Cheltenham (H) Match Thread

Quoted from Barrattstander

I can already see Hurst's idea of a perfect season next year:

     P    W    D    L    F    A    Pts
    46    0    46   0   46   46   46

  Which is why we were always off the pace for automatic promotion in his National League seasons.

To achieve automatic promotion the team needs to be averaging 2 points per game from match 1, so slow starters never get up to pace and the play-offs is the best that can be hoped for. So no more 'Parslow Points', as stated elsewhere a win and a defeat gets 50% more points than two draws.

Yep. Doesn't matter if you're tenth after ten games because the season is 46games
Don't forget either that you don't need a goalscorer in the team.

Quoted from DB

They did have clear cut gilt edge chances and they are supposed to be attackers.

Agree completely DB but we don’t seem to attack in numbers, when we did today we scored.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

On today’s performance was Mattette any better? You can’t honestly single anyone out I think the lads did their best versus a well organised side who are much better than us in many areas.

Yes I’d say Matete was the busier of the players in there

As I’ve said, my sadness with regards to Harry is that he’s a local and I really want him to be a legend, but I don’t think he’s going to be

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Agree completely DB but we don’t seem to attack in numbers, when we did today we scored.

Absolutely right. When we turn over possession and win the ball, we just don’t counter at pace or in numbers

It’s not enough to win the ball and hit channels. We’ve got to get players forward

It’s not enough to find Hanson in the air, we’ve got to get players forward to play off his 2nd’s

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

I said farewell for the evening

You needn’t have been concerned or worried, I wasn’t going to leave you all. I wouldn’t do that to you

Shame !!!

We did try but we played one of if not hardest team to defend against in league if we open up game would have been over after an hour , instead stayed in game & actually had 3 great chances payne near post header hanson sitter & green at end

I thought after we scored we were pretty awful. Just not good enough. Missed placed passes too regular and a lot of hoofing. Not good enough and have not been so all season. I live in hope but head tells me it’s done and dusted. Btw Green should  have scored at the end but hey how many times have we said that about chances players have had

Viewed as a single game a point against promotion chasers, best away record in league, and a team who threatened to batter us second half it's a good point
But we need more - and although I am a PH fan one of his main weaknesses is use of subs...too little, too conservative, too late
What has Williams done wrong? He transformed match v Mansfield and scored a corker and nearly won it
Spokes - obviously has talent (goal against Barrow)
Jackson - scored a couple of important goals

We need to win games!

But PH would argue we still created two golden chances using the players he started with and brought on

Opinions etc - but we missed a trick today IMO

Could be ‘Devs’ - Paul is saving those players you mention for the surprise element in the ‘death games’.
Hope so.

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Quoted from Teestogreen

Could be ‘Devs’ - Paul is saving those players you mention for the surprise element in the ‘death games’.
Hope so.

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Are we not playing those games now?

Devs is spot on re subs - too little, too conservative, too late