12 minutes ago, W.cramp said:

Possibly the biggest win of the season and big well played to bonham,   he has taken shit but today stood up to be counted .  

quote from a Plymouth forum:

 

Bolton look like a side who have 4 or 5 Championship ready players particularly at the back and they just had that bit of quality to get a foot or head in where normally chances would open up. Also probably best keeper we’ve seen in the league. Like Lincoln and Cardiff they look ready to go up.

What a result that is, what a performance that is, and I’m massively jealous because I can only imagine what an away that is!

First half was alright, it was all going ok as an away game against a good team until McAtee had a brain fart. For the record, I don’t think it was a red card, his arm is relatively by his side and I think @gonzo said it but their fella didn’t jump so took one in the face and made the most of it. However, rather than watching the ball and challenging for the header, the shithouse runs away from it, looking backwards for more than a split second and jumps straight into the defender without ever looking back at the flight of the ball. He gave the ref a decision, was it soft, yes, was it completely uncalled for and basically shitting out of just a straight challenge for a header, yes. Add to that he’d had a poor first half and it’s just another example of why he can clear off in the summer.

Second half was brilliant.

Great from SS  - switch to the back 5 and bypass the midfield, then have to bring a right back into midfield, then spot that was getting overrun so switch back to a back 4 and put Max into a 3 man midfield. It reminded me of his early days, reacting in match and really affecting the game. We won with a midfield of Sheehan, Christie and Conway for the last 15 mins!

Great performances all over the place (Tutu and Bonham rightly called out already) - I’d also give GJ a lot of credit, I thought he was at his best today. Dalby grafted, Burstow made an impact and Kenny ran the channels well. It was a proper collective effort and managed to keep them to very few clear cut chances when a man down.

With the way other results were going, I thought we were in for a shocking day when we went down to 10 and would be really looking over our shoulder come 5pm. As it is, I think that pretty much does it (there’s going to be mad rush for 6th), and is a huge confidence boost as well after a ropey few games.

Up the whites, and well done all that travelled down - 2 top away days down that way this season, gutted I’ve not been able to do one of them!

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Edited April 3Apr 3 by Lt. Aldo Raine

What do ee reckon about going back to a back three?

17 minutes ago, burnden said:

 

press conference cancelled because some bloke was screaming and shouting then rugby tackled our camera equipment before getting arrested.

Anyone else reckon that sounds like it could be McAtee

 

4 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

What do ee reckon about going back to a back three?

Seemed to work!

Conway in midfield too- who'd have thought.

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Dunno about others, but I think the additional centre half, and later Christie perhaps added some steel that helped us resist the onslaught. 

No doubt at all. Tolaj was a handful when he came on but was Forino's type of forward and he largely handled him well. Christie also played his part in what was a great defensive effort from front to back.

A huge win we'd have snatched hands off for at kick off, even more so at half time. 

We certainly know how to pull a rabbit out of the hat pull the exceptional off.

That only be a good thing heading into the play offs.

I'd trust us in any one off game. We've come back from the dead and pulled it off so many times this season.

It's rather commendable.

We've just missed the consistency of the bog standard results and the nitty gritty needed to test the top 2 properly, but christ we can pull it out the bag when we need to.

 

Another episode in one of the strangest seasons I can remember. We genuinely have found every available way to win (and not win). Also a pretty good summation of the L1 playoff picture with teams competing to shoot themselves in the foot.

I thought McAtee was unlucky to a point, but it's comically stupid to look back at a player and then totally miss the ball and catch them in the face with your arm.

Having been given that advantage, they then helpfully play volleyball in their own box under no pressure before going one further and kicking one in for us. For our part we let them back into the game far too easily and then both Forino and (I think) GJ could've had soft headers punished. Although in fairness we kept them for ever having a sustained period of pressure and looked dangerous enough on the break.

The upshot of it all is probably the best win of the season. And definitely still the feeling that somehow this will all end with a ridiculous win at Wembley.

19 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

What do ee reckon about going back to a back three?

I'll give Kev a ring see what they think

1 hour ago, Didledee said:

when was the last time we scored 2 goals with 10 men?, when did we last win with 10 men for that long? we are doing some rare things this season, but to not get to carried away, we've had a lot of successes and the following week/game not been the same, so hopefully we can beat Stockport and breath a little before the main event.

Home to Birmingham 2-0 down to draw 2-2. 
Away at Burnley with 9 men to draw  2-2 . 

Away at Hull with 10 men to win 2-1

Away at Charlton with 10 men to win 3-2 

Home to everton down to 10 men win 3-2 

Home to Leicester 2-0 down with 9 men to draw 2-2

What have I missed ? 

1 minute ago, TroySwoosh said:

I'll give Kev a ring see what they think

Haha

8 minutes ago, gonzo said:

We certainly know how to pull a rabbit out of the hat pull the exceptional off.

That only be a good thing heading into the play offs.

I'd trust us in any one off game. We've come back from the dead and pulled it off so many times this season.

It's rather commendable.

We've just missed the consistency of the bog standard results and the nitty gritty needed to test the top 2 properly, but christ we can pull it out the bag when we need to.

 

Lincoln having a storming season has really put the cat among the pigeons.

From Cardiff down the table looks pretty much as pre season thoughts were.

Soft red but that’s McAtee all over, Fuckwit.

Could help himself by challenging the actual header. Been said on here a lot he rarely leaves the ground. 

1 hour ago, Whitesince63 said:

Give over, you couldn’t see a more nailed on red. It was just stupid of Macca but not unusual. Hopefully that now means he’s gone.

Have you heard of Harald Schumacher ? 

5 minutes ago, frank_spencer said:

Lincoln having a storming season has really put the cat among the pigeons.

From Cardiff down the table looks pretty much as pre season thoughts were.

Why didn't they play today?

3 minutes ago, frank_spencer said:

Lincoln having a storming season has really put the cat among the pigeons.

From Cardiff down the table looks pretty much as pre season thoughts were.

Aye that's the problem. Every season there's a Lincoln. Plymouth the other year the same.

Wycombe very nearly last season till they bottled it.

There's always a mob that have been building summet for a season or two and just hit jackpot and find the right formula.

 

1 minute ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Why didn't they play today?

Maybe due to play Vale?

We look better with a back 5 with wing backs, which makes sense when you remember that both Conway and Tutu are really wing backs not full backs, think it also made us better because it had the impact of moving them up the pitch so they helped fill in a light midfield. 

Still fustrated that the formation SS used to win this league (3421) has never really got a run out for us, with us lacking wingers right now, i thought now would have been an ideal time. 

5 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Why didn't they play today?

Were due to play Port Vale . 

30 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Conway in midfield too- who'd have thought.

Me.

10 minutes ago, Matt Lofthouse said:

Soft red but that’s McAtee all over, Fuckwit.

Could help himself by challenging the actual header. Been said on here a lot he rarely leaves the ground. 

He's one of a few players down the years who jump but dont leave the ground. SS called it what it was in his post-match, a long term bad habit he needs to get out of. 

Result of the Season . 

Fearing the absolute worst for the last week . Then down to 10 men at half time , had a sneaky feeling we may just overload the defence like so many spoiler teams do to us . and we could maybe nick a point with some luck . 

That is up there with Huddersfield and Wycombe for joyous , punch holes in the wall , kick the dog , batter the wife and lock the kids in the coal shed , fuck off down the pub til tommorow,  results . 

Outstanding result, hotel booked for Wembley 

 

we have risen 

12 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Me.

Haha.

I did suggest it some time ago too.

He won't be a regular though.