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Quoted from BlackBoots

Crazy comment imo!  In that case why  have a ref, let the assistants take charge

I mean the duty the ref has is fairness i.e. making the right decision taking into account "fairness" irrespective of technicalities.

Quoted from Maringer

I'm not entirely certain (and my memory may be playing tricks on me), but I thought that the pass was a sideways one which Disley then deflected. It was just very unlucky that the ball went straight to their striker who was unmarked (because he was offside) and they had another player nearby. The defence were way too slow to react after the referee waved play on, however.

That said, I don't think the managers really deserve much in the way of criticism. Despite the fact that most of the players were well below-par, we still created enough chances to win a couple of games and better finishing by a number of players would have given us the points.

We'll need to play much, much, much better against Fleetwood to get anything from the game. Hopefully, we'll have a decent referee as well.

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Defo, we had more than enough chances today and with ever so slightly better finishing we'd have three points. It was always going to be a battle, i thought disley and thanoj did ok in there against bigger lads throwing their weight around and the number of more clear cut chances prove we were still the better side and they were blatantly hanging on. I can see why they have picked up a few points thus far and why they haven't been whipped by all and sundry.

The biggest problem we had today was not tactics, but a lack of urgency. We didn't move the ball quickly enough early on and were increasingly sucked into hitting the ball long to feed off Duffy's flicks. That said, we still had more than enough chances to win the game and we got something from it without playing our best. We will need to improve significantly to get anything on Tuesday night, but I reckon we should regard any positive result we might get up there as a bonus.

Quoted from barralad

You have to be kidding! Can't argue with the rest though. These tactics got us nowhere early season and seem bizarre considering the way Scott and Hurst have gone about setting out our squad. Every time Duffy (or for that matter Hearn) got the ball today from a hoof they were marked by at least two players with one more in close attendance. I'm not sure very many players playing at this level have the skill to make much out of that.

Braintree (perhaps because they were on their first visit) defended like their lives depended on it (like a lot of teams last season...). The clearance over the bar by their number 5(?) should go a long way to helping him be awarded the freedom of Braintree.  

I think Elding does better with the ball at his feet than Duffy.

I hate teams like Braintree.Big lumps who have no intention of playing football,but merely disrupt the flow of the game as much as they can to stop the opposition from getting any momentum.

From the moment Townsend got elbowed with no punishment for the offender,they knew they could get away with anything with a weak ref in charge.

We needed to move the ball quickly and use the width but they just kept committing soft fouls,pushes and pulls,with the ref stopping the game constantly while they all piled back and re-grouped.The ref didn't have a clue and was way too whistle happy for the game to flow.

Having said that,we really should have won that game with the chances we had.Just wasn't to be.

Thought KHM should have been on a lot sooner as Soares looked a little lost and slow to react to situations.Maybe match fitness,maybe a bit of nerves,but i think he was on the pitch about 15 mins too long.

Thought their left back was far and away the best player on the pitch and was very quick in thought and deed.Would look great in a Town shirt but i expect Luton will snaffle him.

Very frustrating afternoon and like the York game,not very enjoyable for me.