Administrator Stan 18,383 Posted December 14, 2020 Administrator Share Posted December 14, 2020 all kick-offs 19.45 (GMT) unless stated Tuesday 15th December, 2020 Barnsley vs Preston Bournemouth vs Wycombe Bristol City vs Millwall Nottm Forest vs Sheff Weds QPR vs Stoke, 17.30 Watford vs Brentford, 20.00 Wednesday 16th December, 2020 Blackburn vs Rotherham Cardiff vs Birmingham Coventry vs Huddersfield, 20.00 Derby vs Swansea, 17.30 Middlesbrough vs Luton, 19.00 Reading vs Norwich, 20.00 Tuesday 15th December, 2020 Blackpool vs Hull, 19.00 Charlton vs Bristol Rovers Crewe vs Plymouth, 19.00 Doncaster vs Swindon, 19.00 Ipswich vs Burton Gillingham vs Accrington Stanley, 17.30 Lincoln vs Shrewsbury, 19.00 MK Dons vs Peterborough Oxford vs Northampton Portsmouth vs Fleetwood Sunderland vs AFC Wimbledon, 19.00 Wigan vs Rochdale, 19.00 Tuesday 15th December, 2020 Cambridge vs Colchester, 19.00 Carlisle vs Mansfield, 19.00 Cheltenham vs Bolton Crawley vs Bradford Exeter vs Harrogate Morecambe vs Leyton Orient, 18.30 Oldham vs Walsall, 19.00 Port Vale vs Forest Green, 19.00 Salford vs Newport, 19.00 Scunthorpe vs Barrow, 19.00 Southend vs Grimsby Tranmere vs Stevenage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Need a strong performance after Saturday's shambles. Nailed on that Etheridge will come back to haunt us though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Big game tomorrow away at Watford, will be a good opportunity to set a marker for the season. Our win against Nottingham Forest will hopefully boost us and set us in good stead mentally, plus we've had an extra days rest since then so there are some positives to draw from. At some point soon we will be welcoming Christian Norgaard back and I hope it's tomorrow but really I doubt that and we'll probably have to wait a game or two longer. Christian is our best midfielder and very key to our defensive solidity, but he's also a very astute passer of the ball and can occupy attacking positions with relative ease. Him and Janelt in front of Jansson/Sorenson and Pinnock will be a defensive unit teams will struggle to break down, and will be hit on the counter a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlr 167 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 At present we have all the makings of a Tony Mowbray signature six game losing streak, if we can't dick Rotherham then I will start worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,827 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 4 hours ago, Cazza said: Would be great if you can thrash the filth. Good result for Luton Saturday. Over half way to 50pts with 28 games left. Doesn't even look like relegation is a single worry this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted December 15, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted December 15, 2020 We could drop into the relegation zone if we don't win tonight and results elsewhere don't go our way. Southend are 24th so if we're not beating them, there's something wrong with us! I just hope the off-the-field nonsense doesn't have an effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted December 15, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted December 15, 2020 2 minutes in. 1-0 down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,383 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted December 15, 2020 27 minutes ago, Pyfish said: 2 minutes in. 1-0 down. How long does Ollie have left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 In control of the game so far but neither side has created much, need to up things a bit more and put some pressure on their goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Just now, Cazza said: Who is playing who and what match are you referring to? Brentford Watford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Ivan Toney hits the woodwork as he’s inches from scoring an at distances curler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted December 15, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted December 15, 2020 32 minutes ago, Stan said: How long does Ollie have left? Board have said he will be given whatever funds he needs to improve the squad so at least until end of February I'd say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Busy opening half. Pinnock is wrongly sent off after the lino misses a clear offside in front of him that led to the red. Watford get a penalty from the red and score. We go up the other end, Jensen belts a cross in and Kabelese jumps with his arms in the air and gives away a handball and pen. Toney cooly steps up and scores. 1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted December 15, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted December 15, 2020 3-1 down. Sick of this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Lino having a shocker, Watford have an onside goal disallowed Kabalese who didn’t get a yellow card for a clear handball was later yellow carded, should really be off the pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted December 15, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted December 15, 2020 Finished 3-1. Holloway has a lot to answer for. We seemed the better team going in at half time but then in the second half we looked bereft. I really hope Holloway puts McKeown back in goal for the next match - he tried to prove a point that every place is up for grabs but putting our second-choice/goalkeeping coach between the sticks hasn't worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,383 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted December 15, 2020 Can't explain this one at all. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,827 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 25 minutes ago, Stan said: Can't explain this one at all. Weird. Our fanbase would be in hysterics if we were bottom of the league and they saw that. I'd be fuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,383 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted December 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, Lucas said: Our fanbase would be in hysterics if we were bottom of the league and they saw that. I'd be fuming. Every fan base should. He's said this. Saw this response/reply to him on Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Completely believe Odubajo there, consummate professional, would give everything for the team and is generally one of footballs “good guys” But in the heat of the moment you’d be fuming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Last night's game was a strange one. Opening 45 minutes was complete domination from us, controlled possession, controlled the tempo, controlled the game, hit the woodwork, headed the ball just wide from what was a fairly free header. Only criticism was that we didn't score or create more chances, hopefully that will come with time. I did think however we were sloppy at times in front of goal and had the passing been a little bit crisper we could have been 2/3-0 up. Overall a good first half from us and probably the best 45 minutes of football we've played all season. Second half Watford upped their tempo and our sloppiness peaked, eventually resulting in the red card that the refs took a while to agree on as they initially sent off Mads Bech Sorensen but then correctly sent off Ethan Pinnock, google both of their names and ask yourself how you confuse that one. They were fortunate to get the red imo as Sarr was offside but you're talking inches and so it's understandable as to why they may have missed it....but Sarr was literally in front of the lino. Anyway, they go 1-0 up and we immediately hit back by winning a penalty, Jensen on the edge of the box whips a cross in and Kabalese has his arms in the air and it's a penalty. Not sure how it wasn't a yellow tbh, such a blatant hand ball. Toney steps up, doesn't look at the ball once, eyes on the keeper and puts it away. Smooth as you like. Watford end up bring on 3 forwards to finish the game off, we bring on a striker and attacking midfielder to snatch it. Watford have a goal disallowed which appeared to be onside, but the long ball switch of play to set the assist up was actually offside so the ref made the right decision even if he made it through the wrong one. At one point we hit Watford on the counter with a brilliant kick from Raya and Kabalese rugby tackles Toney to the ground for his first yellow of the game, which really should have been his second yellow after giving away the penalty. In the end neither side could snatch a win and it ended 1-1, not the worst result at the end of 90 minutes but considering we had a man wrongly sent off and they got a penalty which they scored from out of that, we can feel hard done by. What I will say is clearly we have not replaced Said Benrahma, we have however scored only one goal less this season than we did at this point last season. Goals aren't an issue, but the style of play has changed and we're much more focused on playing into Toney and off of Toney this season. Defensively for me we have more depth this season, Pinnock and Jansson are two of the best in the division, Charlie Goode has been a decent buy even if he's been out injured/struggled to get into the team. A big step up though by B Team product Mads Bech Sorenson who is starting to look the complete defender at this level, completely trust seeing him in the starting eleven now whereas last season anyone other than Ethan and Pontus made you a bit nervous. We've conceded 3 more goals this season than we did last season, but counter in how difficult this season is and how tiring it is to defend our defence has been class, and now we've got at least 3 centre backs capable of playing to the same standard. A good season for the B Team boys as Sorenson is setting into the side well and Forss is one of our top goal scorers and has the best goals to minutes played ratio in the league. Also we're unbeaten in 12, so positives still to be taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Bobby Glatzel gives us the lead, following a defensive mistake that Wilson latched on to. 1-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Brum equalise. Roberts should never got his shot away there. 1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Fuck off you utter shithouses. Sanchez practically danced through us without any meaningful attempt at a tackle. 2-1 down now. @Stan and @Dan. Did you know that despite being defensively shite, Benkovic hasn't played a single minute for us yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,383 Posted December 16, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Bluebird Hewitt said: Fuck off you utter shithouses. Sanchez practically danced through us without any meaningful attempt at a tackle. 2-1 down now. @Stan and @Dan. Did you know that despite being defensively shite, Benkovic hasn't played a single minute for us yet? I didn't know he hadn't played any minutes at all. Really odd as he barely got a look in for us either. Played on/off for Bristol City last season too. Wonder if there's any issue there with attitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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