Just Back...on the bus.

Quoted from Bigdog

Thought Coke was nailed on for the one to be subbed..

Same to be honest, you could see that Coke and Hunt wasn’t working in the first half, I’d like to see Hunt much further up the pitch.

Just back home now. I thought we never got going at all. The majority of the players looked well below par. But a point isn't to bad has in the past an off day meant a defeat. Must of been alot of our southern based fans there today. I think Hurst may mix the team up abit on Tuesday has we have a few long trips in the next 2 weeks.

Wasn't at game so can't comment on performance.. 7 games in still unbeaten would have been very happy with that before season started..

Think we learned last time down here there's gonna be a few games that don't go to plan, move on to Tuesday now Bromley not gonna be an easy game.

Quoted from TwoLeftFeet

Wasn't at game so can't comment on performance.. 7 games in still unbeaten would have been very happy with that before season started..

Think we learned last time down here there's gonna be a few games that don't go to plan, move on to Tuesday now Bromley not gonna be an easy game.

Paul Hurst admitted we weren't at our best but he thought we would score and we did so it was going to plan until he changed it.

Not intending to get on cokes back here but i feel that Fox is superior in every way and i'm not sure why Coke is preferred

Bad day at the away office today, but Chesterfield blew a 2 goal start so not such a bad day, then??

Stronger now in 3rd, and hovering to go higher on Tuesday, hopefully,  after Hurst has seen today's footage and privately made his mind up about any changes needed.

Did we lose? - No
Was it a good performance? - No
Have we got a good squad to make changes if needed? - Yes

Are we still unbeaten ?? - Yes.

End of argument, really !!

Of course it’s nice to get wins, but any point away from home is a good point

I’d take draws away all day long with wins at home

Bad day at the away office today, but Chesterfield blew a 2 goal start so not such a bad day, then??

Stronger now in 3rd, and hovering to go higher on Tuesday, hopefully,  after Hurst has seen today's footage and privately made his mind up about any changes needed.

Did we lose? - No
Was it a good performance? - No
Have we got a good squad to make changes if needed? - Yes

Are we still unbeaten ?? - Yes.

End of argument, really !!

Quoted from Sussexmariner

My first game as well, have to agree, slightly disappointing in the performance, I thought Maidenhead were the better team on the whole. We weren’t a real threat going forward, out of the front 2 McAtee was the one that you thought could do something, Taylor was poor, a striker with real pace would be a good addition to the squad.
We will be there or there abouts this season and that’s down to our defence, Waterfall and Towler will be the best CB partnership in the league.
The one quality cross they delivered all game resulted in their goal, made worse by having 3 CB to stop that threat.
Once we got the goal was the time to go and get the second not instantly throw a defender on for a winger.

Still not sure about Waterfall to be honest. Let's not get ahead of ourselves this early in the season. Only a one off game, but not even sure that we had the best CB partnership on the pitch yesterday. LW may have had some steady games because our opponents have been lumping it, so playing to his strengths, but ball watching for their goal yesterday and did the same first half when they should have easily scored. When fit, would like to see Longe-King partnering Towler, especially against pacy forwards..

They had two very strong and decent centre halves yesterday. Passing to Taylor was poor, too straight and floated. I thought he did quite well on his own under the circumstances, but agree the game was crying out for us to have a pacier forward to stretch and unsettle a defence like Maidenhead's, or even to play two up top....

very flat performance both on and off the pitch.
as Hurst said none of our players really sparkled - taylor was outnumbered and outgunned by their 3 giants at the back. McAtee tried hard, but nothing really sparked, whilst Hunt had an off day - some surprisingly poor touches and wayward passing. Coke was similar ,but to be fair to them both they battled hard and often won back possession following their mistakes. Sousa looked like our only outlet ,but his final ball was often wayward or easily cut out as there was so little for him to aim at
(btw he was switched to the left immediately following Donnelly , the right back, getting booked - it was a good tactical ploy by Hurst)
I didn't think Efete was as bad as Bigdog makes out - it certainly didn't appear that he was the weak link, and ,although he didn't get forward as much as i would've hoped, he definitely gives us a dangerous attacking option.
Thought Waterfall and Towler were excellent again, particularly Towler - really like him. Has got so much ability and calmness
Clifton was non stop as usual, but his passing, like most of the others, wasn't up to par - as witnessed by the bad pass that eventually led to the goal.
We certainly played into their hands by playing high, long balls , instead of getting it down and passing it quickly
2 final thoughts - for the first time this season i thought we missed having that no. 9 or a quick little striker to help Taylor out
second one is that Devonshire was clever, and got one over Hurst. The very moment pearson came on and we had 3 big men at the back, he immediately brought off the big no.18 up front and replaced him with the quick little lad who eventually scored. was a very clever move