AlphaMaleFox Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Just got back ... Two quick points: Martyn Waghorn is a Blue, Is a Blue, Is a Blue Martyn Waghorn is a Blue He h ates Derby!!! And...:
SeCrEt FoX Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Play shit and win. That's promotion material! Thats Blackpool material!!
MC Prussian Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 What an ugly win. Everything was fine up until we scored the first. After that, LCFC slowly, but steadily disassembled itself and allowed a rather poor Bristol City side to find back into the game. Complacency was the home team's worst enemy tonight. Apart from the opening ten, twenty minutes and Waghorn's winner, I witnessed a very, very dire 70 minutes in between. The main issues lied in midfield. Was it Bristol City able to neutralize King, Wellens and Oakley in the middle or were said three men simply not up for it? The bug caught the entire squad in the second half and we were worse than bad. We couldn't get anything started and failed to seal the win early on. Nothing worked out and whenever it seemed we had cleared the ball, it landed straight back on a Reds' foot. Ricardo - hmmm. Yes, he was shaky tonight and had real troubles holding on to the (overly slippery?) ball. He does have fantastic moments as a shotstopper and during one-on-ones. But the problem with him is that he's rather small and he has issues with long balls. The longer the game went on, the more Bristol exploited that particular weakness. Lucky we got away with all three points tonight. Thanks to Waghorn's culminated frustration bundled in one cracker. Then again, it's the sign of a quality side to get away with an abysmal performance and still manage to win a football game. We can't play this style against Cardiff on Tuesday, that's for sure. We'd get picked apart right from the start. Better a wake-up call now than in four days time. Sven and Derek, sort that attitude out! P.S.: All you home fans leaving before the 92nd minute - AVE IT!!!!
Matt Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Well was going to come on here in abit of a grump saying based on the 2nd half performance we were lucky to get a point...looks like i'll be re-writing that. We were lucky, but we've been unlucky many times in the past, swings and roundabouts. Happy for Waggy, Shame for him because I wouldn't change the starting attack, but at the same time would like Waggy to play but think he will have to continue with substitution appearances which isn't what he wants, he needs to be playing. I think if we had some more killer instinct in th 1st half and got a second it would have been game over. Not one the greatest of games but last minute goals certainly make them feel like they are. Another 3 points, will be watching the results come in tomorrow hopefully going in our favour, but lets continue and focus on ourselves, would be nice for other teams to slip up but if we keep winning that's all we can do, we'll have done our bit.
zynxus Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Just got back from first ever live game! WAGHORN = fooking LEGEND
wellyfox Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Driving home after a shite late shift 1-1 Just getting out the car talksport at the walkers 2-1 YESSSSSSSSS What a great day it's been :crylaugh:
STUHILL Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Great win. Played badly and still got 3 points which is the sign of a very good team. Great to have quality like Waggy coming off the bench and especially with a point to prove. I think we need to drop Ricardo, Oakley and perhaps Vassel for the next game though and bring in Weale, Abe and Dyer. Waggy should perhaps be given more time on the pitch but I understands Sven's dilemma as unless the Yak comes off, we have to change our system to play Waggy in a striking role. Poor performance, great result! Looking forward to seeing results tomorrow now!! Bring on Cardiff, our wobble is hopefully over and we will beat them and force our way in to the playoffs!!!
Ilkeston_Fox Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 We got away with that one to be honest. They probably deserved a point, but it's always nice to steal the three. Was it just me or did the Brizzle players keep kicking the ball away at every given chance?? Then the ref kept telling our players to hurry up with throw ins etc
Dylan Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Martyn Waghorn is a BLUE! Excellent result, another 3 points. Have to say our performance was quite poor tbh, but we still managed to take all 3 points which is what matters. Waghorn was amazing when he came on, chased everything and didn't let them rest- really did more work in his 10 minutes than the Yak did all match- he's a great player but too lazy imo. Today we just couldn't get our passing going, but hopefully that'll return on Tuesday. After watching today's match, it has re-instated my opinion that Matt Oakley is now not good enough, and should be a sub at best. Don't know if its just me, but the one-on-one he had, it looked like he wanted it to roll to Dyer rather than take the chance himself. Abe should return to the side imo. Bring on Cardiff!
Heart-Shaped Fox Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Great win, was undeserved really which makes it sweeter. Cant beat a last minute winner! Roll on Tuesday.
nffc_Galidia Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Play shit and win. That's promotion material! Besides spanking Derby, we've been doing that since xmas. still not promoted though?
richardsfoxes Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 All i have to say is, Waggy take a bow son, take a bow. Roof lifted, what a finish.
Tommeh Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 We didn't deserve that but at the same time we should have taken all 3 at Ashton Gate back in November, so it evens itself out. I'm convinced Wellens isn't the same without Abe and Oakley's inclusion really does baffle me. Keep this up and the top 2 is very realistic, would certainly save my finances alot of bother but I'd still relish the play-offs again. Roll on QPR.
Fox You Forest Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 I'm convinced Wellens isn't the same without Abe. Yep, it's difficult doing two players work! I'd be amazed if he isn't back Tuesday.
Thracian Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Once we scored we saw the worst of modern football attitudes and of Sven. Having finally gained some ascendency and started to put some moves together we changed completely with Yakubu's goal. Instead of pressuring a vulnerable defence into mistakes we voluntarily conceded the ground, became second to almost every loose ball, allowed Bristol time and space to aim crosses into our box and stopped all the passing and support play that has been a feature of our improvement. That we won at least showed that we've perhaps deveoped the characteristic of a potential promotion candidate by codntinuing to believe we can win but we begged this victory and we did it voluntarily. Too many players just by-passed the occasion. Bristol pressured us into making thoughtless or panicky passes and there was such a lack of movement and enterprise second half. Apart from matchwinner Waghorn who was one of very few players to show any urgency or determination, Bamba was the only City player who could genuinely feel proud of his 90-minutes. Yakubu had his moments - especially with his instinctive tap in and Vassell promised much yet delivered little. But generally we were made to look nervous and unconvinced of our own ability. From a coaches point of view we were woeful for the most part. Despite their precise lines our team didn't move forwards and backwards together. Instead, when we won possession we either gave it away needlessly or we simply had no-one but Bambb offering serious back-up. Derby did uit second half and Bristol too made it look so easy to negate our threat. They just pressed tight and strong, making sure they won the secondary balls. And for long periods we looked unable and unwilling to counter the Bristol tactics. I hope there's a tactical rethink because we won't always be so fortunate as tonight. And, while I know the pitch must have seemed unusual with it's nightime slippery surface, our control, particularly when building moves with passes, was continually poor. Quite why Ricardo's in the team I've no idea but Weale will feel there's no justice after tonight's effort. Oakley was another to malfunction with Wellens not much better. Patrick VA wasanother disappointment meaning we had very few individuals imposing their will on the game though Bamba did try.
Dom_Harborough Fox Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Didn't play well but got the result, that's the main thing! Waggy's finish was top notch. Saw it go on to his right foot & from that angle I thought 'straight into the stand' but he nailed it! Gave it his all from the moment he came on & his goal was well deserved. Think the lads looked tired tonight. Bristol defended well & stopped us playing. They dealt with every ball we put into their box. Would like to see Abe come back in for the next game & maybe give Waggy a chance from the start & Vassell a rest. Cracking night though thanks to Mr Waghorn!
Ozwin Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 How come Abe's not been starting anyway? Has he been injured or something? Oakley does a job but when we have [much] better players in the squad who are not in the first 11, it boggles the mind as to how he starts.
Alf Bentley Posted 18 February 2011 Posted 18 February 2011 Though we were well below par in possession, I think we should give them some credit for decent tactics. At half-time, I thought all they were offering was typical "struggling side away from home" fare: closing down our players, zero creativity, long diagonal balls....but by doing so they thwarted our main strength (quality in possession), limited us to a few half-chances and pegged PVA and especially Naughton back. Second half, admittedly helped by poor passing and complacency on our part, they changed it, played more passing football on the break and probably would have won if the mobile Maynard hadn't been ring rusty. Hopefully some thankfully inexpensive lessons will be learned....not least Weale & Abe in for Ricardo & Oakley, please (Waghorn or Dyer for Vassell is more marginal, I feel).
Fox1994 Posted 19 February 2011 Posted 19 February 2011 Anyone notice that when dyer came on he was absolutely awful?
ozleicester Posted 19 February 2011 Posted 19 February 2011 pretty much from the moent we scored.... we went off the boil, prob the worst game ive seen us play this year. One of those games where every bounce went their way and we seemed one step behind... of course that all changed with the flukey bounce that gave us Waggys goal :) sven does need to look at our recent 2nd halves as we seem to be battling... credit to the lads, even when it was all going wrong they kept battling.. and ditto our fans.
Phlashman Posted 19 February 2011 Posted 19 February 2011 I think Ben Mee deserves some praise, another solid performance. Man of the Match for me.
hackneyfox Posted 19 February 2011 Posted 19 February 2011 Just got back from first ever live game! WAGHORN = fooking LEGEND A win in your first live game is good, a win in injury time is even better. Lucky bugger, long may it continue.
hackneyfox Posted 19 February 2011 Posted 19 February 2011 Anyone notice that when dyer came on he was absolutely awful? I noticed a lack of 'Dyer must play instead of Vassell', an d there's been weeks of that.
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