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Post by kingkev on Aug 18, 2024 21:25:29 GMT
A player ,who in my eyes doesn't get the praise he deserves.Superb at the end of last season and a great start to this. The man who gets on with his job, never stands out to much ,but links it all together. A very underrated Callum Camps. Working so well next to our new skipper as well.
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Post by Duncan McOchin on Aug 18, 2024 23:11:47 GMT
Just to add.over 15 mins to walk out of a stadium & a row of seats collapsing during goal celebrations .how has the away side passed ground regulations. I hope that we don't get the blame for broken seats. Was anyone hurt? I remember the previous temp stand they had on that side had notable cracks in the flooring when we won 4-0 twenty years ago, and later that season a Sheff Weds fan fell through, or something along those lines.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Aug 18, 2024 23:20:58 GMT
Well that was stunning. First half was very even, it took us a while to work them out, they were clearly a step up from Cambridge, and we were a bit too slow to play forward. Pye in particular wanted too long on the ball and it ended up shutting the space down too frequently. Wootton should have scored, they perhaps should have had a penalty. Second half we were a bit sloppy first five minutes then seemed to just take it up a gear and blew Blackpool away. Barry's goal came at just the right time and we never really looked in a danger of conceding after that. Addai didn't have a save to make. Thought Touray was excellent, gets some stick at times, including from me, but in a game where, first and foremost, you want a defensively sound fullback/wingback he did an excellent job. Kept Apter very quiet. Camps was at his busy best, Wootton was again a great focal point and seems to have gained a yard of pace this season, whilst Fevrier again cameod excellently. Mingi looked happier once he came on as well after a shaky first half in particular. Louie was in and out and was clearly tiring, I said to my mate he should be taken off about 30 seconds before the goal, but then produced a moment of absolute magic. Bate was MotM. Absolutely everywhere, reads the game so well, played the right pass at the right time and when you get him on the half turn between the lines he does real damage. Has already completely changed how we play as a side and I cannot wait to see him progress this season. Bonus shout to Tanto who's clearly been bulking over the summer. Absolute beast. Just watching the highlights now, Barry very clearly deserving all the plaudits for his run and strike- but so much to admire in Bate's anticipation and then presence of mind to set up Fevrier, and then to see Tanto just muscling their defender out of the way for the third- you add that physicality to his pace, well I don't want to speak to soon but if you're a League One defender you're having nightmares tonight. I think the word is unplayable. Thing with Tanto is that he’s always had that strength as well. He’s an all round striker and we are so lucky to have him. If we’re really lucky we’re going to still have him as he enters his prime years.
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Post by Cale Green Hatter on Aug 19, 2024 7:37:17 GMT
Just to add.over 15 mins to walk out of a stadium & a row of seats collapsing during goal celebrations .how has the away side passed ground regulations. I hope that we don't get the blame for broken seats. Was anyone hurt? I remember the previous temp stand they had on that side had notable cracks in the flooring when we won 4-0 twenty years ago, and later that season a Sheff Weds fan fell through, or something along those lines. The temporary stand was a shocker. During the 4-0 win there my wedding rings and engagement ring flew off my hand when one of the goals went in. A fan close to us caught my wedding ring however there was no sign of the engagement ring which we assume had gone underneath the stand. The missus asked a steward whether she could look for it. He looked at her, said nothing and walked off. Always envisaged it ending up in cash a converters or the like in Blackpool and also wondered how much combustible rubbish ended up under the stand along with hundreds of fag butts.
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Post by Count de Stockport on Aug 19, 2024 8:20:08 GMT
I still think we'll just fall short of the playoffs, a point or two, maybe GD, though ask again in 10 games and I might revise that up. -Agree 100% we have nothing to worry about. I have Cambridge to go down and Blackpool to finish mid table and have seen nothing to change my mind. We'll be well clear of both. Am really enjoying fans of other clubs underestimating us. Cambridge and Blackpool fans saying "we should be beating the likes of Stockport". Love flying under the radar. Wootton off to a flyer as well. Been my MOTM both league games so far. The comments btl on the official Blackpool highlights do make amusing reading. 'A team who'll probably struggle this year', one of them rates us as. I know it's early to call, but I'm thinking...probably not. Possibly anything but. Oh and on Wootton. So great to see him thriving from early doors. Reckon if he can stay fit, he's going to be massive for us this season. I don't get how people just automatically assume that newly-promoted sides will struggle. I noticed lots of grumbling on their board over losing to two newly-promoted sides, as if we broke some rule about such sides being cannon fodder. Yeh, sides who proved to be too good for the league below will surely struggle in this one, rather than finish in the playoffs or even autos
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Aug 19, 2024 8:52:13 GMT
The comments btl on the official Blackpool highlights do make amusing reading. 'A team who'll probably struggle this year', one of them rates us as. I know it's early to call, but I'm thinking...probably not. Possibly anything but. Oh and on Wootton. So great to see him thriving from early doors. Reckon if he can stay fit, he's going to be massive for us this season. I don't get how people just automatically assume that newly-promoted sides will struggle. I noticed lots of grumbling on their board over losing to two newly-promoted sides, as if we broke some rule about such sides being cannon fodder. Yeh, sides who proved to be too good for the league below will surely struggle in this one, rather than finish in the playoffs or even autos It’s because too many people’s concept of what a promoted side should be is driven by the Prem. Even fans of clubs lower down the pyramid it seems. I remember someone asking me if I thought we’d stay up our first year back in the league. They were dumbfounded when I said we’d be pushing at the other end of the table and didn’t seem to believe me when I mentioned no side ever promoted out of non league has been relegated in their first season.
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Post by County Blue on Aug 19, 2024 8:59:23 GMT
“Newly promoted recent non-league upstarts too!” “Who the hell do they think they are?” Keep it comin’
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Post by gibbo on Aug 19, 2024 9:30:25 GMT
I could've course be wrong but that could be a rather eccentric SK3-dwelling Blackpool fan*, resplendent in many orange pin badges, who I got talking to in the cafe at Morrissons Cheadle a little while back (Jim Gannon being obviously unavailable that day). A decent enough type, but I'd say his estimation of his 'local' club is way out on this occasion. Recall watching the 2010 Play Off Final (when Blackpool beat Dave Jones' Cardiff) in the Royal Oak sat next to a Blackpool fan with her young son, so another candidate for EdgeleyTangerine.
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Post by atmosphere on Aug 19, 2024 10:11:47 GMT
One of the things that pleased me most on Saturday was how little they looked like scoring between Barry and Fevrier's goals at 1-0 up. You'd think there would be some really nervy moments but it just never happened. And at 2-0 and beyond they wouldn't have scored if they'd played all night.
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Post by timberwolf on Aug 19, 2024 10:26:23 GMT
“Newly promoted recent non-league upstarts too!” “Who the hell do they think they are?” Keep it comin’ Better than having to live in the past listening to the good old days from their great grandfathers.
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Post by Henry Pratt on Aug 19, 2024 10:39:56 GMT
The comments btl on the official Blackpool highlights do make amusing reading. 'A team who'll probably struggle this year', one of them rates us as. I know it's early to call, but I'm thinking...probably not. Possibly anything but. Oh and on Wootton. So great to see him thriving from early doors. Reckon if he can stay fit, he's going to be massive for us this season. I don't get how people just automatically assume that newly-promoted sides will struggle. I noticed lots of grumbling on their board over losing to two newly-promoted sides, as if we broke some rule about such sides being cannon fodder. Yeh, sides who proved to be too good for the league below will surely struggle in this one, rather than finish in the playoffs or even autos So much this. Football fans are so bad at looking at facts and drawing conclusions from that, instead tending to be driven by emotion. Comes with the "fan" territory, I suppose, but FWIW here are some facts. Last 10 champions of L2 and how they did in L1 the following year: 2013–14 Chesterfield - finished 6th following year 2014–15 Burton Albion - 2nd 2015–16 Northampton - 16th 2016–17 Portsmouth - 8th 2017–18 Accrington Stanley - 14th 2018–19 Lincoln - 16th 2019–20 Swindon - 23rd 2020–21 Cheltenham - 15th 2021–22 Forest Green - 24th 2022–23 Leyton Orient - 11th So only 2 teams f*cked it, and two made the playoffs at least. The rest were all (relatively) comfortable. Point is, though, how many of them would have strengthened as much as us? Very few, I'd suggest. And I know we don't all agree on whether we pissed the league below, but I bet very few of them played as well as we did for the majority of the season after the hiccups of the first few games. Also, the last two occasions we got promoted from L2/Div 4, we finished the following season 5th (in 91/92, in a very strong league) and 18th (although would have been 14th without admin) Just really don't get why anyone would think we'd struggle this season.
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Post by Chris B - Prog collector on Aug 19, 2024 10:40:27 GMT
Think it has been mentioned elsewhere but Touray was superb on Saturday. Ive been critical of him since he signed really however he really showed what he is about. Hope its not a blip and he can carry on playin like that! :-)
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Post by gibbo on Aug 19, 2024 10:45:01 GMT
Also, the last two occasions we got promoted from L2/Div 4, we finished the following season 5th (in 91/92, in a very strong league) and 18th (although would have been 14th without admin) And weren't we about 6th on Boxing Day (or just after) when we played Leeds? but then the Admin rumblings started and we fell away?
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Aug 19, 2024 10:48:29 GMT
Also, the last two occasions we got promoted from L2/Div 4, we finished the following season 5th (in 91/92, in a very strong league) and 18th (although would have been 14th without admin) And weren't we about 6th on Boxing Day (or just after) when we played Leeds? but then the Admin rumblings started and we fell away? We were flying until the January transfer window and the fire sale started.
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Post by Count de Stockport on Aug 19, 2024 11:02:51 GMT
I don't get how people just automatically assume that newly-promoted sides will struggle. I noticed lots of grumbling on their board over losing to two newly-promoted sides, as if we broke some rule about such sides being cannon fodder. Yeh, sides who proved to be too good for the league below will surely struggle in this one, rather than finish in the playoffs or even autos So much this. Football fans are so bad at looking at facts and drawing conclusions from that, instead tending to be driven by emotion. Comes with the "fan" territory, I suppose, but FWIW here are some facts. Last 10 champions of L2 and how they did in L1 the following year: 2013–14 Chesterfield - finished 6th following year 2014–15 Burton Albion - 2nd 2015–16 Northampton - 16th 2016–17 Portsmouth - 8th 2017–18 Accrington Stanley - 14th 2018–19 Lincoln - 16th 2019–20 Swindon - 23rd 2020–21 Cheltenham - 15th 2021–22 Forest Green - 24th 2022–23 Leyton Orient - 11th So only 2 teams f*cked it, and two made the playoffs at least. The rest were all (relatively) comfortable. Point is, though, how many of them would have strengthened as much as us? Very few, I'd suggest. And I know we don't all agree on whether we pissed the league below, but I bet very few of them played as well as we did for the majority of the season after the hiccups of the first few games. Also, the last two occasions we got promoted from L2/Div 4, we finished the following season 5th (in 91/92, in a very strong league) and 18th (although would have been 14th without admin) Just really don't get why anyone would think we'd struggle this season. I suspect there's an unspoken 'non-league upstarts' element in there too. We got it last season from Doncaster IIRC
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