Holloway:
- Bitterly disappointing
- Weather changed. Bit of sun. Bobbly pitch. Horrendous bobbles
- In stand due to 3 yellows
- Looked like both teams couldnt get the ball down and play
- Horrendous fouls
- First goal: Showed them in training what Thomas does. We aren't good enough at defending that
- For a long time he's said how great the performance has been. Today wasn't good enough. Cant let goals like that in
- You have to organise yourselves out there
- Second goal. Unbelievable. Two people should have gone out. That should have been blocked
- How we've let them score 3: That's not good enough
- You could say we came back: I'm expecting that!
- You can't expect us to have to score 4 goals to win at home
- Bitterly disappointed! Huff! There you go!
- The more attackers I put on the better we look
- If we started like that we'd be 5 down
- We didnt hurt their back line to begin with
- We pinned them back after the sending off
- We didnt have the right width in the first half
- Outstanding free kick from Wright
- Wright lost his mum this week. So proud of him today!
- Annoyed because we are better than that
- We should have won today
- First half wasnt good enough
- We didnt get tight enough. Should have been 0-0 minimum at HT
- How many defenders did the first goal go past? Should have had a block on it
- 2 points dropped
- Got to win next week. Four out of 6 might be alright
- Holloway's plan was to win today. Its all out the window
- Liked what Ameen did last week. Liked some of his stuff this week. He's growing and learning
- We have to take control of things out there. Don't rely on the coaching staff telling you what to do in the game
- Ameen needs to learn to defend, but thats nothing to do with him today
- Their extra width surprised us and caused us problems. Fuming with himself that he couldn't sort it out from the stands
- Goals for and goals against. Evening them up because we are scoring lots!
- Maybe we start with all of our forwards as we pin everyone back! But, we'll get walloped.
- Maybe the starters stay starters and the finishers stay finishers
- On another day we would have won 4-3. But we can't rely on winning 4-3
- Raised his voice in the changing room as he's fuming about today. He believes they are better than that, but need to take responsibility
- There are still 27 points to fight for
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Started by 4D - Last post by Freeloader | ||
From 3-1 down, you take that. The red card obviously helped. Big question marks over the defending today though. Probably suggests we're still a bit away from being promotion contenders next season. Yep, playoff-ish form since Ollie took over, need more quality in the summer to become realistic promotion contenders. |
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Started by 4D - Last post by Nomoreheroes | ||
Flynn:
- Shot themselves in the foot with penalty and sending off - We were on top at that point - Holloway has got Swindon confident - It was a battle - Glad they came away with something - Frustrating to be 3-1 up and comfortable - First one wasnt a free kick - Cheltenham got lots of yellows Town got 1 - Nice to see some familiar faces here - Good game in testing conditions - Chelters were doing well. Flynn thought they were deep first half with the wind with them - That was some team spirit as they dug in and got something out of the game - Thomas and Kinsella were excellent - Tough place to come. Harry Smith is a handful in any league. Difficult to mark. A throw back to an old school number 9 - Bradbury apologised for getting sent off - Moment of madness cost Chelters - They could have had a couple of 1 on 1 chances. Didnt cross the ball in - Frustrated but proud - Thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere. Praised the Cheltenham fans - Frustrated that they should have more than 50 points at this stage. Not giving up on playoffs. |
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Started by Bob's Orange - Last post by RedRag | ||
Maybe it’s just me, but I always thought any ground ‘development’ under the JV would involve the TE or the Bank - 2 archaic monstrosities that haven’t changed a jot since the first time I attended the CG in 1968 (plastic notwithstanding). Damning indictment of every previous owner. Well said. Perhaps it's better to tinker with Hospitality Boxes than for Vanarama Clem to bankrupt his business and our club botching smthg. half-arsed with either. |
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Started by 4D - Last post by stfcjack | ||
Obviously delighted to come back from 3-1 but goodness me we were poor today, could tell from the lineup we were going to struggle big time in the middle. I can’t really fault Holloway since he’s been here but unless there were injuries I don’t quite understand the starting 11 or the fact it took sooo long to make the changes needed.
That being said it’s time to start preparing right now for next year. Keep the core of this squad and improve on the areas we are weak and it could be a better year next year hopefully! |
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Started by 4D - Last post by Bob's Orange | ||
Sorry if it's already been answered, I've not read back yet.
But who were the 2 sat either side of Holloway up in the padded arkells seats? |
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Started by 4D - Last post by Peter Venkman | ||
Still mid table safety is a lot better than the bleak prospect back in December of being at the foot of the table and facing relegation to the Bananarama league.
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Started by 4D - Last post by Berniman | ||
Game was over. Again. When will people learn? Yes a draw probably snuffs out play off hopes finally but surely ,after last week if nothing else, people should realise this team is never beaten until 90 minutes. In the end, a win would not have been fortunate . Smith MOM, closely followed by the captain The point is though, why was the game over? Because we didn't show up for the first hour.. that is what we have to learn, a game is 90 mins not 30, stop giving ourselves a mountain to climb by picking a better starting lineup. It's easy to look at the game differently because we've pulled it back but that doesn't paper over the first 60. I know Holloway lauds his finishers, but perhaps take a moment to look at the right starters as well.. Smith defo MOTM for me, was a pain in the arse for Num all day long.. |
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Started by 4D - Last post by Legends-Lounge | ||
I concur WRT our slim PO hopes all but vanishing today. Consider that 2 points dropped. Poor defending, again. Mid table will IMHO our likely finish.
Which leads us into next year. How much stomach do Digger and the other shareholders have to put together a cast iron competitive budget to give Holloway the chance to succeed next season? The answer will be if Holloway stays. If he goes, then I’m afraid that will speak volumes, unless he’s poached by a team further up the pyramid. I do not see him staying on to take a wage and keep busy if he cannot effectively put out a team to get promotion. |
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Started by Nemo - Last post by Nomoreheroes | ||
Smith and Clarke were the best players on the pitch.
I'll go for Smith, but think he should have scored as well as getting the penalty, the sending off and setting Clarke up for the 3rd! |