joe Mac wrote:

We were a different team in the 2nd half, very lucky 3 points.

they say football is a game of 2 halves,well i disagree,i had 6 pints during and after the game last night

Monkeybutts 3rd alias outed.

Not me, although I do find him funny.

I have 2 others though not yet divulged

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Is one me??

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2017 10:51 am

pooliecrab wrote:

Is one me??

I thought you were Featherstone

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