The first of three tough matches coming up starting with Orient.

They seem to have hit some form but hopefully lessons learnt against Shrewsbury should get us a win.

3 minutes ago, auckland_bwfc said:

From a distant viewpoint Collins and macatee seem to buzz off each other on and off the pitch, massively 

Second half today is their perfect set up. 

Some of the jigsaw pieces are deffo falling in to place together 

 

100% they seem to be building something. The look lost on their own but very dangerous together and seem to have an “understanding” 

1 hour ago, athywhite1958 said:

Horrible time wasting cockernee cnuts, they started from their first throw in around 4 minutes, got what they deserved, I hope Wellens fucks off to Blackburn now and they drop like a stone, cnuts

12 minutes added because we wasted as much time as they did once we went in front 

Edited February 22, 20251 yr by victor meldrew
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Just now, victor meldrew said:

12 minutes added better wasted as much time as they did once we went in front 

 

Brilliant result by the way , sounded like a fantastic atmosphere.

get something from the next couple of games and who knows!

3 hours ago, frank_spencer said:

Quite late on that, usually between 20-25 minutes they go down.

Becoming a scourge of the game the authorities need to get a strong grip of. Pantomime level use of it in our league, last home game and today. 

Worked a treat for them this aft, we were on top without being overly threatening, rhythm broken, reset by them, six mins later, goal

Thoroughly happy again.

Didn't think the first half was that bad and that we actually started well. The goalie ‘injury’ and huddle seemed  to throw us off balance.

Their goal looked miles off side.

Great second half and Collins looked a menace on that wing. Great take from McAtee and the pen was a stone waller if not stupid from them.

Heard a few people saying it was a bit IE first half. Not even close. 5 wins in 6. Itching to get in and around the teams around us. Not said that for a long time.

Great win, tremendous second half performance and everyone stepping up to contribute to us holding on well in that last 20-odd minutes, including all the subs. 

Could see in a lot of ways where SS and his team are starting to get their messages across, not least in the collective heart, application and determination shown to defend that lead. 

One of those where we could all pick a different MoM, there were plenty of candidates. 

Tough game, some knocks taken and tired legs but a standard set today, maintain it and we'll give ourselves a chance of coming out of a very testing March in a decent position 

45 minutes ago, auckland_bwfc said:

Did anyone think Morley was missing that pen??

Never in a bazillion years, for me

Fucking love Morley as a player. Thanks again to Wycombe for sorting him out. 

16 minutes ago, victor meldrew said:

12 minutes added because we wasted as much time as they did once we went in front 

I know, but they were doing it in the first few minutes, I can understand teams doing it late on but not at the beginning

3 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Not really imposing ourselves on the game.

Once again, lots of "footballers" but not a lot of football.

Something for SS to address in the summer.

Or at half time

Strange thing just before k.o. I thought if they win the toss they’ll change ends.. don’t know why but just had a feeling re mind games and all that..

when it actually happened I felt the worst, but needn’t have worried 😅

if I was the opposing team I would always change ends if we won the toss.

1 hour ago, kent_white said:

Murphy seemed to struggle a bit today which I was surprised about with going to a back 4. 

Good mate of mine is a Geordie and reckon he's meant to be a good un and they have high hopes for him but I'm not seeing it with him yet 

4 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Looking at that line up it reminds me of the situation Evatt frequently found himself in - backing the players to play crisp high tempo footie, because we’ll get bullied if we don’t. Hopefully we’ll score first this time, no matter how it comes.

Good performance today please.

Come on get with the SS programme, scoring first is so last year 😆

59 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

It felt like we won every header at the death

Never felt threatened once in that 12 mins added on

2 minutes ago, Zico said:

Never felt threatened once in that 12 mins added on

Same.

Thought we handled it great, never really got threatened. 

It seemed to fly by too.

4 hours ago, CambridgeBWFC said:

Keeper down for a team talk, just a farcical situation.

That really needs to be outlawed.  It had a huge bearing on the next 15 minutes culminating in them scoring, after we'd been the better team.  Its not difficult to make it a rule that you can't go over to the touchline, or that the manager can't give instructions.  Its blatant cheating, having momentum in a game is all part of it and that just stops it and allows tactical changes that wouldn't otherwise happen. 

I was impressed how many headers we won in our own box. 

3 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

That really needs to be outlawed.  It had a huge bearing on the next 15 minutes culminating in them scoring, after we'd been the better team.  Its not difficult to make it a rule that you can't go over to the touchline, or that the manager can't give instructions.  Its blatant cheating, having momentum in a game is all part of it and that just stops it and allows tactical changes that wouldn't otherwise happen. 

It's become a ridiculous piece of pantomime shithousing. One of my big gripes about current football is that managers and coaches seem to spend as much time finding new ways round the rules as they do finding ways to score goals

35 minutes ago, victor meldrew said:

12 minutes added because we wasted as much time as they did once we went in front 

12 minutes was a joke there time wasting was added up first half ours second half was a shoe lace tie and subs 

3 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

That really needs to be outlawed.  It had a huge bearing on the next 15 minutes culminating in them scoring, after we'd been the better team.  Its not difficult to make it a rule that you can't go over to the touchline, or that the manager can't give instructions.  Its blatant cheating, having momentum in a game is all part of it and that just stops it and allows tactical changes that wouldn't otherwise happen. 

The thing is

It seems to me like both teams want it and it's almost as if it's agreed either keeper will do it

Certainly at the time for me they were the better team in terms of chances and we were the ones that needed to regroup 

 

So glad Morley didn't jump ship. Back to his best.

Just now, ianofcleveleys said:

It's become a ridiculous piece of pantomime shithousing. One of my big gripes about current football is that managers and coaches seem to spend as much time finding new ways round the rules as they do finding ways to score goals

Simple way for refs/efl to stop it would be to order the player to go off the pitch to get treatment and just carry on with the game. 

50 minutes ago, auckland_bwfc said:

From a distant viewpoint Collins and macatee seem to buzz off each other on and off the pitch, massively 

 

Nice bit of shit housing together on our first goal celebration 

Edited February 22, 20251 yr by Matt Lofthouse

There's so much more normality, common sense and pragmatism about the place now. The nightmarish groundhog days scenarios/defeats seem to have been banished.

I'm really interested to see how we fare in these next two games v Wrexham and Birmingham and it looks increasingly hopeful that when it comes to Stockport/Blackpool/Wigan, the white flag isn't going to go up.

Well done to all concerned on that showing today. It feels like Bolton Wanderers again.

4 minutes ago, Zico said:

The thing is

It seems to me like both teams want it and it's almost as if it's agreed either keeper will do it

Certainly at the time for me they were the better team in terms of chances and we were the ones that needed to regroup 

 

Feel coaches are quite ok with it happening. So maybe it’s hear to stay. Frustrating for the paying public though.