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Full strength and with proper options on the bench and we will batter them in the league.   They looked tidy and definitely worthy of their league position but based on what I saw of them on Wednesday and today they won't be able to live with us when we get going.

Those criticising the decision to bring Wood on should remember how excrement Serge was when he came on.   Fully appreciate he had little time to impress and is under pressure but in his brief cameo he showed a) why he's a forgotten and b) how far we've come since he was our main threat.  

Thanoj gets better each game, not seen anyone else at this level with better passing and vision.  

Quoted from jimgtfc

I had high hopes for church when he returned from loan. Panther had just left, we were in need of a tough tackling midfielder, and Thanoj was inexperienced and in and out the team. It's sort of gone the other way.

Thanoj, I'Anson and Pearson v good today, Townsend and Hearn good in parts, Duffy Ok to start. Silk & McKeown OK, Coulson in and out as usual, Disley similar, Church poor, Makofo dreadful & Brad was Brad.

Buko said in commentry when mafucko came on that his feet were quicker than his brain.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Church doesn't even run like a footballer - let alone play like one.

am not the only one who thinks this then  

I don't get all the criticism of Church today

He played his part in midfield and didn't do too much wrong...

I know that when people analyse a game they try to look for the weak links but you can't blame him for us losing

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Thanoj, I'Anson and Pearson v good today, Townsend and Hearn good in parts, Duffy Ok to start. Silk & McKeown OK, Coulson in and out as usual, Disley similar, Church poor, Makofo dreadful & Brad was Brad.

I think that sums it up well. That'll be a better write up than in the telegraph!

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Just shows how the fans see it - Duffy started well and if you really wanted to pick a defining moment it was actually when Hearn shot when he should have squared to Duffy 3 minutes before Yorks goal.

THIS: In time honoured fashion the Pontoon (or at least large parts of it) were looking for a scapegoat and Duffy fitted the bill. There was one occasion in the second half where Duffy ran back towards his own goal managed to nick the ball away from two converging York players but neither I'Anson or  Silk read or even reacted to his toe poke and York gained possession. The cries of "Wake up Duffy" would have been heard as far away as Scunny.

Personally I thought Disley's distribution was shocking especially going forward. Too many over hit or wayward passes throughout the team.

The back four did very well against York's lively forwards/midfield in that first 20 minutes. It looked an obvious game plan to catch us early but the fact that they failed shows just how far this Town team have come. Four months ago we could easily have been looking at a 2-0 deficit before we'd fully woken up.

Bradley Wood looked what he currently is someone woefully short of match practice and it was a tall order asking him to perform against a decent York midfield. I thought the goalscorer Kerr was the best player on the pitch.

Anyone have a view on the penalty shout? The ball looked to run down the defenders arm although it was hit at him from almost point blank range.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Full strength and with proper options on the bench and we will batter them in the league.   They looked tidy and definitely worthy of their league position but based on what I saw of them on Wednesday and today they won't be able to live with us when we get going.

Those criticising the decision to bring Wood on should remember how excrement Serge was when he came on.   Fully appreciate he had little time to impress and is under pressure but in his brief cameo he showed a) why he's a forgotten and b) how far we've come since he was our main threat.  

Thanoj gets better each game, not seen anyone else at this level with better passing and vision.  

I think that it was just disappointing to see Coulo come off and Wood come on. I would have switched Coulo to the right and put Sergio on the left. Yes, Makofo didn't do anything but it would have been worth a pop in my opinion. It was a negative substitution.

I don't think Church was as bad as some people are making out either. He won quite a few tackles and was playing out of position. Hearn has his poorest game for some time. He was by no means dross but it just didn't seem to run for him today.

Quoted from Paris Mariner

I think that it was just disappointing to see Coulo come off and Wood come on. I would have switched Coulo to the right and put Sergio on the left. Yes, Makofo didn't do anything but it would have been worth a pop in my opinion. It was a negative substitution.

I don't think Church was as bad as some people are making out either. He won quite a few tackles and was playing out of position. Hearn has his poorest game for some time. He was by no means dross but it just didn't seem to run for him today.

I think one of the problems was Hearn seemed to have two men at least on him so when Duffy was getting flicks on to him, he was always at a disadvantage

I was more disappointed that we didn't get down the line and put crosses in for Duffy to attack in the box rather than just being used as a straight-forward target man

I think it would have been fairer on Church for someone else to start wide right - let's face it, we could have started with Makofo left and Coulson right, or other combinations of either Coulson & Wood or Coulson & Southwell without playing Church out of position.