Halifax v Chesterfield

2 goals for Halifax within a couple of minutes.

Halifax 2-0 Chesterfield with around 10 minutes to go.

(BT Sport 1)

Chesterfield are a one trick pony.

Halifax have the best defence in the league, so no way are they letting this one slip.

Why do players rarely get booked for kicking the ball away these days, Halifax player just did it to waste time?

We could finish 4th here, forget squeezing into the Top 7!!

The Chesterfield forum is in meltdown. Best team lost, ref was crap and the best one yet- Gunning going off was what cost them the game.  

Been an almost perfect easter weekend for us really, were well in the mix for 4th and 5th now no question about it

I was hoping for a draw there to make Halifax in 3rd reachable but if we can continue picking up results without McAtee, a top 5 finish and home quarter final is well within our grasp.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I was hoping for a draw there to make Halifax in 3rd reachable but if we can continue picking up results without McAtee, a top 5 finish and home quarter final is well within our grasp.

This must be our target now. We're not going to get in the top three, so aim for a home tie against whoever.

A home tie and win could just give us a bit of momentum into what would be a tough away tie. Looking at the fixtures I don't think we will catch Solihull in 4th but 3 wins could put us 5th. However 5th v 6th is then likely to play Wrexham away, think I'd favour Halifax.

Just seen another classic on the Chesterfield forum.

Apparently, the league needs restructuring to allow more promotion places because when Stockport and Wrexham get promoted, another big money club like Woking (eh?) or Oldham will come in and rule the roost and they will be stuck in this league forever.

I'm sure they spent £250,000 on one player.

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

Been an almost perfect easter weekend for us really, were well in the mix for 4th and 5th now no question about it

Of all realistic finishing positions, 4th would be the dream ticket on paper. That would mean a home tie against the 7th placed side, then an away tie at Halifax for the winner (who, it should be noted, do have an excellent home record).

I think the odds of that are fairly long, particular in the apparently likely absence of McAtee, with Notts County having a favourable run-in and Solihull still having a 3 point + GD advantage over us. It remains a possibility though, which would’ve seemed implausible a few weeks ago.  

..........£250K for one player - playing half a season.  All their eggs in one basket.

Halifax fans say that they were the better team,  Chesterfield did not take their chances.

It’s been widely predicted that Chesterfield’s questionable business practices and morals over the last couple of seasons would come back to bite them on the bottom. There is a very real chance given their current form that they could miss out on the play offs entirely which would be absolutely hilarious after comments describing themselves as the “strongest team in non-league by a country mile”.

I actually had this conversation walking to the car after we’d just dismantled Chesterfield.

They had a habit of winning, mostly down to a striker that only needed one chance. The issue was everything seemingly relied on him, understandably so but if you think of those decent conference sides over the years, whilst they’ve all had a star man up top, goals have come from all over the park.

There’s been a lot go on at chesterfield and many will say it’s karma, others will say it’s just unfortunate. They weren’t impressive when they played us back in December and they’ve appeared to sort of limp through games recently and possibly just limp in to the playoffs…

They could drop out but to be honest I kinda hope they don’t because they don’t look a threat at all…

Quoted from aldi_01

I actually had this conversation walking to the car after we’d just dismantled Chesterfield.

They had a habit of winning, mostly down to a striker that only needed one chance. The issue was everything seemingly relied on him, understandably so but if you think of those decent conference sides over the years, whilst they’ve all had a star man up top, goals have come from all over the park.

There’s been a lot go on at chesterfield and many will say it’s karma, others will say it’s just unfortunate. They weren’t impressive when they played us back in December and they’ve appeared to sort of limp through games recently and possibly just limp in to the playoffs…

They could drop out but to be honest I kinda hope they don’t because they don’t look a threat at all…

I would be more worried about facing Dag & Red or even Torquay if they made it than Chesterfield as they would have momentum.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

..........£250K for one player - playing half a season.  All their eggs in one basket.

Halifax fans say that they were the better team,  Chesterfield did not take their chances.

And many criticized our club for not doing the same!!

I notice that Chesterfield, Dagenham and Notts all play bottom 3 sides on Saturday, we just need to beat Torqauy which I'm sure we can do even with McAtee if he's crocked.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

And many criticized our club for not doing the same!!

I notice that Chesterfield, Dagenham and Notts all play bottom 3 sides on Saturday, we just need to beat Torqauy which I'm sure we can do even with McAtee if he's crocked.

I'm convinced we were in for Tshimanga and came close but I guess we set our limit but Chesterfield went over and above that. Why else would we have zoomed in on the Boreham Wood ground during the Shaun Pearson interview after signing him?

Very bad luck for them that he got injured, but he is a goal machine at this level and when fit again will no doubt continue to rack up the goals.

I can't see Chesterfield going up this season. My fear is that next season he will return and bang in about 40 goals for them making them a shoe in for top spot with everyone else, probably including us, scrabbling for that second promotion spot via the playoffs.

Either that or they sell him in January for £1million and buy three or four top players with the same result.      

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I'm convinced we were in for Tshimanga and came close but I guess we set our limit but Chesterfield went over and above that. Why else would we have zoomed in on the Boreham Wood ground during the Shaun Pearson interview after signing him?

I can't disclose who, but I was lucky enough to chat with someone well up the hierarchy at BW who told me we were never in for Tshimanga.
They had put a deal together that they believed only a championship/top end league 1 club could match and if matched would let him go
Chesterfield enquired, and to the suprise of BW  met the deal.
The rest, as they say, is history.

I'll hold back on getting too cocky whilst looking at Chesterfield's decline since losing their talisman, especially as we're potentially going into a crucial run of games without our own.

In the event Chesterfield don't go up, they'll surely be the spending force next season.  Tshimanga will go for big money and they've still got the £1million those two brothers came up with last month haven't they?  As a club they've got the memory of a goldfish and there's no chance they'll look to invest those two windfalls in a sustainable way.  It'll be excrement or bust again.

I’m sure I heard the other day the Tshimanga is now training again without his ankle support on. He might be back for the playoffs?

No promotion for them will present serious problems.  They put all their eggs in one basket with Tshimanga money wise .
Looking on their forum fans not happy with Cook and want .................Dyche !  As if !

Quoted from oochiad

I’m sure I heard the other day the Tshimanga is now training again without his ankle support on. He might be back for the playoffs?

Out of his boot and due to start running on grass ‘in a week or two’ according to Paul Cook. With an injury like that though, you can’t help but feel that even the play-off final would come too soon - there’s a big difference between doing some light jogging alone and taking hits in a competitive non-league match.

If he gets back sooner than that then good luck to the lad and kudos to his medical team, but I can’t help but believe it to be any more than an attempt to boost morale when the chips are down.