Slough v Paulton

[Reading Rebel]

Great game to watch with goals and incidents galore.

 

I thought Paulton were quite a good team despite their non stop squealing and whinging and constantly in the Refs ear trying to get players booked or sent off.

 

First half was really down to taking chances. Paulton were a bit fluky with their first and their second went through our keepers legs, whilst Ed Smith and Sean Fraser really should have scored.

 

Second half was one way traffic, interspersed with Paulton looking dangerous on the break, and once the first and second goal went in and Paulton were reduced to nine players it was all over bar the shouting.

 

Well done to the players for an excellent second half come back and well done to Ed Smith for entering the all time top 20 goal scorers. 

 

My MOTM has to be Scott Harris who really is on fire. 

[Reading Rebel]

I thought the tackle on Ryan was absolutely dreadful, definate red.

 

Really good come back by the team in awful conditions for both sides. Well done to Scott think he is playing brilliantly.

 

As for Guy what a hero, most men would be dying upwards if they had man flu, not that i'm biased lol x

 

 

A true warrior lol.

[Reading Rebel]

We'll have to agree to differ,Radders.

 

I thought Slough edged the play until Paulton scored their first.Then Paulton had the better of the play,even when at ten men, until Slough made the double substitutions,after that Slough were on the front foot in the main and creating chances but we did waste a number of attempts at goal with our tame shooting but then we did start turning the screw on the under-manned Paulton but even when down to nine outfield players,our visitors had two glorious chances to get something from the game,by our complacency in defending properly in the latter stages of the match. 

I'm relieved that we managed to win the game. 

 

 

Paulton certainly had the rub of the green in the first half and in those conditions our defenders were always going to struggle against Paulton's quick and direct forwards.

[3spirit]

Some contradictory opinions there 3spirit.

 

'Reckless challenge' but harsh sending off? 

 

IMO doesn't matter about the conditions if it's reckless and the player has no control when he dives into the challenge, it's a red card.

 

Well I did say I couldn't see it properly from where I was standing but obviously it was reckless to go sliding in,in the wet conditions.

 

Johnny Dyer was extremely lucky not to get booked or worse,after a very poor late challenge on a Paulton player, near the dugouts in the latter part of the game.That was reckless,too but he got away with it. 

Edited November 8, 2014 by 3spirit

[A Rebel and a Saint]

Great to see us get the win eventually, but the difficulty we had in breaking down 10 and then 9 men was a little worrying.  Seemed like it was all going wrong at half time but fair play to the lads for sticking at it against a very well organised Paulton team.

 

Their first red was a red card foul definitely, goes to show what the small differences make as it was not too dissimilar to the lunging tackle that Ryan Parsons made about a minute before, but the only difference being that Ryan got the ball, if he'd missed it then he would have been the one off.

Going 2-0 down it seemed even worse but we pulled ourselves back into it and well done to Scott on his hat trick and Ed on entering the top goalscorers list in such a small number of games.

Even with 9 men we still could have conceded - how their man missed from a yard out on an open goal I'll never know, and they gave us more than a couple of scares.  Watching it from the defensive end for once was torture seeing how they found their way through and watching us give the ball away a little easily at times, but very satisfying to see the goals fly in at the other end.

Just before we equalised I fully expected Reece to be sent off for what would have been a last man challenge on their attacker, not sure what the ref saw but it looked like a clear foul to me.

 

On the plus side it's great to get another 3 points on the board and well done to the whole team for sticking at it.

[Reading Rebel]

Great to see us get the win eventually, but the difficulty we had in breaking down 10 and then 9 men was a little worrying.  Seemed like it was all going wrong at half time but fair play to the lads for sticking at it against a very well organised Paulton team.

 

Their first red was a red card foul definitely, goes to show what the small differences make as it was not too dissimilar to the lunging tackle that Ryan Parsons made about a minute before, but the only difference being that Ryan got the ball, if he'd missed it then he would have been the one off.

Going 2-0 down it seemed even worse but we pulled ourselves back into it and well done to Scott on his hat trick and Ed on entering the top goalscorers list in such a small number of games.

Even with 9 men we still could have conceded - how their man missed from a yard out on an open goal I'll never know, and they gave us more than a couple of scares.  Watching it from the defensive end for once was torture seeing how they found their way through and watching us give the ball away a little easily at times, but very satisfying to see the goals fly in at the other end.

Just before we equalised I fully expected Reece to be sent off for what would have been a last man challenge on their attacker, not sure what the ref saw but it looked like a clear foul to me.

 

On the plus side it's great to get another 3 points on the board and well done to the whole team for sticking at it.

 

 

Perhaps we'll see it on the video but not sure if Yorkie even made contact with the player?

[HEAVY TRUCKER]

their n/o 3 was warned in the first half by the ref that if he did not stop his whinging he would be sent off as he was getting on the refs man boobs.

Edited November 8, 2014 by HEAVY TRUCKER

[HEAVY TRUCKER]

RR do you include your brolly blowing inside out  as one of the incidents . sue assures me she has just the replacement for you 

Edited November 8, 2014 by HEAVY TRUCKER

[Rebel Sue]

Yep trust me I have replacments for everything except Guy !

[Ian]

Re the challenge by the Paulton player, sorry to get all referee pedantic but a reckless challenge is deemed as without consideration for the dangers or consequences to the opponent and is punishable by a yellow card, not red. A common misconception.

 

A red card would be for use of excessive force where a player endangers the safety of an opponent.

[Bernie Gogan]

Thought the "reckless" challenge was worthy of a red, we all heard the wack of the boots going in, which I thought was in retaliation for the challenge by Ryan earlier where he won the ball fairly (well, no foul was given!).

 

Apart from the constant howling by them at various tackles I thought they were a good side and after scoring (against the run of play) largely nullified our efforts. We went to sleep conceding the second, but with the conditions and them with 10 it always looked an interesting second half. Goodness knows how many chances we had throughout but the miss by their 9 at the far post down in front of us under cover was amazing - harder to miss than score! We also ignored the standing water and continued to play as if the ball would run normally, which of course it didn't on 2 or 3 occasions giving us all kittens.

 

Luck played its part for us yesterday. The guys behind me, obviously not regulars, seemed to think it was worth coming again.............

[Hammer_rebel]

Can't question a red when the pictures show (thanks gary) that the ball is no where near and the player is going in stud ups on Ryan's leg! Could of broken It and we don't need 2 broken legs in one week! Poor little Matty

[3spirit]

What was good yesterday was the number of shots we had at goal.

 

What was not so good,was how lame some of them were.

 

Of course,the conditions hardly helped but wouldn't we all love a player in the mould of a Mark Hawthorne,Gary Donnellan and Ian Hazel,to name drop a few,who can kick a ball cleanly with power behind it.

 

I suggest we do some shooting practise in training,in preparation for our one off cup game this coming week! 

Edited November 9, 2014 by 3spirit

[jonblack]

Good game, Good comeback , Good heavens............

[Reading Rebel]

Re the challenge by the Paulton player, sorry to get all referee pedantic but a reckless challenge is deemed as without consideration for the dangers or consequences to the opponent and is punishable by a yellow card, not red. A common misconception.

 

A red card would be for use of excessive force where a player endangers the safety of an opponent.

 

 

So, a reckless challenge is done without thought or consideration of what you might do to an opponent i.e. you could easily break someones leg with that type of challenge but at the same time it's deemed as not using excessive force or endangering the safety of another player??

 

Must be wrong or the laws an ass.

Edited November 9, 2014 by Reading Rebel

[Neil Baker]

What was good yesterday was the number of shots we had at goal.

 

What was not so good,was how lame some of them were.

 

Of course,the conditions hardly helped but wouldn't we all love a player in the mould of a Mark Hawthorne,Gary Donnellan and Ian Hazel,to name drop a few,who can kick a ball cleanly with power behind it.

 

I suggest we do some shooting practise in training,in preparation for our one off cup game this coming week! 

Hmmm not quite sure on that Stuart, we are currently 3rd highest scorers in the league, so the lads must be doing something right, you are not going to score with every opportunity.... the facts are we are creating plenty of chances at a higher level, and surely that is a positive thing.

[Sir Rebel1965]

Joint 4th highest goal scorers and 6th highest conceded - overall goal difference 0.

 

Value for money, but only 2 league games where we have not conceded.

 

If Paulton had kept 11 men on the field the result would have been different.

[Reading Rebel]

Joint 4th highest goal scorers and 6th highest conceded - overall goal difference 0.

 

Value for money, but only 2 league games where we have not conceded.

 

If Paulton had kept 11 men on the field the result would have been different.

 

No guarantee that the result would have been different.

 

As you say, we are seeing great value for money in a higher division.

[Neil Baker]

Joint 4th highest goal scorers and 6th highest conceded - overall goal difference 0.

 

Value for money, but only 2 league games where we have not conceded.

 

If Paulton had kept 11 men on the field the result would have been different.

Agreed, and we know where our deficiencies have been this season, however the way we tend to play can often leave us open to be got at....

 

Not convinced we would have lost against 11 men to be honest (although to be fair you didn't say we would lose), we were 2-0 down at their place against eleven men and came back, and I would have been confident yesterday also.

 

I actually do not like playing against 10 men, as often it can galvanise a team.

Edited November 9, 2014 by Neil Baker

[Ian]

So, a reckless challenge is done without thought or consideration of what you might do to an opponent i.e. you could easily break someones leg with that type of challenge but at the same time it's deemed as not using excessive force or endangering the safety of another player??

 

Must be wrong or the laws an ass.

Ass or not, no it's not wrong! That's what the laws state.