AjcW Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 Just got back, quality day out. Well done to howard, dyer and gradel.....big thumbs down to mattock and oakley(i dont care if he scored a wonder goal he was wank every other part of the game).
davieG Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 4 Goal Attempts 11 1 On Target 8 3 Corners 6 8 Fouls 16 0 Yellow Cards 2 47 % 53
David Guiza Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 4 Goal Attempts 11 1 On Target 8 3 Corners 6 8 Fouls 16 0 Yellow Cards 2 47 % 53 I think 6 of those 8 shots on Target came when Dyer scoed
leftsideoverhere Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 The 5 minutes between King being booked for a dive and no penalty, to Dyer scoring were 5 of the most emotional minutes i've had as a supporter.The relief with the 2nd goal was unbelieveable, great day in a beautiful part of the country!! This. So very, very much this. As the ball bounced around in their box and floated toward the goal only to bounce off a head and the bar I swear I couldn't breathe. Then Dyer smashed it right at us. Almost as good as being behind the goal in the old Filbo kop. Greg's talked repeatedly about the look on Howard's and Gradel's faces as they whirled past the goal after number three, inches away from where we were standing. He's completely ecstatic. Thank you Leicester City, thank you the Victory and the Barrels, thank you everyone we met on the way to the ground. You've given us a day to remember and made me a very happy dad.
AjcW Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 Brown was class. i agree, but only defensively, he brings nothing going forward, extreme HOOOOOFFFF.
David Guiza Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 Brown was class. That tackle on Brandy when it was 2-1 was top class . I lost count of how many times he played an aimless ball though . Deffinatley better then Kisnorbo though
Halfsy Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 What a ****ing day out! Still can't believe that Big Stevie went for a cheeky dink over the keeper at 1-1! I don't think i could breathe either when he did that!
Daggers Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 This. So very, very much this. As the ball bounced around in their box and floated toward the goal only to bounce off a head and the bar I swear I couldn't breathe. Then Dyer smashed it right at us. Almost as good as being behind the goal in the old Filbo kop. Greg's talked repeatedly about the look on Howard's and Gradel's faces as they whirled past the goal after number three, inches away from where we were standing. He's completely ecstatic. Thank you Leicester City, thank you the Victory and the Barrels, thank you everyone we met on the way to the ground. You've given us a day to remember and made me a very happy dad. Nice to meet the pair of you The Barrels was a quality pub. My lad is going on about coming to Southend - but he isn't. He fell asleep on the way home from Leicester, I'm not having him kip on the back of a bike coming up the M11!
AmericanScott Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 I worked all day today and had no contact with the score. Great result! Very happy about this. Let's hope by Monday night we're back in the Championship.
James_lcfc Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 Great day! Not the best performance but we got the result and that's allllll that matters Oh and that Cheltenham fan was brilliant! Everyone was shaking his hand at the end, he must've felt like a celebrity! "Cheltenham's going mental, Cheltenham's going mental!"
Daggers Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 We can't read and we can't write! But that don't really matter Cos we all come from Cheltenhamshire And we can drive a tractor Ooh arr Ooh arr Ooh arr ooh arr ooh arr Cheltenhamshire la la la Cheltenhamshire la la la
leftsideoverhere Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 Nice to meet the pair of you The Barrels was a quality pub. My lad is going on about coming to Southend - but he isn't. He fell asleep on the way home from Leicester, I'm not having him kip on the back of a bike coming up the M11! Yeah, it was good to meet you too. You've got to get a ticket for your lad for Southend, Daggers. Can't you tie him to the handle bars or something? Or go by train or something? How can you make him miss the beach party?
davieG Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 Having been to MKDs, Tranmere & Peterboro and missing Millwall and Hereford I can't read this thread anymore because I soooooooooooo jealous.
Simi Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 Lovely. Mental goal celebrations for the second, was all over the shop to be honest. Great result, not just 'cos we won but the confidence it must've given us.
BedsFox Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 5 minutes that shape the destiny of a season Perhaps the title over-states it, but at 1-1 today after an hour I'm nervous. A 200 mile trip solo, and a week's expectation hangs in the balance. We need to win to take advantage of yesterday's results. We've been poor all game but we're beginning to motor with half an hour to go. Andy King gets in front of the front two and is just touched by the defender when he challenges. He goes down, and its right in front of me. The whistle blows. My immediate thought is "Penalty!" but no the ref books King for diving. I'm even more nervous. Shortly after Dyer chases down a "no hoper". The full back dallies in clearing and Dyer half blocks, the ball sails straight up into the air. Dyer jumps, but the keeper stretches over him and punches straight to Howard just outside the box. The keeper is nowhere, now out of position. Blast it Steve! No, Howard controls it and makes a sublime chip from 20 yards, which the same defender who has been charged down just reaches with his head and knocks onto the bar. I'm breathless, this is happening in slow motion for me, a very eerie experience, as the loose ball bounces on the six yard line and Dyer reacts quicker than anyone and slots home cool as you like. Its bedlam, all 10 outfield players are charging towards the corner where I am, Dyer shirt off, the players' eyes are out on stalks, the noise is deafening and the relief all-consuming as some of the supporters mob the players. It was only five minutes, but it summed up the emotion of being a supporter, a long way from home at a crucial stage of the season, perfectly for me
Thracian Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 That away record is worthy of much praise and a huge foundation stone for our success so far and I can't argue much with the assessment by Pearson. We were ordinary first half. We didn't seem to have sufficient conviction to attack the game. We barely created a chance of note apart from Dyers (brilliantly saved) early on and how valuable Oakley's majestic free kick to see us into the break at 1-1 is hard to underestimate. Second half was better although we didn't always press sufficiently. Man of the match Lloyd Dyer did wel to get over a bouncing ball to make it 2-1 after a deft chip onto the crossbar by Howard had bounced out just forward of the penalty spot. Ironically for a referee who had denied us what seemed a nailed-on penalty and added insult to injury by booking King (effectively calling him a cheat, which I've never known in the 120-odd times I've seen him play and which certainly didn't seem the case from where I was standing almost directly in front of him) I half expected him to give a free-kick for a foul on their 'keeper. He didn't and when the impish Max Gradel skipped round his man and layed on the easiest of sitters for Howard it was clearly all over despite our conceding one good chance in the closing minutes which was well deflected high by Stockdale. We clearly learned something from the Carlisle game. Fryatt was left up as the out man and Kingy, togehter with the rest of the team, tried to pass out the closing minutes into of going aimlessly into hoof mode. Three goals, three points and no Kisnorbo. They created a couple of chances but generally we coped well apart from Mattock's calamatous penalty. The lad was completely skinned by their winger which was not gdod in itself. But to respond by blatantly taking the lad's legs from under him and therefore donating them a goal from the penalty spot was needlessly irresponsible. The way they'd been shooting there was no guarantee they'd have scored even from five yards and with an open goal but the winger was coming in at an angle and Stockdale might well have saved. Against a better side Mattock'r reaction might have cost us dearly so it's he who needs to learn quickly before Monday night. Great day out, lovely City. The Barrels served some cracking beers and provided the sort of welcome that would make anyone go there again. The fans completely took over another pub near the ground where, again, it was all good natured fun and when I finally found a place to eat a steak in a City that's famous for its bulls it was well worth it. I just could have done without the pain of the first 30 minutes when, as Pearson acknowledged, we showed the worst of ourselves and for no good reason.
Craig Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 Perhaps the title over-states it, but at 1-1 today after an hour I'm nervous. A 200 mile trip solo, and a week's expectation hangs in the balance.We need to win to take advantage of yesterday's results. We've been poor all game but we're beginning to motor with half an hour to go. Andy King gets in front of the front two and is just touched by the defender when he challenges. He goes down, and its right in front of me. The whistle blows. My immediate thought is "Penalty!" but no the ref books King for diving. I'm even more nervous. Shortly after Dyer chases down a "no hoper". The full back dallies in clearing and Dyer half blocks, the ball sails straight up into the air. Dyer jumps, but the keeper stretches over him and punches straight to Howard just outside the box. The keeper is nowhere, now out of position. Blast it Steve! No, Howard controls it and makes a sublime chip from 20 yards, which the same defender who has been charged down just reaches with his head and knocks onto the bar. I'm breathless, this is happening in slow motion for me, a very eerie experience, as the loose ball bounces on the six yard line and Dyer reacts quicker than anyone and slots home cool as you like. Its bedlam, all 10 outfield players are charging towards the corner where I am, Dyer shirt off, the players' eyes are out on stalks, the noise is deafening and the relief all-consuming as some of the supporters mob the players. It was only five minutes, but it summed up the emotion of being a supporter, a long way from home at a crucial stage of the season, perfectly for me What a post. The celebrations for that goal were amazing. I managed to punch two people in sheer delight. If any of my victims are reading, i'm deeply sorry
MC Prussian Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 The build-up to Hereford was already promising enough. As soon as we crossed Worcester, pure magic sunshine. What a day out, what a game, what a result. Although the first half was just a pure annoyance, even the first 20 in the second were more or less uneventful. Gradel changed it all, brought speed and danger on the right flank (where he started out at first). Brown a brick in the defensive wall - won like 99% of all headers and ground battles. The peno in the first for Hereford - a total nuisance and Mattock's foul was absolutely unnecessary. The Bulls looked nothing like threatening up to that point. Neither were we, but luckily enough, Oakley came up with a quick equalizer. Second half - oh boy, I've hardly ever been at a match where the tension was so present like today. Up to the 70th minute, it could've gone either way. Dyer's goal, a pure relief. You could sense what it triggered in the Leicester crowd. It all came out. Finally broke that deadlock. And I salute Gradel for coming up with that lovely move on the right, setting up Howard for the third and last. Need to see the replay of that one - like Daggers said, pure sex. MOTM: Dyer - worked his socks off on the left and topped his efforts with the breaking goal And to Hereford: Luvely town, given there's sunshine around.
Mikey Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 What a great day. The terraces were awesome, the 2nd half was awesome, the celebrations for the 2nd goal were awesome as was the emotions felt as it bounced around the box and Maxi's skill was awesome. Everything was awesome. Great result and now that should give us the confidence to win against Leeds! Also, Hereford is a very nice place.
maddog Posted 11 April 2009 Posted 11 April 2009 Damn wish i went now. Shame the Peterborough game didn't end up like this. Hopefully Leeds and Southend will be decent though
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