Newport match thread

📝 This evening's #GTFC starting XI: Russell, Hendrie, Waterfall, Pollock, Hewitt, Rose, Clifton, Taylor, Edwards, Bennett, Gibson.

Subs: McKeown, Idehen, Starbuck, Khouri, Morton, Williams, Windsor.

Looks like Macca has fallen out of favour with Ollie, sounded like he had a dig at him in the pre-match interview.

So who’s captain, Hendrie ?

Kick up the backside for Macca it might just work or is he on the way out ?

Quoted from grimsby pete

Kick up the backside for Macca it might just work or is he on the way out ?

Last time he had competition he requested a transfer

Quoted from grimsby pete

Kick up the backside for Macca it might just work or is he on the way out ?

I would say it’s a reminder that no one is safe from being dropped, or worse.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Kick up the backside for Macca it might just work or is he on the way out ?

Your guess is as good as anyone's Pete

Just listening to RH and JT is saying Sam Russell is more able to play the ball out from the back than Macca....

Just seems a strange move but I'm not the manager and only he knows the score.... hopefully not a cricket one!  

My first time on ifollow tonight ,following the purchase of a laptop! Any idea what time they start streaming?
Let's hope it's better than the last time I watched gtfc 'on screen' .that nightmare showing on bbc wales against tonight's opponents in the fa cup replay 12 months ago. Still makes me shudder

Quoted from Henryscat

Last time he had competition he requested a transfer

I can imagine he will be composing his transfer request as we speak.

Quoted from forza ivano

My first time on ifollow tonight ,following the purchase of a laptop! Any idea what time they start streaming?
Let's hope it's better than the last time I watched gtfc 'on screen' .that nightmare showing on bbc wales against tonight's opponents in the fa cup replay 12 months ago. Still makes me shudder

They've already started but not much point in tuning in yet since they just pump loads of adverts before it starts.

Maccas distribution on Saturday was awful. Every long ball went out of play or straight to them with nobody close enough to challenge.

Russell got one game last season then dropped, maybe same again...

It's not a line-up that jumps out at you as being capable of being the team currently top of the league, is it? Strange things do happen with Town, but I don't fancy us at all tonight. Happy to be proved wrong.

A sad sight to see Macca dropped for our 38 year old goalkeeping coach. If he leaves in Jan (and I can't imagine he'll be easy to shift on current form and his wages), it would be a real shame just a few months short of his 10 years at the club - not many players do that these days.

Whatever happens, his performances haven't been good enough this season but it shouldn't be forgotten what a great servant he's been to this club. And again, there aren't many players you can say that about over the past couple of decades.

Quoted from forza ivano

My first time on ifollow tonight ,following the purchase of a laptop! Any idea what time they start streaming?
Let's hope it's better than the last time I watched gtfc 'on screen' .that nightmare showing on bbc wales against tonight's opponents in the fa cup replay 12 months ago. Still makes me shudder

I think its usually 30 minutes before kick off, so any minute now.

Quoted from forza ivano

My first time on ifollow tonight ,following the purchase of a laptop! Any idea what time they start streaming?
MLet's hope it's better than the last time I watched gtfc 'on screen' .that nightmare showing on bbc wales against tonight's opponents in the fa cup replay 12 months ago. Still makes me shudder

It’s streaming now albeit with various adverts but as I type I’m watching both teams warming up. If you’re not on yet then a bit of advice, use Google Chrome because that’s what I was advised when I first started streaming our games. I was having problems at the time but since I’ve used Google Chrome all has been well. Best of luck.

Quoted from Cricklewoodmariner

I think its usually 30 minutes before kick off, so any minute now.

thanks, it actaully seems to be working, which is a minor miracle in itself, given the ifollow problems and my neanderthal approach to all things technical!

Holloway showing that he means action imho. it might be just a temporary kick up the arris to get him re focused, but ive thought for a couple of months now that i could easily see us getting a new keeper in January; if he were to go a) would we miss him that much onfield and b) it would free up a good amount of money to be spent on new players

Just bought the game, hope I haven't wasted my money  

Be nice to see us score first for a change...UTM

Quoted from pen penfras

Maccas distribution on Saturday was awful. Every long ball went out of play or straight to them with nobody close enough to challenge.

Russell got one game last season then dropped, maybe same again...

Yeh, I’d imagine this could be a one time thing...

Thing is though, surely you’d just take Macca to one side in training and do some work with him? You don’t need to be a goalkeeping coach to teach someone to kick it really far...

Ollie having a bit of a rant about our players a the moment.

"They can't leave it all to me"

Sounds fed up with them.

As a shot stopper macca is one of best you will get at this level. His weakness for me is he doesn’t command his box enough and makes a few errors which are usually negligible due to amount of point winning saves he makes throughout season.

Under holloway his errors have become more prevalent due to this ‘play out from back’ ethos that the manager is trying to instil in team. Macca stated he struggles with it but the question should be can the club afford / attract as good a shot stopper as macca who can also play out to the standard required.. I don’t think we can , it’s pretty obvious we pay peanuts and I would rather keep macca and ditch the play from the back.

Quoted from aldi_01

Yeh, I’d imagine this could be a one time thing...

Thing is though, surely you’d just take Macca to one side in training and do some work with him? You don’t need to be a goalkeeping coach to teach someone to kick it really far...

Back in the day, Danny Coyne’s distribution was shocking for the level we were out (albeit we were a lot more adept at playing out from the back in those days).

I seem to remember that we brought in a specialist rugby kicking coach who had worked with the England team, and it improved no end.

Anyone elses audio excrement on ifollow?

just seen the line up, will save my tenner

Quoted from TAGG

Anyone elses audio excrement on ifollow?

got tondeur.but anyone how i can get the newport commentary, which might be a bit more informative!?

Waterfall captain.

Russell in goal, Clifton at left back, with Hewitt in midfield  hmmmmmm

Clifton Left back.  Bench looks weak. Can only see a mauling again

Minutes silence for Matt Tees.

err....uhoh!

They hit the post after a minute  

Promising start ...... from the visitors 🙇🏻

Awful marking

Not much sign of the aggressive defending Holloway wanted!

Quoted from aldi_01

Yeh, I’d imagine this could be a one time thing...

Thing is though, surely you’d just take Macca to one side in training and do some work with him? You don’t need to be a goalkeeping coach to teach someone to kick it really far...

Well seeing as his kicking hasn't improved over the nearly ten years he has been with us, constantly being coached in the process, then I don't think having a quiet word will make much difference. I have consistently maintained that Macca was good at non-league level and ok for a lower level league 2 team but we need better if we aspire to achieving and maintaining league 1 status.

Clifton is not a left back

Tondeur thinks Town are playing Tranmere ?

Have we got out of our half yet?

We are going to get dicked

Have we got out of our half yet?

We are going to get dicked

Quoted from rancido

good at non-league level and ok for a lower level league 2 team .

Sounds just the fella we need

Tondeurs rubbish

Gibson come on man you can't spanner an effort THAT wide from that sort of position if you want to be a professional footballer ffs

My god gibson thats dreadful

Gibson *##:er

Great shot there from Gibson not, we need a decent striker asap.

Quoted from forza ivano

got tondeur.but anyone how i can get the newport commentary, which might be a bit more informative!?

Cog bottom right of screen, audio, then choose home or away

I’ve lost count of how many times Gibson has done that in front of goal

Quite a lot of fans have just commented on a Gibson chance that hadn't actually happened on my ifollow?/

Hewitt doing well, forwards looking second best to every forward ball, but at least weve had a good  5 minutes

Livened up after a shaky start

Good commentary from the Newport guys.

Quoted from Teestogreen

Quite a lot of fans have just commented on a Gibson chance that hadn't actually happened on my ifollow?/

Score prediction 5-0

10
27
29 penalty
33
86

Make a decision Waterfall and lead. Bin the playing out and let Russell have his area. Push out !

Bennet not tracking back AGAIN

Are we always this disorganised defensively and is Edward's distribution always this bad?

Quoted from forza ivano

Are we always this disorganised defensively and is Edward's distribution always this bad?

Yes,....and Yes  

The back four look frightened to death

Our defenders look petrified of making a mistake and are just swinging a foot at the ball to clear it.

We haven't got the players to play it out from the back Ollie and we haven't got the money to buy them.

Never thought I'd miss the long ball to Monkhouse.

Colchester take the lead at Scunny  

We’ve done well to last this long......

Yellow card for Hendrie, stupid foul.

Promising start ...... from the visitors 🙇🏻

Bloody hell, joke.

Here we go again....

Thanks Hendrie.

Great wall

Not good enough from whoever it was in the wall. They should be taking a ball to the face to stop it going in, not half arsing their attempted block and deflecting it into their own net.

Nasty feeling we’re absolute shite

Barmy Army flag sums it up quite well.

Russell just caught one that McKeown would have punched

Quoted from psgmariner

Nasty feeling we’re absolute shite

We are shite.

Body language is poor, confidence and belief just not there

We simply do not look like a well coached or drilled team.

Ok Newport are top but we look so over the place. Basics of shape tracking back etc simply not there.

And no drive or incisive play going forward.

It's a relegation team this.

Great wall - not. Looks like this live incident happened a few minutes ago though !!!

Just a shame there’s no supporters allowed to cheer them on . ( tell them how shite they are)

Newport players are going over at the slightest challenge, we need to be more savvy.

Rose is getting booked soon

Players have no belief in this system. No leadership and can't pass water.

Fking hell Tondeur.....it clearly hit the wall and deflected past Rusell who had moved for the initial shot.....stop going on about it FFS

I know Newport are top but we are flipping really really bad.
Ollie needs to find a way to at least make us hard to beat.
We are playing the Ollie way and it's just not working.

JT talking rubbish again, it was an obvious deflection off the wall that left Russel stranded.

Disorganised defensively, midfield overwhelmed and forwards far too weak and slow to the ball.apart from that we are ok

FFS Clifton is not a left back in any shape!

This is shocking, we look clueless defensively and on the attack. Most concerning for me, it reminds me a lot of how clueless we were under Slade, maybe with a manager on the same trajectory...

Quoted from chipsandgravy

FFS Clifton is not a left back in any shape!

How dear you.
Ollie knows he is so thats that  

Quoted from 123614

JT talking rubbish again, it was an obvious deflection off the wall that left Russel stranded.

To be fair I’ve watched it three times and it’s not clear that there was a deflection

I can see us being well adrift at the bottom before the January window.

I understand Newport are top, that they have front men that can actually finish but my god we are awful.

We’ve adjusted our shape and now look even more off kilter.

The goal took a deflection but the wall was all over the shop. We’ve got some serious problems, which I know are covids fault but dear me...

Sick of paying £10 to watch inept shite and sick of that flipping clicking noise on commentary

Just look like a relegation side. Barely any player doing their job. We’re just a easy three points for anyone decent. Look at Newport’s bench, we would have most of them in our starting lineup.

Quoted from pontoonlew

Sick of paying £10 to watch inept shite and sick of that flipping clicking noise on commentary

A lot of microphone static today too.

Be nice to have a shot on target

I know we’ve said it many times but just what are we hoping to achieve by playing out from the back.

We never make it to the half way line before we concede possession. Might just as well let the keeper get it up over the half way line if we’re going to give the ball away

Oh for a Monkhouse head as a target before we let the opposition take control. At least that’s half way into their half before we lose the ball

Can’t defend to save our lives. Think if we want to stay in the EFL we need to get rid of Ollie and bring in a manager that will help us keep us shape.

None of these players dare to even attempt an incisive pass. We've just gone from having the ball on the edge of their box, played countless sideways passes when the option was available at times to knock it through a gap or into the feet of a player further forward, and ended up aimlessly lumping it forward from our own half and losing possession. It's cowardly play and screams a lack of confidence amongst the entire squad.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

I know we’ve said it many times but just what are we hoping to achieve by playing out from the back.

We never make it to the half way line before we concede possession. Might just as well let the keeper get it up over the half way line if we’re going to give the ball away

Oh for a Monkhouse head as a target before we let the opposition take control. At least that’s half way into their half before we lose the ball

The concept of playing it out is fine as it draws the opponent onto you and in theory creates space further up the pitch. Sadly we just aren’t very good at it. Oh for Josh Benson and Billy Clarke, who could both hold the ball under pressure and link up with other team mates.

Crofty and Tondeur talking about a plan B...that’s assuming we have a plan A...