15-11-2020, 10:09
(This post was last modified: 15-11-2020, 14:59 by silverbaggie.)
Well, well, well.
Carlisle unbeaten at home in the league this season and Cheltenham having lost their last two away games... Guess the result?
You would be wrong again.
In this season of totally unpredictable results as the Robins eventually ran out 2-1 winners; all goals coming in the first half.
The good news was that we welcomed back between the sticks Scot Flinders following his broken leg, as Albion loanee Josh Griffiths was on call with England's under 20 side.
The bad news (for me) was that yet again EFL's iFollow stream was not working at the start of the match. Incidently EFL I still haven't received my refund for the earlier debacle.
Paying £10 just to listen to it on local radio is not my idea of fun. Eventually someone must have put the plug in the right hole but by then I had missed the first goal scored by Boyle after 15 minutes. The live feed finally emerged in time to see the Robins awarded a penalty after 35 minutes. Thomas converted as he usually does to give the Robins a deserved cushion. Unfortunately that lead was cut in the last minute of time added on as the first half closed.
The second half saw a very determined Robins side battling away but it looked at times as if there would be an inevitable equaliser.
The Robins had a couple of chances to restore their previous two goal lead as they hit back on the break. The chances went abegging.
Why the headline you may ask?
Well in the closing stages there were several instances where Robin's defenders were pussyfooting about in their own penalty area.
I know that Manager Mike Duff likes to see his side pass it out from the back but, there were times when hacking the bl..dy thing into row Z would have been the better option.
Carlisle unbeaten at home in the league this season and Cheltenham having lost their last two away games... Guess the result?
You would be wrong again.
In this season of totally unpredictable results as the Robins eventually ran out 2-1 winners; all goals coming in the first half.
The good news was that we welcomed back between the sticks Scot Flinders following his broken leg, as Albion loanee Josh Griffiths was on call with England's under 20 side.
The bad news (for me) was that yet again EFL's iFollow stream was not working at the start of the match. Incidently EFL I still haven't received my refund for the earlier debacle.
Paying £10 just to listen to it on local radio is not my idea of fun. Eventually someone must have put the plug in the right hole but by then I had missed the first goal scored by Boyle after 15 minutes. The live feed finally emerged in time to see the Robins awarded a penalty after 35 minutes. Thomas converted as he usually does to give the Robins a deserved cushion. Unfortunately that lead was cut in the last minute of time added on as the first half closed.
The second half saw a very determined Robins side battling away but it looked at times as if there would be an inevitable equaliser.
The Robins had a couple of chances to restore their previous two goal lead as they hit back on the break. The chances went abegging.
Why the headline you may ask?
Well in the closing stages there were several instances where Robin's defenders were pussyfooting about in their own penalty area.
I know that Manager Mike Duff likes to see his side pass it out from the back but, there were times when hacking the bl..dy thing into row Z would have been the better option.
Some days I'm top dog, most days I'm just the lamp post.