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Post by gullone on Jan 24, 2012 17:18:28 GMT
Thinking exactly the same thing as you John, if we mess this week up..........cue evil laugh ! ! !
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Post by frankfurt gull on Jan 24, 2012 18:29:38 GMT
I´m waiting to hear the attendance, first home game for a few weeks but on a Tuesday evening against a side near the bottom of the league and another home fixture on Saturday. Could struggle to make 2.000!
2,280 quite a reasonable gate.
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Post by milber on Jan 24, 2012 21:41:11 GMT
"and relax"..................or at least until 1459hrs on Saturday  milber |
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Post by stuartB on Jan 24, 2012 21:41:17 GMT
bloody brill boys.. well scrapped. 3 points from safety  |
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Post by bristolgull on Jan 24, 2012 21:46:51 GMT
Phew.....couldn't get there tonight so was following on BBC sport, those automatic updates were nerve rattling towards the end!! Well done boys!
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Post by Ditmar van Nostrilboy on Jan 24, 2012 22:20:55 GMT
Very scrappy match. Was there helium in the match balls? Certainly spent more time in the air than on the floor!! Daggers were very quick to close players down and battled hard to try and get something. Weve certainly seen worse teams visit this season. I thought before the game it would be a mistake to start Howe ahead of Atieno and i didnt see anything during the game to make me change my mind. We did look more of a threat once they swapped and Danny was so unlucky with a slight deflection close to the end when i thought it was going to creep in at the far post from a lovely run and shot. What a cracking goal from Manse though. We did enough despite a few scares and to be honest, im not sure a couple of teams down the bottom will reach 45 points by the season end so we're quite probably safe now |
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Post by rjdgull on Jan 24, 2012 22:56:13 GMT
I hope Oastler is OK after going off. Dot com talks about winning ugly and when you are on a good run you seem to be able to grind out results when not at your best. Onward to the weekend when I think we will need to raise our game.
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Post by Jon on Jan 24, 2012 23:09:14 GMT
Win ugly would be my summing up too.
A scrappy game, but we were solid when we needed to be.
I thought it was telling that when Oastler had to go off, we used left-footed LRT at right back.
The obvious move would have been Robbo to right back and Saah on alongside Ellis.
But such is the new-found solidity of the Robertson / Ellis combination that the manager did not want to disturb the pairing.
Excellent performances from both again tonight - and more importantly excellent combination between the two. Long may it continue.
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Post by silverintosteel on Jan 24, 2012 23:42:09 GMT
Better an ugly win than an amazing loss. It wasn't a great game of football, but the result was just grand. Dagenham really do insist upon the game being played ugly and aerial, not that we didn't seem to do it ourselves. Howe was absolutely useless as well.
Felt a bit sorry for the 39 Dagenham fans, ha, but this run is brilliant.
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Post by rjdgull on Jan 24, 2012 23:48:40 GMT
Better an ugly win than an amazing loss. It wasn't a great game of football, but the result was just grand. Dagenham really do insist upon the game being played ugly and aerial, not that we didn't seem to do it ourselves. Howe was absolutely useless as well. Felt a bit sorry for the 39 Dagenham fans, ha, but this run is brilliant. Welcome to this forum silver! A superb run that has now seen us take 32/39 points and another win on Saturday would see us average an amazing 2.5 points per game over almost one third of the season. Outstanding! |
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Post by silverintosteel on Jan 24, 2012 23:56:10 GMT
Why thanks! Indeed, it's quite odd to see Torquay doing quite so well. Nice though! It was my first live game in a while, I'd forgotten just how much I enjoy going to Plainmoor.
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Post by loyalgull on Jan 25, 2012 0:59:37 GMT
the football history archives are littered with clubs winning silverware and promotion on the back of ugly 1-0 wins,and i for one would take that
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Post by Budleigh on Jan 25, 2012 7:56:05 GMT
Cracking bit of poetry in the programme... ahem!
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Post by silverintosteel on Jan 25, 2012 12:43:59 GMT
Cracking bit of poetry in the programme... ahem! The poem was yours? I read that as I was going through the programme last night - thought it was really good. The programme in general was great as well. |
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Post by chesneygull on Jan 25, 2012 12:47:14 GMT
I too thought that Saah would come on for Oastler with Robbo shifting to RB. Interesting then that LRT came on as RB.
I didn't think Rene Howe had a good game last night. If I was Atieno I would have been disappointed to be on the bench but think he did enough (as Howe was poor) to start at the weekend.
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