just back...

Always hard to judge on one friendly game but thought it was a good game and work out with the defenders looking strong particularly first half when Rotherham had a lot of possession. Didn’t see much of Crookes in an attacking sense but that was probably due to the quality of the opposition.

Evident that the absence of both LJL and Ryan Taylor left us short physicallyup front and the failure to capitalise on two great crosses from McAtee demonstrated the need for a striker. Although I thought Clifton did well, aside from the fluffed chance, I personally would like to see a left footed player on the left of midfield to give us better balance.

Decent attendance for Macca who made four excellent saves first half.

Lots of promise but a couple of quality players at striker and in midfield still needed to make us really optimistic that we will bounce straight back.

Well - from Mr McKeowns point of view - great result - best of luck to him - and especially for next season
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First impressions were quite good. I thought Sousa and Fox were the two standouts, but all the other new guys looked decent as well. We really need a proper no.9 though as we looked a bit blunt in the final third, several good balls went in the box but there was no one anywhere near them. Think we need another centre mid as well, as I don't see much in the way of cover if any of Coke, Clifton or Fox get injured (I'm still not at all convinced by Spokes).

I was also suprised how big Efete is. I thought I'd read that he was quite small. Also wondered where Scannel was - didn't see him on the bench or in the stands with the others who weren't playing. Is he injured again?

Also, anyone know why Adlard was sat in the stands. Seems slightly odd that the other young striker (I forget his name but he scored against Clee Town last week) has jumped ahead of him in pecking order. Or maybe he's carrying a knock as well?

All in all, quite promising though and it was good to see us in the flesh again.

Quoted from Teestogreen

Did anyone score a goal?

When did anyone scoring a goal ever win us 3 points?

Oh hang on...........

Enjoyed that £10 well spent. First half we looked bright, full of energy with a great tempo while “keeping us shape”.

Though it was a friendly let’s not lose sight that Rovrum where in the Championship last season and are closer to the start of their season. The game didn’t look like a friendly and we didn’t look non league.

Second half was a bit stop start and it looked like both sides ran out of a bit of steam the changes meant the match turned into abut if a run out in the last 5 mins.

What did I learn?

- Hurst has the players in good shape and the ones he’s brought in look physically up to it.

- We want to play it on the deck and the pitch really helped.

- As you’d expect no lack of work rate and effort and the overall movement was really encouraging.

- We need a striker and probably another attacker with a bit of versatility.

Overall we feel like we’re well on track from a prep point of view.

Away from a decent game it was so good to get back to BP and I’m pleased it was a really good turn out for Macca.

UTFM!!!!!

[quote=1122]Isn’t it great to say ‘just back’?

Oh it most certainly is……I’m sure that I’m just one of many who found being there, part of a crowd, watching a game in the flesh…we’ll just bloody wonderful

I was in such a good mood that I didn’t even shout at the lino…..

It might just be wishful thinking but the whole atmosphere in and around the ground post Fenty seemed to me to be so much more positive

All the best to The Fishy Team.
Keep us optimistic for next season - soon be here
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Didn’t  expect anything less than negatives
Lol
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The season has started 🤙

Considering it was a testimonial/friendly I thought Roverum took it very well seriously and were a tad "over competitive"!

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Enjoyed that £10 well spent. First half we looked bright, full of energy with a great tempo while “keeping us shape”.

Though it was a friendly let’s not lose sight that Rovrum where in the Championship last season and are closer to the start of their season. The game didn’t look like a friendly and we didn’t look non league.

Second half was a bit stop start and it looked like both sides ran out of a bit of steam the changes meant the match turned into abut if a run out in the last 5 mins.

What did I learn?

- Hurst has the players in good shape and the ones he’s brought in look physically up to it.

- We want to play it on the deck and the pitch really helped.

- As you’d expect no lack of work rate and effort and the overall movement was really encouraging.

- We need a striker and probably another attacker with a bit of versatility.

Overall we feel like we’re well on track from a prep point of view.

Away from a decent game it was so good to get back to BP and I’m pleased it was a really good turn out for Macca.

UTFM!!!!!

Decent summing up. Can't understand why it got 3 red crosses?