Town XI: McKeown, Hendrie, Waterfall, Pollock, Meyanese, Habergham, Rose, Matete, EL Mizouni, Hanson, Jackson Jr

Looks like 352.

Bench: Russell, Hewitt, Preston, Spokes, Williams, Wright, Payne.

Good to see a front 2 rather than a lone striker.

Lets see what service the two new midfielders can provide.

Wonder how much game time Payne can provide today?

Clifton doesn't make the squad, read into that what you will.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Clifton doesn't make the squad, read into that what you will.

I’d prefer you telling me what to read.

I can't see Clifton making the squad very often under this manager.

No Green, Clifton or Scannell

Quoted from promotion plaice

Clifton doesn't make the squad, read into that what you will.

...and no Scannel. Another sick note handed in or not picked?

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

...and no Scannel. Another sick note handed in or not picked?

He has only just returned from injury, so maybe not fully match fit?

Hope to christ we can put some decent set pieces in as we should be a threat with Hanson and the three CB's.

No Green either.

Harry also recovering from injury and only just started training again

Another couple of hours of stress to look forward to today.

Not sure which is going to kill me first, covid or worrying about Town.

Wouldn't it be great if we banged ion a couple of early goals for once? Just to ease the pressure?

I hope Jackson Jr. does well today.

I said at the beginning of the season that if 1 of the 3 non league signings makes it, it will be good and a bonus.

Quoted from cannylad68

I hope Jackson Jr. does well today.

I said at the beginning of the season that if 1 of the 3 non league signings makes it, it will be good and a bonus.

Well for the first time his is playing alongside a decent player up front, and for the first time will benefit from some better service from the midfield, so this may be a chance to really see what he's got to offer.  

This will be interesting looking at the line up, Payne on for Hanson after an hour I would imagine.

Quite a bit more positive selection this week. I hope it screws up my prediction.

Got to the hypnotist bit then the adverts came on   ;D

should be a flowing game, with no Green or Gibson to be offside every 5 minutes

I have to say I'm much happier about that team with Messrs Green, Hewitt and Preston not in the starting line up.

Mixed emotions on that line up.

532 has been an epic fail of a formation for us the last few years

Great to see two up top again

Exstatic to see zero Green in or around the squad

That looks like a winning team to me! UTM

Quoted from realist

Quite a bit more positive selection this week. I hope it screws up my prediction.

It's positive that there's no Green, but my thoughts is that it's very defensive. 2 wing backs who are actually full backs - neither are quick, tricky or very attacking players, whilst the midfield looks strong, as we know both Rose and Machete can tackle

The pitch is a looking a nice shade of brown and getting browner minute by minute, should make for a footballing spectacle!! :)

Quoted from GYRanger

The pitch is a looking a nice shade of brown and getting browner minute by minute, should make for a footballing spectacle!! :)

I thought my tv was glitching and gone discoloured for a second

Quoted from forza ivano

It's positive that there's no Green, but my thoughts is that it's very defensive. 2 wing backs who are actually full backs - neither are quick, tricky or very attacking players, whilst the midfield looks strong, as we know both Rose and Machete can tackle

With Hanson playing, the backs may well launch it from around the half-way line rather than trying to get forward too much. Keep us shape better.

I most certainly won't care how ugly the football is if we can get 3 points (I'm sure PH feels the same!).

UTM

Expecting the wind to play a part today.

Attacking the Pontoon first half

Barrow and Southend already losing.

It is written.
Southend and Barrow both losing

We're sat far too deep already

Havent got going yet

Stevenage going to ground at every opportunity

Quoted from Hagrid

Havent got going yet

This season ......

Matete look good again... What we've been missing all season!

Throwing themselves to the ground at every opputunity

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

Matete look good again... What we've been missing all season!

Hes a class above at the moment, you've got to wonder how good Fleetwoods midfield.is for them to let us have him

Why are we taking short corners with 3 CBs and Hanson in the box?

That looked like handball by waterfall in our penalty area
Interesting that rose looking a lot better playing alongside the 2 new lads who have both started well

We look brighter and more alert overall,moving the ball quite quick

This is better than last week (not difficult BTW) but I can’t see what we’re trying to do yet.

Harrogate also losing and southend 2 downKristian dennis puts st mirren 1 up at celtic

Southend 2 down

other scores going our way, all we need is a goal

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Why are we taking short corners with 3 CBs and Hanson in the box?

Why do we ever take short corners.  They are useless.

Southend 3 down good attack and good shot by matete,who's morn at present

0-3 Soutthend

Good save by there keeper mattete is a good player

Nearly again with a driving run and shot

Come on Town we can win this.

Quoted from malkamalka

0-3 Soutthend

what a wind up

We're getting closer!

These two midfielders we have are doing really well, like the look of them.

Quoted from zorro_is_a_Mariner

Good save by there keeper mattete is a good player

Best bit of football we’ve seen for about 5 games that and another good burst forward from him just now

Matete has created more in the past 5 minutes than we have in the last 5 games.

So close Matete.

Jacksons first touch is awful gotta be said

Town battling really well and causing some errors in the opposition. Need to score while we're on top!

Stevenage seem o be panicking under town pressure

I’ve been a critic of Rose to a degree but was optimistic that he’d be better with better player around him which it looks like today.

Cancel this, surrendered possession once again and once again it costs us a goal.

Quoted from Hagrid

So close Matete.

Jacksons first touch is awful gotta be said

But probably fine for the last league he played in...

Rose getting his foot in and playing well

bit more bite, a bit more impetus from Town.  Need a goal to improve confidence.  Lady luck could help, seems she's forgotten us.

matete good

getting loads of chances to knock it into the box today, just need a bit more quality on the delivery to get it onto hanson's head

0-1 here we go again  :-/

Some decent balls into the box.  Need to attack that 6 yard box more.

well isn't that just flipping typical

And then we go 1 down :(

2 mistakes and they score.ffs

Ffs dominating most of the play we dont score opposition do and repeat fs cant lose this

Playing well, almost score a couple of times then we concede from a mistake, just our luck.

flipping intercourse sake

Gifting goals, thats it.

Destined to go down.  Nothing is running for us.

FFS. Thats 2 mistakes and 2 goals by Mayanesse in 2 games, Mansfield fans were right

Poor defending yet again.

Lose this and we are gone

Plenty of effort didn't deserve that, but thats football

Fking rose gave ball away again - utter shite

Plenty of effort didn't deserve that, but thats football

Typical town, individual errors gifting a goal.

Need to keep our heads up and carry on playing how we have been.

I’m optimistic we can still win this.

Quoted from bawarmy

Lose this and we are gone

FFS. Give it a res, loads of games left.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Poor defending yet again.

Poor from Rose to cough the ball up under no pressure

Dreadful by Menayese.

We need to make the pressure count, if you don't make it count that's what happens

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

FFS. Thats 2 mistakes and 2 goals by Mayanesse in 2 games, Mansfield fans were right

Wasn't it Rose that gave the ball away?

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Poor from Rose to cough the ball up under no pressure

It was Matete!

Quoted from bawarmy

Lose this and we are gone

Give over, I still think Hurst will get us out of this mess even if we lose today.

Right on half time. Tactics of Confusion, anyone?

Keep the faith.

Rose at fault for that, gave ball away. Not sure how people can say he has been playing well he has been as bad as normal.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Give over, I still think Hurst will get us out of this mess even if we lose today.

i dont

I think that goal sums up why we’re where we are...

Pressing hard but few shots on goal. Don't know if we've got 2 goals in us. 1 will do

Quoted from arryarryarry

Wasn't it Rose that gave the ball away?

It was more than defendable though, just had to stick at the task and not kick the ball against their player.

I know it’s easy to blame Rose and he’s no way clear of any blame but that wasn’t exactly hard to defend...lazy clearance for me...

Not scoring, poor defending, making critical errors = conceding.  

Quoted from smokey111

FFS. Give it a res, loads of games left.

In fairness, from my experience we seem to play better against good teams than we do excrement teams.

Best half we've played in a long while, but we keep shooting ourselves in the foot. This is as winnable as any game we've played this month, Stevenage looked really limited and if we can keep up the performance second half and nab a goal, it's definitely winnable.

Don't even know what to say to that other than FFS

Sat off them for the first 5 minutes but then we really got hold of it and looked decent. Shocking error from Meneyese who hasn’t really settled all game puts us behind against the run of play.

Only change I’d make would be Jackson off as he’s been second to most things and lost the ball way too much. Worked hard but a bit too lightweight for me. He’s not been an improvement on Green which says everything.
Only 1 striker on the bench worries me though as Hanson will struggle with the 90.

Matete looks a really good player.  Rose has played well other than a few loose passes. Hendrie playing well also.

Plenty of time yet. We look a threat at least, and we have a new striker on the bench

   If we had a decent pitch it would help......just saying.

I know people would love to criticise the tactics and perhaps it looks a little confused at times but this is the first game this season where every single player has seemed to know what their job is...

We’re done the bottom for a combination of reasons, that defending being one of them.

We’ve few positives so far this season but Matete looks a footballer, Jackson looks far more lively up top and at least with Hanson fit you’ve got half a chance...

Quoted from Boris Johnson

i dont

We don't care what you say.

Do we flipping have to gift every fornicator a illegitimate goal every flipping week?

flipping shite.

Just checking the swear filter.

Quoted from Ruston AT

   If we had a decent pitch it would help......just saying.

It’s the same for both sides but there has been occasions when we’ve tried to make simple ten yard balls and they’ve slowed down or bobbled which makes players tentative and nervous...

The mid field has looked better today but the problem with the strikers is still there. Neither of them look like they’re in positions to threaten.

If Hanson is playing you need to get in behind the opposing FB’s more than what we’ve done.

On the basis of the first half of this was a pre season game I’d be pretty encouraged but it’s a relegation 6 pointer so I’m pretty worried to be honest.

Quoted from Ruston AT

   If we had a decent pitch it would help......just saying.

Same pitch for both teams

Played better but cant see us scoring 1 let alone 2

Just sick of the stupid flipping errors

All to do now. As bad as Stevenage have been, they are not conceding many, especially recently.

Just feels like absolutely everything is going against us this season.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

Sat off them for the first 5 minutes but then we really got hold of it and looked decent. Shocking error from Meneyese who hasn’t really settled all game puts us behind against the run of play.

Only change I’d make would be Jackson off as he’s been second to most things and lost the ball way too much. Worked hard but a bit too lightweight for me. He’s not been an improvement on Green which says everything.
Only 1 striker on the bench worries me though as Hanson will struggle with the 90.

I thought Jackson was playing well , shows how much I know eh
Matete looks a really good player.  Rose has played well other than a few loose passes. Hendrie playing well also.

I know it’s the same for all but that pitch is a crime against football.

Best 30 minutes we’ve played this season. Matete looking great and should have scored twice, but it will come.

1 nil down straight from our own corner is a sickener

Need a big 45 minutes and will need Payne on I think too.

For me Rose is a liability with passes going astray and when he does find a Town player the receiver is immediately under pressure

Playing well, goal against the run of play. Problem now is Stevenage have the wind behind them, so much easier to just clear it away upfield, afterall they dont need to score now so expect they will be even more limited in pushing forward. Whos going to score a goal cant see it other than Matete. Hanson not in the game, worst thing is we have had 4 corners and despite having 3 CDs and Hanson to aim at we havn't been first to the ball once. Dont know what else we can do to change things unless Payne turns out to be a real goalscorer.

Settled into the game ok after first 5 minutes of getting to know each other , Matete showing the most again driving on and going close twice.
WInd assisted helping us to stay on the front foot i think but generally a better performance, Meyanese looks uncertain , he gave away a daft free kick early on jumping over someone for a header that wasnt his to go for and he had the opportunity to do a regulation clearance for the goal.

El Mizouni and Habergham both look rusty and not upto speed which is negating our left as an attacking force , but Mizouni , Rose, Matete do certainly look to play to feet and play it cute , reminiscent of Vernam, Clarke,Benson towards the end of last season.

Disappointing to go in a goal down especially with the wind, going to be a struggle now i think given our general lack of goals and chasing a game against a strong wind.

Payne might be on at the 60 mark.

Just put on a cheeky bet to win at 17/2....

It's every illegitimate week.

The next 45 minutes are crucial now.

Can some fornicator please gift us a goal for a change? They are a excrement team too. Surely they must intercourse up at the back too?

Or are we so flipping useless that we cant score even then?

balderdash.

I hate losing to Fooking Stevenage. C'mon Town, give us some hope.

We've got to push and push they'll feel the pressure to cling into this now we can't let them breathe

Good start by stevenage.drifted cross hits the bar

Quoted from RonMariner

It's every illegitimate week.

The next 45 minutes are crucial now.

Can some fornicator please gift us a goal for a change? They are a excrement team too. Surely they must intercourse up at the back too?

Or are we so flipping useless that we cant score even then?

balderdash.

Not very often sadly. Conceded 11 in 10.5 games now. Only scored 10 though, so there is some hope.

Why is Pollock in a position where he believes it’s his job to play the killer ball?

Quoted from forza ivano

Good start by stevenage.drifted cross hits the bar

And Macca watched on

Rose's second touch is generally a tackle!

Habergham looks poor today... Not at the races!

Good save by Macca.

Rose is so poor.

it's so bleeding frustrating  The lads are playing Ok bit any good foot in just bounces to the wrong player.  when we make mistakes the opposition score. when the other team do it just bobbles away from out forwards.

This isn’t working......

We seem to have gone backward this half 😩

Quoted from Mayaman

it's so bleeding frustrating  The lads are playing Ok bit any good foot in just bounces to the wrong player.  when we make mistakes the opposition score. when the other team do it just bobbles away from out forwards.

It's like Stevenage always have players in the right positions for their second balls and intercepting our passes to the forwards. Annoying as hell.

Quoted from grimps

We seem to have gone backward this half 😩

We've gone backwards for the last twenty years !

Quoted from Sir Matt Tease

We've gone backwards for the last twenty years !

Or at least anytime Pollock has the ball at his feet.

Payne on for Jackson.

Hanson could have scored there if he'd used his first touch to attempt a lob over the keeper instead of chesting it down and then losing it.

Pollock and Waterfall are probably the thinkers centre back pairing we’ve ever had....... give it to the mid field FFS 🤬🤬🤬

Danny Rose man get him off, total carthorse, does nothing but give the ball away. He's like a less mobile Harry Clifton with half the effort.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Danny Rose man get him off, total carthorse, does nothing but give the ball away. He's like a less mobile Harry Clifton with half the effort.

Load of balderdash, I've been watching him closely this half and he has been linking the play very well.  Some of you just seem to pick on him for no reason!  All players make mistakes.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Hanson could have scored there if he'd used his first touch to attempt a lob over the keeper instead of chesting it down and then losing it.

yep

WTF was Macca doing there?

Mckeown you idiot! Handles outside the box and gives them a short cornet

Another Macca boll.ck

Macca supporters club still gonna be defending him? flipping useless

Barrow and Southend doing their best to help us out but we aren't helping ourselves, so frustrating.

Stevenage haven't won away in over a year and we are just going to roll over and let them have 3 points

Quoted from grimps

We seem to have gone backward this half 😩

It was more the back wind masking how excrement we still are.

2nd half has been woeful. Metete not in game now,  so no creativity. Waterfall has done well for me today.

Quoted from 123614

Load of balderdash, I've been watching him closely this half and he has been linking the play very well.  Some of you just seem to pick on him for no reason!  All players make mistakes.

If you've been "watching him closely" you'd have noticed how frequently he's given the ball away.

Feel this is the knockout blow whilst we are already on our knees
If we lose this game this could be the nightmare we all fear
Come on Town find a goal from somewhere

Quoted from GtfcGarner

Macca supporters club still gonna be defending him? flipping useless

The manager should have sorted that out the minute he came.

Subs probably going to be way too late to make any sort of impact. Needed some fresh legs on 10 minutes ago.

Quoted from Chrisblor

If you've been "watching him closely" you'd have noticed how frequently he's given the ball away.

I think you need some new glasses.

Cumming in goal for them, how we miss players like Bobby.

Do town know where the goal is, passing and no shots

Quoted from DB

Do town know where the goal is, passing and no shots

Nobody wants the responsibility of taking a shot. That's what happens in a team with no confidence.

The new Tunisian lad has hardly had a touch

Only team in the football league without an away win. No problem against us, we are so fooking sh1te.

It’s just not good enough, the rollicking of players last week did absolutely nothing, this is a team that is going down.

Quoted from ginnywings

Only team in the football league without an away win. No problem against us, we are so fooking sh1te.

Looks like another clean sheet ....... for the opposition.

Not looking good in the league. 6 of the 8 teams above us are winning or have already taken 3 points this weekend.

Ironically even if we draw we will be even further behind

We’ve been useless again

Black and white bear you’re deluded. Rose is garbage

All any team  has to do is run towards the Town player with the ball and he’ll pass it back straight away

Quoted from Hagrid

We’ve been useless again

Black and white bear you’re deluded. Rose is garbage

Haha, you obviously know nothing about football.

We just dont shoot enough 1 on target all game when was the last time we scored 3-4 games ago.

Just hit the f-ing target!!!!

Quoted from 123614

Haha, you obviously know nothing about football.

Playing for your school football team and local under 16's Sunday league side doesn't mean you know something about football, get a grip.  ;D

Teams pulling away from us and with ganes in hand.

Quoted from Hagrid

We’ve been useless again

Black and white bear you’re deluded. Rose is garbage

Rose is a fanny dancer.

Don't get the subs, why has he not put Wright on?

I hate watching this, it’s ducking doing my head in........

Quoted from Kris2

Playing for your school football team and local under 16's Sunday league side doesn't mean you know something about football, get a grip.  ;D

I played a lot higher up the ladder than that!

Nice way to waste the 4 minutes.

Unless his ankle is actually broken this theatre performance is a bit pathetic.

We’re down guys. Heartbreaking

Quoted from 123614

Haha, you obviously know nothing about football.

Yeah Rose has really contributed a lot to the 6 points we've won from our last 14 matches.

edit: 7 points

edit2: 6 points

Grimsby GD -25 Southend GD -27. By far the worst 2 in the league, which points toward your two relegation spots.

1-1 yes

Yes Payne!!!!

Quoted from 123614

I played a lot higher up the ladder than that!

The level one plays/played at does not suggest they know more than someone else....

Rose, whilst trying very hard simply lacks anything valuable for a team scrapping for its life at the bottom of the football league...

Gettt innnnm

Get in

Well that makes me feel a bit better

1-2 that didn't last long  :-/

Get in

Oh ffs couldn't make it up

Wtf!!

Our season in a nutshell fucksake

That’s why we’ll go down

intercourse me 😡

That’s me done.

What was Waterfall doing

WTF!!!!!!

I give up! If the players give up then wo do I!

You useless flipping girl privates

Shithouses

Hurst out!

absolute flipping disgrace.

Bollox.

I think that's done me in.

The football gods have decided we are for the drop.

Totally lost for words.

Only a NL curtailment can save us.

Absolutely gutted. Don't know what to say

This club is a "F...... Shambles" !!!!!!!!

Quoted from horsforthmariner

What was Waterfall doing

Him and the keeper ball watching. Abysmal.

james mckeown apologists please go home, bloke is utterly past it. can't keep playing someone so useless because of rose tinted nostalgia

intercourse off

CB's and goalie hang your head in shame. Total rubbish

the positive I take from this game is that we might get to meet the Wealdstone raider next season

What a bunch of clowns in defence 😡

the positive I take from this game is that we might get to meet the Wealdstone raider next season

What a bunch of clowns in defence 😡

And that is why we are going down(wallbash)

Can we bring around the screens and just put waterfall outside of his misery?

Waterfall letting it go and McKeown's positioning. Wow.

absolute set of amateurs

WTF ! 9 times out of ten that pass would have gone too far for a team that are crap. The writings on the fall.

Our centre backs are shite , they’ve been praising them all season and I’ve not seen anything to justify it

I feel absolutely sorry for Hurst today as he must be flipping raging to concede a goal like at the end. I think boots are gonna fly in the dressing room and I don't blame Hurst.

Quoted from aldi_01

The level one plays/played at does not suggest they know more than someone else....

Rose, whilst trying very hard simply lacks anything valuable for a team scrapping for its life at the bottom of the football league...

I never said I did!  Someone said I played school football and U 16's Sunday League, I just assured him that I played higher than that.  

Quoted from aldi_01

The level one plays/played at does not suggest they know more than someone else....

Rose, whilst trying very hard simply lacks anything valuable for a team scrapping for its life at the bottom of the football league...

I never said I did!  Someone said I played school football and U 16's Sunday League, I just assured him that I played higher than that.  

Quoted from aldi_01

The level one plays/played at does not suggest they know more than someone else....

Rose, whilst trying very hard simply lacks anything valuable for a team scrapping for its life at the bottom of the football league...

I never said it did!  Someone said I played school football and U 16's Sunday League, I just assured him that I played higher than that.  

Everyone too busy glad handing each other because we've seen a goal for the first time in ages that they forgot there was still time to play. Kind of sums up our defence in general that they were able to just walk the ball into the net from kick off while the brainboxes were clueless and out of position as usual.

Quoted from aldi_01

The level one plays/played at does not suggest they know more than someone else....

Rose, whilst trying very hard simply lacks anything valuable for a team scrapping for its life at the bottom of the football league...

I never said I did!  Someone said I played school football and U 16's Sunday League, I just assured him that I played higher than that.  

Well that’s exactly why we’ll go down...

Same old .....poor in both boxes.

On balance i think we deserved the draw , better display with the ball but just cr@p in both boxes.

Yet again Stevenage ending one of their terrible long runs by winning against us.

If I felt sick at half time, I feel totally numb at half time.

I feel so sad to say this, but James McKeown has to go. He’s been an outstanding servant for the club, but his time has come to a terrible end.

I feel physically sick and numb.

We’ve had an utter shocker there.
Scored a goal and just completely switched off.
Sometimes you don’t get what you deserve. I could cry.

If I felt sick at half time, I feel totally numb at half time.

I feel so sad to say this, but James McKeown has to go. He’s been an outstanding servant for the club, but his time has come to a terrible end.

I feel physically sick and numb.

    We have become a laughing stock, this is worse than when Neil Woods took us out of the league.

Deeply frustrating but the first half was a big improvement and we did everything but draw. The "difficult" games to come now.

Goodbye  EFL  Realy cannot believe how bad things are going .. speachless. and that is probably a good thing

I hope hurst and Doig absolutely RIP into some of those players in the dressing room!! They are professional footballers FFS!! Play with full concentration until the final whistle, too busy back slapping each other for getting a point out of the game before the final whistle even went. Tell Macca, waterfall and others that if they can't be bothered then don't turn up again for training and we will let them leave on a free transfer to the NL north and get someone in who actually wants to be a professional footballer

So we’ve now played the excrement teams and taken intercourse all...excellent...

This is the worst town side ever...

Id love to give a few of those players a piece of my mind

Quoted from 123614

I never said I did!  Someone said I played school football and U 16's Sunday League, I just assured him that I played higher than that.  

Yeah but who really cares what you did in the 1970's and/or 80's? Also slapping your football member on the table isn't the way to engage a debate about anything, saying "I win this argument because I have more experience, therefore I know more than you" is just a way to avoid addressing points people make.

Hurst must be tearing his hair out. You cannot legislate for defending like that for their 2 goals. Absolutely abysmal from professional footballers (anyone got Trading Standards number?).

Quoted from GrimRob

Deeply frustrating but the first half was a big improvement and we did everything but draw. The "difficult" games to come now.

and thats the worry, 1 point out of 9 against sides around us. It will be an astonishing achievement to avoid the drop, Hurst hasnt actually made us more difficult to beat, and as for keeping our shape

Well on a positive note at least Barrow & Southend lost. Southend got an absolute pumping.

If you can read properly, it wasn't me who brought up anything to do with my football career.  Also, when I watch a game, I don't just pick up on what mistakes are made, everyone, even Premier League players make mistakes.  

Im sorry Boris but Hurst can't do anything to stop players flipping it up everytime with stupid mistakes.

The excitement of scoring was too much for them. They needed to have a break to realise that they had scored!

Absolutely hopeless.

Macca past his sell by date

Hanson, who's he. He was the excuse we hadn't scored due to his injury and hasn't scored since his return.

On a positive not we can only hope the NL is null and void.

Can't believe we were promoted in 2016, 2016 was basically yesterday and we've been through a SERIES of relegation battles and I'm sitting here feeling those 2010 feelings all over again.

Quoted from Boris Johnson

and thats the worry, 1 point out of 9 against sides around us. It will be an astonishing achievement to avoid the drop, Hurst hasnt actually made us more difficult to beat, and as for keeping our shape

It's worse than that 1 point out of 15.

My lowest point as a supporter in 43 years of following town

That's us down. Season defining 30 seconds right there and wraps it in a nutshell.

In reality I'm still not convinced the players where that bothered as our movement was so poor, our goal came from 2 of the additions.

I'm not convinced the shape was right as the lad from Tunisia is never a wide player, The movement was so poor it was embarrassing and the concentration cost us two goals.

We have had relegation fodder written all over us for most of this season and today once again proved it that we are no longer sleep walking to relegation we are running towards it at pace, the only thing we've done at pace this season BTW..    .

We should never have been allowed to get in this position AGAIN.

2009 we were lucky with Luton’s points deduction
2010 we got what was coming
2018 we got out by the skin of our teeth
2021 .......

Fenty, you utter, utter incompetent buffoon. You’ve ruined this football club and yet you will walk away with a £200,000 profit that you wheedled out of the trust. You have no fcuking shame. I’d be too embarrassed to show my face in public in NE Lincs if I were you, but you have the self-awareness of a single-celled organism.

🥲🥲

Holloway I've left the club in a better place  yeh right BS stolen a wage for a whole year  got us to buy flat caps where have y sold your house on friggin Ebay and been  made out you put £10000 in shares I feel sorry Paul hurst  and Douig a real man to pick up the fall out  and clear out players that would struggle Sunday league level  your just a conman who can't even speak English proper no wonder  none of the players knew what your tactics were understood never  mind the Town supporters  I suggest you shut up and hope you never con your way into another club even if they are as badly run as ours  :o

Quoted from DB

It's worse than that 1 point out of 15.

1 point out of 15 yes. But then factor in how many of the games we’ve played recently are classic 6 pointers and you then have an ever bigger casm

That ball travelled a long way , with the wind behind it.....yet Macca was still in no mans land when the guy prodded it over him.

But we still didnt do anywhere near enough going forward to win the game.

It's over.

I said weeks ago when we were told Hurst was going to bring in 6 or 7 players and that  money was no object that we needed to do better than bringing in inexperienced kids and has-beens.

I said we needed experienced players with L1  track records.

Today is a low point in my decades of supporting Town. It was clear that we had to push the boat out and bring in quality to save us.

We have not done that. Everyone can beat us. We give away stupid goals in every game. It's a miracle if we manage a shot on target.

Today is the day that even a deluded optimist such as myself has to accept that we have well and truly had it.

Us and Southend for the drop.  

Honestly that's broke me that has, absolutely flabbergasted. I don't know where we go from here.

Absolutely awful home record, need pace out wide, not sure, not sure why Wright & Scannell had no involvement as we need players capable of beating a man & creating something. Feel totally numb, saved before by winning these 6 pointers, not happening this year so that’s it,down & out.

Quoted from Eastendmariner

Holloway I've left the club in a better place  yeh right BS stolen a wage for a whole year  got us to buy flat caps where have y sold your house on friggin Ebay and been  made out you put £10000 in shares I feel sorry Paul hurst  and Douig a real man to pick up the fall out  and clear out players that would struggle Sunday league level  your just a conman who can't even speak English proper no wonder  none of the players knew what your tactics were understood never  mind the Town supporters  I suggest you shut up and hope you never con your way into another club even if they are as badly run as ours  :o

Pot, Kettle, Black ;D ;D

Quoted from craigy

Im sorry Boris but Hurst can't do anything to stop players flipping it up everytime with stupid mistakes.

He can. Don't pick them!

PH is now seeing the players who are making his decisions EASY. Either those who are worthy of a place in the starting XI, and those who should be emptying their lockers 'tout de suite'

On that show, tomorrow and Monday will be a blur for PH.

Let's hope he can bring in a few surprises to shore up some positions.

Has anyone else noticed that all talk of Pillock's (sorry..... Pollock) imminent departure have ceased lock stock and barrel........and after his last few performances he count himself lucky to get a game in the Isthmian league

Anyone just really angry...we managed to organise an extension for waterfall yet couldn’t fathom out what to do for vernam.

The semi good performance is irrelevant when you concede a goal as amateur as that...literally flabbergasted.

Most goals in lge 2 are scored by mistakes from the opponents, i actually think a draw was a fair result today not saying we was great but certainly an upgrade on last few games , still optimistic we can stop up but it looking very precarious even with my rose tinted specs

Don’t think I have felt so deflated all season, to get back in it with what looked like a deserved equaliser then to lose it straight from the restart is a right sucker punch.

Quoted from forza ivano

Mckeown you idiot! Handles outside the box and gives them a short cornet

Bloody Hell he is selling ice-creams as well,no wonder his form has dipped.

Quoted from friskneymariner

Bloody Hell he is selling ice-creams as well,no wonder his form has dipped.

Might be his next career move.

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

Town XI: McKeown, Hendrie, Waterfall, Pollock, Meyanese, Habergham, Rose, Matete, EL Mizouni, Hanson, Jackson Jr

Looks like 352.

Now 5 out of 11 hurst signings.

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

1 point out of 15 yes. But then factor in how many of the games we’ve played recently are classic 6 pointers and you then have an ever bigger casm

Indeed. Your mate’s fault. Fcuking failure of a fridge magnate.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

In reality I'm still not convinced the players where that bothered as our movement was so poor, our goal came from 2 of the additions.

I'm not convinced the shape was right as the lad from Tunisia is never a wide player, The movement was so poor it was embarrassing and the concentration cost us two goals.
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Good job he wasn’t playing on the wing then?

Obviously everyone is utterly peed off with what happened today.
It is poor. It is inexcusable

However, there were some good signs. There is still Monday for transfers and issues with the National League.

I may be clutching at straws, but there are still 20 games left. We can only be better in those 20 games than in the 26 so far. Surely............

Its a good job that fans aren't allowed in the ground because, and despite my advancing years, I think I would have been on the pitch after Waterfall. And you know what..I would have easily caught him judging by today's showing!!

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

Obviously everyone is utterly peed off with what happened today.
It is poor. It is inexcusable

However, there were some good signs. There is still Monday for transfers and issues with the National League.

I may be clutching at straws, but there are still 20 games left. We can only be better in those 20 games than in the 26 so far. Surely............

We've been here before, wasn't it Luton having a massive point fine and we were still in trouble? We've always been a club in modern football that rides its luck.

My Ten year old daughter has put more money into Town than  Hollowords the bullshitter  she lives 200 miles away  that's loyalty unlike IH  first sign of trouble does a runner .we are going down so we as exiles will try ignore the stress and the pain  that our club is inflicting on us every match day  can y imagine  our pain if we had to witness  this live   :o

Quoted from Plankton

We've been here before, wasn't it Luton having a massive point fine and we were still in trouble? We've always been a club in modern football that rides its luck.

Luton had a 30 point deduction. THIRTY!
Bournemouth had a 17 point deduction and we still finished behind them.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Luton had a 30 point deduction. THIRTY!
Bournemouth had a 17 point deduction and we still finished behind them.

Yes. and the worst thing about that was that we didn't learn from it.

We were just about the worst team in the division and so clearly any sane owner would realise that we needed a serious upgrade to avoid the drop the following season.

Instead we tried to muddle through on the cheap and got relegated. How flipping stupid. It could so easily have been avoided. Just as our current predicament could have.

Perhaps the good news is, a striker scored, which will help his confidence in the coming games. Keep the faith. UTMM!! 8)

Also, I think it as the best of the goals, or am I delusional?

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

He can. Don't pick them!

PH is now seeing the players who are making his decisions EASY. Either those who are worthy of a place in the starting XI, and those who should be emptying their lockers 'tout de suite'

On that show, tomorrow and Monday will be a blur for PH.

Let's hope he can bring in a few surprises to shore up some positions.

Has anyone else noticed that all talk of Pillock's (sorry..... Pollock) imminent departure have ceased lock stock and barrel........and after his last few performances he count himself lucky to get a game in the Isthmian league

Do we need to resort to calling a 19 year old kid (a 1st year pro) a pillock?

Quoted from Tommy

Do we need to resort to calling a 19 year old kid (a 1st year pro) a pillock?

Pollock’s current form remind me of what happened with Darren Mansaram.

A decent prospect thrown into first team football at an early age, relatively, and expected to deliver well above their experience. Mansaram was expected to lead the line and score the goals that would keep us in the Championship at age 18, he played 37 times in 02/03. Pollock has been chucked into a garbage team, partnered by some absolute junk, in front of an awful keeper and behind an appalling midfield, and expected to develop into a solid L2 CB (or better) in those circumstances.

Don’t get me wrong, he’s contributed to our position, but he’s not been helped by any of the supposed senior pros, nor Hollowhead who partnered him with another youngster in Preston down the left and forced him into an unfamiliar playing style for much of the season.

feel as empty now as i did at 5

Quoted from Hagrid

feel as empty now as i did at 5

I'm holding out hope for a positive day of transfer action on Monday.

Ultimately, Monday is now a more important day than today was. If we bring in a few more players of similar ilk to Matete, they will help us for the rest of the season.

Strengthen our side to compete better for the next 20 games, and today might not necessarily be the season-defining result it might feel like now.

Frustrating- we played pretty well but we got punished for two errors.

Macca - wasn’t far enough out for second goal - but it was Waterfall who really stuffed it up
Habergham - Looks very rusty, too many misplaced passes, little threat going forward.

Meyenase - worries me, was at fault for the first goal - not as e we yuck as was made out.

Pollock - going backwards at a rate of knots - needs a rest.

Waterfall - distribution woeful, defended well until he stuffed up the second goal.

Hendrie - was excellent

El - Mizouni - to be honest thought he was garbage - but you can’t judge someone  after one game.

Rose - wish he could pass - pretty ineffective

Matete - class - MOTM

Hanson - did ok - hopefully stays fit

Jackson Jr started brightly, faded - better than Gibson or Green

Of the subs thought Spokes did fine, Payne did what we want him to do.

Quoted from Hagrid

feel as empty now as i did at 5

Barrow lost n Southend lost; still tight at the bottom. New players may need time but plenty of games left. Jolley was in worse position than this.

Keep the faith, we are Town, it’s not over yet!

The goal encouraged me. In one short move Matete and Payne showed they're a massive improvement on what else is as at the club. Unfortunately, they'll need to do that 17 times a game if we're going to concede goals like the one at the end.

I thought Menayese was a little unlucky for their first goal. The ball could have rebounded anywhere but the striker got lucky. At least he had the pace to get there first instead of the striker having a free run on goal past slow defenders. Second goal was a disgrace. Positionally both Waterfall and McKeown were at fault. Either of them should have dealt with it and neither did. Payne finishing the way he did was a positive, finally we've got a goal threat. A couple more players in, one or two back from injury and a further shuffling of the pack by Hurst and I can see us picking up a win or two over the next few games..

And.. does Rose mishit that pass on a better pitch.. I don't think so. There are league table and EFL status consequences for furloughing the groundsman to save pennies..

The players should be fined a week's wages over lack of concentration for the winning goal.

Anyone hear Payne afterwards? Bloke sounded furious

Quoted from Hagrid

Anyone hear Payne afterwards? Bloke sounded furious

Link please pal .

The stuffing has been completely knocked out of the lot of them, holloway has drained the life out of their confidence, he's destroyed their capabilities of holding the fort and playing the basics. The lose balls we play, the willy nilly passing, the panic on the ball, afraid to go forward and over lap, the backwards game then ball to nothing, players that won't but a tackle in, second to the ball its endless what this bunch are doing wrong. As fans we are possibly 95% confident we are down, we deserve it and with no special thanks to fenty and co and the man I literally detest with passion Clown Holloway.

Quoted from OneLove

The stuffing has been completely knocked out of the lot of them, holloway has drained the life out of their confidence, he's destroyed their capabilities of holding the fort and playing the basics. The lose balls we play, the willy nilly passing, the panic on the ball, afraid to go forward and over lap, the backwards game then ball to nothing, players that won't but a tackle in, second to the ball its endless what this bunch are doing wrong. As fans we are possibly 95% confident we are down, we deserve it and with no special thanks to fenty and co and the man I literally detest with passion Clown Holloway.

Speak for yourself. We're three points from safety, twenty games to play with a new manager bedding in half a dozen or so new players all of which seem an upgrade on what we had already and hopefully a couple more incoming. You seen the standard of the opposition, and I mean the whole division? Everyone is beatable with us not having to improve too much. Do you want to contribute to the negativity or try and pick some positives out? Negativity can be the breeder of bad outcomes and generally used to lessen the blow. The nightmare of dropping out of the league will be terrible however anyone braces themselves for it, whether it's now or in May. We are far from down yet, have faith and try to pick out some positives however small they seem to be at the moment..