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Posted by: barralad, December 19, 2014, 11:02pm
A very good win against a very difficult team. The wind played a big part. Both Town goals came from excellent balls into the box-the first from Magnay (who was absolutely bloody brilliant tonight especially in the first half) the second (I think) from The Shop for Disley to finish really well.
At times we stopped playing football and tried to match their big boot.
Several Town players stopped in the lead up to their goal for an offside decision which never came.
Pearson got "sucked in" a couple of times by Parkin and we did give away too many free kicks in areas where their big strike force could do us some real damage. Broadly speaking the defence held together very well. Parslow did well.
Some sloppy passing from the midfield, with Disley the biggest culprit, kept the fans on edge. Mackreth disappointing-again.
Apart from Magnay's accidental kick in the face-from Disley(?) there was a worrying moment when JPP landed heavily on what looked like his shoulder after a heavy but fair tackle but he seemed to get over it.
All in all a good start to the Festive Period.
Posted by: Les Brechin, December 19, 2014, 11:17pm; Reply: 1
Carl Magnay is rapidly becoming one of my favourite Mariners players of the last 10 years.
Posted by: Doubled, December 19, 2014, 11:20pm; Reply: 2
Not quite just back, as I thought a beer was more important than posting!
I enjoyed the match, the shops goal looked awesome from the upper ship spotting stand!
I have no voice left from booing Hughes!
Have just seen the refs previous matches, explains some of his decisions.
It was windy, played a big part in the first half.
I thought we were good value for the win, FGR were poor though.
A good three points, no booking for Toto, which is good.
Nice solid play off place for Xmas!
Posted by: Maringer, December 19, 2014, 11:24pm; Reply: 3
It was windy until half time and then it died right down which made it a bit easier for them than it should have been in the second half!

FGR have got a lot of pretty good players but seemed to be less than the sum of their parts. That central defender they had was massive as well!
Posted by: mariner91, December 19, 2014, 11:32pm; Reply: 4
Thought we did okay without ever really going up the gears, think there were definitely goals to be had against their centre backs who were donkeys. If only we'd gone for it a bit more. I'm certain Parkin was well offside leading up to their goal, he was jogging back onside when he received it! But luckily we had the only proper moments of quality with two superb assists, Magnay's in particular was sublime. I thought Toto looked good tonight and Pittman and Lenny and Arnold seem to be developing a good understanding. If we got JPP firing on all cylinders I think he is our ticket out of this league, a classy player. Mackreth again disappointing. For a player who seems to rely on pace, he's very reluctant to make runs in behind the full back, he usually checks back to get it to feet but he doesn't really have the skill to beat his man from a stationary start. Magnay MOM for me, excellent performance which we've come to expect but what a signing he is. How Mills thought it would be wise to let him go is anyone's guess. Bring on Macclesfield.

Oh and I thought the ref was very poor.
Posted by: moosey_club, December 19, 2014, 11:50pm; Reply: 5
Looked a fairly straight forward home win up until half time, not impressed with FGR at all, fairly toothless and the usual danger man Norwood was well marshalled by Magnay, the tricky wind aided our channel play and i really expected us to roll them over easily.......
should have known better....second half just never got started and the usual pattern of sitting deeper and deeper for the first 15-20 mins appeared again...silly free kicks....hoof ball clearances and desperate blocks all preludes to the inevitable equaliser.....looked like we were going to chuck it away but the goal woke us up a little and astonishing tactical substitution by Hurst  ;)  made immediate impact, Clay on allowing Dizzly Rascal to push forward more and...bang 2-1.....followed by another lengthy period of sitting back, panic and non too confident defending.

Overall thought FGR where poor and one dimensional and disappointed we didnt push hard when well on top. With the scrambles in the final minutes and that one that somehow drifted through past everyone we just scraped through.

Magnay was outstanding, Disley, Toto also and LJL and the Pope linked well first half.  Brown, Arnold, Makreth didnt bring anything for my money and Parslow looked shaky.

3 more on the board.   UTM
Posted by: Tommy, December 19, 2014, 11:52pm; Reply: 6
Quite a decent game to watch and a really good win. The ball was in play a lot more than when we play against the part-time outfits so it made for a better spectacle, especially when the referee started letting the game flow after blowing for the slightest contact in the first 20 minutes.

We scored 2 very good goals. The two assists were fantastic. Magnay played the ball in from the left with the outside of his right boot and LJL was alive to get onto it first and prod it in. For the second LJL played a great ball through and Disley got onto it to finish well after making a great, brilliantly timed run.

For FGR's goal i thought there was an offside in the build up, but we still could've dealt with it a bit better. Was disappointing to concede because we were looking the more the likely to score next with a couple of dangerous breaks.

I have to be honest and say that when I saw Clay coming on I said I would swap Disley for him. He was winning a lot in the air but Brown had linked things up well at times in the final third. Then about a minute later, Disley does what he has made his trademark - well-timed run into the box and he gets a goal.

Overall we weren't troubled too much. McKeown saved well in the 1st half when the player should've scored and there was a free kick 2nd half that tricked through everybody without a touch and just flashed past the post. Apart from that they didn't threaten our goal.

I thought the back 4 did really well. Pearson battled well with Parkin and got the better of him until he started giving away a few free kicks 2nd half. Magnay was brilliant, as Barra said especially 1st half when he seemed to be a magnet for the ball. And Nsiala, IMO had his best game for us so far - didn't put a foot wrong and dominated.

Arnold showed some clever touches and fed the front 2 well. Mackreth didn't get much change out of their leftback but worked very hard to help Parslow out.

LJL and JPP linked well and were dangerous. LJL was winning flick ons all night and Pittman was reading them and giving FGR defenders decisions to make. Pittman showed some lovely turns in the 1st half too to get away from his man. If we can keep these 2 fit and playing together we will be a threat to anyone.

Merry Christmas and UTM
Posted by: bobbyturtle, December 20, 2014, 12:00am; Reply: 7
close call for man of the match for me, ljl or magnay, will have another beer then decide.
job done utm
Posted by: bobbyturtle, December 20, 2014, 1:23am; Reply: 8
how hughes and someone else failed to put that one eludes me.  ;D
Posted by: Theimperialcoroner, December 20, 2014, 1:40am; Reply: 9
Thought we did pretty well tonight. The two passes for the goals were superb, but the runs were both perfect too. Disley again showing why he's undroppable, Pittman and LJL a unit and the defence spot on. Magnay is too good for this league; class!
Posted by: 75 (Guest), December 20, 2014, 1:43am; Reply: 10
Quoted from moosey_club
Looked a fairly straight forward home win up until half time, not impressed with FGR at all, fairly toothless and the usual danger man Norwood was well marshalled by Magnay, the tricky wind aided our channel play and i really expected us to roll them over easily.......
should have known better....second half just never got started and the usual pattern of sitting deeper and deeper for the first 15-20 mins appeared again...silly free kicks....hoof ball clearances and desperate blocks all preludes to the inevitable equaliser.....looked like we were going to chuck it away but the goal woke us up a little and astonishing tactical substitution by Hurst  ;)  made immediate impact, Clay on allowing Dizzly Rascal to push forward more and...bang 2-1.....followed by another lengthy period of sitting back, panic and non too confident defending.

Overall thought FGR where poor and one dimensional and disappointed we didnt push hard when well on top. With the scrambles in the final minutes and that one that somehow drifted through past everyone we just scraped through.

Magnay was outstanding, Disley, Toto also and LJL and the Pope linked well first half.  Brown, Arnold, Makreth didnt bring anything for my money and Parslow looked shaky.

3 more on the board.   UTM


Strange how we see different games sometime, but similar most of the time! I got there 10 minutes in, agree FG didn't have too much about them. Good players for this level, but maybe at one of the very smallest clubs in this league for the wrong reason? Parslow had his poorest game for us, didn't read the game too well. I'd like to see Macreth look to come inside every now and again and use his turn of pace but he always looks to go wide. Magnay was superb, Magnadinho for me. So far, I agree but I though John Paul Pittman had a stinker, didn't hold the ball up well, didn't shield the ball and was easy to defend against. Dis was excellent, does so well in the air and deserved his goal for his gamble, similar in many ways to the first and I wonder if the plan was to play it behind into space from wide as their centre backs didn't cover too well.
Posted by: BIGChris, December 20, 2014, 2:15am; Reply: 11
I though Toto was MOM but LJL the Pope and Maggers also did well. Weak link for me was Brown. He consistently gave the ball away and was well short of the level we saw earlier in the season. Defensively FGR were very poor. We haven't seen a slower back 4 at BP all season.

Just guesses but Parkin at £3000pw or LJL at £750????
Posted by: lukeo, December 20, 2014, 5:50am; Reply: 12
We sounded like we played OK on the radio, Buckers mensioned several times how well Magnay was playing and how well he reads the game. Pretty much backs up what everyone always says on here about him.
3 points. Sat comfortably in the play offs. UTM.
Posted by: Les Brechin, December 20, 2014, 7:30am; Reply: 13
Just watched the highlights, Possibly 2 of the passes of the season from Magnay and LJL for the 2 goals and a definite offside before their goal but very poor play by Arnold to give the ball away.
Posted by: DocTower, December 20, 2014, 7:36am; Reply: 14
Good 3 points against a giant sized team .  I don't know if it was me but I just couldn't get into the match , it all seemed too predictable  .  Always thought they had a goal in them as they always attacked in numbers where we always seemed light waiting for an option  .
Neither keeper had much to do , thought we were lucky near the end when everyone missed the ball to go out for our goal kick .  I counted 17 of their fans , one steward per fans . Crowd quiet tonight until near the end
Posted by: Rodley Mariner, December 20, 2014, 8:25am; Reply: 15
I thought we were good value. Just frustrated we couldn't get a second after going in front as I thought for a little while they were there for the taking. Shop and Magnay excellent and as Les says their two passes were moments of real quality. Great start to the festive period because Macc away will be tough.
Posted by: Jarmo.Is.God, December 20, 2014, 8:37am; Reply: 16
Agree what les said on Magnay, What a player !

Arnold has impressed me however of course, give the ball away in the build up to there goal.

Pitmann is very skillful and looks dangerous everytime he gets it, keep him and the shop fit and we are onto a winner !

great ball by the shop to Disley who finished expertly.

Parkin to be fair, looked a good player, very slow, but such a gifted player.

overall, impressive performance, and great 3 points
Posted by: chaos33, December 20, 2014, 8:52am; Reply: 17
Chuffed with 3 more points.
Posted by: TheRonRaffertyFanClub, December 20, 2014, 9:39am; Reply: 18
Quoted from chaos33
Chuffed with 3 more points.


On a cold December night at BP you can't ask for more. Except maybe a hip flask. ;)

Posted by: mariner91, December 20, 2014, 9:46am; Reply: 19
Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God
Agree what les said on Magnay, What a player !

Arnold has impressed me however of course, give the ball away in the build up to there goal.

Pitmann is very skillful and looks dangerous everytime he gets it, keep him and the shop fit and we are onto a winner !

great ball by the shop to Disley who finished expertly.

Parkin to be fair, looked a good player, very slow, but such a gifted player.

overall, impressive performance, and great 3 points


Really?! I thought he was garbage. For a big guy he won well short of the amount of aerial battles you'd expect him to. There was a twenty minute period in the second half where he gave it away every time he got it and his touch let him down a lot. If you're going to be that unfit as a professional footballer then your touch and hold/link up play has to be on point and his was not as good as either of our strikers.
Posted by: mariner91, December 20, 2014, 9:51am; Reply: 20
The much maligned shop is now 3rd leading scorer in the league!
Posted by: Garth, December 20, 2014, 9:52am; Reply: 21
Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God
Agree what les said on Magnay, What a player !

Arnold has impressed me however of course, give the ball away in the build up to there goal.

Pitmann is very skillful and looks dangerous everytime he gets it, keep him and the shop fit and we are onto a winner !

great ball by the shop to Disley who finished expertly.

Parkin to be fair, looked a good player, very slow, but such a gifted player.

overall, impressive performance, and great 3 points


As I saw it, strange match one that I thought we would win and could only throw away, they were a team of individuals some good others poor and IMO will only finish mid table Magnay has to be up there with Hurst as a significant signing and if center back is his prefered position we have no injury worries there.
For some reason Brown is not putting in the performances which he did at the start of the season but I though he showed some improvement last night, Disley was good in the air and showed his credentials in the opposition `s box again and won us the game, even though he was injured in a bad tackle minutes before,
All in all a good performance from Town with no REAL weaknesses
Posted by: TownSNAFU5, December 20, 2014, 10:46am; Reply: 22
"Hughes missed a great chance".  Did we get out of jail then?   ;D

The majority of comments above said that FGR were poor.  Buckley said after the game in his summary that FGR were a very good side.  
Posted by: mariner91, December 20, 2014, 10:58am; Reply: 23
Quoted from TownSNAFU5
"Hughes missed a great chance".  Did we get out of jail then?   ;D

The majority of comments above said that FGR were poor.  Buckley said after the game in his summary that FGR were a very good side.  


Then he's losing it.
Posted by: moosey_club, December 20, 2014, 11:59am; Reply: 24
Quoted from TownSNAFU5
"Hughes missed a great chance".  Did we get out of jail then?   ;D

The majority of comments above said that FGR were poor.  Buckley said after the game in his summary that FGR were a very good side.  


Allow me with my years of listening to "Buckley speak" translate;

a good side = a team of players who can demonstrate the ability to pass the ball to one another
a very good side =  a team of players that  can pass the pall and tried to play the ball on the floor for the majority of the game
an excellent side = a team of players that will pass the ball to each other, along the floor and retain possession for long periods
a superb side = a team of players that will pass the ball to each other, along the floor, retain possession despite the fact they are losing or not posing a threat to the oppositions goal at all.

while i repsect Alan's footballing philosophies he does often tend to forget to consider the actual result of the game and balance of play when deciding who was the better team..


Posted by: Marinerz93, December 20, 2014, 1:06pm; Reply: 25
When LJL scored, I was like

[IMG]http://i61.tinypic.com/2s021cg.gif[/IMG]

then I thought that's another goal closer to the target set by jonnyboy

[IMG]http://i60.tinypic.com/140gjyf.gif[/IMG]
Posted by: cmackenzie4, December 20, 2014, 1:12pm; Reply: 26
;D
Posted by: rancido, December 20, 2014, 1:21pm; Reply: 27
Quoted from Marinerz93
When LJL scored, I was like

[IMG]http://i61.tinypic.com/2s021cg.gif[/IMG]

then I thought that's another goal closer to the target set by jonnyboy

[IMG]http://i60.tinypic.com/140gjyf.gif[/IMG]



I think the hot-dog is being prepared and warmed as we speak!
Posted by: Marinerz93, December 20, 2014, 1:25pm; Reply: 28
Quoted from rancido



I think the hot-dog is being prepared and warmed as we speak!


;D

Does anyone know if LJL knows about this  ;D
Posted by: Grimal, December 20, 2014, 1:48pm; Reply: 29
Quoted from mariner91
Thought we did okay without ever really going up the gears, think there were definitely goals to be had against their centre backs who were donkeys. If only we'd gone for it a bit more. I'm certain Parkin was well offside leading up to their goal, he was jogging back onside when he received it! But luckily we had the only proper moments of quality with two superb assists, Magnay's in particular was sublime. I thought Toto looked good tonight and Pittman and Lenny and Arnold seem to be developing a good understanding. If we got JPP firing on all cylinders I think he is our ticket out of this league, a classy player. [/b]Mackreth again disappointing. For a player who seems to rely on pace, he's very reluctant to make runs in behind the full back, he usually checks back to get it to feet but he doesn't really have the skill to beat his man from a stationary start.[b] Magnay MOM for me, excellent performance which we've come to expect but what a signing he is. How Mills thought it would be wise to let him go is anyone's guess. Bring on Macclesfield.

Oh and I thought the ref was very poor.


Last night Mackreth was again like a little boy lost, Last Saturday against Nuneaton he was a completely different player, beating his marker every time and showed a lot of confidence in everything he did,  put in some great crosses and took his goal very well. in fact I would have given him my MOM.        UTM..

Posted by: Grimal, December 20, 2014, 2:02pm; Reply: 30
Quoted from BIGChris
I though Toto was MOM but LJL the Pope and Maggers also did well. Weak link for me was Brown. He consistently gave the ball away and was well short of the level we saw earlier in the season. Defensively FGR were very poor. We haven't seen a slower back 4 at BP all season.

Just guesses but Parkin at £3000pw or LJL at £750????



But just look at them both,you can instantly see who earns most money to be able to buy more pies. ;)

Posted by: Les Brechin, December 20, 2014, 2:26pm; Reply: 31
I think their manager was watching a different game. It even seems that he missed their goal!

Quoted Text
It's our fault, isn't it? We just had chance after chance after chance but we didn't score any goals.

"We came to a big club like this and we battered them and we didn't get a reward for it.

"I thought Jon Parkin was different class again. He's becoming what I want him to be - his hold up play, his work rate - he's doing really well."
Posted by: BIGChris, December 20, 2014, 2:34pm; Reply: 32
Quoted from Les Brechin
I think their manager was watching a different game. It even seems that he missed their goal!



he can say what he likes as  there are so few FGR fans to disprove it
Posted by: gtfc82, December 20, 2014, 2:41pm; Reply: 33
Bitter response from the losing manager! No surprises there!! Apparently our two goals were "absolutely atrocious"!! So he chooses to ignore the fantastic passes by Magnay and LJL! Usual sulking response from someone not wanting to give the opposition any credit!
Posted by: MrsMariner, December 20, 2014, 3:48pm; Reply: 34
Quoted from barralad
A very good win against a very difficult team. The wind played a big part. Both Town goals came from excellent balls into the box-the first from Magnay (who was absolutely bloody brilliant tonight especially in the first half) the second (I think) from The Shop for Disley to finish really well.
At times we stopped playing football and tried to match their big boot.
Several Town players stopped in the lead up to their goal for an offside decision which never came.
Pearson got "sucked in" a couple of times by Parkin and we did give away too many free kicks in areas where their big strike force could do us some real damage. Broadly speaking the defence held together very well. Parslow did well.
Some sloppy passing from the midfield, with Disley the biggest culprit, kept the fans on edge. Mackreth disappointing-again.
Apart from Magnay's accidental kick in the face-from Disley(?) there was a worrying moment when JPP landed heavily on what looked like his shoulder after a heavy but fair tackle but he seemed to get over it.
All in all a good start to the Festive Period.


Agree with all that except the Disley bit I thought Brown was the biggest culprit, giving the ball away.
On the match thread all the moans seemed to be aimed at Mackreth but I thought he was the better of the two wide men Arnold was poor he seems to have gone off the boil a bit. I'd like to see Neilson given a run of games again instead of Arnold and Clay in for Brown.
I can see were the Forest Green manager was coming from they had alot of clear cut chances and could easily have been 3-1 up.
Magnay was MOM for me, superb again, well done Toto playing well and managing to play in a controlled way and not picking up a yellow card.
All in all a job well done.
UTM

Posted by: Madeleymariner, December 20, 2014, 4:06pm; Reply: 35
Quoted from Grimal


Last night Mackreth was again like a little boy lost, Last Saturday against Nuneaton he was a completely different player, beating his marker every time and showed a lot of confidence in everything he did,  put in some great crosses and took his goal very well. in fact I would have given him my MOM.        UTM..



Perhaps MacKreth is just very average, so only looks good playing against plumbers and traffic wardens :-/
Posted by: moosey_club, December 20, 2014, 4:41pm; Reply: 36
Quoted from MrsMariner


Agree with all that except the Disley bit I thought Brown was the biggest culprit, giving the ball away.
On the match thread all the moans seemed to be aimed at Mackreth but I thought he was the better of the two wide men Arnold was poor he seems to have gone off the boil a bit. I'd like to see Neilson given a run of games again instead of Arnold and Clay in for Brown.
I can see were the Forest Green manager was coming from they had alot of clear cut chances and could easily have been 3-1 up.
Magnay was MOM for me, superb again, well done Toto playing well and managing to play in a controlled way and not picking up a yellow card.
All in all a job well done.
UTM



Being better than Arnold last night is no great yardstick to measure your own performance by....Makreth did offer some cover defensively but going forward offered little,  if in fact nothing....Arnold was equally inept at either.
Posted by: Lincoln Mariner 56, December 20, 2014, 5:20pm; Reply: 37
Quoted from MrsMariner


Agree with all that except the Disley bit I thought Brown was the biggest culprit, giving the ball away.
On the match thread all the moans seemed to be aimed at Mackreth but I thought he was the better of the two wide men Arnold was poor he seems to have gone off the boil a bit. I'd like to see Neilson given a run of games again instead of Arnold and Clay in for Brown.
I can see were the Forest Green manager was coming from they had alot of clear cut chances and could easily have been 3-1 up.
Magnay was MOM for me, superb again, well done Toto playing well and managing to play in a controlled way and not picking up a yellow card.
All in all a job well done.
UTMw

Well my brother persuaded me to ditch my boycott and get my a... Over to watch but not sure I was at the same game as other than a break when Macca made a good save I do not recall them looking like scoring in the first half. Overall happy with our performance and two excellent goals and little mention has been made of their keepers fantastic save from the Pope early in the second half and the break when McKreth should have done better.

Agree with most comments on our better players on the night with the disappointment being McKreth who never looked to take his full back on and regularly lost possession. Parslow surprisingly looks uncomfortable at right back and some of his distribution was poor. Think if Aswad remains injured I would recall Bignot or young Walker.

Brown also a bit slow and predictable in his distribution which allowed a lot of interceptions. Pittman has that ability to do the unusual which makes him a real threat even when not at his best.

In the end pleased I went but three big games in the next week which could be crucial. Unfortunately Barnet march on and we could do with them over eating and drinking over the festive period.



Posted by: mariner91, December 20, 2014, 6:09pm; Reply: 38
Quoted from MrsMariner


Agree with all that except the Disley bit I thought Brown was the biggest culprit, giving the ball away.
On the match thread all the moans seemed to be aimed at Mackreth but I thought he was the better of the two wide men Arnold was poor he seems to have gone off the boil a bit. I'd like to see Neilson given a run of games again instead of Arnold and Clay in for Brown.
I can see were the Forest Green manager was coming from they had alot of clear cut chances and could easily have been 3-1 up.
Magnay was MOM for me, superb again, well done Toto playing well and managing to play in a controlled way and not picking up a yellow card.
All in all a job well done.
UTM



Other than Macca's good save in the first half, what else did they have?

Posted by: Richard Cranium, December 20, 2014, 8:25pm; Reply: 39
Must have been one hell of a win. No criticism of Hursts team selection !!
Posted by: arryarryarry, December 21, 2014, 9:26pm; Reply: 40
Quoted from moosey_club
Looked a fairly straight forward home win up until half time, not impressed with FGR at all, fairly toothless and the usual danger man Norwood was well marshalled by Magnay, the tricky wind aided our channel play and i really expected us to roll them over easily.......
should have known better....second half just never got started and the usual pattern of sitting deeper and deeper for the first 15-20 mins appeared again...silly free kicks....hoof ball clearances and desperate blocks all preludes to the inevitable equaliser.....looked like we were going to chuck it away but the goal woke us up a little and astonishing tactical substitution by Hurst  ;)  made immediate impact, Clay on allowing Dizzly Rascal to push forward more and...bang 2-1.....followed by another lengthy period of sitting back, panic and non too confident defending.

Overall thought FGR where poor and one dimensional and disappointed we didnt push hard when well on top. With the scrambles in the final minutes and that one that somehow drifted through past everyone we just scraped through.

Magnay was outstanding, Disley, Toto also and LJL and the Pope linked well first half. Brown, Arnold, Makreth didnt bring anything for my money and Parslow looked shaky.

3 more on the board.   UTM


Agree with that especially the highlighted players, I know Brown was substituted but God knows how the other two remained on the pitch.

I still don't see why many on here pleasured themselves when Mackreth signed.

Posted by: Les Brechin, December 21, 2014, 9:30pm; Reply: 41
Quoted from arryarryarry


Agree with that especially the highlighted players, I know Brown was substituted but God knows how the other two remained on the pitch.

I still don't see why many on here pleasured themselves when Mackreth signed.



I think it was mainly down to the fact of his two performances against us for Barrow and Macclesfield, when he was superb on both occasions and as good as won Barrow their point single-handedly.
Posted by: diehardmariner, December 22, 2014, 9:45am; Reply: 42
Good win and generally good entertainment.  

Conditions didn't help but I just can't help get frustrated with our defenders when they launch it long, especially when we have so much more success actually playing football.  Saying that, neither Brown nor Disley came to get the ball off them at any point on Friday.  Brown especially has been very disappointing of late, especially compared to his earlier season form.  Clay comes on and straight away adds some tempo to the play.  His role in the goal was minor but in showing for the throw-in, he did something Brown hadn't done all evening.  Got to be Clay and A.N Other for me in that midfield,

Thought Pearson and Toto were immense against a very physical front two.  Jokes aside Parkin is still a handful.  OK he can't move and is lazy but he showed some quality touches, albeit infrequently but that's as much to do with dealing with his threat as anything.

Magnay gets better each week.  Is he on a 1-year or 2-year contract?  Regardless of the contract length or what division we're in, be a hell of a battle in the summer to hold onto him.

Their goal was actually a mix-up between Mckreth and Arnold (don't think the highlights show it).  Mckreth indicated for the short pass to feet but then as Arnold went to pass he went long.
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