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Post by geordiehatter on May 22, 2021 22:22:43 GMT
I arrived at 13.50 and thought the queues were well managed and moved along quite nicely We were in the 230 arrival grouping for access into UT5, got there for 220 and joined what turned out to be the wrong queue (entirely our fault), got helpfully redirected to the right one and still in the ground by 2:45. No complaints at all, seemed very well managed by the club given its the first time for everyone.
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Post by ricky on May 22, 2021 22:40:14 GMT
Today showed exactly why we signed Madden, so many missed opportunities. Rusk has generally got things right but, as others have said, should have started with Bennett, he’s a handful. That said, Bennett’s header against the crossbar may have looked spectacular but was a glaring miss. If we’d got our noses in front early in the second half I think we’d have scored a few more.
It was great to be back in the ground, it felt very safe and was well organised.
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Post by Bredburyhatter on May 22, 2021 23:39:54 GMT
When was the last time we went 17 league games unbeaten?.. this is the best part of 40% of a season( it's late, and cba working it out, but its more than a third and less than half )
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2021 4:26:25 GMT
All these post war records and unbeaten runs mean f*ck all if we don’t go up.
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Post by hghatter123 on May 23, 2021 6:09:15 GMT
When was the last time we went 17 league games unbeaten?.. this is the best part of 40% of a season( it's late, and cba working it out, but its more than a third and less than half ) Unbeaten record is great, but almost half of those games have been draws. A common theme over the season which has come to cost us the league unfortunately
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Post by oakwoodbank on May 23, 2021 7:12:13 GMT
Was unable to see the game today but sat here so depressed now that we have given Hartlepool such a boost . We just didn’t need to go to Yeovil needing the win had we won any of our recent home games. Today’s I thought was a banker but never underestimate a County side ready to balls it up -- The loss of points at home this season is not coincidental. There has to be a reason why players do not perform adequately on their home ground. As we have produced the goods at home on occasion, this underlines the fact that there is a problem— and a serious one too. It sends a message to all visiting teams (whatever their position in the league) that they can have a good chance of picking up a point or three. Now that we have the extensive support system at the club one wonders why it has not used its combined efforts to tackle this problem. Which ever league we are in next season the club has to get rid of this habit of producing a 'dog's leg' performance at home. If not, it could cause a reduction in the numbers of fans at games—they know the team can do better but are frustrated when they come away from EP disappointed that games have not been won which should have been.
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Post by johnsdentist on May 23, 2021 7:25:39 GMT
I wonder whether Hartlepool would have waited 45 mins to start the game v Woking ? I suspect not . An unbeaten run means nothing . 2 wins and 3 losses gives you an extra point over 5 drawn games . The mathematician in me says which one works out best . Very frustrated with it all
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Post by heatonhatter on May 23, 2021 7:26:08 GMT
Was unable to see the game today but sat here so depressed now that we have given Hartlepool such a boost . We just didn’t need to go to Yeovil needing the win had we won any of our recent home games. Today’s I thought was a banker but never underestimate a County side ready to balls it up -- The loss of points at home this season is not coincidental. There has to be a reason why players do not perform adequately on their home ground. As we have produced the goods at home on occasion, this underlines the fact that there is a problem— and a serious one too. It sends a message to all visiting teams (whatever their position in the league) that they can have a good chance of picking up a point or three. Now that we have the extensive support system at the club one wonders why it has not used its combined efforts to tackle this problem. Which ever league we are in next season the club has to get rid of this habit of producing a 'dog's leg' performance at home. If not, it could cause a reduction in the numbers of fans at games—they know the team can do better but are frustrated when they come away from EP disappointed that games have not been won which should have been. We pretty much never get beaten at home, so I'm not sure why your say that opposition teams have a good chance of picking up three points. The reason is simple. Most opposition don't come here to try and win the game, they come here and try not to lose. And no matter what level you're at, when a team at the same level plays that was, it's hard to break them down. I think the left wing back situation is a big part of it. Walker has a great cross on him, but he's not a winger and we have really missed Kitching's pace down that side. I also think Rooney is a problem in these situations as he often needs to take 3 or 4 touches which really slows the move down on the odd occasion that the opposition are stretched. 3rd is still a likely finish for us, as I don't think Hartlepool will beat Sutton today. Its all still to play for.
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Post by timberwolf on May 23, 2021 7:26:54 GMT
Unbeaten record is great, but almost half of those games have been draws. A common theme over the season which has come to cost us the league unfortunately think the unbeaten record is more important to JK than it has been for the club. we have drawn more games than anyone else in this division and thats what has cost us in points. on top of that a bang average home performances both under jim and rusk. we have never played well at EP for a full 90 minutes all season. hope its not too late to recapture some home form for the one home game we have left. whoever we play i can see em coming with a great amount of confidence like we would away from the place.
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Post by timberwolf on May 23, 2021 7:34:43 GMT
I think the left wing back situation is a big part of it. Walker has a great cross on him, but he's not a winger and we have really missed Kitching's pace down that side. problem was yesterday we were missing 3 attack minded players in the side. along with madden there was kitching you mentioned plus the other long term absentee connor jennings. the latter didn,t score as many as most expected but was always involved in the game where it mattered.
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Post by herbiedumplings on May 23, 2021 7:37:47 GMT
Today showed exactly why we signed Madden, so many missed opportunities. Rusk has generally got things right but, as others have said, should have started with Bennett, he’s a handful. That said, Bennett’s header against the crossbar may have looked spectacular but was a glaring miss. If we’d got our noses in front early in the second half I think we’d have scored a few more. It was great to be back in the ground, it felt very safe and was well organised. 64% possession yesterday: same as Wealdstone but not the same result. Feels like it’s to the bad old days when I started monitoring the possession stats, in fact. I’d sum it up by saying Rusk turned us into a team that’s hard to beat, but it relies on Madden for us to be a team who can win. This was always the risk with a marquee signing such as him - even if he’s not been the one banging the goals in himself, without him we struggle to take the advantage. Hopefully the rumours of him being fit for the playoffs are true…
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Post by hghatter123 on May 23, 2021 7:40:05 GMT
-- The loss of points at home this season is not coincidental. There has to be a reason why players do not perform adequately on their home ground. As we have produced the goods at home on occasion, this underlines the fact that there is a problem— and a serious one too. It sends a message to all visiting teams (whatever their position in the league) that they can have a good chance of picking up a point or three. Now that we have the extensive support system at the club one wonders why it has not used its combined efforts to tackle this problem. Which ever league we are in next season the club has to get rid of this habit of producing a 'dog's leg' performance at home. If not, it could cause a reduction in the numbers of fans at games—they know the team can do better but are frustrated when they come away from EP disappointed that games have not been won which should have been. We pretty much never get beaten at home, so I'm not sure why your say that opposition teams have a good chance of picking up three points. The reason is simple. Most opposition don't come here to try and win the game, they come here and try not to lose. And no matter what level you're at, when a team at the same level plays that was, it's hard to break them down. I think the left wing back situation is a big part of it. Walker has a great cross on him, but he's not a winger and we have really missed Kitching's pace down that side. I also think Rooney is a problem in these situations as he often needs to take 3 or 4 touches which really slows the move down on the odd occasion that the opposition are stretched. 3rd is still a likely finish for us, as I don't think Hartlepool will beat Sutton today. Its all still to play for. You can’t escape the fact Rusk got the tactics/ team selection massively wrong in the first half and we were lucky to go in level. This was corrected for the second and we battered them, but ultimately it was too little too late with luck going against us
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Post by ricky on May 23, 2021 8:01:17 GMT
I think we shouldn’t underestimate the shift Woking put in added to their underhand tactics. A run of 10 consecutive defeats is remarkably bad but bound to end at some stage. Woking seemed more fired up by the crowd whereas it seemed that County were weighed down a little by expectation. That all changed in the second half, County played well, a combination of bad luck, profligacy and Woking’s doggedness frustrated County in the end. The problem wasn’t necessarily today, but it’s happened too often at home with both managers. Either way, if we finish 3rd, it’s still an excellent season that may still become even better.
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Post by County1999 on May 23, 2021 8:26:21 GMT
When was the last time we went 17 league games unbeaten?.. this is the best part of 40% of a season( it's late, and cba working it out, but its more than a third and less than half ) In 2018/19 we went 21 matches unbeaten. Which is our current club record. 17 victories and 4 draws in that run too. It did however only include 16 League matches, of which we won 13.
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Post by pirate33 on May 23, 2021 8:28:13 GMT
I realise it's a generalisation but because teams usually come to EP to secure a point, I think our normal slow possession game plays into their hands. Away from home teams usually come at us too some extent which enables us to counter-attack etc. Personally I think the lack of off the ball forward movement and constant recycling to midfield and then defence is ineffective. We might have the vast majority of possession but if we are playing two defensive players in midfield and players don't make any runs ahead, then a simple energetic pressing game gets us to keep playing the ball back and across our defence. All these draws will see us stay in this division becuase IMO a 'safety first' mentality will not win the play-offs and it's hard to change these ingrained default reactions when under pressure.
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