[ Sat 12th Mar ] v Royston Town, KO 3pm SL1DC AWAY

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Re: [ Sat 12th Mar ] v Royston Town, KO 3pm SL1DC AWAY

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As far as I'm concerned it's make or break time for our title aspirations today. A loss and we build for the play offs, a draw makes it tough to win the league but a win gets us going again. In my opinion it's a must not lose game.
Come on you D's let's get on it.
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Re: [ Sat 12th Mar ] v Royston Town, KO 3pm SL1DC AWAY

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Stevo and Sandy up front for me today, the start of a special SAS partnership of our own maybe? Jepson and quigs in the middle, Lee at left back and Kennedy at right back.
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Re: [ Sat 12th Mar ] v Royston Town, KO 3pm SL1DC AWAY

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1-0 down and both Egham and KL are winning :dry:
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Re: [ Sat 12th Mar ] v Royston Town, KO 3pm SL1DC AWAY

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3 losses in a row, 4 away game without a goal. Just not good enough. We know we're capable of better.
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Re: [ Sat 12th Mar ] v Royston Town, KO 3pm SL1DC AWAY

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0-1 Full Time. The way things are going we're better off shifting our attention to making sure we stay in the top 5, although on the bright side, KL and Egham were playing the 6th and 7th placed teams.
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Re: [ Sat 12th Mar ] v Royston Town, KO 3pm SL1DC AWAY

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Well that's automatic promotion gone and we seriously need to buck up our ideas if we are going to stay in the play offs. Most worryingly is our attacking threat is non existent at the minute, where has the response and pressure in the last 3 games been when we are losing 1-0 we should be throwing everything at them but we lack any sort of urgency. Stevenson has gone totally off the boil and Lorraine needs to many chances to score. We keep getting these players who have played at a higher level and who should improve us and at the minute we are going backwards is it time to look at the management, coaching and tactics?
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Re: [ Sat 12th Mar ] v Royston Town, KO 3pm SL1DC AWAY

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Our abysmal record against the top teams strikes again. Lorraine has to be dropped, not good enough. Play offs are our only chance now however the way things are going its going to have to be two away games to win the play offs. And that at th I moment looks almost impossible.
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Re: [ Sat 12th Mar ] v Royston Town, KO 3pm SL1DC AWAY

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It'll be between us, Chalfont and Aylesbury for that final place. If Aylesbury win their games in hand they go one point above us. Chalfont have Mendy back so they'll be better than they have been for the last couple of months.
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Re: [ Sat 12th Mar ] v Royston Town, KO 3pm SL1DC AWAY

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ParcelFace wrote:3 losses in a row, 4 away game without a goal. Just not good enough. We know we're capable of better.
I'm not so sure. For the first time since we reformed we don't look capable of a grandstand finish in order to get something out of a game.
Ok we're bringing in experienced players but we must play them from the start and give them the time to gel.
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Re: [ Sat 12th Mar ] v Royston Town, KO 3pm SL1DC AWAY

Post by fentiger79 »

Can we stop playing strange formations and players out of position. Keep it 4-4-2 with the best players in those positions.
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