Cheltenham Town F.A Cup 3rd round match thread

[mazarron fox]

12 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

Not good at all. A better league 2 team punishes us. 

It don’t matter how well or not we play some of you just want us to fail. It was comfortable nothing special but comfortable. Palace goy humiliated by a tier 6 team yet we would swap our whole squad for theirs. I mean give our ream shit because they deserve it at times but not when we have just won with a reserve team ! 

[Leicesterpool]

Job done performance, game won in the first half. Safe to say you can see why Cheltenham are 16th in league two. Never really troubled us.

[Ian Nacho]

Just now, mazarron fox said:

It don’t matter how well or not we play some of you just want us to fail. It was comfortable nothing special but comfortable. Palace goy humiliated by a tier 6 team yet we would swap our whole squad for theirs. I mean give our ream shit because they deserve it at times but not when we have just won with a reserve team ! 

We've done the bare minimum. The performance was not good. Often this season whenever we win, our performance doesn't reflect the result. 

[Aleksz]

Aluko and Page should start at Cov. That won’t happen though as Marti doesn’t have the stones 

[Leicesterpool]

Page and Skipp in midfield was good strong partnership. I enjoyed seeing Page today, created quite a lot. Hamza had a stinker. 

[Gazza3]

Should be looking to offload Marcel this window so why cup tie him . Odd 

[Foxdiamond]

48 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

23 mins in the prem last season, can’t get minutes against a league 2 team when your strikers are dog shit, tells us more about the manager 

Could it be that when bringing on a 16 year old (Monga) the idea was to have a bit of experience too? 

[Chelmofox]

2 minutes ago, Gazza3 said:

Should be looking to offload Marcel this window so why cup tie him . Odd 

Because the type of place he might go won’t give a toss about that. 

[danny.]

From the BBC

 

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Patson Daka scored his first FA Cup goal to help Leicester City ease past League Two side Cheltenham Town and into the fourth round.

The Zambia striker joined the Foxes after the club won the competition in 2021, and it has taken him eight appearances across five campaigns to open his account in the cup.

I genuinely read that initially as 

 

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The Zambia striker joined the Foxes after he won a competition in 2021

 

[cityfanlee23]

14 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

A loss would only add to the despondency with no guarantees of any up turn in League matches and who is the saviour?

Yep, completely accept that an interim may come in and continue the decline, but i'm of the opinion that we should gamble. 
I'd rather gamble on a brighter future than continue a proven path of decline. 

Plenty of managers are absolutely miles ahead of MC. I'd bring in Mowbray as an interim, but there are lists of managers many have put forward in the replacements thread. 

[JimJams]

4 minutes ago, danny. said:

From the BBC

 

I genuinely read that initially as 

The Zambia striker joined the Foxes after he won a competition in 2021

 

Technically he did join us after he won a competition. That competition being the Austrian Bundesliga.

Edited 10 January by JimJams

[HankMarvin]

4 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

Could it be that when bringing on a 16 year old (Monga) the idea was to have a bit of experience too? 

2-0 up you’re talking about a striker, not an experienced defender on to see out the win 

[Arkie Bennett]

A comfortable win, as would be expected. Nothing special, but it didn't need to be. It doesn't mean our woes are lessened. 

[Staff]

7 minutes ago, danny. said:

From the BBC

 

I genuinely read that initially as 

 

 

Would explain alot 

[LCFCJohn]

34 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

Must be a disappointment for a few here that we didn't trip up. 

 I can’t not want us to win any match. 
 

Unfortunately Marti is just out his depth and despite the complete shambles above him, and the problems with the playing side, I do think that other managers could be getting better performances. What we are seeing is just spineless and dull. The stats shown on Monday about sprints and distance covered summarise it. A lack of quality is forgivable but a lack of caring and effort isn’t.

 

So yes a win is good but it just means we have to accept this bumbling along inconsistency for longer whilst he is here. It’s why the best we can hope for is mid table this season.

[Leicesterpool]

Cheltenham fans must be a tad disappointed even though they are two levels down they must have thought pre match that with leicester's form a cup shock was possible but they never turned up. Credit to the team, kept the Cheltenham crowd quiet.

[VLC86]

We have that few quality players and that many games to play, that on this occasion it’s fine to coast through it. Win, clean sheet-

job done and move on.

[whoareyaaa]

5 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said:

Cheltenham fans must be a tad disappointed even though they are two levels down they must have thought pre match that with leicester's form a cup shock was possible but they never turned up. Credit to the team, kept the Cheltenham crowd quiet.

And some Leicester fans

[Foxdiamond]

20 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

Yep, completely accept that an interim may come in and continue the decline, but i'm of the opinion that we should gamble. 
I'd rather gamble on a brighter future than continue a proven path of decline. 

Plenty of managers are absolutely miles ahead of MC. I'd bring in Mowbray as an interim, but there are lists of managers many have put forward in the replacements thread. 

Fair enough. I would prefer to see the season out and hopefully at least retain championship status and review the situation and maybe make changes then

[Foxdiamond]

20 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

2-0 up you’re talking about a striker, not an experienced defender on to see out the win 

I see as the team as a whole going into the last 20 minutes or so

[Pliskin]

I mean, we beat a league two team….. soooo…..

 

Positives were Aluko looks better than Thomas and with a run of games would probably our first choice full back, but chances are we won’t see him again now for months.

 

Page looked a level above, calm and composed on the ball, nice close control, some lovely passes and on time will become an excellent player.

 

Marti continues with his ridiculous subs, perfect chance to give Evans a run upfront today, and notably chooses Daka, but then Ayew too? I mean for **** sake, neither have a future at the club, so why do it? 
 

Still as irritated and annoyed as ever, I’d much rather we have used this as a chance to experiment with Evan’s upfront rather than Daka and Ayew.

[HankMarvin]

13 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

I see as the team as a whole going into the last 20 minutes or so

But on the flip side an opportunity to play two youngsters that know each other and it might take a pressure off, Ayew would’ve have higher expectations than Evans if Monga was dispossessed etc 

[Gazza3]

50 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Because the type of place he might go won’t give a toss about that. 

Macclesfield??????

[Metal Lover]

56 minutes ago, Gazza3 said:

Macclesfield??????

Spalding 

[Phil Mitchell]

2 hours ago, Tuna said:

No post match thread? Where the **** is @Phil Mitchell