Most attacking eleven selected this season

Macca, RHJ, Whitmore, Collins, Hendrie, Clifton, Rose, Embleton, Vernam, Thomas, Hooper

Mighty likes this!

Obviously seen the light and dropped Walsh and Woolford,still think Whitemore and Hendrie lightweight.

Agree with this line up, although I'd probably go with Hessenthaler over Clifton. Looks like we're going to have a go at them.

I hate how we've been nothing short of dreadful for the majority of this season yet at some point today my mind switched from we're definitely going to lose to there's absolutely no chance we're not going to win today.

It's like England before the world cup!

Would like to have seen Pringle start - guess we're still working on his fitness.

could be a rugby score tonight

Lacking experience in midfield big time

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Would like to have seen Pringle start - guess we're still working on his fitness.

This

Looks light in midfield to me

I certainly admire his courage.

If he's going, he's going down with a fight (hopefully).

I have everything crossed for a good result, come on town!!

Carlisle's home form is poor, so maybe he's thinking if I'm going it's a blaze of glory. Slade did it once last year (Swindon?) before returning to type.

Is that a 433 with Embleton in a midfield 3? Fair play to MJ, it's all or nothing stuff and it might just work.

I guess it might be more of a 4-5-1 at times? It does look a bit lightweight but he's tried most other options!

Quoted from fishboyUTM

Agree with this line up, although I'd probably go with Hessenthaler over Clifton. Looks like we're going to have a go at them.

this

Shame we don't have Max and Akheem available. Would have added more of an attacking threat. Anyway a much better line up. Really hope we get something tonight? UTM

Quoted from fishboyUTM

Agree with this line up, although I'd probably go with Hessenthaler over Clifton. Looks like we're going to have a go at them.

Agree with this

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Most attacking eleven selected this season

Macca, RHJ, Whitmore, Collins, Hendrie, Clifton, Rose, Embleton, Vernam, Thomas, Hooper

Subs: Russell, Dixon, Hessenthaler, Pringle, Woolford, Cardwell, Robles.

Be good to see Cardwell back on the pitch, hope he gets half an hour at least in his legs....Robles will no doubt just keep the bench warm...

is it live tonight on anything pls

Quoted from denni266

is it live tonight on anything pls

It's live on ifollow...

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

I guess it might be more of a 4-5-1 at times? It does look a bit lightweight but he's tried most other options!

This, but concerns me there's no Welsh or Hess. Would hope to see substantial minutes for Pringle.

Quoted from denni266

is it live tonight on anything pls

DAB radio, which is me screwed because i took a big hammer to mine in a fit of pique.

Quoted from ginnywings

Sheesh! It's like Bignot bingo is back. Totally different set up, and i suspect intent, from the last away game.

Is that 5 changes from Saturday? Will we ever have a settled 11?  :-/

Desperate times  Ginny.

The GTFC relegation train has now arrived at Carlisle...ALL CHANGE.

Keep your ears open for the players in game chat ...

"whats your name again "
"yes mate i'll have it"
"fella..fella .."

So the club captain isn't even in the squad? Late injury/illness?

Quoted from ginnywings

DAB radio, which is me screwed because i took a big hammer to mine in a fit of pique.

Cheers me dears.. av got a dab

Quoted from chaos33

So the club captain isn't even in the squad? Late injury/illness?

ineffective...poor...slow....

maccasfield  go 1 up that us dead bottom

We should of scored there

Appalling miss from Hooper. Played clean through, middle of the goal, he fluffs his first touch (when he could have just shot first time), and allows the keeper to come and and block. Not good enough.

Missing chances. Again

Should be 2-0 up

Who is the co commentator??

2 one on ones missed!  >:(

Quoted from Chrisblor

Appalling miss from Hooper. Played clean through, middle of the goal, he fluffs his first touch (when he could have just shot first time), and allows the keeper to come and and block. Not good enough.

And now Vernam gets on the end of an under-hit back pass, clean through again, and his strike is straight at the keeper. What is wrong with our forwards? Why are they so averse to scoring a bloody goal when presented with fantastic chances?

Quoted from Cloudy

Who is the co commentator??

James Findlater, Telegraph jounalist.

Maccs 2 up now. Rock bottom!!

Quoted from Chrisblor

James Findlater, Telegraph jounalist.

Thanks

Town are at this moment bottom of the League 😤😤😤

If Town play like this for the rest of the season, they won't go down - should be 1-3 currently and Town are moving and passing well.

We're given this a good go, I can see goals in this game. I'd rather us go for it and lose than tamely fail parking the bus,

What bull crap. That was never a foul by Whitmore he took the ball, followed through and caught Devitt.

Not sure how BBC Sport have Carlisle with 61% possession

Should of score again FREE HEADER HOOPER !!!

Aaaaaaaagh Hooper misses again, all the time in the world and a cracking cross as well.

Hooper missing a second sitter.

Watching on i follow superb passing and effort and reception is amazing. Hooper and Vernam had 1 on 1s with keeper and perhaps should have scored. Vern am running well with the ball, poor corners and crossing, Thomas unlucky with shot, Amazon Fire crap to type on. Hooper just missed easy header.

How is JJ Hooper a professional footballer? How? How? How? How? How? How? How? How? How?

Worst miss yet that. We're competitive at least.

Some golden chances missed!

Just checking, what is Hooper employed as, must be good at plumbing or something as he's not a bloody striker!!!

Shocking 😱

At least we are creating chances to be missed. It’s better than not creating at all. That said I’m convinced we will lose.

Hooper's reaction time is so slow it's like he is experiencing the same two second lag as those watching online.

Devitt off injured, good news for us hopefully as thats one less likely goal and he's been pulling the strings for them up front

Town creating chances which is a huge improvement

Quoted from Chrisblor

How is JJ Hooper a professional footballer? How? How? How? How? How? How? How? How? How?

Boy are we a slow, slow club in learning lessons.

Quoted from psgmariner

At least we are creating chances to be missed. It’s better than not creating at all. That said I’m convinced we will lose.

And there was me being optimistic and thinking we'd get at least a draw

Hooper should not even be  the squad

Hendrie!!!!

HALLEFUCKINGLUJAH!

HENDRIE!!!!

YES !!!

Get the intercourse IN. Absolutely superb stuff from Hendrie

Get in - Hendrie!!

Yesssss get fuckin in (100)

***scoreflash***

intercourse me

Boom ;D

Lovely stuff

Let’s calm down hey we know how the story goes

Well deserved!

Two more goals then we go third from bottom  8)

Psgmariner makes a big call and the opposite happens - it was ever this.

Utm

Well there have been loads of comments but no one has said whether we have scored. Hopefully, all the effs etc means we have.

Well deserved lets have another now.

Lets hope we can hold on to it

What’s happened? Have we won a corner?

Quoted from MarinerRob

Well there have been loads of comments but no one has said whether we have scored. Hopefully, all the effs etc means we have.

We've scored   :)

We're being spoilt 2 goals in 2 games  ;D  ;D  ;D

And I decided not to watch the match live on iFollow for £10   :o

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

We're being spoilt 2 goals in 2 games  ;D  ;D  ;D

Its called free scoring I think

OMG a goal not from a striker though

Well that's my prediction gone up the Swanny,  couldn't be more pleased.

Didn't realise Newport were second. How on earth are Macc winning there?

Quoted from Yoda

OMG a goal not from a striker though

Does it matter?

With this defence we definitely need more goals. Just dodged a bullet as they've put a free header over the bar.

Quoted from buckstown

Didn't realise Newport were second. How on earth are Macc winning there?

How are we beating Carsile 😂

Credit to the fans again, great noise and support  :)

HT  Carlisle 0-1 Town   :)

Big 45 coming up

The sixth time this season we have been 1-0 up at HT

Watching the video was Hendrie offside?

Quoted from psgmariner

Watching the video was Hendrie offside?

Nah there's a lad off the pitch behind the touchline and the keeper playing him onside.

Quoted from psgmariner

Watching the video was Hendrie offside?

i hope so....that could be the marginal decision in our favour that MJ was on about  ;D

big big second half this is were we've been losing so many points leading in 6 games and only winning 1 of those.

Why on earth Fenty didn't give Jolley a 3 year contract l'll never know   8)

Here's hoping we can improve on the 1-15 aggregate scoring in the 2nd half now, or at least keep the goal difference the same.  ;)

Good stuff. We are among the leagues best performers in the first half, and worst in the second. Got to start putting in 90 min performances now.

Only downside is all the missed chances.

Watching on iFollow. Only other game was MK. So obviously lacking in confidence in front of goal. Two 1 on 1s where we never looked like scoring. 4 shockingly poor crosses from Hendrie before he put one on a plate for JJ from 5 yards and again lacked any conviction.

We look so poor at the back. We dive in, we sit off, we hoof every clearance. Macca poor, rushing out when not needing to, dropped an easy collection, really poor kicking. He just offers no confidence, and doesn't take pressure off by claiming balls. We drop off as soon as they have the ball. Carlisle can pass it wherever they want to with 30 yards of our box. One defender (didn't catch who) could have been sent off for a trailing leg into Devitt.

We looked better later in the half but rarely offer the man with the ball options.

Worthy of mention
Vernam working hard and prepared to run at people
Thomas looks like someone used to playing with better players. Is clearly decent, but maybe not used to doing it all himself. So often controls looks up and sees no attacking help around him.
Rose worked hard, and tries to keep the ball till he can play it rather than hood it, but rarely has multiple options.

Noone else stands out.

Quoted from Yoda

OMG a goal not from a striker though

Is Yoda getting on anyone else’s mammaries lately? Seriously Yoda, if you don’t like anything about GTFC can you just take your light wand or whatever you call it, insert it where the sun doesnt shine and turn yourself into a standard lamp. Please. At least you’d be useful.

We could’ve had 5.
The finishing shows our lack of quality, Hooper had two of the best chances you’re ever likely to see.

We'd be top if all our matches finished at half time

No question about the goal btw:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/tjrskpO.png[/img]

Quoted from ginnywings

Good stuff. We are among the leagues best performers in the first half, and worst in the second. Got to start putting in 90 min performances now.

Only downside is all the missed chances.

Maybe this is the thinking behind Hess starting on the bench. Bring him on 2nd half and get us through the dreaded 60 minute mark omwards.

Anyone else got Hull commentary on iFollow?

Yeah I have Les.

yes

ok now

Quoted from headingly_mariner

We could’ve had 5.
The finishing shows our lack of quality, Hooper had two of the best chances you’re ever likely to see.

This

Sorted now.

Don't worry lads it will return to towns game in the 2nd half/

Just got in is it worth me paying a tenner for the 2nd half ?

This is going to be a long 40 minutes.

Morecambe winning again, Rhys Oates scoring again. Newport pulled one back v macc

They don't look like a team not playing for their manager. Everyone is putting a shift in.

More like it from Hooper. Do that more!

it could be 5 - 3 so far !

Newport equalise

Garry Liddle......that brings back a few memories.

Happy days the Gimps are losing to the Tranny's  :X

Quoted from promotion plaice

Garry Liddle......that brings back a few memories.

Bet his legs have gone

What the intercourse is Hooper doing there?

Quoted from buckstown

Bet his legs have gone

They were never that energetic in the first place!

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

What the intercourse is Hooper doing there?

Being Hooper!

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

What the intercourse is Hooper doing there?

If you mean the back heel turn, it was Rose

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

What the intercourse is Hooper doing there?

Where is he  ::)

Our fans are amazing that’s all you can hear 143 👏🏻 Well done to those who has gone

Quoted from buckstown

Bet his legs have gone

He's dead... so he's all gone!

Quoted from Teesknees

He's dead... so he's all gone!

I forgot that ..., sorry Gary

Have Town had a shot since the goal?

would be nice to retain the ball a little...sounds like we have been awful in possession ...

Should we be making a change?

Sounds like we're under the cosh

FFS. Carlise ball comes off the corner of the post, nearly had a heart attack watching that  ;D

Need another goal to settle the nerves(blink2)

We need a second goal

Quoted from Spatchcock

Happy days the Gimps are losing to the Tranny's  :X

I have logged on to the Pervy again by mistake?

I'm nearly at the hiding behind the settee stage.

Quoted from lee65

If you mean the back heel turn, it was Rose

Apologies to JJ then! Commentators said Hooper didn't they?

Quoted from promotion plaice

I'm nearly at the hiding behind the settee stage.

And you've still got 10- 15 minutes to go!
This is a huge, huge 10-15 minutes for jolley, needless to say.
At least we got over the 60 minute hurdle whatever happens now.
Scunts go 4-3 up v charlton

Hold on arghhh

Embeleton off for Woolford

Embleton's been our main driving force in midfield. Would have liked to have seen him stay on - he's been very composed in possession.

Woolford for Embleton - give your head a wobble MJ. Pringle or Hess it should have been(anger3)

Good run by Clifton

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Embeleton off for Woolford

At last some athleticism!!!

For 20 minutes we pressed and frustrated Carlisle. They looked clueless and the crowd really got on Carlisle back. Then we started to sit off and give them space to play. Even then they only looked dangerous from corners, and most of those we gifted them. The only hope Carlisle have is the hope we keep giving them.

Need another to climb out of the bottom 2.

If am honest I wouldn’t change this team for the next game, maybe change hooper for cook if he fit

Rose is giving a lot away

Macc winning, 2nd pen of the night for them. Hold on

Anyone got any idea how much injury time they'll be?

HOLDDDD

Out of the relegation zone by goal diff

Are we just doing defending practice? Talk about inviting them onto us

Vernam going off ? I havnt heard his name once in the 2nd half, thought he had got locked in the dressing room at half time...along with Thomas. Sounds desperate.  

Into injury time. Cambridge concede a third so if we can just hold out we'd be third bottom. Fingers and everything else crossed

Morecambe pegged back 2-2 !

Get in .... FT ....  Carlisle 0-1 Town   ;D

Well done M.J.

flipping phew

(100) Happy days. Now just need to keep it going and win on Saturday

Great result and a clean sheet too!

Lets back it up on Saturday please.

COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

That was a stressful listen

A nervy end but a hard fought win, well done . Utm

Great win, pressure game for all concerned

Lets do it again and again and again please!

Brilliant!

Good win that was not expected my many including me .. enjoy the night folks

What a relief,I am so pleased for him. Let's hope it's not a flash in the pan and we can build from this .(port vale have lost tonight) I sooo hope he can and we can move forward

According to BBC live text, in injury time alone they had 1 shot saved, 3 shots blocked and 3 corners. What a backs to the wall effort, get in!

I yes get in! Just maybe Jolley’s Alex Ferguson moment  🙏

Well done Town.
Let's have the same Saturday UTM
Great turnout safe journey home to you all 👍

Quoted from Grim74

I yes get in! Just maybe Jolley’s Alex Ferguson moment  🙏

Wouldn't that be wonderful!

Btw the legendary mamilla Matt scores again to get Newport a 97 minute last gasp equaliser.
Has been quite a night

Thankfuck for that. Go again Saturday. Utm

Chuffed to bits tonight  :)

Wow thats a shock, in more ways than one, huge for MJ, couldnt listen or watch as im offshore so don’t know too much about what the game was like. Lets hope thats the end of a bad run now and MJ makes me look nice and silly for calling for change

Well done to the fans that even after how weve played recently made a tuesday night trip up to carlisle and relaly pleased for them

Matt!!!! :)

Thank fook for that. Great weight lifted.

phew! under the cosh near the end but stuck in there - we don't half bring upon our own problems at times.

Some good performances though - especially Clifton, Embleton and Hendrie

UTFM

Wow that is a sickener for Macc.

The most important game and win - well, since the last most important game and win!

Looks like Jolley wanted to try a different approach to Stevenage.  Fortune favoured the brave tonight.  Great!  We have some hope at last and something to work on.

Great defensive performance and even a defender scored! 14 corners conceded, mostly in the second half, tells its own tale.


Great to see players going forward and making runs into the box. Hendrie's goal came from a Vernon shot that he followed up on. Something we never did at Stevenage.

Well Done Town
Well Done
Brilliant

So we can take from that game that when we're up against it, backs to the wall, we can defend resolutely and get the ball forward and create chances. LOTS of chances.
But backs to the wall or not, the forwards ratio of chances--turned-into-goals is wretched. That's the stat that will define our season, I fear. Question is, can we do anything about improving it.

Hooper missed a couple of absolute sitters but he put in a hell of a shift in the 2nd half to help the team. Embleton and Clifton gave us legs in midfield and I know he has been the target for all manner of abuse but Collins was solid all night.
Rest up and go again against PV on Saturday

Great result. Created lots but we really need to be better in front of goal. Rode our luck but defended well. Vernam needs to be a regular starter.

Only 10 points from the playoffs!
8)

Good win. lets hope we can really do a number on Port Fail Saturday, make it a good journey home with my Vale supporting mate and really put some confidence into the team.

I think it’s only fair to that 11 to start again on Saturday, they’ve earned that (if fit)

Macc and Morecambe both conceded in injury time, so that's 2 points we gained on them both, along with  Northampton, Cambridge lost, so the bottom end has tightened up tonight and doesn't look as dire. Amazing what one round of games can do.

Right let's have a settled side please, same XI next game

Well done to all great result !!!!

Tonight is the turning point-for once let's give them the credit they deserve and no more talk about sackings  [for the time being at least  :)]

Looked more creative and great to see the full backs trying to get forward and provide some width. Plenty of room for improvement but a definite step in the right direction. Thomas looking sharper and Cardwell on the bench is a big plus as well.

Quoted from GrimRob

Right let's have a settled side please, same XI next game

Not for me. I'd take Hoper out.

It's not since the Buckley era that I think we have ever so desperately wanted a manager to succeed and not to be sacked.
We all loved groves and woods, but I don't think we ever really believed they would be the answer and by the end we just wanted their regimes to end without too much rancour.
Jolley has built up an enormous well of goodwill. I just hope he can learn and build from this

Quoted from chaos33

Not for me. I'd take Hoper out.

Apt.

Quoted from chaos33

Not for me. I'd take Hoper out.

So, no Hoper?

Quoted from ginnywings

Apt.

Hehe.

Yeah. No Hoper. :-)

Quoted from GrimRob

Right let's have a settled side please, same XI next game

Absolutely! Jolley would be mad to change it now.

I know Hooper missed chances, but so did a number of others.  He does do a lot of work down the left which makes us look more solid, and at the moment I think that’s important

Quoted from lee65

I know Hooper missed chances, but so did a number of others.  He does do a lot of work down the left which makes us look more solid, and at the moment I think that’s important

This. I know he’s frustrating and never looks like he’ll score but he does a job for the team and this shouldn’t be underestimated. Could be wrong but think he’s played in more games where we’ve picked up points than where we haven’t.

O dear Hooper.

More to the point, how did we get through a second- half without conceding?

I’ve given him some stick lately but Danny Collins was absolutely immense tonight.

Quoted from jimgtfc

I’ve given him some stick lately but Danny Collins was absolutely immense tonight.

Yes, his positional sense was top notch tonight

What a fantastic win so pleased for the lads for the fans and especially for Mike Jolley.

Sounded like we made a lot of chances and defended resolutely at the end.

Could not be more pleased Let the come back begin.           UTM.

Quoted from lee65

I know Hooper missed chances, but so did a number of others.  He does do a lot of work down the left which makes us look more solid, and at the moment I think that’s important

It’s evident that Hooper lacks composure when in goal scoring positions and it appears he prefers the half chances from 20 yards a la Forest Green away, Wycombe home etc.

Realise I am a pretty lone voice but I still think he is a good footballer and I would rather he be wide left then Woolford. Would also agree there does seem a weakness in his performances at times but he may be a guy who does not have a great deal of confidence in himself probably not helped by not being a regular choice and not being particularly popular with fans at Vale or town. Would love him to bag a brace on Saturday and accept that the majority of fellow fishies will disagree with my opinion on this.

That’s football fans all the see the game and judge players differently. UTM

We would not have got away with that against a decent team. We just gave them the ball, and invited them onto us for 10 minutes, and didn't even defend well. Carlisle were just woeful with the ball in the second half.
That said, I don't think it matters. It's a sign of a lack of confidence, nothing more, and the win is a step towards getting some confidence back.

Quoted from drbell

We would not have got away with that against a decent team. We just gave them the ball, and invited them onto us for 10 minutes, and didn't even defend well. Carlisle were just woeful with the ball in the second half.
That said, I don't think it matters. It's a sign of a lack of confidence, nothing more, and the win is a step towards getting some confidence back.

Stevenage and morecambe aren't decent teams but we managed to lose and let them look good at the same time. This is a huge result, make no mistake

Quoted from forza ivano

Stevenage and morecambe aren't decent teams but we managed to lose and let them look good at the same time. This is a huge result, make no mistake

I agree its huge. Wasn't meant as a judgement, just a statement of fact having watched the game as many others didn't. Those listening to the radio seem to have been given the impression Carlisle put us under pressure and we defended well, but we brought the pressure on ourselves and had to rely on Carlisle being woeful in the final third.

We just needed to win anyhow anyway and we have. Now we build confidence and move forward.

Agree with drbell, we gave away possession far too cheaply. We had ten back for every corner so you knew if it was cleared it was going to come straight back. Don't get me wrong, superb defending with the back four throwing themselves into great blocked tackles, but we could have taken so much pressure off ourselves had we left one or two players up. It's  a learning curve though, and this result will hopefully give the players and management the confidence to do things a bit differently. The result was everything though, and all that really mattered.

Evening all,
Hope you enjoyed the commentary, apologies for any mistakes in regards names etc i’m normally the BBC Radio Cumbria commentator for Barrow AFC games and was phoned up Thursday last week to ask if i could cover this game. Best of luck for the rest of the season and full credit to the 143 who made the trip, tremendous vocal support

Quoted from drbell

We would not have got away with that against a decent team. We just gave them the ball, and invited them onto us for 10 minutes, and didn't even defend well. Carlisle were just woeful with the ball in the second half.
That said, I don't think it matters. It's a sign of a lack of confidence, nothing more, and the win is a step towards getting some confidence back.

Disagree with that bit in bold.

The opposition having the ball doesn't mean we're not defending well.

How many saves did Macca have to make? None that you wouldn't have expected him to make with ease, that's for sure. And nothing from inside the box.

We didn't let them play through us and didn't let them get in behind us in that second half apart from a couple of unfortunate slips from Hendrie.

The only thing I'd say that was a major concern was the number of corners we gave them. Just them having so many opportunities to put the ball into the box full of players could've been costly. But generally defending was fine from what I saw.

Much better performance and lots of effort, could have been 2 or 3 up with some good chances missed in the first half however Carlisle missed some as well especially the free header just before half time.

The energy from both Clifton and Embleton made a difference for me as well as Vernam's running in the first half but he does tend to drift out of the game in the second half.

Not bigging it up too much as in all honesty Carlisle were pretty dreadful at times and neither side created much in the second half.

Jury is still out for me on MJ, Saturday is still a big game for him.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Much better performance and lots of effort, could have been 2 or 3 up with some good chances missed in the first half however Carlisle missed some as well especially the free header just before half time.

The energy from both Clifton and Embleton made a difference for me as well as Vernam's running in the first half but he does tend to drift out of the game in the second half.

Not bigging it up too much as in all honesty Carlisle were pretty dreadful at times and neither side created much in the second half.

Jury is still out for me on MJ, Saturday is still a big game for him.

Feels like he is on trial I just hope he proves people wrong and gets these monkeys off his back UTM.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Much better performance and lots of effort, could have been 2 or 3 up with some good chances missed in the first half however Carlisle missed some as well especially the free header just before half time.

The energy from both Clifton and Embleton made a difference for me as well as Vernam's running in the first half  but he does tend to drift out of the game in the second half.

Not bigging it up too much as in all honesty Carlisle were pretty dreadful at times and neither side created much in the second half.

Jury is still out for me on MJ, Saturday is still a big game for him.

100% agree with this

Quoted from Tommy

Disagree with that bit in bold.

The opposition having the ball doesn't mean we're not defending well.

How many saves did Macca have to make? None that you wouldn't have expected him to make with ease, that's for sure. And nothing from inside the box.

We didn't let them play through us and didn't let them get in behind us in that second half apart from a couple of unfortunate slips from Hendrie.

The only thing I'd say that was a major concern was the number of corners we gave them. Just them having so many opportunities to put the ball into the box full of players could've been costly. But generally defending was fine from what I saw.

Interesting how we all see the same game differently. For me we let them get into promising and dangerous positions again and again (10 times? 20?), even allowing them to walk into our box and pass it around on a couple of times. A better side would have made these into chances, which may have been taken. Carlisle crossed behind the goal, mispassed, fell over, and just failed to create anything clear cut. Their only hope was corners which unlike us they kept away from the keeper.

For me, it was poor defending as a team to invite them into the final third every time, and thankfully Carlisle were just too poor to create chances.

Just goes to show what a really good job Keith Curle did at Carlisle.

Quoted from chaos33

Not for me. I'd take Hoper out.

Sometimes though you just have to persevere, especially with strikers, being in and out of the team does not help. Yes he missed a couple which is disappointing, but if he is not on the pitch he will definately not score. Cut him some slack and let him know he will get the next few games. It is odd though how he can suddenly put one in from 20 yards and then miss one from 5 yards.

Quoted from drbell

Interesting how we all see the same game differently. For me we let them get into promising and dangerous positions again and again (10 times? 20?), even allowing them to walk into our box and pass it around on a couple of times. A better side would have made these into chances, which may have been taken. Carlisle crossed behind the goal, mispassed, fell over, and just failed to create anything clear cut. Their only hope was corners which unlike us they kept away from the keeper.

For me, it was poor defending as a team to invite them into the final third every time, and thankfully Carlisle were just too poor to create chances.

But that is the entire point. The clubs at this level don't always punish you, because they are not that good. We could have been out of site in that game had we ourselves punished them with our chances. They are a team higher placed in the league than us, playing at home. Of course they were going to put us under pressure at some point. After all, we are at the bottom end for a reason, and had just lost 6 in a row. The teams that do well in this league are the ones who make the least mistakes, and anyone can beat anyone with a bit of luck and a fair wind.

I think it's very easy, and understandable, to focus on what we did wrong and not on what we did right. Biggest of which was to come home with all the points. You don't have to be great to prosper in this league. you just have to be less bad than most of the others.

Apart from "Jolley's rescue-mission" at the end of last season, we were dire the rest of last season and this season.  

It is still less than 24 hours since we were actually 92nd out of 92 teams.  That does not happen by accident.  There were systematic failings at this club before Jolley came.  "A fish rots from the head first."

One swallow does not make a summer but we can hope that last night's crucial win gives a platform to build on.

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But that is the entire point. The clubs at this level don't always punish you, because they are not that good. We could have been out of site in that game had we ourselves punished them with our chances. They are a team higher placed in the league than us, playing at home. Of course they were going to put us under pressure at some point. After all, we are at the bottom end for a reason, and had just lost 6 in a row. The teams that do well in this league are the ones who make the least mistakes, and anyone can beat anyone with a bit of luck and a fair wind.

I think it's very easy, and understandable, to focus on what we did wrong and not on what we did right. Biggest of which was to come home with all the points. You don't have to be great to prosper in this league. you just have to be less bad than most of the others.

You make a good point. As I originally stated, this is only the second game I have seen. Even accounting for their injuries, I was shocked to see how many points Carlisle have based on that shocking performance against us. They looked totally clueless. That said, I still feel if we regularly defend as we did for the last 15 mins of the game, we will get found out fairly often. However, as I said, I don't think we will if we continue to pick up a few points. I feel it was purely a reflection of our lack of confidence and the value of those 3 points given our predicament. A confident team simply wouldn't play like that. Lets hope thats us from now on ;-) (or at least soon).

Try not to post when all the doom and gloomers are here in force, I just usually sit back and read a few threads then come off the fishy. Sounds like a good win, we are still near the bottom but even before last night I feel MJ should be given u til Christmas (as stated this is only if we aren't sat in the bottom 2 drifting away from everyone else)

Congrats on finally getting a win. Huge game for us against them on Saturday.

143 away fans though? urine poor.

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143 away fans though? urine poor.

Was you one of the 143 ?

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Was you one of the 143 ?

Nah. Was one of the plus 400 at Mansfield despite us having smaller crowds than you.

We are actually too big for this division.

Quoted from OAFCWOOWB

Nah. Was one of the plus 400 at Mansfield despite us having smaller crowds than you.

We are actually too big for this division.

And you being such a MASSIVE club could only manage a 0-0 draw against little old Mansfield. ;D.

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Nah. Was one of the plus 400 at Mansfield despite us having smaller crowds than you.

We are actually too big for this division.

64 miles Oldham to Mansfield ,  185 miles Grimsby to Carlisle. !!!.

Quoted from OAFCWOOWB

Nah. Was one of the plus 400 at Mansfield despite us having smaller crowds than you.

We are actually too big for this division.

You're not too big for this league, I am pretty surprised you've not done a Stockport.
We took more to Tranmere, and thats a lot further than Odham-Mansfield.

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You're not too big for this league, I am pretty surprised you've not done a Stockport.
We took more to Tranmere, and thats a lot further than Odham-Mansfield.

To be fair though you’ve got a massive bandwagon to take you all 😊

Quoted from OAFCWOOWB

143 away fans though? urine poor.

To be honest after 6 successive defeats, every one of them deserved a bloody medal!

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To be fair though you’ve got a massive bandwagon to take you all 😊

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State of this. 464 and you're top of the league ffs. We take 1800 to Tranmere, well we did until they fell off the face of the league. We'll take 1800 again this season.

Stockport? LOL. We're Oldham.

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And you being such a MASSIVE club could only manage a 0-0 draw against little old Mansfield. ;D.

To be fair one of the best we've played this season. We were lucky to get a point.

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State of this. 464 and you're top of the league ffs. We take 1800 to Tranmere, well we did until they fell off the face of the league. We'll take 1800 again this season.

Stockport? LOL. We're Oldham.

Do you ANYTHING about distance travelled? It’s over twice as far from Oldham to Tranmere than it is from Lincoln.

Using your logic, your 400 at Mansfield is absolutely awful compared to our yearly 1600.

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Do you ANYTHING about distance travelled? It’s over twice as far from Oldham to Tranmere than it is from Lincoln.

Using your logic, your 400 at Mansfield is absolutely awful compared to our yearly 1600.

Using my logic our 1800 at Tranmere trumps your 1600 at Mansfield in terms of distance then.

Plus the fact you're top of the league.

Plus the fact you get bigger home crowds.

Tinpot away following.

464 when top of the league FFS.  ;D

Quoted from OAFCWOOWB

Using my logic our 1800 at Tranmere trumps your 1600 at Mansfield in terms of distance then.

Plus the fact you're top of the league.

Plus the fact you get bigger home crowds.

Tinpot away following.

464 when top of the league FFS.  ;D

We’re 22nd you weirdo.

Quoted from OAFCWOOWB

Using my logic our 1800 at Tranmere trumps your 1600 at Mansfield in terms of distance then.

Plus the fact you're top of the league.

Plus the fact you get bigger home crowds.

Tinpot away following.

464 when top of the league FFS.  ;D

Get the intercourse off our forum you massive nonce

Am I really reading this correctly?

A topic about Grimsby Town's away following to Carlisle United, to which an Oldham Athletic fan criticises, then a Lincoln City fan joins in & whilst this Darlington fan types out a reply.

Phew and we're done. Proper off-topic.

Personally, I think the 143 that travelled are fooking troopers. Fair play to every single 1 of those especially with the run you've been on.

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We’re 22nd you weirdo.

Oh dear. All those numbers has scrambled his brain. I'm embarrassed for him.(blushing)

I don't know what I've walked in on here and not about to trawl back and find out. All I'll say is 1600 at Mansfield is the full allocation sold out, so if there was a higher upper limit there clearly would have been even greater numbers.

See 4400 at Doncaster, 3000 odd Notts County etc etc

Quoted from Posh Harry

To be fair though you’ve got a massive bandwagon to take you all 😊

To be fair, I'd say we are a forward thinking club, who has maximised our recent and current success. But each to their own.

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State of this. 464 and you're top of the league ffs. We take 1800 to Tranmere, well we did until they fell off the face of the league. We'll take 1800 again this season.

Stockport? LOL. We're Oldham.

What a helmet. It was a 300 mile round trip on a Tuesday.
Had it been 50 miles we would , hence we took 4k to Coventry on a Tuesday last year.

Quoted from OAFCWOOWB

Using my logic our 1800 at Tranmere trumps your 1600 at Mansfield in terms of distance then.

Plus the fact you're top of the league.

Plus the fact you get bigger home crowds.

Tinpot away following.

464 when top of the league FFS.  ;D

I think you will find we have the best away following in the league, Id hazard a guess Grimsby's is better than yours too.

Whilst I’m sure Town fans have on occasion posted on other teams forums, I very much doubt we have got into an argument with a club not related to that particular forum.
The fact that Gimps and Oldham have a slanging match on the Fishy tells you how poor their own sites are. Also the fact they still can’t keep away from here tells you which club has the biggest reputation.  
Form is temporary, class is permanent. UTM

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Whilst I’m sure Town fans have on occasion posted on other teams forums, I very much doubt we have got into an argument with a club not related to that particular forum.
The fact that Gimps and Oldham have a slanging match on the Fishy tells you how poor their own sites are. Also the fact they still can’t keep away from here tells you which site has the biggest reputation.   UTM

Our forums are poor.

You get banned for not conforming. Good banter on here.

Plus the Oldham fella is a mug, and the record needed setting straight.

I can't believe this game is still going on. How much injury time?

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I can't believe this game is still going on. How much injury time?

Dunno. My nails are bitten to the knuckles. This is worse than the play off final in 98.

They’ve got a another corner. Still a bit of injury time to go. Hold on lads.

Quoted from OAFCWOOWB

Nah. Was one of the plus 400 at Mansfield despite us having smaller crowds than you.

We are actually too big for this division.

You're not very bright are you? The fact you have smaller crowds than us would suggest that you're not too big for this division. Plus we're 22nd ffs.