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Post by belfastshrew on Sept 19, 2020 20:55:54 GMT 1
The players will be gutted to not get a result in front of the crowd. One in only 7 League matches to have the crowd. I was hoping that would really be the 12th man, a proper advantage. But not to be.
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Post by ssshrew on Sept 19, 2020 21:02:42 GMT 1
Stage fright!!!
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Post by Chief Inspector Swan on Sept 19, 2020 21:05:31 GMT 1
As an FYI to those posting the final score was Shrewsbury 1-2 Northampton
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Post by Bob Rickerton on Sept 19, 2020 21:26:52 GMT 1
Absolutely dreadful start to the game which led to a deserved goal for Northampton, but we responded well and it was good to see some attacking intent. I guess our hand was forced after the early goal, but I wouldn't class that amongst some of the dark days of the defeats I saw last season on regular occasion.
Difficult one to judge. It's objectively a terrible result against what you'd have to assume is a fellow relegation candidate, but we could have scored a few today and won comfortably so I feel strangely ok about the result. If the keeper boots that away I think we'd have won.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Sept 19, 2020 21:38:37 GMT 1
i tend to look at how town are performing after 10 to 12 games, i think this team need more game time to gell we also played without our two first choice center backs, both goals were due to errors the american defender who misjudged the ball and the kepper who did the same.
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Post by Stowmarket Shrew on Sept 19, 2020 21:42:33 GMT 1
Finally home to Suffolk after a stop in Cambridge enroute. Funnily enough, I enjoyed that. The organisation and logistics for the day from Town were superb and the atmosphere was way better than I expected for a small crowd albeit clearly not anything like we're used to.
A funny old game, Town beyond atrocious for 15 mins, how we only conceded one I don't know. We weren't even 2nd quickest to most balls that's how bad we were. After that we got a foothold but never really threatened but 2nd half the goal was always coming, and at 60 mins, honestly, only one team was going to win. Then an absolute howler from Sarkic and we're left chasing the game. Too much sideways in a strong wind against a resilient and robust defence and despite some possession very little real threat and it was game over.
The injury clearly didn't help and Sarkic's howler was just one of those things. I enjoyed the day just because it was great to be back, and this team will play worse and win this season.
Whalley my man of the match for some direct running and a great finish. Fossey looked a bit of a liability for much of the game and Cummings aside for his hand on the goal, we got very little from the front three all game.
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Post by Pilch on Sept 19, 2020 21:52:42 GMT 1
1000 more fans At Shrewsbury than at old Trafford
Who cares what happened 😜
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Post by shrewswolf on Sept 19, 2020 21:56:57 GMT 1
Keith Curle admitted to giving them a rollicking at half time, which I can imagine as they were on the ropes and we really didn’t want half time. I really am truly baffled to see so many slating our first half performance. Early on I would agree, it was embarrassing, but we more than recovered from that & I thought we were a joy to watch by the end of the half. In the second, they improved but only after their goal. We continued where left off until that point. Sadly we never did quite find the enthusiasm to pass the ball about after the howler and all to often resorted to a diagonal ball that didn’t work.
A win is just around the corner, I’m sure of it. I mean, loss or not, I can’t remember too many Town teams in recent years that were capable of stringing enough passes together to have 70% possession even when the opposition are absolutely abysmal.
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Post by Pilch on Sept 19, 2020 23:40:05 GMT 1
sears lloyd and udoh to come on sorted 3 points in the bag nothing can go wrong ;-) Yeh, right. s**t happens Annoyingly Arnold was steady , well we didn’t trouble him did we He did a couple of half dodgy kicks second half and I thought it’s coming and then our keeper stepped in and had once in a career mare, Tough game to follow next week but that’s the way it is , a win today and a point next week is great , now we’re looking for 3 points to make up for it Hopefully we’ll have Our main 2 centre halves to go on with
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Post by theriverside on Sept 20, 2020 7:34:04 GMT 1
Interesting Radio Shropshire made out we were completely dominant and it was very hard to see how we came away with nothing, whereas on here most are saying it was poor and there were little positives to take away. Listening to the commentary whilst watching the game, I was struggling to see how they were making it sound like a complete travesty that we weren’t winning the game. On clear cut attempts at goal (which is kind of what it’s all about 😉) we were second best and only saved by the post and a superb point blank save
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Post by SamHarvey on Sept 20, 2020 8:41:24 GMT 1
Disagree with some of the comments on here. All opinions though, I know. Feel that was one of the best performances I’ve seen from town, bar the first 15 minutes. We dominated the game, looked in control, were creating chances and felt it was only a matter of time before we the lead. Super goal the equaliser, should have pushed on to win from there, but an absolute howler from Sarkic! Thought the first goal should’ve been dealt with as well, Fossey well out of position and looked flustered. Overall though pleased with the performance. 71% possession with 19 shots. We’ll be fine playing like that this season.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2020 8:55:55 GMT 1
I don't think we were as bad as some are making out.
At times we played some very good football and opened them up nicely, particularly in the first half.
We maybe weren't as good in the second half, but Northampton got everyone behind the the ball and made it difficult.
It's of course frustrating to lose to an error like that, but Sarkic is young and will learn.
I was impressed with High, who looks a real player, and Vela got around the pitch, while Whalley, was Whalley.
The only disappointing thing on the pitch was that Rekeil didn't get a booking so I couldn't shout out " don't tell him Pyke...."
Off the pitch it was excellent and a huge thank to everyone involved with getting us 1000 lucky souls in to the ground.
From the girl who gave the tickets out, through to the stewards, SLOs and the CEO.
Well done and well the 1000 who were there for following the instructions.
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Post by welshshrew on Sept 20, 2020 9:41:45 GMT 1
Watched it on screen. Daft to draw too many conclusions. The 7th second injury for example could be adjudged to impact the next 10 or so minutes when we were totally outplayed and rightly went a goal down.
Thought we were very good for the rest of the half. But how good are Northampton compared to the rest of this division? And but for a Williams block, we would have been two down at half time.
Good start to the second. Classic Whalley performance for me. Always a threat, some occasionally terrible delivery from set pieces, some bad decisions, but always in the game and a fine goal.
The radio commentary today, particularly from Ellis, was ludicrous. We were described as dominant on several occasions (only in terms of possession could this be said) , but worse than that, described the assist for the winner as a ‘hopeful punt’ upfield. It wasn’t, it was a piece of quick thinking and a very good cross field ball into a run that he had spotted, and could have then been a 1 on 1, although Fossey probably would have dealt with it, before the keepers moments of madness.
A draw would have been a ‘fair’ result. A very enjoyable watch though.
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Post by another fine mess on Sept 20, 2020 9:46:56 GMT 1
I’m afraid I’m in the “glass half empty” camp on yesterday’s performance. Yes, there were some excuses (so I’ll forget the first 15mins) but overall, we were poor.
For all our possession in the remainder of the first half we couldn’t break Northampton down. We just moved the ball about across and back before surrendering possession with a poor pass or cross.
We’re still too slow in possession and no one seems prepared to carry the ball forward, let alone beat a player to create space. I’m sure that things will improve and I’m confident that the players can do much better. But on yesterday’s showing, they’ll have to.
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Post by shropshirelad42 on Sept 20, 2020 10:22:23 GMT 1
Interesting Radio Shropshire made out we were completely dominant and it was very hard to see how we came away with nothing, whereas on here most are saying it was poor and there were little positives to take away. Yes, I listened to it on the radio as well, and i'm thinking likewise.
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Post by Pilch on Sept 20, 2020 10:35:07 GMT 1
Interesting Radio Shropshire made out we were completely dominant and it was very hard to see how we came away with nothing, whereas on here most are saying it was poor and there were little positives to take away. Yes, I listened to it on the radio as well, and i'm thinking likewise. thats because a lot of people base their argument around the final score, just the final score and nothing but the final score and change what happened on the pitch to suit that
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Post by zenfootball2 on Sept 20, 2020 10:37:57 GMT 1
i appreciate that in all games you can get a range of views; last season ricketts got a lot of stick for the formation , the negative football and risk averisive football,lack of fitness ,lack of goals , poor defending ,lack of wingers, lack of entertaing football ,he was the wrong choice as manager and unwillingness to change tactics. i will admit i was not a fan and found most of last season dire.
so all credit to him he has used the closed season to change the style of play,the formation has changed, we are more attack minded, we try to press more and reycyle the ball better, is this the finished article clearly not, it is work in progress, we look rusty ,players need time to gell. we are in a sureal season were the funding stream has been reduced and the club has lost income and who knowes how much impact that had on towns ability to get some the players they might have gone for but did not(we will never know)
if you look at the above sample of comon criticisms of last season i feel Ricketts has tried to resolve them and stil fans are unhappy for me we show signs of progressive and i feel he needs time to bed it in as there is a big difference between the training ground and a real game so work in progess. i apreciate not everyone sees it it this way.
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Post by Pilch on Sept 20, 2020 11:07:17 GMT 1
the only real critisism i have was the shooting from outside the box was as wild as ever, we must have had about a dozen efforts and the only one that troubled the keeper looked like it was heading for the post anyway, a bit of extra shooting practice is required i think
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Post by AlisonS on Sept 20, 2020 11:14:12 GMT 1
I thought that there was something in it for everyone - defeat / player errors for those that don’t like too much optimism, good stats, a goal to celebrate. I thought we looked like a team again, backing each other up as they did a season or two back, the new players added something. Having to adjust after the first minute for the loss of two centre backs, the successes of last season, it wasn’t surprising we looked a bit rocky for a time. Whalley played as if he had just signed and out to impress - he just seems to love playing for the Town.
It was a lovely sunny day, just great to be back - not football as we know it, but neither is the rest of life at the moment. I am so impressed with the work that went into getting us in and the management during the day. I was of of only seven thousand who got to watch real live league football yesterday and I am very grateful.
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Post by Carter on Sept 20, 2020 11:46:56 GMT 1
On another day we'd have won that. Didn't quite get the rub of the green
We had 70% possession, 19 shots vs their 10, 76% passing accuracy vs their 51%, 92% tackles won vs 53 %
Turn that into goals and we'll have a decent season....
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Post by londonshrew75 on Sept 20, 2020 13:15:47 GMT 1
Here's a stat for you...We lost to a team that came up through the play offs. It's only early, but already I'm not sure what Ricketts is thinking? He spends most of last season playing Love as a wing back when he's a full back and then when when we revert to a four he drops him in favour of a kid who hasn't played first team football for months ? When you consider the oposition (as in back to front quickly) it makes even less sense. Why not start him Tuesday night in a "not so important game"..? Love William's Piere Golbourne Norburn Vella Whalley High Udoh Cummings
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Post by Pilch on Sept 20, 2020 13:51:50 GMT 1
Here's a stat for you...We lost to a team that came up through the play offs. It's only early, but already I'm not sure what Ricketts is thinking? He spends most of last season playing Love as a wing back when he's a full back and then when when we revert to a four he drops him in favour of a kid who hasn't played first team football for months ? When you consider the oposition (as in back to front quickly) it makes even less sense. Why not start him Tuesday night in a "not so important game"..? Love William's Piere Golbourne Norburn Vella Whalley High Udoh Cummings love a full back ? no-one has played first team football for months did i mention some people base their argument around the final score, just the final score and nothing but the final score and change what happened on the pitch to suit that
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Post by londonshrew75 on Sept 20, 2020 14:09:58 GMT 1
It's not based upon the final score. It's based upon what I see with my own eyes. An in my opinion he is playing players in the wrong positions....Again.... Cummings is a "natural goal scorer". Whalley is an out and out right winger. Let Udoh have a go at cutting in from the left with his pace and power. It's a strong league this year and with possibly the exception of Rochdale it's very hard to think who the other three will be that go down. I no the season hasn't started yet, but if you look at who the bookies fancy for the drop they all have something about them.
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Post by Pilch on Sept 20, 2020 14:25:26 GMT 1
It's not based upon the final score. It's based upon what I see with my own eyes. An in my opinion he is playing players in the wrong positions....Again.... Cummings is a "natural goal scorer". Whalley is an out and out right winger. Let Udoh have a go at cutting in from the left with his pace and power. It's a strong league this year and with possibly the exception of Rochdale it's very hard to think who the other three will be that go down. I no the season hasn't started yet, but if you look at who the bookies fancy for the drop they all have something about them. for me whalley was man of the match yesterday, was excellent down the left, so obviously not an out and out right winger you go on about playing players out of their regular position but then go on to say Udoh should be on the wing and Love centre back its not based on the final score, just the bookies odds ;-) speaking of the bookies odds, before yesterday game we were joint 4th favourites to get relegated today we are 7th maybe check your facts before spouting them skybet relegation Rochdale 8/11 Northampton 11/8 AFC Wimbledon 13/8 Wigan 7/4 Bristol Rovers 2/1 MK Dons 5/2 Shrewsbury 3/1
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Post by northwestman on Sept 20, 2020 14:42:19 GMT 1
The circumstantial evidence suggests that SR does not rate Love too highly at the moment, and bearing in mind his last few appearances for us last season, he may have a point.
Early days, but yesterday showed Fossey to be struggling to adapt to the demands of League 1 football.
The back 4 employed at Portsmouth (Williams, Pierre, EEL and Golbourne) should hopefully all be available for the Plymouth game.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2020 15:24:57 GMT 1
Fossey offers much more in terms of pace and attacking intent than Love.
Anyway, the right side of defence is sorted in terms of squad depth, it's the left side that's the problem if Goldstone gets injured.
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Sept 20, 2020 15:34:41 GMT 1
It was written that we’d lose yesterday, we generally make a damp squib of the big moments, regardless of what year it is, what our form’s like, who the manager is etc...
Just great to see a crowd back, 1000 in the west stand whilst looking a bit weird and sparse didn’t look as bad or sterile as I thought it might and I’m sure I’d get used to it (didn’t go yesterday). Just hope the government hold their nerve and we can get at the very minimum 1000 in for the next home game, or even better the 3000 odd that would utilise all four stands.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Sept 20, 2020 16:00:58 GMT 1
It was written that we’d lose yesterday, we generally make a damp squib of the big moments, regardless of what year it is, what our form’s like, who the manager is etc... Just great to see a crowd back, 1000 in the west stand whilst looking a bit weird and sparse didn’t look as bad or sterile as I thought it might and I’m sure I’d get used to it (didn’t go yesterday). Just hope the government hold their nerve and we can get at the very minimum 1000 in for the next home game, or even better the 3000 odd that would utilise all four stands. i doubt they will the way they are panicking .
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Post by londonshrew75 on Sept 20, 2020 16:03:32 GMT 1
I have never mentioned Love at centre half. So you would like to keep the front three as they were ? The only reason I suggested Udoh in that position is it gets him on the pitch and there is not a natural fit in the squad for that position. And the bookies odds prove my point regarding a relatively strong league this season! Last season only three down and Bolton were down, so only two places. This year four places and that list of seven clubs all have things going for them all though I think most of us would agree it will be a struggle for Rochdale.
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Post by Mortgagehound on Sept 20, 2020 16:14:57 GMT 1
Maybe if we had managed to hang on to Arnie we might have won yesterday.......
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