Chesterfield at home Saturday

Quoted from chaos33

I still think, player for player, we are as good as anybody and better than most and we have great depth. I worry about the absence of McAtee, but we need individuals to step up now and reclaim that start of season form. At home, there should be nobody who can turn us over. It’s about the correct selection first and foremost and then individual players raising their game once again. I wouldn’t fear Chesterfield. We should be thinking …’they won’t fancy coming to BP and getting something’. Winners mindset. Nobody to fear.

A winners mindset is the problem right now though, isn’t it? My confidence in our ability to win games has been absolutely shot and I can’t for the life of me see where the next 3 points (or even point) are going to come from. I’m only sat in the stands watching, so if that’s me what on earth is going on in the heads of the manager and players right now?

If there’s a straw to be clutched at anywhere, it’s probably that Hurst and his teams generally do well with their backs against the wall. The toxicity after that Braintree home let seemed to lead to a “we’ll show those cúnts” type attitude which worked to our advantage in the second leg.

The Braintree comparison isn’t entirely fair in the sense that our support for the most part this season has been absolutely top notch and the bulk of the concern and criticism that I’ve seen recently has been fair and balanced. That said, I don’t think it’s an exaggeration that most Town fans expect us to lose to Chesterfield on Saturday, so it will be interesting to see how the players react to that. Despite our recent spate of defeats, I don’t think the general expectation ahead of each game was for us to lose, so this will be a new experience for them.

Football’s a funny old game, even if I do still anticipate a comfortable Chesterfield victory as things stand.

Chesterfield were solid all over the park against Salford left and right front and back wish I could say that about us last week

Real shame to see quite a few tickets are still for sale in a top of the table clash.

Quoted from mariner91

Real shame to see quite a few tickets are still for sale in a top of the table clash.

It was always going to dip at some point, think right on top of Xmas and recent poor performances have had a bearing on the take up, only positive is chesterfield have sold out so should still be an half decent crowd and atmosphere.
Big performance and result needed to keep the floating fans interested

I know we’re not allowed to talk about the Premier League on here but there’s an awful lot of Covid cases flying around in the top flight in the last few days.

There’s been an outbreak at Spurs and it appears there are a lot at Leicester and Brighton.

It wouldn’t surprise me if we have some matches affected in the next few weeks.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

It was always going to dip at some point, think right on top of Xmas and recent poor performances have had a bearing on the take up, only positive is chesterfield have sold out so should still be an half decent crowd and atmosphere.
Big performance and result needed to keep the floating fans interested

This…the time of year me the bad run have coincided which will no doubt impact the crowds which is predictable and probably not a shock…not to mention a fair few home games in a short space of time…and a massive away cup game to think about…

Quoted from Poojah

A winners mindset is the problem right now though, isn’t it? My confidence in our ability to win games has been absolutely shot and I can’t for the life of me see where the next 3 points (or even point) are going to come from. I’m only sat in the stands watching, so if that’s me what on earth is going on in the heads of the manager and players right now?

If there’s a straw to be clutched at anywhere, it’s probably that Hurst and his teams generally do well with their backs against the wall. The toxicity after that Braintree home let seemed to lead to a “we’ll show those cúnts” type attitude which worked to our advantage in the second leg.

The Braintree comparison isn’t entirely fair in the sense that our support for the most part this season has been absolutely top notch and the bulk of the concern and criticism that I’ve seen recently has been fair and balanced. That said, I don’t think it’s an exaggeration that most Town fans expect us to lose to Chesterfield on Saturday, so it will be interesting to see how the players react to that. Despite our recent spate of defeats, I don’t think the general expectation ahead of each game was for us to lose, so this will be a new experience for them.

Football’s a funny old game, even if I do still anticipate a comfortable Chesterfield victory as things stand.

It was either a ‘we’ll show these girl privates’ or a ‘we don’t have Monkhouse available to slow the game to walking pace and keep us shape’ resulting in us actually having to give it a go and Hurst no doubt having a meltdown.

I know which one I believe and I thank god every day for that injury

Quoted from pontoonlew

It was either a ‘we’ll show these girl privates’ or a ‘we don’t have Monkhouse available to slow the game to walking pace and keep us shape’ resulting in us actually having to give it a go and Hurst no doubt having a meltdown.

I know which one I believe and I thank god every day for that injury

Yeah, who knows, we might still be non-league had that not happened…

*waves at John*

Just had a quick look on their board, fúck me they’ve a high opinion of themselves. They’re currently debating how we might try and get the match called off, either leaving the sprinklers on or claiming Covid. They also reckon we hate them & will kick off at every opportunity, and talking about drinking outside of town to avoid a shoeing.

Jesus. Just come & get your 3 points in peace like every fúcker else for the last 20 years, Galatasary V Fenerbache it is not.

I’m expecting Chesterfield to have a Go Fund Me set up this evening to pay for the players to have a donkey ride & an ice cream each before the game