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Quoted from Mrs Doyle

One thing is certain the Chesterfield game is going to be a massive battle on and off the pitch. Loads of previous between our fans this could get very ugly somethings bound to boil over town fans have been simmering for months. Hope they get the police in this time if they thought Port Vale was ill-tempered this one will easily beat that.

No need for the police at all, the gates are to be kept shut and no beer during the game, if only the board took striker training we would have been scoring 3/4 each game.

Rose looked like a lost school boy, like he was playing the game on the Xbox and didn't know the buttons or what the aim of the game is.

To be fair on the back of 2 big defeats I’d have taken a 0-0 today as a clean sheet is an improvement though I can’t see us scoring never mind winning.

Thought the defence played ok after some early scares but in reality Summers apart our mid field is a massive issue and though our strikers are generally poor with the supply they get it doesn’t help.

Should have scored in the first half never really threatened on the 2nd.

Today was a repeat of too many games this season the only difference was we didn’t conceed after 35 mins and fold.

Good to be a point better off but the drop is still on the cards for me I’m afraid.

UTM!

Special mention for the ref.

Another awful ref, was loving his magic spray, 1 man in the wall and a 3 meter long line....

Mcsheffrey went to do a quick free kick, but the ref wanted to use his spray.

They must get s bonus for whoever has the least amount of spray remaining in the can

Not bad first half but missed what looked like very easy chances (Burnsy said one was unbelievably bad miss after he saw it on the press screen at half time.)
Second half was pretty dire with not one decent effort on goal. Stevenage had to get one chance and when they did I have absolutely no idea whatsoever how they didn't put it in?
Hooper and Rose both useless again. Does Hooper know he is allowed to jump off the ground or make an effort to get on the end of crosses? What the hell does Wilkinson do with our forwards???
Defensively sound and Summerfield MOM.

Defensively pretty sound. All four put a shift in. Did Macca get a touch on the one that hit the post second half? They were pretty much as bad as we were in the six yard box. I wouldn't have minded having Fox in the squad from Day 1-fantastic 70 yard run first half.
Bit of magic from Siriki but not consistently so and still tending to run up blind alleys with the ball.
What really let us down was the ball into the box on far too many occasions. Hooper was getting loads of abuse for seemingly not jumping but the balls in were made for defenders and their centre halves were always strong favourites. It's the frustrating thing about Mills game. He makes the runs, gets himself in good positions to cross and then his delivery is woeful. Malik tried hard but it didn't really happen for him. I thought Clifton was poor when he came on. Kept the ball too long or on one occasion ran away from Fox before Fox  had it under control and their lad nipped in with Fox caught in no mans land.
Mills couldn't disguise his frustration on several occasions at the lack of a quick throw out from Macca. The one time Macca tried it he was able to send Dembele up the park at speed putting defenders on the back foot.
Is Jackson close to fitness? At least he knows where the goal is...
Verdict- it is better by degrees. Certainly much better than the Vale game where we really rode our luck but with the few games Jolley has to get it right we probably need more degrees!

It's not a lack of effort, just a complete lack of quality. Had three golden chances in the first half but didn't take them and it was just a nothing game in the second, plus there weren't the players on the bench to do anything other than make the team worse.

It's gonna be a battle but I guess it's still all about those games against Chesterfield and Barnet.

To be fair it's never been lack of effort just lack of quality. On the plus side it's Jolleys best result so far on the minus side we were dreadful up front two or three great chances went begging.

Second half was disappointing hardly any efforts on goal and thank goodness that ball somehow stayed out easily the best chance of the game coming off the post and for once was not followed in.

Thought Summerfield's no-nonsense midfield battles were whats been missing for weeks. If only we had a half decent striker.

How much longer is Jackson out for? And how did McAllister get on last week? Those two in for Rose and Hooper for me next Saturday. Although I realise that forces another change elsewhere because of loans. What a badly assembled squad. What on earth were Slenty thinking.

Just watched the highlights, how in fck's name did Rose miss that sitter in the first half?! Six yards out, completely unchallenged. He could have taken a touch it was so unchallenged! What a donkey.