Slough town vs Chippenham replay

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

for those not on twitter the score is currently 3-1 to chippenham.

 

sonner got the slough goal.

 

subs for slough - Byrne for Swift and Martin for Sinclair.

 

not sure how long left in the match.

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

Its now 4-1 with only a few minutes left.

 

 

 

 

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

It finished 4-1.

 

We can now concentrate on the league a bit more.

 

 

 

All updates were by Staines Rebel JR.

 

 

[Ian]

Good first halfand unlucky to go in 2-1 behind having conceded right on half time. Second half was terrible. Like being back at Bedworth again. Was expecting better.

[Matt]

Yes, a truly terrible second half. We just didn't get going after the extended half time break, whereas it seemed it did Chippenham a favour. I too was expecting better and feel let down. The galling thing is Chippenham weren't that great either. Would have been Lowestoft in the next round as they thumped Needham 6-2.

 

I understand the hold-up was due to a Chippenham supporter collapsing in the stand - I hope he/she is ok after being attended to by the paramedics.

[Reading Rebel]

Did OK first half and a bit unlucky to go in at half -time 2-1 down.

 

Second half we were a shambolic excuse for a football team.

 

Couldn't string two passes together, poor in midfield, poor in defence and not one shot on target.

 

We were out-battled and out-fought by a very average Chippenham team.

 

I'm afraid any team that competes with us either physically or by just running around and closing us down we just haven't got a clue how to deal with it.

 

I would hope and expect no player to get MoM because not one player deserves it.

[Ted]

Its quite clear that the team we have now is not as good as the team we had the same time last year. Much of the second half performance was quite laughable. We just arn't playing as a team, instead we have eleven, often very good, individuals who do not gel as a unit.

 

Eleven ok players who operate as a team will usually beat eleven goodish ones who don't.

 

Bit sad really, but I think we will find it very diificult to make the play offs. We are not talking about the occaisional bad result, that happens even to the best of teams, from what I've seen this season we are consistently very average, with, unlike the first half of last season, no never say die attitude.

 

Whether we have players who are unsuited to each other, or whetheer our coaching is lacking, I do not know, but what we have isn't coming together as a unit.

Edited October 20, 2010 by Ted

[Ian]

The galling thing as others have said is that man for man you couldn't look at our opponents last night and say you'd rather have any of their players than any of ours. We were beaten by a team that didn't do anything special. Last season we had a few stars and a few who needed moving on but with the additions of Swift, Logie, Coyne, Burnell etc I look at our team now and individually it's as good as anything in our division.

 

You have to therefore question why Steve Bateman can't get them playing for more then fleeting periods at a time. Last night's second half showing was another x-rated 45 minutes.

[Reading Rebel]

From the mid-field to the forwards most of our players are far too similar - ball players who are small/lightweight who like a bit of time on the ball to produce their un-doubted skills.

 

When it comes to games where you have to 'dig in' and 'scrap' to get a result, against teams like Marlow, Erith, Daventry and Chippenham we fall well short.

 

The players have the ability but unfortunately ability is not always enough.

[A Rebel and a Saint]

I was very disappointed with the second half last night. We had looked good in the first half and had as much of the play as Chippenham did, then we just did not turn up. What happens to us at half time in games? More often than not we seem to come out playing the opposite to the way we did in the first half...some things haven't changed in the month I have been away.

There does seem to be some kind of issue, we have such talented players, but something isn't working...and any player that reads this and thinks this is harsh just needs to look at last nights performance, and several others this season.

 

 

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

Totally agree with all above comments - I will not name names but some of the players are just not up to playing against teams like Chippenham and Bateman needs to see this and deal with it.

 

However I must acknowledge that Steve Bateman does have a plan "B" - it is to forget all the good things you do in the first half of a game and do more of the things that dont work in the second. This would explain why we have so many poor second halfs.

 

The two substitutions were also poor with Byrne for Swift and Martin for Sinclair, surely Sam Bateman and Gary Sippets would have been a more effective choice, Bateman for the winning of balls, and Sippets for his heading.

 

Got totally feed up of seeing the hoof up the pitch to our forwards who had no chance of winning the ball - it did not work on Saturday so why would it work last night? - managerial incompetance to let it happen again and as the game went on it increased with no direction coming from the bench to provide alternative tic-tacs - Steve Browne must of sold Bateman one of his coaching books!

 

On a positive, praise must go to Kevin Mcgoldrick for attending to the Chippenham supporter who was taken ill. Well done super Kev.

[Brummie Rebel]

I couldn't understand why we resorted to the long, high, ball when we have short forwards. The goal came from playing the ball on the ground, but we then kept hoofing it down the pitch in the second half. No wonder we didn't create any real chances in the second half. Our forwards could have created more by neat interplay, but didn't get the opportunity with the Chippenham defenders easily getting to the high balls.

[Reading Rebel]

Totally agree with all above comments - I will not name names but some of the players are just not up to playing against teams like Chippenham and Bateman needs to see this and deal with it.

 

However I must acknowledge that Steve Bateman does have a plan "B" - it is to forget all the good things you do in the first half of a game and do more of the things that dont work in the second. This would explain why we have so many poor second halfs.

 

The two substitutions were also poor with Byrne for Swift and Martin for Sinclair, surely Sam Bateman and Gary Sippets would have been a more effective choice, Bateman for the winning of balls, and Sippets for his heading.

 

Got totally feed up of seeing the hoof up the pitch to our forwards who had no chance of winning the ball - it did not work on Saturday so why would it work last night? - managerial incompetance to let it happen again and as the game went on it increased with no direction coming from the bench to provide alternative tic-tacs - Steve Browne must of sold Bateman one of his coaching books!

 

On a positive, praise must go to Kevin Mcgoldrick for attending to the Chippenham supporter who was taken ill. Well done super Kev.

 

 

Also with such a poor second half performance why only 2 subs used? I'ts not as if any player was playing well enough to keep them on the pitch.

 

I think Sincs came off injured but I would certainly have kept Swift on and brought on Sippetts and Bateman.

[Reading Rebel]

I couldn't understand why we resorted to the long, high, ball when we have short forwards. The goal came from playing the ball on the ground, but we then kept hoofing it down the pitch in the second half. No wonder we didn't create any real chances in the second half. Our forwards could have created more by neat interplay, but didn't get the opportunity with the Chippenham defenders easily getting to the high balls.

 

 

Your right, we just seemed to keep pumping hopeful balls into the air to our forwards.

 

OK if it reaches Sean Sonner but any ball that went to Danny Burnell was a waste of time, he needs the ball to his feet.

[HEAVY TRUCKER]

just one thing sums up last nights match abject humiliation.

[3spirit]

I think we lost the Chippenham game on Saturday,when we failed to get a positive result.Why didn't Steve Bateman use any subs then.Chippenham were there for the taking and although we were unlucky when we hit the post and it bounced back into the keepers arms,we never did enough in that second half to turn the screw on them.

We were always going to have an uphill battle in the replay.

 

I was talking to my brother and nephew at Saturday's match,about the lack of team spirit and passion for the cause.The one player who epitomised this was Dean Harper,who we've let go ! While not liking to single players out, I do feel some of our players are not battling or trying hard enough for the whole team.Constant bickering at the ref's decisions,aren't going to win you games.Sonner,Coyne and Swift are particularly guilty of this.Players are also nitpicking at each other, this never makes for a together team.They would do our team and their selves a far better service,if they got their head down and tried to get into the game rather than keep moaning.

I feel Steve Bateman/Dave Anderson seem to be a bit bereft of ideas of how to get the best out of this bunch and we certainly look short on ideas for taking free kicks,corners and creating space.Long,high balls to short forwards isn't my idea of getting the tactics right !

 

However,we have a squad and so why aren't we dropping players to the bench,if they're not doing what they're being told to.I think Paul Coyne and Stuart Swift were good additions to the Slough squad this season but currently neither one of them is playing that well but because they're mates they have to be in the team together!

Shame we let Chris Herron go,as I think he would have been a good stand in for Swift [or playing in the side together] and would have offered us another avenue for attack.

To my mind,Adam Logie has been a quality signing.

Paul Coyne seems to me,that he is trying to be a better footballer than he actually needs to be or is, because of all this Steve Bateman hype about our team's excellent football skills.What I'd give for a Wilko type player who's not afraid to do the donkey work,getting in tackles and breaking up play. I thought Paul Coyne was going to be that sort of player unfortunately he's not and he's not an Adam Logie[box to box/goal scorer] either.Sam Bateman, Rob Kean,Sean Byrne are no better so we are a bit limited in centre midfield.

I would like to see us adapt our team for different games and play without wingers in some games.I'm sure this is a Steve Bateman hang up/obsession,he always plays wingers and often,the managers from other sides know it.Thus marking them out the game and stopping our creativity and supply to our forwards.

With so many forwards at the club currently,we should be playing three up front.Then with three players in midfield,we could use our right back/left back to create width,when needed.

I'm sure we could stop conceding so many goals,while being the other team's nightmare,for a change.