09-05-2023, 16:46
We (we) (that's us) are in a Final at Wembley and everyone's on MUTE. Despite Drones of Evil Intent flying overhead, Cookie going occasionally apoplectic and playing all the right notes ..... but not necessarily in the right order, we are back on the verge of the EFL, ready or not.
We played quite well against Bromley. It was the right decision not to put a big guy up front against Sowunmi. It was the right decision to trust Dobra to find some form. And even though it was a home game it definitely was the right decision to select Jones. Grimes may be captain but it was Jones who kept King under control when he was about to boil over and do something we'd all regret, and without King we simply would not be good enough to beat one the top sides.
Oh Lord I wish we'd send Mandeville to the gym, put a half a stone at least on him and feed him some steaks. He brought a ball down out on the wing, killed it dead, that would have had them cheering in the San Siro. At times he is magic, then a few minutes later he's on the other wing, thinks the contest is all over, brain is on pause, and suddenly Bromley have the ball and they are laying it forward for Sowunmi to put it in for Cheek to make his sole contribution to the afternoon. And then in extra time, when most engines are sputtering, Mandy's is still roaring, he charges onto a loose ball like a man possessed and bangs it home with power and certainty. Some players you don't know what they will do from match to match. With Mandeville it is almost minute to minute. He has it in him to get us back into the League.
Noticeably Cookie opted for Covolan on the bench. I don't know what to make of Fitzsimmons. I don't know what to make of the commentators' inability to spot an obvious goalkeeping error. Bromley's first goal was 100% his fault. The ball was crossed inside the six yard box. He should have called, dived and made an easy catch. Second choice was to knock it away, there weren't many Bromley players up. Instead he did nowt. Ash Palmer hesitated over whether he should intervene, decided rightly that would be dangerous. That confused Fitzsimmons who froze, the ball hit him and rolled to a Bromley player in front of an open goal. If I had made that mistake I really wouldn't have been allowed to forget about it, and I was playing amateur football. It should have been easy for a pro' keeper. But just to confuse us Fitz later comes out full of confidence plucking crosses when we needed him. Maybe he is suffering from multiple-personality syndrome. Sitting in front of the telly he's slowly giving me Tourettes.
Our hope against Notts is that the speed of Colclough and Dallas will do for their high line defence if our passing could just be on song. Armando just keep calm keep beating people and slip in those through balls. We need Langstaff to forget his hymn sheet as he did against the Wood, and if Rodrigues could just keep looking excellent, but never scoring that would help. I'd like to see Uchegbulam on the bench too for his pace. We need to keep taking the game back to County. We can't sit back and let them play. Course I think County will win. Of course they deserve promotion, but it isn't up to us to correct history. Everton couldn't possibly score five at Brighton but ......,..,
We played quite well against Bromley. It was the right decision not to put a big guy up front against Sowunmi. It was the right decision to trust Dobra to find some form. And even though it was a home game it definitely was the right decision to select Jones. Grimes may be captain but it was Jones who kept King under control when he was about to boil over and do something we'd all regret, and without King we simply would not be good enough to beat one the top sides.
Oh Lord I wish we'd send Mandeville to the gym, put a half a stone at least on him and feed him some steaks. He brought a ball down out on the wing, killed it dead, that would have had them cheering in the San Siro. At times he is magic, then a few minutes later he's on the other wing, thinks the contest is all over, brain is on pause, and suddenly Bromley have the ball and they are laying it forward for Sowunmi to put it in for Cheek to make his sole contribution to the afternoon. And then in extra time, when most engines are sputtering, Mandy's is still roaring, he charges onto a loose ball like a man possessed and bangs it home with power and certainty. Some players you don't know what they will do from match to match. With Mandeville it is almost minute to minute. He has it in him to get us back into the League.
Noticeably Cookie opted for Covolan on the bench. I don't know what to make of Fitzsimmons. I don't know what to make of the commentators' inability to spot an obvious goalkeeping error. Bromley's first goal was 100% his fault. The ball was crossed inside the six yard box. He should have called, dived and made an easy catch. Second choice was to knock it away, there weren't many Bromley players up. Instead he did nowt. Ash Palmer hesitated over whether he should intervene, decided rightly that would be dangerous. That confused Fitzsimmons who froze, the ball hit him and rolled to a Bromley player in front of an open goal. If I had made that mistake I really wouldn't have been allowed to forget about it, and I was playing amateur football. It should have been easy for a pro' keeper. But just to confuse us Fitz later comes out full of confidence plucking crosses when we needed him. Maybe he is suffering from multiple-personality syndrome. Sitting in front of the telly he's slowly giving me Tourettes.
Our hope against Notts is that the speed of Colclough and Dallas will do for their high line defence if our passing could just be on song. Armando just keep calm keep beating people and slip in those through balls. We need Langstaff to forget his hymn sheet as he did against the Wood, and if Rodrigues could just keep looking excellent, but never scoring that would help. I'd like to see Uchegbulam on the bench too for his pace. We need to keep taking the game back to County. We can't sit back and let them play. Course I think County will win. Of course they deserve promotion, but it isn't up to us to correct history. Everton couldn't possibly score five at Brighton but ......,..,
