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Harry wrote:I knocked the remainder of my Strongbow on the floor....

At least it wasn't a decent drink.

Trek wrote:

Harry wrote:I knocked the remainder of my Strongbow on the floor....

At least it wasn't a decent drink.

Alright alright. ;)

A few points to note from today.

Osano is going backward. To be honest I've never thought highly of him, but while the rest of the team seem to be growing in maturity this season, Osano is becoming more of a disaster waiting to happen. Compare him to Stuart at centre-half - do you ever worry Stuart will make a bad decision? That he will ever switch off at the vital moment? No. Do you worry this about Osano? I certainly do. IMO he needs to have a serious think about himself in the coming months because no amount of funny songs or England C callups are going to stop him being a liability, frankly.

Same as regard Louis. I mean, what the hell was he playing at for most of the game? My vocabulary fails to adequately describe my frustrations at his slip in the area in the first half. Pathetic, pitiful and abysmal aren't anywhere near close. If you imagine those three words as one word, and then times that new word by a hundred, you'd be about a tenth of the way there. That missed header was just as bad. He too needs to have a look at himself because at the moment there's no way we should keep him on in the summer.

This seems perhaps a little unnecessary following a great win.

Well, balls to that.

These things aren't going to just go away. I know JEMS can't force them to wake up. They both seem two of the doziest footballers we've ever had at Nene Park. It just frustrates me that everyone else is trying so hard and these two clowns make unnecessary mistakes constantly. And I've got time to kill before MOTD comes on.

Anyway, in better news, good win, that kid starting the songs wasn't sick, and Tom Shaw was wearing odd boots. Not something you see every day.

Pete wrote:A few points to note from today.

Osano is going backward. To be honest I've never thought highly of him, but while the rest of the team seem to be growing in maturity this season, Osano is becoming more of a disaster waiting to happen. Compare him to Stuart at centre-half - do you ever worry Stuart will make a bad decision? That he will ever switch off at the vital moment? No. Do you worry this about Osano? I certainly do. IMO he needs to have a serious think about himself in the coming months because no amount of funny songs or England C callups are going to stop him being a liability, frankly.

Same as regard Louis. I mean, what the hell was he playing at for most of the game? My vocabulary fails to adequately describe my frustrations at his slip in the area in the first half. Pathetic, pitiful and abysmal aren't anywhere near close. If you imagine those three words as one word, and then times that new word by a hundred, you'd be about a tenth of the way there. That missed header was just as bad. He too needs to have a look at himself because at the moment there's no way we should keep him on in the summer.

I couldn't disagree more about Osano. He won everything in the air today, he won everything in the air on Wednesday. This despite the fact he is not in (what i believe to be) his best position. He isn't dozy, he's just composed, and i'm struggling to think of anything he did wrong today. It wasn't in defence where the problems lay today, it was the fact we couldn't string 3 passes together at the other end of the pitch.

As for Jeff, i couldn't agree more, and the general consensus on the terrace today was the same. He did absolutely nothing right, fell over, didn't listen, missed sitters, it was a disaster. To be fair to him though he was good on Wednesday night, and everyone has an off day. He hasn't looked half as good since his loan was extended though.

To go back to my earlier point about the strikeforce needing completely changing, i think Sam Smith needs his chance now. He looked lively when he came on and runs with the ball. Even Akurang did a fairly good job. Aaron O'Connor is a strange one. His finishing is poor, and his first touch is as bad as it gets, but his work rate and running with the ball at his feet is first class.

The facts are there though that a striker hasn't scored since Eastbourne, a month ago. We are lucky that our defence is so good. Best in this league IMO.

BartonRaz wrote:
To go back to my earlier point about the strikeforce needing completely changing, i think Sam Smith needs his chance now. He looked lively when he came on and runs with the ball. Even Akurang did a fairly good job. Aaron O'Connor is a strange one. His finishing is poor, and his first touch is as bad as it gets, but his work rate and running with the ball at his feet is first class.

Can we have the guy in your avatar back please?

I wish!!!!!!!! I'd maybe even take Drewe ;)

BartonRaz wrote:I wish!!!!!!!! I'd maybe even take Drewe ;)

Shouldn't this post be in the joke section?

Pete wrote:A few points to note from today.

Osano is going backward. To be honest I've never thought highly of him, but while the rest of the team seem to be growing in maturity this season, Osano is becoming more of a disaster waiting to happen. Compare him to Stuart at centre-half - do you ever worry Stuart will make a bad decision? That he will ever switch off at the vital moment? No. Do you worry this about Osano? I certainly do. IMO he needs to have a serious think about himself in the coming months because no amount of funny songs or England C callups are going to stop him being a liability, frankly.

Same as regard Louis. I mean, what the hell was he playing at for most of the game? My vocabulary fails to adequately describe my frustrations at his slip in the area in the first half. Pathetic, pitiful and abysmal aren't anywhere near close. If you imagine those three words as one word, and then times that new word by a hundred, you'd be about a tenth of the way there. That missed header was just as bad. He too needs to have a look at himself because at the moment there's no way we should keep him on in the summer.

This seems perhaps a little unnecessary following a great win.

Well, balls to that.

These things aren't going to just go away. I know JEMS can't force them to wake up. They both seem two of the doziest footballers we've ever had at Nene Park. It just frustrates me that everyone else is trying so hard and these two clowns make unnecessary mistakes constantly. And I've got time to kill before MOTD comes on.

Anyway, in better news, good win, that kid starting the songs wasn't sick, and Tom Shaw was wearing odd boots. Not something you see every day.

Osano was my MOTM and was joint winner on the supporters coach.

Personally I think Osano is still underachieving, but he's much better at centre-half than full-back. He's so "composed" (or laid back) that he's horizontal at times. :lol: It's his culture I suspect, cos I couldn't ever imagine him being sent off for an aggressive tackle or fighting. I also think that Faz has been unlucky to be behind J-Lo in the pecking order recently, but maybe JEMS are trying to keep him sharp for the run-in?
The great news is that we've played without two of our more senior players and picked up the wins. Nice position to be in for a change.

Salisbury can do us a favour on Tuesday evening as they are away to York, looks like York have already hit the self destruct button winning only one game in the last seven, York lost at Forest Green yesterday, a game which resulted in EIGHT bookings!