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Just back. Echo what others have said, felt like 3 points, deserved 3 points. Feel we were a bit weak first 20 mins but Sousa and Hunt dragged us into the game. After 20 mins there was only 1 team on the attack really. Hunt had a good game, Max added something when he came on and deserved his assist. But Pearson was my MoM, definitely. Even brought the nostalgia in with a cheeky stepover as he attacked their left side.
What an incompetent anus that ref was though. My dad is probably the least biased town fan I know. He's one of them who you ask 'who's side are you on' usually. He was messaging me from home watching on BT sport and said we should have had at least 2 pens, probably 3. Think the ref is the difference between 1 point and 3 today. Players definitely playing for Hurst, no doubt about it. UTM
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Thought we were great once we got going after half an hour, deserved to win but for a ref that seemed a tadge on the blind side. Even if we had lost I would have been proud of the way we played and how we didn't score 3 in 2nd half is beyond me, Watched on telly and deffo a pen just before they scored. Its great how we can attack with passing/a bit of movement when the players have a couple of weeks without Hurst teaching them about defending before anything else . Play like that against the also rans and we will be well on for the playoffs. Thought Efete and Pearson best players but everyone put in a decent shift and nobody played badly. Lets put them to the sword in the next game if we get a decent ref.
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Another thought.
We are too honest for our own good. I’m surprised there was any shirt left on Ryan Taylor today yet Slew, probably their best player, went down as soon as we breathed on him.
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JMD makes such a big difference. He was my MOM before his goal. McAtee is going to enjoy playing with him.
I thought the game was played in good spirits today. Halifax tried every trick in the book on Pearson and Taylor but that’s football and every team does the same. Only difference is the referee would usually put a stop to it but today he let it all slide for Halifax. He was shitting it walking from the pitch and so he should because he was that bad… but you have to take your chances and we had a few today which is encouraging. We edged it today and could have won comfortably so that is 1st and 2nd in the league that have been here in the last two games and neither have deserved to beat us. We’ve only taken a point when we would have had 4 so hopefully those issues will be addressed.
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The game started off pretty normal, but as time went on it developed into a real humdinger. The ref played his part (in a bad way) and our players and fans responded to the challenge in a (very!) good way. We really, really deserved to win, if only for the way we relentlessly bombarded their goal in the second half. I was literally on the edge of my seat towards the end, and so proud of our players - I went home buzzing!
Nobody had a bad game, but there were four who I thought were outstandingly good. JMD impressed me by plugging away at their goal relentlessly until he got his reward. A few weeks ago I remember wishing that Efete would go bombing forward a bit more, like he used to. Today's performance was exactly what I wanted to see from him, and he was awesome. He's very powerful, and if I'd been a Halifax defender, I'd have been scared. Shaun Pearson: what can I say? Superb game from him - some of his passing was super-classy. The other player who stood out was Alex Hunt - he didn't play the full 90 minutes, but as soon as he set foot on the pitch he seemed to be oozing confidence and effort, and made a real difference. Any of those four could have been my MoM and I don't want to choose between them.
If our players can perform like that without John McAtee, then I can't wait to see what they're like when he's back stoking the fire.
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Thought we was excellant tday great attitude after a soft goal think he should have held it or parry it wide , when hunt came on he made a massive differance proper front footballer please sign him , also thought erico was good scared them to death , waterfall & pearson can play together tday proved it neither put a foot wrong , efete best i'v seen from him brilliant fullback play both defensivly & attacking , to sum it up if we continue to show that attitude & desire we will win more than we lose for sure
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Watching at home... cracking performance... really wish i'd been in the pontoon for that. Even if we'd lost the performance felt like a turning point. Lets hope so
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We probably don't do it because we're not very good at it. When Efete was well-tackled in the box in the second half, his attempt to go down like a dying swan was just dreadful.
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Reading this back has certainly cheered me up.
Sounds positive.
I saw the first goal pop up and carried on with the decorating fearing the worst.
UTM
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Well done to the players, great fighting effort in the end.
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