Post by rjdgull on Feb 5, 2011 18:54:40 GMT
After a tough week for Torquay, joints winners this time with two guys who have contributed many posts this week. Therefore, I have just picked a sample post from each. The first with my warmest congratulations is from Ospelgull with his thoughts from that game.
Well, my thoughts.
All this formation talk... You can play whatever formation you want BUT as long as a large part of the starting eleven are not 'up for it' from the start you simply can't beat the other team.
Workrate comes always first, and how many times have we heard Paul Buckle say "you first have to earn the right to play" by putting in enormous effort.
Under Paul Buckle we've played tremendous games in the FA Cup, most of them were won and some were lost by the odd goal. In almost every Cup game (against higher placed teams) the manager and the players have upped their game and made life difficult for the opponents.
Then why did they crumble today? I simply can't tell you and to be honest none of us can, if you ask me.
In recent years we've had some real lows and some brilliant highs, we all know which games I mean. That's football!
I feel miserable right now and it will take some time to get this game out of my system but eventually it will. Today being a TUFC supporter sucks, but there will come a day we all feel very proud again. Maybe that day will come sooner than we all think, that's also football; always unpredictable. Or you go and support a team like Man United, always more chance to experience high times.
What were the lyrics of that song made by Chumbawamba...
The second winner is from a man who probably has the biggest personality on this forum and has been here from the very start.
Well done Dave on having your name in yellow yet again! Here is your Hereford match report.
I read stuartb’s post as I came home in the car asking why Ellis went off, well he made the first goal, scored the second goal and if he turned up at Ants game this Saturday looking for a game, I would be telling the Marldon manager he would be better off sticking with the centerhalfs he has got.
The only good think to say about tonight is Jake Robintson, such a shame all he brought to the game was lost and thrown away by the rest of his team mates. He is smaller than Benyon and for the first ten minutes never got a touch on the ball, all we wanted to do was hit the ball long and high from the back and what was the point of that with a striker up front hardly bigger than me.
I thought Stanley also looked good in the first half, playing neat balls to his team mates, but was he on in the second half? As I hardly noticed him if he was.
Ellis was a mistake waiting to happen every time the ball went near him; I suggest we made a big mistake letting our other centre half move on a few weeks ago. What sort of boots do players where these days? Ellis has ones that mean it’s easier to slip up than stay on your feet. He nearly cost us a goal very early in the half, under no real danger to just clear the ball he went and slipped on the edge of our box. The winger just ran past him and had a player standing all alone in the middle of the goal to pick out with a simple pass and he would have scored. But the pass ended up a very poor one and went behind the forward and we were very lucky indeed.
But then for a short while we did start playing a few balls on the floor and getting them up to Jakes feet, he took one pot shot from the edge of the box that bounced just in front of the Hereford keeper who could only parry the shot away from goal.
Ellis did play one good ball out of defence up to Billy Kee who played a great through ball for Jake Robinson to get on the end of. The Hereford keeper came rushing out but Roberson coolly put the ball past him and into the net. A great goal and we should have then tried to build on our lead.
We nearly did straight away with another good effort by Robintson, his first shot was blocked in the box but the ball came back to him and we went for the far post and the Hereford keeper just managed to get across and get the ball behind for a corner.
Then Ellis made another big costly mistake, it looked a simple header was all that was needed to clear the ball from the edge of our box, only he headed it backwards straight to Fleetwood. Branston did his best to try and get the ball, but was far to slow and Fleetwood buried the ball past Bevan who had no chance of making a save.
All we wanted to do from then onwards was keep giving the ball away and Hereford who were much the better side anyway and out playing us for most of the match, were always looking to punish all the mistakes we were making.
Danny Stevens tried hard enough but did nothing really good all-night, he did have one shot that my granny could have got more power into and it resulted in a simply save for the Hereford keeper. Robertson did have one more half chance after O’Kane put in a good low ball into the box from out on the right hand side, he hit the ball first time with his right foot, but it went wide of the post.
I was not too disappointed with the first half to be honest, when he did get the ball down and played a few passes and got it up to Jake Robertson, I felt we always had a chance of getting a goal.
But what happened in the second half? Mistake after mistake, poor passing that gifted the ball to Hereford who were not only working much harder than we were; they were always first to the ball.
Mansell had the ball on the halfway line and just gave it to a Hereford player, two passes later and the ball is being crossed into our box from the right hand side to the back post. Up jumps Fleetwood and heads the ball over Bevan but I’m sure the ball never crossed the line. There was Ellis who only had to head the ball off the goal line but headed it against Bevan and the ball went in the goal off him.
We also got away with a penalty that was not given and how the ref never gave it I don’t know as it looked a very clear penalty to me. Ellis rightly was taken off and Robertson moved across and Mansell went to right back and on came Lathrope. Well sorry but if he is all we are going to be able to bring on off the bench, prepare for a relegation struggle this season. Another player who made mistake after mistake and one such mistake cost us yet another goal.
He gave the ball away in our half and then went and brought the player down he gave it too. The free kick was swung into our box toward Fleetwood again who headed it down and our defence just stood and watched and almost admired the shot from Featherstone that flew past Bevan and into the net.
Off went Stevens who should have gone off much earlier and on came Halpin, he hardy got a touch of the ball and when he was put through right at the death by a great ball over the top by Mansell, he decided not to hit the shot when he really should have and by the time he did take the shot, he was too wide, closed down and was only able to hit the ball very tamely.
I may have made this game sound better than it was, we were very poor and to be honest, I’m not sure I want to waste my money watching our team at the moment and may well go and watch Ants cup game this Saturday.
So many fans walked past Ant and I after the game saying they would not be going this Saturday, that cup defeat is going to cost our club very dearly indeed.
All this formation talk... You can play whatever formation you want BUT as long as a large part of the starting eleven are not 'up for it' from the start you simply can't beat the other team.
Workrate comes always first, and how many times have we heard Paul Buckle say "you first have to earn the right to play" by putting in enormous effort.
Under Paul Buckle we've played tremendous games in the FA Cup, most of them were won and some were lost by the odd goal. In almost every Cup game (against higher placed teams) the manager and the players have upped their game and made life difficult for the opponents.
Then why did they crumble today? I simply can't tell you and to be honest none of us can, if you ask me.
In recent years we've had some real lows and some brilliant highs, we all know which games I mean. That's football!
I feel miserable right now and it will take some time to get this game out of my system but eventually it will. Today being a TUFC supporter sucks, but there will come a day we all feel very proud again. Maybe that day will come sooner than we all think, that's also football; always unpredictable. Or you go and support a team like Man United, always more chance to experience high times.
What were the lyrics of that song made by Chumbawamba...
The second winner is from a man who probably has the biggest personality on this forum and has been here from the very start.
Well done Dave on having your name in yellow yet again! Here is your Hereford match report.Feb 1, 2011 23:14:09 GMT Dave said:
I went to tonight’s game to show my support to a team that badly let its fans down in the FA Cup 4th round match against Crawley. I went because I foolishly believed they would want to give a performance for the fans to make up for the one they dished up against Crawley. What did they do? They went and gave an even worse performance and I’m afraid it’s not a question do I want to show my support to that team again on Saturday, it’s more a question do I want to pay my hard earned money to watch that rubbish.I read stuartb’s post as I came home in the car asking why Ellis went off, well he made the first goal, scored the second goal and if he turned up at Ants game this Saturday looking for a game, I would be telling the Marldon manager he would be better off sticking with the centerhalfs he has got.
The only good think to say about tonight is Jake Robintson, such a shame all he brought to the game was lost and thrown away by the rest of his team mates. He is smaller than Benyon and for the first ten minutes never got a touch on the ball, all we wanted to do was hit the ball long and high from the back and what was the point of that with a striker up front hardly bigger than me.
I thought Stanley also looked good in the first half, playing neat balls to his team mates, but was he on in the second half? As I hardly noticed him if he was.
Ellis was a mistake waiting to happen every time the ball went near him; I suggest we made a big mistake letting our other centre half move on a few weeks ago. What sort of boots do players where these days? Ellis has ones that mean it’s easier to slip up than stay on your feet. He nearly cost us a goal very early in the half, under no real danger to just clear the ball he went and slipped on the edge of our box. The winger just ran past him and had a player standing all alone in the middle of the goal to pick out with a simple pass and he would have scored. But the pass ended up a very poor one and went behind the forward and we were very lucky indeed.
But then for a short while we did start playing a few balls on the floor and getting them up to Jakes feet, he took one pot shot from the edge of the box that bounced just in front of the Hereford keeper who could only parry the shot away from goal.
Ellis did play one good ball out of defence up to Billy Kee who played a great through ball for Jake Robinson to get on the end of. The Hereford keeper came rushing out but Roberson coolly put the ball past him and into the net. A great goal and we should have then tried to build on our lead.
We nearly did straight away with another good effort by Robintson, his first shot was blocked in the box but the ball came back to him and we went for the far post and the Hereford keeper just managed to get across and get the ball behind for a corner.
Then Ellis made another big costly mistake, it looked a simple header was all that was needed to clear the ball from the edge of our box, only he headed it backwards straight to Fleetwood. Branston did his best to try and get the ball, but was far to slow and Fleetwood buried the ball past Bevan who had no chance of making a save.
All we wanted to do from then onwards was keep giving the ball away and Hereford who were much the better side anyway and out playing us for most of the match, were always looking to punish all the mistakes we were making.
Danny Stevens tried hard enough but did nothing really good all-night, he did have one shot that my granny could have got more power into and it resulted in a simply save for the Hereford keeper. Robertson did have one more half chance after O’Kane put in a good low ball into the box from out on the right hand side, he hit the ball first time with his right foot, but it went wide of the post.
I was not too disappointed with the first half to be honest, when he did get the ball down and played a few passes and got it up to Jake Robertson, I felt we always had a chance of getting a goal.
But what happened in the second half? Mistake after mistake, poor passing that gifted the ball to Hereford who were not only working much harder than we were; they were always first to the ball.
Mansell had the ball on the halfway line and just gave it to a Hereford player, two passes later and the ball is being crossed into our box from the right hand side to the back post. Up jumps Fleetwood and heads the ball over Bevan but I’m sure the ball never crossed the line. There was Ellis who only had to head the ball off the goal line but headed it against Bevan and the ball went in the goal off him.
We also got away with a penalty that was not given and how the ref never gave it I don’t know as it looked a very clear penalty to me. Ellis rightly was taken off and Robertson moved across and Mansell went to right back and on came Lathrope. Well sorry but if he is all we are going to be able to bring on off the bench, prepare for a relegation struggle this season. Another player who made mistake after mistake and one such mistake cost us yet another goal.
He gave the ball away in our half and then went and brought the player down he gave it too. The free kick was swung into our box toward Fleetwood again who headed it down and our defence just stood and watched and almost admired the shot from Featherstone that flew past Bevan and into the net.
Off went Stevens who should have gone off much earlier and on came Halpin, he hardy got a touch of the ball and when he was put through right at the death by a great ball over the top by Mansell, he decided not to hit the shot when he really should have and by the time he did take the shot, he was too wide, closed down and was only able to hit the ball very tamely.
I may have made this game sound better than it was, we were very poor and to be honest, I’m not sure I want to waste my money watching our team at the moment and may well go and watch Ants cup game this Saturday.
So many fans walked past Ant and I after the game saying they would not be going this Saturday, that cup defeat is going to cost our club very dearly indeed.
