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Quick write up from tonight
Thought by full tme we were well deserving of the victory, struggled to get going in the first half, but thankfully the second half was much better
Bring on Blyth
Quick write up from tonight
Thought by full tme we were well deserving of the victory, struggled to get going in the first half, but thankfully the second half was much better
Bring on Blyth
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Just happened to find this on my journey's home.
Funny that.
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Funny that.
http://i.gyazo.com/5eeba2c09d81b253564e50575800f517.png
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It wasn't really like that. Having looked at the footage their number 10 is standing in front of the ball boy. The ball has gone out and he is blocking Brownie from getting a hold of it and making the throw in. White gives his the merest of little nudges to get the ball and their number 10 falls over, into the ball boy, like he's been shot. Properly embarrassing.njb wrote:Their number 10 tried to put Brownie into the hoardings with a tackle and ended up sliding through and clattering the ball boy. Totally unnecessary challenge as the ball was going out already.CrazyDarlo wrote:their player apparently kicked the ball boy did anyone see it?
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One of their dickhead subs that kept the ball,as you say was Warren Byrne, was talking to him after we scored the second and he said browny came into the dugout studs up trying to 'get the ball'
Wazza then was seen demonstrating said actions to the ref.
Thought west deserved their lead but over the 90 minutes we deservedly won the game.
Mitchell or whitey motm for me, dowson put in his usual shift, glad to see him get more than his usual 60 or so mins.
Can't believe there lad missed the chance (looked open goal) second half to make it 2 0
But from that point on we never looked back.
Thought Scott was poor again tonight and tommo but maybe shouldn't pick holes when We've dodged a tough tie for us.
Let's hope we get at Blyth as west did with us.
There number seven in the first half seemed to be all over the place.
Thought they bought there penalty.
Roll on the next round with a healthy crowd
One of their dickhead subs that kept the ball,as you say was Warren Byrne, was talking to him after we scored the second and he said browny came into the dugout studs up trying to 'get the ball'
Wazza then was seen demonstrating said actions to the ref.
Thought west deserved their lead but over the 90 minutes we deservedly won the game.
Mitchell or whitey motm for me, dowson put in his usual shift, glad to see him get more than his usual 60 or so mins.
Can't believe there lad missed the chance (looked open goal) second half to make it 2 0
But from that point on we never looked back.
Thought Scott was poor again tonight and tommo but maybe shouldn't pick holes when We've dodged a tough tie for us.
Let's hope we get at Blyth as west did with us.
There number seven in the first half seemed to be all over the place.
Thought they bought there penalty.
Roll on the next round with a healthy crowd
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just seen the Scarborough result! finished 4-4 with north shields after extra time, both teams had 2 men apiece sent out and they were 6 penalties.
Now that is a cup tie
Now that is a cup tie
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One thing that hasn't been commented on so far was Graham Armstrong's high challenge on their keeper before he scored his goal (not sure if it was before we had equalised, or not ?!). He was a lucky boy not to get a red card with his studs high and he looked (to me) to have deliverately slid in on the keepers upper shoulder.
The story could have been quite different ....
I though we fully deserved the win over 90 minutes, but sometimes you need that little bit of luck to get yourself back into the game.
The story could have been quite different ....
I though we fully deserved the win over 90 minutes, but sometimes you need that little bit of luck to get yourself back into the game.
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Just seen the highlights. Never seen West play before, but everything thats been said is true. West must spend all of their training time on perfecting their techniques on diving, time wasting, arguing with the ref, and general thuggery.
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Thought the 12 year old assistant with the perm wasn't strong enough, and wasn't helped by the ref who even seemed to try to play a non existent advantage which led to a succession of wilder tackles.
With regards to Browny going into their dugout, as I mentioned earlier, Id have sent him off if I was the ref, however, I think your asking for trouble by keeping hold of the ball, Id have sent their player off for coming onto the pitch to remonstrate - because they only did it when the ref came over after browny had the ball thrown at him after he had the second ball.
With regards to Browny going into their dugout, as I mentioned earlier, Id have sent him off if I was the ref, however, I think your asking for trouble by keeping hold of the ball, Id have sent their player off for coming onto the pitch to remonstrate - because they only did it when the ref came over after browny had the ball thrown at him after he had the second ball.
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Thought Thompson had a far better game last night, he looks back to his former self.
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I wasnt overly impressed, though his work rate appeared much better, and I actually thought his best moment was the cross he put in right before he was subbed.Darlo_Pete wrote:Thought Thompson had a far better game last night, he looks back to his former self.
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Armstrong was guilty of quite a naughty challenge on the Kendal goalkeeper as well, the on which resulted in the bloody nose. I personally thought it was quite a deliberate elbow. Suppose some players need a nasty streak in them.AnthonyP wrote:One thing that hasn't been commented on so far was Graham Armstrong's high challenge on their keeper before he scored his goal (not sure if it was before we had equalised, or not ?!). He was a lucky boy not to get a red card with his studs high and he looked (to me) to have deliverately slid in on the keepers upper shoulder.
The story could have been quite different ....
I though we fully deserved the win over 90 minutes, but sometimes you need that little bit of luck to get yourself back into the game.
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Im sure I remember one of their defenders in the first half jumping in with a raised foot almost at head height as well, as I remember a conversation with a few round me about the disallowed boro goal.lo36789 wrote:Armstrong was guilty of quite a naughty challenge on the Kendal goalkeeper as well, the on which resulted in the bloody nose. I personally thought it was quite a deliberate elbow. Suppose some players need a nasty streak in them.AnthonyP wrote:One thing that hasn't been commented on so far was Graham Armstrong's high challenge on their keeper before he scored his goal (not sure if it was before we had equalised, or not ?!). He was a lucky boy not to get a red card with his studs high and he looked (to me) to have deliverately slid in on the keepers upper shoulder.
The story could have been quite different ....
I though we fully deserved the win over 90 minutes, but sometimes you need that little bit of luck to get yourself back into the game.
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Can I just say we had numerous chances at 0-0 to score and they had very little. People saying we never got going aren't really being fair. Yet again we had chance after chance and we poorly capitalised on it.
Armstrongs challenge was right infront of me and it was naughty as it gets. No chance of getting the ball, proper studs up. Dangerous. Then the whole
Of the tinshed chanted cheat at the poor keeper who had actually just been stamped on.
Glad we are through though! Can I just add Portas is the player we have always missed, a keep the ball at all costs kind of guy. Never wastes it, never shoots. Brilliant. And Leon have him the space to do that, as you saw when Robinson came on and didn't play the role well at all.
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Armstrongs challenge was right infront of me and it was naughty as it gets. No chance of getting the ball, proper studs up. Dangerous. Then the whole
Of the tinshed chanted cheat at the poor keeper who had actually just been stamped on.
Glad we are through though! Can I just add Portas is the player we have always missed, a keep the ball at all costs kind of guy. Never wastes it, never shoots. Brilliant. And Leon have him the space to do that, as you saw when Robinson came on and didn't play the role well at all.
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we still didn't really create that good chances though in the first half, not really any better then west had.
Mitchell had a chance in the box not long before the penalty, but apart from that and Dowson's early shot from outside the box all we had was a few shots from 20/30 yards which went close.
We didnt really ever open them up in the first 45
Mitchell had a chance in the box not long before the penalty, but apart from that and Dowson's early shot from outside the box all we had was a few shots from 20/30 yards which went close.
We didnt really ever open them up in the first 45
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Very happy to have notched up wins against the best two teams we faced in the Northern League
Anyone confident about Blyth?
Anyone confident about Blyth?
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Hummm we need to play better than those highlights show. By the way that was an absolute horror tackle by Armstrong - he doesn't even jump in the direction of the ball he just goes straight into the keeper.
I can't believe that was given as a penalty btw. Galbraith may have slightly grazed him but he went down shoulders first and his left leg flew up in the air. There was nowhere near enough contact for a foul.
Not sure about the claims of West being that dirty there were a couple of big challenges but nothing untoward really. I love where we took the free kick from after Close's foul it's a good 10-15 yards away from the tackle!
I can't believe that was given as a penalty btw. Galbraith may have slightly grazed him but he went down shoulders first and his left leg flew up in the air. There was nowhere near enough contact for a foul.
Not sure about the claims of West being that dirty there were a couple of big challenges but nothing untoward really. I love where we took the free kick from after Close's foul it's a good 10-15 yards away from the tackle!
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If we play the way we did in the second half, keep the ball on the floor and we'll win.StevieMardenboro wrote:Anyone confident about Blyth?
No hoof-ball!
Depends which Darlo decide to show up.
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Yeah as it's at home I reckon we will just manage it, need a full house and noisy crowd tho
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Stonewall penalty for me. Tez took the bait....and he knew itlo36789 wrote:Hummm we need to play better than those highlights show. By the way that was an absolute horror tackle by Armstrong - he doesn't even jump in the direction of the ball he just goes straight into the keeper.
I can't believe that was given as a penalty btw. Galbraith may have slightly grazed him but he went down shoulders first and his left leg flew up in the air. There was nowhere near enough contact for a foul.
Not sure about the claims of West being that dirty there were a couple of big challenges but nothing untoward really. I love where we took the free kick from after Close's foul it's a good 10-15 yards away from the tackle!
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Crowd played a big part I thought. It was quiet until the second half. When the crowd got going I thought it helped massively.
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Crowd were definitely the 12th man last night, when the lads needed a lift the fans did just that
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Sir Alex is out of work now, has he been helping out with their coaching.swadquaker wrote:Just seen the highlights. Never seen West play before, but everything thats been said is true. West must spend all of their training time on perfecting their techniques on diving, time wasting, arguing with the ref, and general thuggery.
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I for one thought the ref actually did a very good job on Wednesday night. It was a horrible game with both teams at each other. And it only boiled over a couple of times. For the most part, the ref let the game flow and let the players get over their little tiffs.
After looking at the highlights, it was definitely a penalty. No need to Klinsmann it though.
I don't think that the Armstrong challenge was that bad. The keeper was about to get up until their centre half waded in. And he clearly wasn't hurt. The ball was there to be won. The keeper won the race. Free kick. Nothing else.
Moving on to Blyth. I went to see them the other week at Matlock, and either they weren't at the races, or they're not all that. Long ball football, quite tall, not a lot of pace it seemed. Moore and Robinson didn't play, though Robbo was on the bench. Comparing the two, West created more chances and were more mobile. If we can get the ball on the floor, I fancy our chances. Of course, they may have just not played well that day. Matlock weren't very good either.
After looking at the highlights, it was definitely a penalty. No need to Klinsmann it though.
I don't think that the Armstrong challenge was that bad. The keeper was about to get up until their centre half waded in. And he clearly wasn't hurt. The ball was there to be won. The keeper won the race. Free kick. Nothing else.
Moving on to Blyth. I went to see them the other week at Matlock, and either they weren't at the races, or they're not all that. Long ball football, quite tall, not a lot of pace it seemed. Moore and Robinson didn't play, though Robbo was on the bench. Comparing the two, West created more chances and were more mobile. If we can get the ball on the floor, I fancy our chances. Of course, they may have just not played well that day. Matlock weren't very good either.
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Completely disagree. Remember a player has to do the following either carelessly, recklessly or using excessive force.
"Kicks or attempts to kick an opponent", well no he doesn't their legs come in to contact but he hardly kicked him. "Trips or attempts to trip an opponent", again this didn't happen. It is pretty blooming obvious the player is only unbalanced by his own actions.
Contact is not a foul, this viewpoint seems to have erupted from tv pundits. You couldn't even call that contact a careless kick. It was a leg to leg.
As for Armstrongs. I will try and pull up a still tonight, when I watched it last night I managed to freeze frame at a point where the ball was already beyond Armstrong before he made a move, and when I froze on after he had made a move the ball was in the opposite direction to where he jumped.
"Kicks or attempts to kick an opponent", well no he doesn't their legs come in to contact but he hardly kicked him. "Trips or attempts to trip an opponent", again this didn't happen. It is pretty blooming obvious the player is only unbalanced by his own actions.
Contact is not a foul, this viewpoint seems to have erupted from tv pundits. You couldn't even call that contact a careless kick. It was a leg to leg.
As for Armstrongs. I will try and pull up a still tonight, when I watched it last night I managed to freeze frame at a point where the ball was already beyond Armstrong before he made a move, and when I froze on after he had made a move the ball was in the opposite direction to where he jumped.
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I was stood adjacent to the foul for the penalty and galbraith does trip him, whether the West player goes over like a Swan or not, it was a clear trip. And I was stood behind the fence within spitting distance of the Armstrong challenge. He knew exactly what he was doing. The challenge was late and high with no intention of getting the ball. I am amazed West didn't make more of the issue, tbh, and he is a very lucky young man ... thank heavens ...lo36789 wrote:Completely disagree. Remember a player has to do the following either carelessly, recklessly or using excessive force.
"Kicks or attempts to kick an opponent", well no he doesn't their legs come in to contact but he hardly kicked him. "Trips or attempts to trip an opponent", again this didn't happen. It is pretty blooming obvious the player is only unbalanced by his own actions.
Contact is not a foul, this viewpoint seems to have erupted from tv pundits. You couldn't even call that contact a careless kick. It was a leg to leg.
As for Armstrongs. I will try and pull up a still tonight, when I watched it last night I managed to freeze frame at a point where the ball was already beyond Armstrong before he made a move, and when I froze on after he had made a move the ball was in the opposite direction to where he jumped.