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Post by Hugo the Elder on Dec 7, 2019 18:09:50 GMT
The sound of silence from all the people slagging us off as usual. At least wait till 90 minutes is up! UTG I dont think it was unreasonable for people to be critical after that first half. Ed Upson said after the game that they all had the treatment from GC at half time and it was deserved. |
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Post by Strange Gas on Dec 7, 2019 18:13:31 GMT
The sound of silence from all the people slagging us off as usual. At least wait till 90 minutes is up! UTG To be fair I think everyone should slag off the 1st half performance, it was abysmal and not worthy of our support. Made the result feel even better though, as if that was needed #utg |
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Post by Fat Albert on Dec 7, 2019 18:13:49 GMT
The sound of silence from all the people slagging us off as usual. At least wait till 90 minutes is up! UTG I dont think it was unreasonable for people to be critical after that first half. Ed Upson said after the game that they all had the treatment from GC at half time and it was deserved. Critical -fair enough, but some of the over reactions are as usual laughable. We are up and down at the best of times, so why mug yourselves off by proclaiming we are this that and the other only to see it turned around. Haters gonna hate I suppose. UTG |
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Post by Marshy on Dec 7, 2019 18:16:48 GMT
Wow wow wow what a couple of league games we have witnessed. GC must have one hell of a half time rollicking up his sleeve! Credit must now go to this team and manager, can we make the Mem sound like it did second half more? WTF happened there? Total dogshit 1st half and then just like watching Brazil the 2nd? A GC masterstroke, he got Bolders stripped off at half time in the changing room brandishing a massive 12 inch double ender. The talk went; if you fuckers play like that again Bolders has my full permission to give you all a darn good seeing too! The rest is history. Seriously though, I’m sure the talk went you wankers got us into this mess, I’m not changing it time to grow a pair, so now you get us out of it! 😁 Unbelievable watching the Gas isn’t it? A roller coaster of emotions. Well done boys you are incredible! UTG! |
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Post by nsblue on Dec 7, 2019 18:20:57 GMT
No point in playing 9 defensive players and expect any attacking threat. 3-5-2 and the ball is by passing the middle 5 Why Coughlan hasn’t changed system as it was obvious to everyone here it wasn’t working after 15 minutes, is beyond me. Unless a miraculous 2nd half performance many here won’t be returning to watch this dire crap anytime soon and attendances will drop and less revenue for the club. Go 4-4-2 and pass forward with intent (and play with some pride and passion) and we look like a play off team! GC's half time talk probably overfilled the swear pot, I wonder if it was helped by the little scuffle at half time when their centre back made a bee-line for Jono and said something. Whatever it was it worked and more games like the 2nd half and the attendances will increase! I still cannot fathom how a team can be so bad in the first half, yet appear to be a completely different beast in the second.  |
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Post by allgasandgaiters on Dec 7, 2019 18:22:14 GMT
Wow wow wow what a couple of league games we have witnessed. GC must have one hell of a half time rollicking up his sleeve! Credit must now go to this team and manager, can we make the Mem sound like it did second half more? WTF happened there? Total dogshit 1st half and then just like watching Brazil the 2nd? A GC masterstroke, he got Bolders stripped off at half time in the changing room brandishing a massive 12 inch double ender. The talk went; if you fuckers play like that again Bolders has my full permission to give you all a darn good seeing too! The rest is history. Seriously though, I’m sure the talk went you wankers got us into this mess, I’m not changing it time to grow a pair, so now you get us out of it! 😁 Unbelievable watching the Gas isn’t it? A roller coaster of emotions. Well done boys you are incredible! UTG! Good job they got Peter Morgan and not you to do “The Crown” Marshy ... |
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Post by worrelsterlingalbion on Dec 7, 2019 18:30:08 GMT
Today I witnessed the dictionary definition of a game of two halves after a truly shocking first 45 I wouldn't have risked the smallest bet on us drawing let alone winning comfortably. Credit where it's due whatever GC said at half time had the desired effect & those same 11 that got us into the mess in the first place stood up & put it right.
Some very good performances 2nd half but personally I'd have given mom to Jaakola the fact we weren't dead & buried at ht was down to him. The stunning point blank save he made was top class.
Up to 5th it really is a rollercoaster at the moment, enjoy the ride UTG
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Post by barumgas on Dec 7, 2019 18:32:16 GMT
Sounds like an easy win today  . Looking forward to the trip to Ipswich next week - last time I saw us play there we lost 6-1 in the cup...must have been around 1978 Yes I was there. We had massive support there |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2019 18:37:18 GMT
Competed fiercely in the 2nd half and tactically went very direct instead of centre-backs passing to each other.
Looking back on the 1st half comments on here after coming home from watching the actual game its as if several posters have just started watching football for the 1st time in their lives.
One bloke said "game over" at 2-0 down!
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Post by socrates on Dec 7, 2019 18:53:57 GMT
Competed fiercely in the 2nd half and tactically went very direct instead of centre-backs passing to each other. Looking back on the 1st half comments on here after coming home from watching the actual game its as if several posters have just started watching football for the 1st time in their lives. One bloke said "game over" at 2-0 down! Totally agree regarding tactics. First half it was very similar to Bromley at home where we seemed to try and pass it about, short passes on the deck through midfield because we considered ourselves a better side due to league position . Problem with that is the reason we’re in the top half of league 1 is because we’ve got a way of playing which is direct and quite central, playing it down the middle to the big man and then feeding off of him, it’s what has got us to where we are, you don’t change the way you play just because your playing lesser opponents you stick to your game and beat them because your a better side doing what you do best. In the first 15 minutes of the second half they couldn’t cope with us because we hit it central to Jono almost every time and Nichols linked well with him as he usually does and that gave the wingbacks time to get up the pitch and when those wingbacks received the ball it wasn’t from the centre halves in their own area it was from the likes of Sercs and Jono right up by Southend’s byline. This way of playing is our best and most successful, people complain it’s not good to watch but our home record is W6 D4 L1. Stay away fans it’s up to you but if we tried to play Tika taka and got hammered by the likes of Southend every week would you come back then ?!! |
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Post by Gassy on Dec 7, 2019 18:56:03 GMT
The sound of silence from all the people slagging us off as usual. At least wait till 90 minutes is up! UTG Yeah you’re right, in hindsight it’s really easy to comment on things. On top of that, I guess people shouldn’t comment anything during the game, only at FT. I guess people don’t have the right to voice their concerns at the first half performance.. I can bet you that worser things were said at the stadium at half time than in this forum, well apart from you anyway - I’m sure you thought and said to others “at least wait until 90 minutes is up” |
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Post by Gasshole on Dec 7, 2019 19:00:08 GMT
I’m staggering around Honolulu Airport completely befuddled. WT actual F happened.there.
What a comeback these boys got some ticker. Don’t know if I need a sh1t or a haircut.
Autos. Lock it in.
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Post by badengas on Dec 7, 2019 19:10:41 GMT
I cannot wait for Steve to try and write that up. One set of scores for the first half and one for the second ?
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Dec 7, 2019 19:26:22 GMT
I’m staggering around Honolulu Airport completely befuddled. WT actual F happened.there. What a comeback these boys got some ticker. Don’t know if I need a sh1t or a haircut. Autos. Lock it in. Don't sh** on the barber's chair, mind. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2019 19:38:30 GMT
Have no idea where we will end up this season ,common sense tells me finishing in top ten is a good season and all the points we are gaining now is a good insurance against any bad spells we may have, Rovers seem to have a problem being 'up' for these kind of matches and it took the embarrassing first half and no doubt the hair dryer treatment from GC to shake them out of there lethargy, I am sure they will need no such motivating in the next two league games or the cup replay, Southends performance seems to mirror there season so far, falling apart in the latter stages of games, anyway all's well that ends well and its quite entertaining looking back at the first half post's on this forum! up the Rovers! I don’t understand how we can be so lacklustre at times. We have some decent players but nowhere near the quality of some others in this division. I can accept poor performance and where technique may be letting us down but I cannot forgive a lack of effort and spirit which is what I saw in the first half today. Second half was loads better, we didn’t play scintillating football but were “at it” after GC gave the boys a rollicking. I too see all these points we’re accumulating as a bit of insurance and can’t really see us going up but this is Rovres so you never know! UTG |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2019 19:41:30 GMT
The sound of silence from all the people slagging us off as usual. At least wait till 90 minutes is up! UTG To be fair I think everyone should slag off the 1st half performance, it was abysmal and not worthy of our support. Made the result feel even better though, as if that was needed #utg I agree the first half warranted criticism but I will never boo my side off, don’t think it serves any purpose. Forgive me if I’m wrong but I’d guess Fat Albert was talking about those on here that slag off the team every single week and never have anything good to say. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2019 19:43:29 GMT
Wow wow wow what a couple of league games we have witnessed. GC must have one hell of a half time rollicking up his sleeve! Credit must now go to this team and manager, can we make the Mem sound like it did second half more? WTF happened there? Total dogshit 1st half and then just like watching Brazil the 2nd? A GC masterstroke, he got Bolders stripped off at half time in the changing room brandishing a massive 12 inch double ender. The talk went; if you fuckers play like that again Bolders has my full permission to give you all a darn good seeing too! The rest is history. Seriously though, I’m sure the talk went you wankers got us into this mess, I’m not changing it time to grow a pair, so now you get us out of it! 😁 Unbelievable watching the Gas isn’t it? A roller coaster of emotions. Well done boys you are incredible! UTG! I hope it was rainbow coloured ! |
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Dec 7, 2019 19:46:46 GMT
To be fair I think everyone should slag off the 1st half performance, it was abysmal and not worthy of our support. Made the result feel even better though, as if that was needed #utg I agree the first half warranted criticism but I will never boo my side off, don’t think it serves any purpose. Forgive me if I’m wrong but I’d guess Fat Albert was talking about those on here that slag off the team every single week and never have anything good to say. I think part of the problem is that we are ugly to watch but effective and are getting results. Thats bound to polarise the fan base. 2nd half today we played 4 at the back and pushed on and looked all the better for it, albeit against a pretty poor opponent. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2019 19:50:27 GMT
Competed fiercely in the 2nd half and tactically went very direct instead of centre-backs passing to each other. Looking back on the 1st half comments on here after coming home from watching the actual game its as if several posters have just started watching football for the 1st time in their lives. One bloke said "game over" at 2-0 down! Totally agree regarding tactics. First half it was very similar to Bromley at home where we seemed to try and pass it about, short passes on the deck through midfield because we considered ourselves a better side due to league position . Problem with that is the reason we’re in the top half of league 1 is because we’ve got a way of playing which is direct and quite central, playing it down the middle to the big man and then feeding off of him, it’s what has got us to where we are, you don’t change the way you play just because your playing lesser opponents you stick to your game and beat them because your a better side doing what you do best. In the first 15 minutes of the second half they couldn’t cope with us because we hit it central to Jono almost every time and Nichols linked well with him as he usually does and that gave the wingbacks time to get up the pitch and when those wingbacks received the ball it wasn’t from the centre halves in their own area it was from the likes of Sercs and Jono right up by Southend’s byline. This way of playing is our best and most successful, people complain it’s not good to watch but our home record is W6 D4 L1. Stay away fans it’s up to you but if we tried to play Tika taka and got hammered by the likes of Southend every week would you come back then ?!! Nothing wrong with being direct. My best memories of following the gas were under Francis at Twerton when we used to get it forward to Big Dev early and then play from there, whether it was his hold up play, knocks downs or just the ball going loose. I think we all like to see football being played on the deck - as Cloughie used to say if football was meant to be played in the sky we wouldn’t have grass. However, you have to have the players to do that. When we try it we shuffle from side to side, run out of time and room and end up back to the keeper who then launches it upfield. Far easier to knock it forward with some accuracy from the middle of the pitch than expecting a keeper to pick someone out from 80yards away. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 7, 2019 19:53:50 GMT
To be fair I think everyone should slag off the 1st half performance, it was abysmal and not worthy of our support. Made the result feel even better though, as if that was needed #utg I agree the first half warranted criticism but I will never boo my side off, don’t think it serves any purpose. Forgive me if I’m wrong but I’d guess Fat Albert was talking about those on here that slag off the team every single week and never have anything good to say. Why not, when we were utter sh1te, what do you expect fans to do applaud them off and let them think it was an appectable performance? We got lucky today as Jaaki kept us in the game with 2 or 3 decent saves in the first half or it could have well been game over. In the second half for 30 mins we suddenly became unplayable I've never witness such a second half turn around, I guess GC must have threatened to cancel tonight's players Christmas party to get such a reaction! |
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