Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Away vs Cambridge United - 23rd Jan 2021 3.00pm

Point away at the top team. Not to be sniffed at at all. Aside from the 68 to 75 minute mark in the second half we had control of it second half just couldn't quite get the goal.

Well done lads.

 

Hes showing he's more than a bench warmer if he continues as he's doing at present then O'Donnell will not get back in when fit IMO, great problem for T&S to have.

 

That’s because we are now daring to look AT the screen.

 

You're 100% correct I would

 

Straight after the whistle was disappointed with a point, but now the dust has settled, feel happier.

we’d gone almost a month without a game. Cambridge had played six in that time. We could have had our momentum disrupted.

It may well be we are freshened up now for the run in.

We matched them in every respect and any danger the wins before were merely a honeymoon period before are disappearing. We look to have two talented coaches, the players are knocking it about well and we’ve plenty of cause for optimism going into Tuesday.

 

Totally agree.

Today was a really tough test for more than just on-the-pitch reasons - and if our form was going to hit a wall, this was the game - a good League two side, away from home, after a substantial (and frustrating) break. You never know with a new manager bounce if it's just that - a wave of positivity and determination that can't be sustained.

But, after today's creditable draw, it looks like our form could realistically sustain itself a bit longer yet.

 

Evans had a decent game today. He's never going to be a flying winger but he does a job for the team, he's neat and tidy. He's a clever player. The problem is, you could describe Clarke and Cooke in exactly the same way. Those 3, playing behind a main striker, are too similar. Solid and hard working, but not enough attacking end product.

 

And one of those wins was 4 nil to clinch promotion in 1985, Bobby Campbell 2, and 2 for John Hawley.

 

As you know I still rate Clarke but today I thought he was disappointing, whereas I thought Evans and Cooke got through a lot of work.
Where I agree with Fordy is that to progress we need to bring in better players to get to where we want to be. The three of them can do a job for now but Clarke and Evans are over 30 now so will soon need replacing.
Cooke is a bit different issue. Despite his looks he is still quite young and like Elliot Watt he looks to me like he can improve and progress his game with the right coaching.

 

I remember listening to the game on Pennine Radio with Tony Delahunty I think. Recall some sort of conga going on in the away end? Those were the days.

 

Getting serviced in your room? Wife says that extra inch makes all the difference?
Bronco, Fordy and me are are only playing at life.....You're living the dream.

 

Valid question. As an Associate Director with a business input to the Club we are allowed to go to matches in a business/ work capacity. We are also allowed under EFL protocols to attend, the rule being up to 10 home and 10 away Club officials outside of those on the playing side. There is no hospitality, only cup pf tea and a bun, no guests and we generally are subject to online form filling and temperature checks together with a given time to arrive, for example at VP not allowed in the ground until 20 minutes before ko.
You would have to ask the BBC about the other issue, doesn't seem a problem for such as Match of the Day.

 

Thanks for your response Roger, I hadn't seen a similar question to my own had been asked. I appreciate you are attending because the current EFL guidelines allow you to, but I find it difficult to understand why it has been allowed. No disrespect at all, but the fact of the matter is the game going ahead is not dependent on associate directors being present so I would argue the EFL have got this one wrong.

 

Probably but I pay for my own at £125 a pop with a lab in London. Used them for holiday in September when the air bridge to Cyprus was open and several times since. I don't travel on the train, use my own car and abide by the host club / EFL protocols.

 

A puzzle, this one.

Cambridge, very much inconsistent. 4 defeats in 11 but to Bradford, Stevenage, Mansfield and Oldham. The latter two at home.

Clearly a team with much capability, as their league position suggests. But, was I impressed with them at Valley Parade? Or when I watched them vs Harrogate? Not overly....

A time without a first team game for us. Will this have an negative impact or positive impact... Hard to say.

I'd like to think we keep this game tight. Maybe a time from first team action, may work in our favour as the game draws on.

Prediction, err don't have a clue

 

HAVE IT...............

 

Would it weekday our buying position too ?

 

Hornby
FCD AOC POC Wood
Sutton Watt
Evans Cooke Clarke
Rowe

Subs: Huffer, Canavan, Foulds, Burrell, Donaldson, Stevens, Scales

 

Much the same as you FB, I hate the 3 at the back and has been used for pretty much all of our demise. I can only remember one team playing 3 at the back over the last few years well in the lower divisions and that was an absolutely brilliant Bristol City team who smashed us 5 0 I think?