Rebellier Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Looking forward to this one as it sees the return to Slough of arguably the best player to put on our amber and blue, their manager Steve Thompson. The day we took apart Altrincham 7-3 on their own ground when Thommo ran the show will live long in my memory. It was a shame for us that he went to Wycombe and had far more success there, but it was a measure of the esteem in which Slough fans held him that even though he defected to our greatest rivals he was still hero worshipped (by me at least!) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Also looking forward to seeing Steve again after all these years. Also looking forward to the game Steve has improved their recent form but What do Gosport Dunstable and Dorchester have in common? All have played 14 away games All have won just 1 Jointly the worst away form in the league So I'm confident of the 3 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelbrewer Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Also looking forward to this game and Steve's return. If his team are anything like he was as a player they will never stop trying. We must not underestimate them, however believe we have too much attacking quality and should win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Steve Thompson has slowly but surely got rid of the dead wood at Dorchester and they are now seeing improved results compared to the beginning of the season. We should be confident but no team should be underestimated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 3 points Clean sheet That'll do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenSTFC Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Was going but last minute hitch... did enough for the win? Were Dorchester any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 We played well first half, 2-0 up and looked like we would go on to score 4 or 5..... we created a few chances early on in the second half which we failed to put away, and then we seemed to get nervy, dropped deeper and let them come on to us, and they had a few half chances to score. In addition, we must have wasted about half a dozen good counter attacking opportunities, where I don’t recall us even forcing the keeper to make a good save. Three points, but well below our best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenSTFC Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Well we could be picky but it’s a win which we badly needed and it’s now 6 unbeaten. Did Thommo get the applause he deserved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 The sort of game that we will need to replicate many times in the next two months. Fairly uneventful game, 3 points, clean sheet . Job done . On to the next one. ( oh by the way , nice tellies and no queues at the bar!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaxtonLee Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Agree mostly with Curtis's assessment. A stonewall penalty denied early in the 2nd half that might have seen a more comfortable 2nd half. One point, I love Ben Harris's enthusiasm in closing down the opposition but I thought he was fortunate not receive a red card in the 1st half at 1-0. It was foot up studs showing. Over enthusiastic rather than malicious, to be fair to him, but another day and another ref he could have walked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3spirit Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Agree mostly with Curtis's assessment. A stonewall penalty denied early in the 2nd half that might have seen a more comfortable 2nd half. One point, I love Ben Harris's enthusiasm in closing down the opposition but I thought he was fortunate not receive a red card in the 1st half at 1-0. It was foot up studs showing. Over enthusiastic rather than malicious, to be fair to him, but another day and another ref he could have walked. To be fair to Ben Harris, he was encouraged by Bakes and Unders to get involved in closing down and tackling and with that particular tackle, he showed the necessary commitment but totally mistimed it. A definite booking but harsh if he had received a red, although thought we were right to substitute him when we did, as he seemed to be getting close to another booking. Nice to get back to winning ways and Slough throughly deserved to win but wasn't Dorchester crap on the night ? ! Thought they would offer a lot more than they did. Can't see Thommo being happy with that. No wonder they've got a bad away record. To me the result was never in doubt. Good to see Matt Lench and Guy Hollis back. Both enjoyed good games. An easy 3 points, truth be told. I expect Saturday to be a lot harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Dorchester perform much better at home This Saturday they host Hereford so I wish them a good result/performance I sure Thommo would love to do us a favour and end their 51 away game run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Carpenter Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Being pedantic I know but they lost the unbeaten run to Wealdstone last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 David that was a cup game. They are unbeaten in 51 consecutive league games going back several years They lost a handful of cup games during that time most notably to Fleetwood this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Gogan Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Didn't they lose at home to Fleetwood? Can't see it being an easy game for Hereford at Dorchester, or for us for that matter. I'm sure they bully teams at home and their mouthy back 4 were haranguing the ref and linesmen all the time last night. Our discipline has to be applauded. We were much the better side and we really should have won by 4 or 5 (how many times has that been the case this season?!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Carpenter Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Apologies I thought that was all away games including cup matches and I forgot the Fleetwood game. So me got it wrong. Hope Dorchester can do more at home than they did last night and picking up Bernie's point I note that in the Dorset Echo Steve Thompson was honest enough to say that Rebels should have won by 4/5/6 goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Mea Culpa. Should have said league games in my post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorshamRebel Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Match photos, including those of all the penalty shouts https://www.flickr.com/photos/horshamrebel/albums/72157691572301364 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelbrewer Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Didn't they lose at home to Fleetwood? Can't see it being an easy game for Hereford at Dorchester, or for us for that matter. I'm sure they bully teams at home and their mouthy back 4 were haranguing the ref and linesmen all the time last night. Our discipline has to be applauded. We were much the better side and we really should have won by 4 or 5 (how many times has that been the case this season?!). To be fair we've also won by some big margins this year Sent from my SM-J320FN using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdelaney Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Just seen that the Hereford game is segregated and the away supporters will have the Tesco end. Let's hope they leave without earning any loyalty points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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