Just back

Comfortable win against a limited side.

3 headed first half goals (not normally our strength) from some good crrosses (2 by Marshall and one by Hatton I think)

Not a lot happened in the 2nd period. They should have scored when Pond switched off giving their guy a free header but a good save from McKeown. He really should have scored.

Stupid sending off for Colbeck. The first yellow was for a deliberate trip on the half way line and then he went to ground and went in late for the 2nd. No doubt about either of them. Perhaps he wants a few days off to visit family before Christmas?

A minute after the sending off Cook scored a great individual effort. He took a high ball down on his cheat, turned his man, outpaced and outstrengthed the defender before powering in a drilled effort. Fully deserved. He was my man of the match today.

Shaun Pearson is a total rock, Brad Wood did well enough at left back, Niven does what Niven does very well and Disley roamed free in the first period

Pretty simple to sum up - 2 teams of 2 totally different standards.
Roll on Friday!
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Very limited opposition which we sat back too deep against when 2-0 up for a while.

You can only beat whats in front of you though and we did that comfortably.

Greg Pearson, Thanoj and Colbeck (why is his shirt ColEbeck?) did not do anything to convince me they should be starting, crazy by Joe.

Southwell looked bright and i thought Rankine did ok.

Hatton very casual today and would not be suprised to see him dropped from Bradley Wood next time out if Thomas returns.

Only one real save for Mckeown and that was straight at him from an otherwise disappointing H&W.

Anyone see me?

Dartford3 - 0Tonbridge Angels
Stockport County1 - 1Southport  
Sutton United1 - 0Oxford City
King's Lynn Town3 - 1AFC Telford United
Bromley1 - 0Kidderminster Harriers
Forest Green Rovers1 - 2Gainsborough Trinity
Tamworth1 - 1Corby Town
Cambridge United0 - 1Gateshead
Woking0 - 1Welling United
Wrexham3 - 2Solihull Moors
Chesham United1 - 5Barrow AFC
Hereford United0 - 3Chelmsford City
Grimsby Town4 - 0Havant & Waterlooville
Skelmersdale United2 - 0Guiseley AFC
Matlock Town1 - 2Luton Town

Spot on summary that Chris, dissapointed with H&W, i know there well below our standard but thought they might raise their game today. Thankfully they did not. Job done, simple as that. Roll on friday!

Quoted from BIGChris

Dartford3 - 0Tonbridge Angels
Stockport County1 - 1Southport  
Sutton United1 - 0Oxford City
King's Lynn Town3 - 1AFC Telford United
Bromley1 - 0Kidderminster Harriers
Forest Green Rovers1 - 2Gainsborough Trinity
Tamworth1 - 1Corby Town
Cambridge United0 - 1Gateshead
Woking0 - 1Welling United
Wrexham3 - 2Solihull Moors
Chesham United1 - 5Barrow AFC
Hereford United0 - 3Chelmsford City
Grimsby Town4 - 0Havant & Waterlooville
Skelmersdale United2 - 0Guiseley AFC
Matlock Town1 - 2Luton Town

If we stay out of each others way i can see the final being us vs luton!

This win now means Nuneaton away on Jan 12 will have to be moved with the potential of Cambridge away on 26 Jan being off if we go through again.

Thanks Chris, do you think S&H will drag Colbeck to the matches he misses for getting sent off that would through a spanner in his works if he meant it of course lol

I think we will get Gainsborough in the next round and lose, meaning the final will be Luton and Wrexham

I know it sounds a daft but with the 2 better wingers that we have i reckon it's eased the problem of S and H trying to keep Colebeck happy for the time being. Personally i havent been inpressed with Joe's performances for some time anyhows so his pending suspension does not bother me really.

Very comfortable win today where we showed our superior quality . The silly sending off by Colbeck was about the only negative. Good for Cook and Greg Pearson to get on the scoresheet. Cook had a very good game and his second goal was taken brilliantly.

Quoted from aaron rattray

Anyone see me?

NO

BUT

I saw Ross Hannah.

I expected alot more from H&W, especially after Bradbury's big up in Thursdays Telewag.
They clearly didn't see the way Buxton approached the games in the previous rounds and hadn't scouted us at all as they gave us wayyyy too much time on the ball and offered very little in return.
It was embarrasingly one-sided at times and even when we went down to ten still toyed with them.
Pleasing to see three headed first half goals, MOM was Cook (again) he's looking like the player I hoped we had when first signed, another clean sheet and one step closer to wembley.

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A very PC game with 2 one minute timewarps. I don't just mean their bright pink shirts and socks. No danger of the "Fergie shirts problem" at Southampton with the 2 teams getting confused between similar shirts.

The goals went Person, Cook, Pearson, Cook.  PC & PC. Cookie could have got a third if not taken off and rested.  

The lengthy injury in the first half to their player was rewarded was only 1 minutes additional time.  Much to the merriment of the Town fans.   The first minute of the second half was also in a timewarp when the electronic clock got stuck on 46 mins for about 10 mins, until somebody fitted a new elastic band.

The opposition was very limited today.  Their number 10 was speedy, as were 2 other players.  That was it.  They have games in hand and could get promotion. This would be to the same Division as Salisbury were in when they won here.  We easily avoided this potential banana  skin today though.

Colbeck reminds me of an over-eager schoolboy.  He was rash today and had a couple of other moments of lapses in concentration.  Barring that, I thought he was keen and made some god runs.  He always wanted the ball.

The early goal helped us and all the regulars played well.  I was not convinced by any of the fringe players.  

Cook's second goal was worth the entrance fee.  Very well taken.  We are going to need him to be at his best for the next few games at least.

An easy enjoyable win that will do our confidence a lot of good.  Wrexham will be a different proposition on Fri of course.

We could get drawn against Gainsborough in the next round.

Quoted from Meza

Thanks Chris, do you think S&H will drag Colbeck to the matches he misses for getting sent off that would through a spanner in his works if he meant it of course lol

He only misses next Friday.

What was today's attendance?

1215

Quoted from moosey_club

Very limited opposition which we sat back too deep against when 2-0 up for a while.

You can only beat whats in front of you though and we did that comfortably.

Greg Pearson, Thanoj and Colbeck (why is his shirt ColEbeck?) did not do anything to convince me they should be starting, crazy by Joe.

Southwell looked bright and i thought Rankine did ok.

Hatton very casual today and would not be suprised to see him dropped from Bradley Wood next time out if Thomas returns.

Only one real save for Mckeown and that was straight at him from an otherwise disappointing H&W.

Surprised to read the comments about Hatton, but admittedly, I didn't attend the game. He looked to have played well from the highlights and the free kick delivery for the first goal was absolutely superb.

I thought hatton attacked well today and when cook went off we lost our attacking threat because rankine insisted in playing on the wing with southwell and that meant that nobody was in the box

Quoted from chaos33

Surprised to read the comments about Hatton, but admittedly, I didn't attend the game. He looked to have played well from the highlights and the free kick delivery for the first goal was absolutely superb.

We were discussing during the game can we afford to have someone in the team for set piece deliveries and the occassional free kick strike?
His delivery was superb for the opener which set the tone early on so you could argue yes we can...but against better oponents he is exposed as too slow and casual IMO.
He got caught doing too much today and was sloppy on quite a few occassions and he was run around by his winger when they came forward, at one point throwing himself on the floor after he had been skinned.
They only had one option today and it was their left side, Bradley Wood never gave an inch today defensively.

From watching yesterday I'd have Bradders in before Hatton any day. This stuff about Hattons passing being good is rubbish, Wood tackles better, is quicker wins more headers and manages just as many successful passes as Hatton. No contest for me.

Quoted from Madeleymariner

From watching yesterday I'd have Bradders in before Hatton any day. This stuff about Hattons passing being good is rubbish, Wood tackles better, is quicker wins more headers and manages just as many successful passes as Hatton. No contest for me.

Hatton attacked very well yesterday and at times bamboozled their defenders with some mazy runs

Quoted from aaron rattray

Hatton attacked very well yesterday and at times bamboozled their defenders with some mazy runs

Did he, i must have missed that. Woody every time for me. Yes Hattons delivery for the goal was superb but, as has been stated earlier can we afford him in the side just for set pieces?

Quoted from Perkins

Did he, i must have missed that. Woody every time for me. Yes Hattons delivery for the goal was superb but, as has been stated earlier can we afford him in the side just for set pieces?

He did do some mazy runs

Quoted from aaron rattray

He did do some mazy runs

You mean he got lost?

There was one point when he did about 5 stepovers in a row

Quoted from Perkins

You mean he got lost?

No it means we have two quality right backs to choose from, Rather than one having to be excrement.

Quoted from chaos33

Surprised to read the comments about Hatton, but admittedly, I didn't attend the game. He looked to have played well from the highlights and the free kick delivery for the first goal was absolutely superb.

I don't really rate Hatton and would much rather see Wood at right back.

I was disappointed to listen to him winge on about wanting to go out on loan just because he was dropped for playing poorly and Wood was keeping him out.

Quoted from arryarryarry

I don't really rate Hatton and would much rather see Wood at right back.

I was disappointed to listen to him winge on about wanting to go out on loan just because he was dropped for playing poorly and Wood was keeping him out.

When was that said?

Wood for me of what I have seen this season.

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

When was that said?

He said it in an interview with RH before the Tamworth game.

Cooks 2nd goal was world class, absolutely fantastic.