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Quoted from petethemariner

I agree with you Maringer about Kempson - in this league he would be the first name on my teamsheet, he isn't a ball playing centre back, neither was Mark Lever or Justin Whittle  to name but two, who were fan favourites, but he will put his foot,head or whatever in  where it hurts to win the ball - the thug centre back from Fleetwood  is just a stopper, but we can never get the better of him!

I agree with your comments about Kempson, heart on his sleeve battler who would lay it on the line for his team.

second game in a row i've gone away from bp happy, shaky after we conceded but dominated the second half, i have to agree the set plays and crosses were poor, they either didnt beat the first man, or were looped in with no real conviction, which were easy to defend against.

Eagle cannot cross the ball.Give the responsibility to someone who can.Simples.

There is very little that has infuriated me more  as a player, manager and spectator than corners/freekicks
that fail to beat the first man - centre backs trudge up 60 yards and then  have to rush back the same distance to
get back in position because someone who is in the team for the purpose  of providing decent service c'ant do his job.
Doesn't matter to me if its Eagle or whoever, although Eagle seems to have become a past master at failing to beat the first defender with his kicks - S & H really do have to work on improving our set pieces.

Best cross of the night was Green's for Coulson to score.

Well done Town.

So many corners, so few chances ! Need a big kicker that can reach the far side of the goal or the centre spot!

Pearson won't bother running up soon - waste of energy!

On the live match thread, the other interesting note this morning is the run of times the phrase - "Hearn shot, on target, blocked", is in use!

Six times on the report as I read it this morning.

It seems to be written in advance for regular use during the games - spotted it in reports over the last few weeks!

Can we recalibrate his feet to a poor golf shot sliding the ball either side not going straight to goalies or defenders??

At a rough count up, he has been through and shot accurately within the framework of the opposition goal at least 20 times, but no goals as yet.

However, after the lack lustre display vs Stockport.. a win, yes, it's a win, not pretty, should have been by more, but it's 3 points.

With Gateshead surprisingly losing, we are still only 7 points from top place.

A run of wins + a couple of draws would put us right up there, even if we're not firing on all four cylinders.

It's going to be a really tight league as anyone can beat anyone this year.

Also think it's time for Serge to drop to sub and come on in the 2nd half to blaze past tired defenders... and practice more centres at speed in training, please !!!

If we can get Hearn scoring, we can fly.... his chances are many, currently his goals are nil!

Anyway, roll on Saturday.... UTM !! Would be good to see more supporters turning up ??????

After a poor first half in which we hoofed the ball aimlessly, we totally and utterly dominated the second.

Still much to do (starting on Saturday) but thats 3 wins in 4, and that is (whispering) promotion form! The crowd was really bad. A 5-0 defeat sees 1500 fall off the attendance yet despite 2 consecutive home wins and a good win last time out at home, the attendance actually falls even further for last night? I don't understand, do the people of this area really want/deserve a professional football club??

Quoted from Chris

After a poor first half in which we hoofed the ball aimlessly, we totally and utterly dominated the second.

Still much to do (starting on Saturday) but thats 3 wins in 4, and that is (whispering) promotion form! The crowd was really bad. A 5-0 defeat sees 1500 fall off the attendance yet despite 2 consecutive home wins and a good win last time out at home, the attendance actually falls even further for last night? I don't understand, do the people of this area really want/deserve a professional football club??

Attendances throughout The BSP were disappointing last night. Only three topped 2,000 and none reached 3,000. Lincoln had just over 1,500 and poor H&Y 209.

Quoted from ponnyfan

I agree with your comments about Kempson, heart on his sleeve battler who would lay it on the line for his team.

He'd be on the bench (at best) in any team Id selected! Not good enough.