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Quoted from immariner

The first half was a pretty much a non-event except the abysmal goal we conceded. The overlap was far too easy to create anf the pull back to a player who had no Town player within 5 yards of him was a real WTF moment. We looked much better at the start of the second half with the change of shape and personnel and to give Efete his dues, it was a really well taken goal. Then we were on top and Efete found himself free again in the box and really should have squared it but suddenly thought he was Messi, blazing it high/wide. Not long after, they go up the other end and a ridiculous challenge by Efete is met by an equally ridiculous decision to award a penalty when the challenge was clearly a yard outside. After that we fairly capitulated, conceded a carbon copy of the first and then our left back makes the sort of mistake you shouldn't ever see a professional defender make, letting the ball bounce when a head away was easy. Reminded me somewhat of his mistake against Swindon when he inexplicably let the ball run across him, leading to a foul and red card.

Weak physically- yes. Weak mentally- sadly also yes. We need players that can shoot accurately and defenders that can defend. And we need a big fornicator upfront like they had,.I thought Umerah was great. Hard to make a case for any of the out of contract players to be offered new contracts right now. Someone desperately needs to let Crocombe know he can kick quite far. Utterly infuriating to see him over-punt the ball with such consistency. Maybe take a bit off it next time Max, yeah?

Quoted from Croxton

Accurate summary of the goals but not sure that Umerah was as good as we were terrible. If we do go for a big lad up front and Harry Smith get's mentioned again I hope due diligence is done. Spent a lot of time talking to JMD at Orient when they should have both been limbering up at half time.

As for Crocombe, he has really gone to pot. Spends too much time up the pitch giving it large when there's argy bargy, fails to spot where our taller players are and punts it back to the other team. Touch of arrogance about his persona.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Agree with all of this, Max is a bit of a nut job in reality and looks like he has trouble concentrating, when he is focused he’s great but we’ve not seen him in that space for a while.

Umerah finished his goal well but Max was pretty much on his backside, Amos had lost the plot and someone of Umerah’s size should be able to fend off a challenge from Hunt who has the physical presence of a 13 year old. People are raving about him just because we haven’t got a lump up front.

Quoted from toontown

Yeah agreed I didn't think umerah was particularly good, it's just he's better than having a relative lightweight like Lloyd up there. Why oh why does Hurst persist with playing lloyd up front on his own like he did first half, he is never in a million years a target man and he gets outmuscled as easily as you would expect he would playing against fellas twice his size. Concerning that Hurst is unable to recognise that.

Hate to say it as I like Amos, but he.has been frequently exposed this season and simply isn't good enough if we want to challenge next season.

The fact hunt is struggling to get in this side does not bode well for him and I think next season could well be make or break for him as an EFL player.

Quoted from toontown

Yeah agreed I didn't think umerah was particularly good, it's just he's better than having a relative lightweight like Lloyd up there.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Agree with all of this, Max is a bit of a nut job in reality and looks like he has trouble concentrating, when he is focused he’s great but we’ve not seen him in that space for a while.

Umerah finished his goal well but Max was pretty much on his backside, Amos had lost the plot and someone of Umerah’s size should be able to fend off a challenge from Hunt who has the physical presence of a 13 year old. People are raving about him just because we haven’t got a lump up front.