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1-1 finally

Think this will be a good result in the grand scheme of things

Hasn't been confirmed yet but I assume its finished 1-1 as it would be the 95th minute by now?

Not the worst of results I guess, good that we've avoided defeat to one of the stronger sides in the league but still 2 home games and 2 draws isn't good enough.

Not what we would have wanted, but sounds like we played way better than on Saturday. Sounds like we the keeper made a few decent saves again as well. Things will turn, still unbeaten!!!!!

Only downside is that Oadby won, think 3-0.

I still think we'll be in a great position, I'm confident these teams will drop points, and if we can keep beating the teams below us and take points off the teams around us at the very least, the season will end in promotion.

Whitworth 1-2 ON Chenecks

We deserved at least a draw and were unlucky not to get a win. We need Taylor back ASAP.

Sara Pascoe wrote:We deserved at least a draw and were unlucky not to get a win. We need Taylor back ASAP.

Have to agree. Without him we only really look like scoring from a set piece and thats where it came from. Starms made the right move to bring back Newman and move Morgan out wide. The Newman/Ellwood partnership needs to gel quickly and i think it can with Newman's pace and finishing and Ellwoods hold-up play and assists.

Well that was infinitely better than Saturday regardless of the scoreline.

Bugbrooke impressed me and deserve credit, no standout players, but they worked hard and worked as a unit, certainly the best side we've seen this season and in the end a draw was probably a fair result.

Unfortunately their goal was entirely preventable. On numerous occasions we failed to deal with corners. I'm not sure what the logic is behind having Sean McBride mark one of the oppositions CB's.

I think the squad could do with freshening up to be honest. I look at the bench and I don't see anybody capable of coming on and making a game-changing impact. Regarding the starting players, I think after a good start Gilsenan is increasingly becoming a peripheral figure, and I never feel like we've totally got control of the ball in midfield. We're a good attacking central midfielder away from cracking it IMO, someone with a bit of technical ability.

BartonRaz wrote:. We're a good attacking central midfielder away from cracking it IMO.

I think Starms may feel the same as he tryed out a number of different central midfielders in pre-season, where McBride was signed just before the first game and Gilsenan after the first. I still don't think he quite found his man