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TheIncognitoKid wrote:

Rushden123 wrote:A pretty poor all round performance but 2nd half was better, for me if your bringing on a striker to change the game it has to be Joseph although Turner would start in front of Lorraine for me every day of the week.

As well as Tom Lorraine has been playing, Jason Turner had to start todays match. Even thought chances were very few, he's the sort of striker who only needs a half chance to be able to score. With Dunkley as the other forward who will look to create you need someone to put it into the back of the net. Turner or even Joseph is your man.

I agree that Turner needs to be starting matches.

updiamonds wrote:We need to start taking are chances more, before it costs us to many points. 2 dropped points today.

Nice to see Huntingdon drop points. :P

Not sure results really back that up - 45 goals scored in the last 13 games, I'd say we're taking our chances !!

Today was one of those days, only one side was going to win it and that was us. Yaxley, a well organised and decent footballing side who will take points of a few of the chasing pack.

Today we've dropped 2 points against a good side, Huntingdon have dropped the same against Silby - I'll take that !!

Makes Tuesday all important - got to win against Cogenhoe !!

Good to see Huntingdon fail to win for once, just a shame we did the same and while its not a terrible result by any means with that game in hand over Holbeach and Yaxley, it is frustrating we only took 2 points out of 6 from our home games against those 2 when in reality it probably should have been 4 or 6.

And like already said, I don't think Lorraine is good or consistent enough to warrant such regular starting places like he's getting at the moment, especially with Turner and Joseph on the bench who I'd argue are both more deserving of a starting place right now. Hopefully Gearing can be starting again soon as well, I suppose he may not be fully fit at the moment, but as said before, he's too good a player to be sitting on the bench so much and while I think Gyasi's made a considerable impact in his short time here, I'd prefer gearing starting and Gyasi coming on as an impact sub if necessary, rather than the other way round.

With Huntingdon drawing, no real harm done.
I thought the improving Sileby would get points off Huntingdon.
We still have the advantage over the others.

We will need to beat Cooks on tuesday as I don't expect Kempston to get anything v Huntingdon.

First 0-0 at the D&D for us as well if I'm not mistaken! Can't say I'm complaining though, we've been regularly spoilt for goals and entertainment in these first 3 seasons

Pigman wrote:

updiamonds wrote:We need to start taking are chances more, before it costs us to many points. 2 dropped points today.

Nice to see Huntingdon drop points. :P

Not sure results really back that up - 45 goals scored in the last 13 games, I'd say we're taking our chances !!

Today was one of those days, only one side was going to win it and that was us. Yaxley, a well organised and decent footballing side who will take points of a few of the chasing pack.

Today we've dropped 2 points against a good side, Huntingdon have dropped the same against Silby - I'll take that !!

Makes Tuesday all important - got to win against Cogenhoe !!

I see your point, but i don't want it to happen in up and coming games in where we fail to take are chances like it happened against Holbeach and Yaxley (today) in where we failed to take are chances.

A very tight game. Yaxley came for a point and got it. Both sides created few chances - we came up against a well organised defence whilst Yaxley were very limited going forward. Two points dropped but we were never going to win all of our remaining games.

Always thought it would be a tough game against Yaxley. So a draw was probably a fair result. Disappointed that we surrendered possession so many times, though.

Agree that Turner should start over Lorraine.

Was the attendance announced, as I didn't hear it.

Funny how people see things differently. I thought Gyasi and Lorraine were causing more problems than Koriya and Dunkley, so I thought the subs were wrong personally and we lost a bit of momentum.

Yaxley came to defend and they did it very well. Would have liked to have seen Joseph on at some stage although the enforced Bunting sub probably dictated that wouldn't happen.

A draw isn't a bad result, but it makes Tuesday more important in what will be another tough game.

I thought ut was an OK game nothing more. To me you had two teams cancelling each other out and as the game went on the desire to attack faded.

I thought we lacked craft and guile in the final third and our best attacking threat was the left back.

On the positive we didn't conceded and turn a probable victory into a defeat.