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I don’t know, first game I get to for ages and I miss 3 of the goals because I had to leave to get back home for 10pm - come on Mr Harriman sort it out - get the lads to score all the goals within the 90 minutes please lol

Thanks to Joseph and Radio Diamonds I listened in on the drive home!

Obviously the red cards changed the game, but very often playing again 10 or 9 men can be tricky, breaking down the defence can be challenging, but the lads did it really well, Cairo’s goal came just at the right time and that worldie to make it 2-1 was worth the entrance fee alone!

First half we just weren’t at the races and that throw in has to be the longest in the country surely? What a tool to have in your locker - sadly for them the player also turned out to be a tool, on a yellow card and to do that? Shocking lack of discipline! Take that throw away from them and they looked very ordinary!

Wins create confidence and confidence brings points - took us until February to get this many last season didn’t it?

Looking forward to Saturday now, let’s not underestimate Sutton Coldfield, but that should be another 3 points if we apply ourselves as we did in the second 45 last night!

What a fantastic result tonight, the first half was very poor from us but we came out so much better the 2nd half.

Sure cards change games but against 10 men can be very difficult to break a team down but we managed to make light work of them.

Their manager interview certainly a shock, apparently he was punched by someone from our bench and their goalkeeper was slapped by a fan during the game.
Sad to hear if that is all true.

Looked like a completely different team in that second half, whatever Michael and the management team said at half time clearly had an impact. Quality goal from Jarvis. Was it two or three sendings off? Two on the pitch, and one on the bench after the melee, or was that the second red?

Two yellow cards, one straight red, one off their bench

Really was a tale of 2 halves, as we were very fortunate to not be 3 or 4 down by half time. Was a bit concerned when the team appeared second half with no changes, but after the 2 reds we literally dominated the game and recorded an emphatic victory. But with all the makes of a strange game, the most surprising thing was the state of the playing surface. After 2 days of heavy rain, it was actually looking in one of the best conditions I've ever seen it! Well done the ground staff!

LincolnshireDiamond wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:40 am What a fantastic result tonight, the first half was very poor from us but we came out so much better the 2nd half.

Sure cards change games but against 10 men can be very difficult to break a team down but we managed to make light work of them.

Their manager interview certainly a shock, apparently he was punched by someone from our bench and their goalkeeper was slapped by a fan during the game.
Sad to hear if that is all true.

With their absolutely awful discipline on and off the pitch, don’t hate me if I don’t take their managers word for anything…

Standing behind the goal on the terrace and no one slapped the goalie

Certainly seems a shock as I said, it's not what I would have expected from our fans or the bench.
But at the same time it's a very serious allegation to make from their manager which I imagine they have taken to the FA to be investigated. Hope we don't get a fine as a result.

It's great you were behind the goal the whole game and didn't see anyone slap the goalie, I didn't even see any fan go near their goalie.