Impact of our appalling home record

Quoted from Grimal

Bloody hell squid, what ever gutter have you just crawled out of ?.. surely no need for that.

It's Scott Browns mother ?

Three key home games that could have potentially got us up as champions

On paper, we'd all have thought winnable but it was the on grass that let us down

Nuneaton
Southport
Altrincham

7 points dropped and that is what it would have taken to get us up automatically

All conjecture of course because there's no knowing if every other game would have gone the same way but next season, we need to be beating teams that are arguably not our equals (all came close to the bottom end of the table)

I could have added that we play better away, on the counterattack and with a good defence.

Barrnet scored the most goals overall and at home. They still go a lot more points at home than we did.

Bristol Rovers had the best overall defensive record, the most home wins, the joint best home defensive record and scored far more goals at home than us (the second highest at home after Barnet).

The key point here is that these 2 teams had completely different scoring and defensive records as it is possible to have and succeed.    Yet both teams consistently won at home during the season.  For whatever reason(s) our approach at home was very poor for a team with promotion aspirations.

FAO Calamarikid:

Re your "well-reasoned, incisive, constructive and humourous comments"  shown above;

Your unique narrative talents are totally wasted on this board.  You should be writing funny articles for Private Eye.  

In the Forces we would peg you out on the grass and leave you there overnight. Actions still too good for you.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

Three key home games that could have potentially got us up as champions

On paper, we'd all have thought winnable but it was the on grass that let us down

Nuneaton
Southport
Altrincham

7 points dropped and that is what it would have taken to get us up automatically

All conjecture of course because there's no knowing if every other game would have gone the same way but next season, we need to be beating teams that are arguably not our equals (all came close to the bottom end of the table)

Tactics , too cautious , what ever you think , potentially games we were good enough to win , but didn't . We all have ideas of where it went wrong , eg subs at the right time , changing style during the game . I assume that Hurst will be in charge  next season hope he sees where improvements are needed .

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

FAO Calamarikid:

Re your "well-reasoned, incisive, constructive and humourous comments"  shown above;

Your unique narrative talents are totally wasted on this board.  You should be writing funny articles for Private Eye.  

In the Forces we would peg you out on the grass and leave you there overnight. Actions still too good for you.

It was the same scenario the season before and it was my biggest fear pre this season, PH takes a goal lead and defends it, the team only step it up when the other team equalises, its been his pattern.
So many games and points lost by sitting back and deeper and deeper when we had been comfortable for 50 mins or so, i am pretty sure without checking, that our most common half time score was 0-0.....45 mins of so many games wasted....then it would take another 25 mins or so before being brave enough to get a sub warmed up and then hey ho...around 60 -70 mins they get a goal and we are then chasing. Sound familiar?

We have had two seasons of that type of scenario now at home and wasted far too many points. We had the defence over the last two seasons to cope with most opposition threats so just fking go for it.

I hope those that continually complain about a 5th tier teams inability to break down a stubborn, organised defence watched Arsenal, with some of the most creative players in the country, fail to score against Sunderland!

When a side comes and sits with 10 men behind the ball it is extremely difficult to break down

Quoted from BIGChris

I hope those that continually complain about a 5th tier teams inability to break down a stubborn, organised defence watched Arsenal, with some of the most creative players in the country, fail to score against Sunderland!

When a side comes and sits with 10 men behind the ball it is extremely difficult to break down

Barnet and Bristol managed it with more regularity, which is why they are in league 2 now.

Quoted from BIGChris

I hope those that continually complain about a 5th tier teams inability to break down a stubborn, organised defence watched Arsenal, with some of the most creative players in the country, fail to score against Sunderland!

When a side comes and sits with 10 men behind the ball it is extremely difficult to break down

5th tier attack v 5th tier defence is hardly Arsenal, with nothing to play for, against Sunderland scrapping for survival