Beaconsfield v Slough Town

[Bernie Gogan]

Great result and thanks to the whole team for staying strong and bossing the game and well done to the management for the way the side was set up.

 

One thing to add to anything said before is that Danny Burnell's game has changed markedly in the last few weeks. Now we really do have a striker who is holding the ball up and bringing others into the game.

[Bifaxman]

Another one saying Bedworth are the best team they have played this season. Thing is you have to turn up on the day, otherwise you risk getting beaten by most teams in this league.

I have to say we (St Neots) played Bigglewwade today, at Biggleswade. They IMO will struggle to stay in and around the playoffs, if they had their best side out today. We had over 200 their today and the crowd still only just went 350! I bet we get a stearner test at Chalfont on Saturday!

[readingrebel]

Another one saying Bedworth are the best team they have played this season. Thing is you have to turn up on the day, otherwise you risk getting beaten by most teams in this league.

I have to say we (St Neots) played Bigglewwade today, at Biggleswade. They IMO will struggle to stay in and around the playoffs, if they had their best side out today. We had over 200 their today and the crowd still only just went 350! I bet we get a stearner test at Chalfont on Saturday!

 

Agree totally.

 

We play Fleet and Marlow in our next two games. On paper they look two very winable games but, in this division, if you don't turn up on the day most teams can turn you over.

[Cookham Rebel]

Another one saying Bedworth are the best team they have played this season. Thing is you have to turn up on the day, otherwise you risk getting beaten by most teams in this league.

I have to say we (St Neots) played Bigglewwade today, at Biggleswade. They IMO will struggle to stay in and around the playoffs, if they had their best side out today. We had over 200 their today and the crowd still only just went 350! I bet we get a stearner test at Chalfont on Saturday!

 

Bedworth are probably the best team we've faced this season, and we're not the only team who have said that!

 

Biggleswade didn't play to win against us, we didn't convert our chances on the day and they had 1 shot and scored 1 goal, but that's football!

 

Chalfont's pitch will cause yourselves huge problems and it is probably worse now, yourselves won't find it easy!

[readingrebel]

Fair play readingrebel I think the penalty against Beaconsfield looked very soft aswell, and your first goal was a bit lucky as it seemed to be a cross. We didn't really turn up in the first half apart from the header that just went wide before you went down the other end and scored your first goal. In the second half we picked up a bit and were unlucky after hitting the bar twice and our player taking the penalty and hitting it straight at your keeper. I think we made Slough look good today, and we really had an off day, but you got the result so fair play to you !, Bedworth are the best team we have played this season, and despite what your fans say we are third in the league on merit not luck, and there is a long way to go yet this season, C'MON YOU RAMS.

 

Not strictly at our keeper, he dived one one way and saved it with his legs.

 

I thought we made you lot look ordinary!

[Cookham Rebel]

Fair play readingrebel I think the penalty against Beaconsfield looked very soft aswell, and your first goal was a bit lucky as it seemed to be a cross. We didn't really turn up in the first half apart from the header that just went wide before you went down the other end and scored your first goal. In the second half we picked up a bit and were unlucky after hitting the bar twice and our player taking the penalty and hitting it straight at your keeper. I think we made Slough look good today, and we really had an off day, but you got the result so fair play to you !, Bedworth are the best team we have played this season, and despite what your fans say we are third in the league on merit not luck, and there is a long way to go yet this season, C'MON YOU RAMS.

 

You made us look good? Pull the other one, we made you look poor, we're top for a reason!

[OLDER RAM]

You think you made us look ordinary, do you really think you looked that much better ?

I thought your attack looked quite good but didn't really get the better of our defence, and your midfield wasn't too bad,but we were playing a new system in midfield which obviously didn't work making your midfield look better, and we never troubled your defence at all so I cannot judge them. I know we lost but did any Beaconsfield players stick out for you ?

Edited December 26, 2011 by OLDER RAM

[Mr Rebel]

not many stood out for good reasons OLDER RAM on the day but probably your #6 who moved into defence 1st half was main player caught my eye. his effort seemed far higher than most of your players and he did a lot of work for the team. not sure if he is a defender but looked much better than the 2 centre backs that started i thought

[Cookham Rebel]

You think you made us look ordinary, do you really think you looked that much better ?

I thought your attack looked quite good but didn't really get the better of our defence, and your midfield wasn't too bad,but we were playing a new system in midfield which obviously didn't work making your midfield look better, and we never troubled your defence at all so I cannot judge them. I know we lost but did any Beaconsfield players stick out for you ?

 

I did think we looked that much better, we dominated every area of the pitch from the very first whistle, we normally play 3-5-2 but today played 4-4-2 so saying yourselves were not used to a different system is a bit odd, yourselves lined up 4-4-2 like us and every player from a very young age is used to that system! We also played for 35 minutes with 10 men and we still dominated! I don't speak for everyone on here but looking at your team today and the way we completely outplayed them, none of your players stood out or would get in our team at the moment! The reason your attack didn't get a sniff was because our defence had them in their pockets, our midfield did what they had to do like they have done in most games this season, they adapt to their opponents e.g. They play football when they can but also battle when they have to like today and our attackers were always a threat, we created numerous chances and should arguably have won by more!

[Ian]

You think you made us look ordinary, do you really think you looked that much better ?

 

Given that we've limped past teams like Bedfont in recent weeks I was surprised at how easy today was. Did we look that much better than SYCOB? Yes! We could have gone in four or five up at half-time and it wouldn't have flattered us.

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

Agree with ram and others Bedworth best team we have played and completely bossed us first half! I don't think becky have a bad squad and good luck to em I hope they do well but I can't see them finishing above st n Bedworth and the other stronger teams we have played! Nice to see mpi get 90 a nice lad who always gave 100 percent! I am glad someone commented about our second pen call I wouldn't have given it as it was more ball to hand but I think becky should have had a red way before swiftly was sent off and with ten men I can't for one second imagine anything other than a 4 or 5 nil!

[Adil Berdai]

I went with my uncle who was a season ticket holder last season, and my uncle from Dubai who hasn't attended a game since 1996 and 3 cousins and my brother. and what my uncle from Dubai had to say is that he was very proud to say he's from slough after the game today. He said chants were good and it's good to see chants still being sung from the 90's and attendance is great. and my opinion was well played Slough, out played them and deserved the 3 points, with 10men we still attacked them very well. Beaconsfield were tricky but we dealt with them very well. Alex Brown amazing today, Burnell not to sure about him but he had a very hard CB to deal with, 75% of the time he was fouled and when he did get the ball he did wonders, same with sonner and swift. 4 points clear and we go marching on COYR!!!!

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

And to answer the are slough that much stronger? Absolutely in every position! Would Not trade a single one of our 11 for theirs!

Edited December 26, 2011 by Don Juan DeMarcus

[Tom]

Have to say I was shocked that Beaconsfield didn't really change things when Slough went down to 10 men.

 

Anyway, the end of a very tough period of games where we have encountered many of the current title rivals and come out in a decent shape. The games coming up on paper look easy but without gaining the points needed it makes the hard work of the last couple of months pointless.

 

Onwards and upwards...with focus. Nothing is won yet.

[Sue]

Thought Chris Seeby was brilliant, welcome back my love.

 

The best player for Beaconsfield is without doubt Tyrone Sealey, why he didnt start is beyond me but I was glad he didnt.

 

AND yes Aidan I am going to do some work !

Edited December 28, 2011 by Sue

[3spirit]

Yads is a poor poor centre back, he was poor when he was with us and today proved he is passed it! He attempted to wind up the referee every time there was a tackle made by one of our players, but yet again, we had the last laugh!

 

Fleet and Marlow next, 6 points please boys!

 

COYR!!!

 

I don't agree with you,CR, about Yiadom Yeboah.

Obviously being no spring chicken,he has slowed but his overall attributes[all-round game] as a player and as a focussed,switched on team mate for SYCOB, was still very evident for all to see.

I feel that he could easily play for most teams in this division but that doesn't mean I'm advocating he comes back to Slough!

Just thought that you were being a bit hard on Yads,considering it was a fiercely contested derby and that there are plenty of worse centre-halves in other teams in this Central League.

 

Well done Steve Bateman for getting team selection and the system right.Chris Seeby was inspired and NBH led the team well.

I thought Paul Coyne and Adam Martin both had excellent games.

Can't help feeling that we had a slice of good fortune,in that Fiston Manuela was suspended and that it aided Slough no end,when Nevin Saroya left the field but that's not to undervalue Slough's superb team effort.Just a pity Stuart Swift showed no sense when kicking out in a handbag scuffle.On another day he could have cost us the game.

[Cookham Rebel]

Yads is a poor poor centre back, he was poor when he was with us and today proved he is passed it! He attempted to wind up the referee every time there was a tackle made by one of our players, but yet again, we had the last laugh!

 

Fleet and Marlow next, 6 points please boys!

 

COYR!!!

 

I don't agree with you,CR, about Yiadom Yeboah.

Obviously being no spring chicken,he has slowed but his overall attributes[all-round game] as a player and as a focussed,switched on team mate for SYCOB, was still very evident for all to see.

I feel that he could easily play for most teams in this division but that doesn't mean I'm advocating he comes back to Slough!

Just thought that you were being a bit hard on Yads,considering it was a fiercely contested derby and that there are plenty of worse centre-halves in other teams in this Central League.

 

Well done Steve Bateman for getting team selection and the system right.Chris Seeby was inspired and NBH led the team well.

I thought Paul Coyne and Adam Martin both had excellent games.

Can't help feeling that we had a slice of good fortune,in that Fiston Manuela was suspended and that it aided Slough no end,when Nevin Saroya left the field but that's not to undervalue Slough's superb team effort.Just a pity Stuart Swift showed no sense when kicking out in a handbag scuffle.On another day he could have cost us the game.

 

My opinion of Yads is based on what I have seen 3spirit, he is a poor communicator, misjudges the long ball and doesn't get his back line out quick enough, something which did not help our style of play when he was with us, hence the huge gaps between the defence and midfield on numerous occasions!

 

The way we played, I doubt Manuella would have made such a huge difference! I also have sympathy for Swift on this one, when anyone gets hit/stamped on it is a natural reaction to kick out, it was unfortunate for him and us that the assistant referee didn't see the original offence as both players should have been sent off, not just Swift, also their left back got away with a worse offence in my opinion, Swift was on the deck and their left back chased down Burnell to give him a kick! Whilst we can all say, Swift shouldn't have reacted, in the heat of the moment, human nature unfolded!

[3spirit]

Yads is a poor poor centre back, he was poor when he was with us and today proved he is passed it! He attempted to wind up the referee every time there was a tackle made by one of our players, but yet again, we had the last laugh!

 

Fleet and Marlow next, 6 points please boys!

 

COYR!!!

 

I don't agree with you,CR, about Yiadom Yeboah.

Obviously being no spring chicken,he has slowed but his overall attributes[all-round game] as a player and as a focussed,switched on team mate for SYCOB, was still very evident for all to see.

I feel that he could easily play for most teams in this division but that doesn't mean I'm advocating he comes back to Slough!

Just thought that you were being a bit hard on Yads,considering it was a fiercely contested derby and that there are plenty of worse centre-halves in other teams in this Central League.

 

Well done Steve Bateman for getting team selection and the system right.Chris Seeby was inspired and NBH led the team well.

I thought Paul Coyne and Adam Martin both had excellent games.

Can't help feeling that we had a slice of good fortune,in that Fiston Manuela was suspended and that it aided Slough no end,when Nevin Saroya left the field but that's not to undervalue Slough's superb team effort.Just a pity Stuart Swift showed no sense when kicking out in a handbag scuffle.On another day he could have cost us the game.

 

My opinion of Yads is based on what I have seen 3spirit, he is a poor communicator, misjudges the long ball and doesn't get his back line out quick enough, something which did not help our style of play when he was with us, hence the huge gaps between the defence and midfield on numerous occasions!

 

The way we played, I doubt Manuella would have made such a huge difference! I also have sympathy for Swift on this one, when anyone gets hit/stamped on it is a natural reaction to kick out, it was unfortunate for him and us that the assistant referee didn't see the original offence as both players should have been sent off, not just Swift, also their left back got away with a worse offence in my opinion, Swift was on the deck and their left back chased down Burnell to give him a kick! Whilst we can all say, Swift shouldn't have reacted, in the heat of the moment, human nature unfolded!

 

We'll have to agree to disagree about Yads, Cookham Rebel.

I just think sometimes we analyse a player for their weaknesses,and I'm just as guilty as you are at this CR but miss their strengths.I often think that some managers ask centre halves to do things things that just doesn't fit to their game.

Do you remember the young centre half we had,for a couple of seasons,in the conference,Brian Lee? He started off as a left back and looked very weak.Within a season,playing in an organized team and with belief in him[by the then manager] that he could do a job as a centre half/stopper,he became the first name on the team sheet and was a relevation until injury.

 

What I'm getting at, is manager's make or break a player especially those who need a boost not a kick in the pants .Yads to me was always one of Bateman's whipping boys when things went wrong and Steve seemed to find it easier to chastise him than many others.

In Byron Walton, Yads may have found a manager who believes in him to be a better player,as his record suggests,and can get more out of him than we did at Slough.

Regardless of what you thought of Beaconsfield as a team in the Slough match. Yeboah has proved this season by his appearance record in SYCOB,that he can do a job for a team with a manager who has faith in him.

This notion is something we supporters don't always recognise and dare I say it, many managers!

[OLDER RAM]

Yads has played nearly every game for the rams this season, and i think you are right the manager has everything to do with giving certain players confidence. When he was at Slough it seems he wasn't the managers favourite, and this can sometimes affect the player. At Beaconsfield I think Byron recognises Yads positives such as his experience which has been invaluable to the team this year. Everyone knows Yads isn't the quickest player, but Byron seems to have counteracted this with the right back who plays next to Yads. Our right back didn't have his best game against you but he is coming back from an injury, and on his day is one of the quickest I have seen this season at getting up and down the pitch, he did hit the bar in the second half, but you would probably remember him for picking up the ball to give away a free kick ! . Him and Yads have looked quite comfortable most of the season, with his pace helping Yads out of some tricky situations, and Yads helping him with his experience as it is only his first season at this level, experienced players dont always need the legs when they have good youngsters around them, their brains get them through.

[3spirit]

Yads is a poor poor centre back, he was poor when he was with us and today proved he is passed it! He attempted to wind up the referee every time there was a tackle made by one of our players, but yet again, we had the last laugh!

 

Fleet and Marlow next, 6 points please boys!

 

COYR!!!

 

I don't agree with you,CR, about Yiadom Yeboah.

Obviously being no spring chicken,he has slowed but his overall attributes[all-round game] as a player and as a focussed,switched on team mate for SYCOB, was still very evident for all to see.

I feel that he could easily play for most teams in this division but that doesn't mean I'm advocating he comes back to Slough!

Just thought that you were being a bit hard on Yads,considering it was a fiercely contested derby and that there are plenty of worse centre-halves in other teams in this Central League.

 

Well done Steve Bateman for getting team selection and the system right.Chris Seeby was inspired and NBH led the team well.

I thought Paul Coyne and Adam Martin both had excellent games.

Can't help feeling that we had a slice of good fortune,in that Fiston Manuela was suspended and that it aided Slough no end,when Nevin Saroya left the field but that's not to undervalue Slough's superb team effort.Just a pity Stuart Swift showed no sense when kicking out in a handbag scuffle.On another day he could have cost us the game.

 

My opinion of Yads is based on what I have seen 3spirit, he is a poor communicator, misjudges the long ball and doesn't get his back line out quick enough, something which did not help our style of play when he was with us, hence the huge gaps between the defence and midfield on numerous occasions!

 

The way we played, I doubt Manuella would have made such a huge difference! I also have sympathy for Swift on this one, when anyone gets hit/stamped on it is a natural reaction to kick out, it was unfortunate for him and us that the assistant referee didn't see the original offence as both players should have been sent off, not just Swift, also their left back got away with a worse offence in my opinion, Swift was on the deck and their left back chased down Burnell to give him a kick! Whilst we can all say, Swift shouldn't have reacted, in the heat of the moment, human nature unfolded!

 

On the Swift sending off,you are right that the referee was inconsistant,as Beaconsfield should have been reduced to 10, as well.

 

It just pees me off,that non-league football is following the professional game in the over the top,diving theatricals that ruin every game and these weak.powder puff handbag scuffles,which is better suited to an infants playground, than to a grown man's football pitch.

 

We all do things in the heat of the moment, which you say is human nature but Slough have a truly abysmal disciplinary record this season,which frankly is embarassing to the good name of our club. Yet without being anywhere near a tough nut side, we keep getting all these silly bookings/red cards are for either mouthing off at the officials or some inane stupid act like Stuart Swift did.

All I'm saying,is when are we going to learn?

As if we do become champions,this disciplinary stuff will be blight on our excellent footballing prowess that this season has so far offered.