CRAP!!!!!!!!!!

[St Leonard]

But we all know what Andy Deaner is like Ian, you could see that when he came on, the lad isn't good enough to play at this standard of football - in both mine and many other peoples eyes who have witnessed these performances over a few years.

[Barry Scott]

no direction, no passion, no commitment, nothing. turning up on the pitch after a run that we've had doesn't give us the divine right to expect a win

[Ted]

 

There are two ways of looking at today.

 

The first is that it was a bad day, but that happens to everyone occaisionally, so lets get on with winninng the next match.

 

The other way is that for the secod time in 2 months we've been thrashed by 10 men, and that indicates we've got a problem.

 

Can't quite make my mind up which way I go.

[Dominic]

I think bringing on Miller up front was probably the right move but to bring on a fourth striker on and leave the defence completely exposed was wrong.

 

Boots pen was bad but as Matt says he is a great penalty taker and even the premiership stars have bad days. Boot does need to up his workrate otherwise i can see Miller returning.

 

I was really pissed off heearing people shouting 'Denton Out' and blaming the ref and some were even shouting at the Bracknell Keeper. We played bad and lets hope it was just a blip, if the bad results continue then we should be asking questions but for now give the team and management a chance, we are lucky were somehow still in 5th place?!

[Radders]

Well said Dom, after all the talk on here about having a go at referees we once again resorted to it. He gave what looked from where we were a very dubious penalty FOR us and although he did make some errors I thought he was much better than those against Dulwich and Walton. Also, why did people start shouting at the keeper? He had every right to be happy at being 4-1 up and with us playing so poorly he was the last person at fault for our display. Finally, those who started Denton Out chants obviously have very short memories. Despite the poor performance, Denton has done well this season on a much tighter budget than the last few years, he has brought in decent young players and got them looking like they are well at home at this level ie, Riddell and Harris, while getting the best out of some of the more experienced guys ie, Daly and Murphy. He has just won the Manager of the Month award after an absolutely brilliant run of wins over teams such as Dulwich, Lewes, Staines and Bromley. Because of this, I, personally, am more than happy with him at the helm at the current time.

[Ian]

Quote:

Alcove_Man said:
But we all know what Andy Deaner is like Ian, you could see that when he came on, the lad isn't good enough to play at this standard of football

But according to several people, Boot and Foster are not up to this standard of football either. Admitting that a player doesn't get the support because he "isn't good enough" just reinforces the point I was making about people's favourites.

We know what Andy is and isn't capable of but you can guarantee he will run himself into the ground for this Club (like Adi Brown who is another that gets unfairly slagged off all the time). When a player comes on, whoever it is, he deserves our support but because he's not one of the favourites he didn't get it today. Deaner will never get praise in the same way that to some people, Boot is always lazy and Foster is always at fault.

However, it was Deaner who set up Boot's second goal, not Haddow or Miller, the other subs who got roundly applauded when they came on.

[Guest]

I totally agree with Ian once again with both of his posts, too many fans have their favourite players and yes before i get slagged off people are entitled to their opinions but the constant abuse Tony Boot gets is totally out of order. The bloke has over 20 goals already this season and was played out of position at the start of the season. Yes there was bad control but just look at the conditions the pitch was hard and uneven and meant our passing game which has served us well over the last few games wasn`t effective. I read only recently someone said that Tont Boot was premiership class at penalties and no one has questioned his run up before when he scores from one. It is only now that he misses then the slough moaners come out, get real we are Slough Town of the Ryman division one South , The conference days are long behind us. The long delay before the penalty was taken couldn`t have helped either. Where would we be without Tony Boots 20 odd goals this season, with andrew deaner whose best tally for a season as far as i can remember has never reached double figures?! Sorry for the long post but i have never been so wound up over some comments aimed at one of our players before from our own fans

[Chris]

Totally agree with Ian's post today with some supporters it's one week oh were the best thing since sliced bread then we draw and lose one and it's Denton out and pick on individuals. It's great having the support we do, but if we get outbattled and outplayed then hats off to Bracknell - they deserved it, move on and get behind the boys.

[Guest]

its not that tony missed,but how he took the pen,no conviction at all,at this stage of the season you need 100%,yes he is a good player,but also he must take responsibilty when given an opportunity to get us back into the game he shoulld have taken it.the plain fact is that we cannot afford so called blips,why do you think we are playing at this level today,because we have accepted far to many blips in our recent history,we as fans deserve to see our players fight and if they get beaten by a better team then so be it,but yesterdays opponents were poor and we did not give them a match,the pen miss was a pivotal moment in the game and as such should not be underestimated have you seen the league position this morning,most teams around us are picking up points,the pressure is there until the end of the season,we have to be up to it if we are to progress,that is not critisim that is a fact.

[richierebel]

for those that were slagging off Tony Boot yesterday which was disgraceful, what would you rather have Andrew Deaner`s attitude and commitment or Tony Boot`s 30 goals a season. That was not slagging off Andrew Deaner by the way, I am just stating a fact Andy is not going to get us 60 goals in 2 seasons. Also for those that say that he gets caught off side too many times that is his game at the moment playing off the shoulder of the last defender and that same run yesterday got him his first goal, he also won the penalty and scored our second. Granted his link up play is not up to scratch but his best work and his strengths are in and around the box and we just didn`t create much for him yesterday.

ps Gary hope you enjoyed you chinese last night! (even if you went to the wrong restaurant, next time go next door!)

[Ian]

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Anonymous said:
its not that tony missed,but how he took the pen,no conviction at all

But that's how Tony Boot takes penalties and it's been very successful up to now. I'd rather a player took two steps and placed it in the corner (which he does on almost every occasion) rather than a ten yard run up and blazing it over.

As a goalkeeper facing a penalty the biggest single clue you have to where it's going is the run up. Taking almost no run up minimises that opportunity for the keeper. Yesterday he didn't find the corner and the keeper got lucky and went the right way.

As I've said before, I've watched non-league and professional football at every level for over 30 years and Boot is the best penalty taker I have ever seen at any level. Missing one doesn't alter that.

[Guest]

You lot make me laugh, at the end of the day we were the better team.

 

You only have to look at our results this season to see that we're not such a one trick pony, Worthing (twice), Basingstoke, Hendon and taking points away from Windsor & Hampton. oh and a 10-1 win over Whyteleafe.

 

Just because you lot have come down from the conference doesn't make you bigger or better than us 'pikies' down the lane.

 

We have a fantastic team spirit at the club and a cracking group of hardcore fans who you would do well to learn from.

 

We don't get on our managers back after a poor display, like Walton the other week, instead we do our best to encourage and support our boys come rain or shine.

 

Oh and just in case you were wondering, i go to uni in surrey and its honestly not that great!!!

 

See you in the Berks and Bucks!

 

For the Staines fan - RE: rejects comment, that they maybe but at least they don't go thumping oponents managers!!

[Guest]

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Anonymous said:
You lot make me laugh, at the end of the day we were the better team.

You only have to look at our results this season to see that we're not such a one trick pony, Worthing (twice), Basingstoke, Hendon and taking points away from Windsor & Hampton. oh and a 10-1 win over Whyteleafe.

Just because you lot have come down from the conference doesn't make you bigger or better than us 'pikies' down the lane.

We have a fantastic team spirit at the club and a cracking group of hardcore fans who you would do well to learn from.

We don't get on our managers back after a poor display, like Walton the other week, instead we do our best to encourage and support our boys come rain or shine.

Oh and just in case you were wondering, i go to uni in surrey and its honestly not that great!!!

See you in the Berks and Bucks!

For the Staines fan - RE: rejects comment, that they maybe but at least they don't go thumping oponents managers!!

that was me by the way

[Guest]

if you were at this match you would have seen that boot placed the ball and he did not take any steps. if you were at the Harrow match a few seasons ago Mautone got sent off for hand ball outside the area,

we lost that game 1-0,these are just 2 examples of players not taking and acting responsibly which can

alter a teams final place in the league.Tony boot is a good player but how costly could that miss be.in Mautones case had he stayed on the pitch we may have stayed up.

[richierebel]

oh my days I have heard it all now, Steve Mautone is single handidly responisble for Slough`s relegation, grow up, players make mistakes, everyone does , just leave Tony Boot alone, if he had everything he wouldn`t be playing at this level, you forget he is still young and in every way of life people need ambition and if he wants to play at a higher level what right have we got to hold him back by saying he lacks commitment to the club and doesn`t want to play for us. I for one will be supporting him and everyone one of our players while they are out there on the park. And like Lloyd Owusu before him I will follow how he gets on when he does play in the football league

[Ian]

So missing a penalty is not acting responsibly and he is therefore single handedly responsible for our final league position as a result? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

 

On that basis, I blame Ian Hodge as he's our leading scorer so therefore obviously more likely to score from the spot and should have fought Boot for the ball.

 

Total nonsense.

[BFR]

My two cents, now that I've got my internet back up and running.

 

Slough as a team played poorly. Tony Boot was one of 14 players involved who played poorly but despite that scored both goals. Yes he had his penalty saved, and yes he spurned other chances. But I really don't recall any other Slough player getting any decent shots at goal yesterday, and so to scream at Eddie to sub our only player who looked like scoring completely dumbfounded me.

 

It was a very disappointing performance where the wheels came off in all departments. THe defence looked shaky from the off and Smurf in particular was well below his recent performances. The midfield failed to spark and so chances for the front two were few and far between. For the second match running Hodgey didn't look interested, and wanted to win free kicks rather than move forward with the ball, and spent more time complaining at the ref than get on the ball and was prety woeful in the air.

 

A disappointing way to end to the unbeaten run, but I'd rather we'd lost to Bracknell than to one of the teams in the top 10.

[northern rebel]

For me the whole team failed to perform, so I don't see the point of blaming individual players. Never got going, even after coming back to 1-1 we failed to convince. Too much long ball down the middle, and not enough using Harris & Williams down the wings which is where we caused so much damage to Dulwich last week. Having said that the pitch was shocking and didn't help the wide players.

I can only assume that overconfidence/arrogance played a part, assuming that we only had to turn up to turn them over. Hard to blame the players, as I imagine that most supporters probably felt the same.

Hopefully this will just be a 'manager of the month' blip, and a wake up call to the team that they have to work as hard as they did against Staines & Dulwich whoever we're playing. Aaah, the power of optimism now that the hangover has faded.

 

 

[Martin]

God what a load of crap a majority of these posts are. The team was utter [****!!****] again. It is not just a blip. Some people are moaning about the negativity on the terraces well I get equally pissed off about the endless blind optimism that says everything will be alright. That is the eleventh match we have lost this season in the league which amounts to practically a quarter of the season. Hand on heart, if we all went into work and were [****!!****] at our jobs for 25% of the time would our bosses remain tirelessly supportive. I doubt it. The only reason we are in the top six is because we went on a miraculous run where our players performed to the best of their abilities and tried their hearts out. Something went deeply ary yesterday, and we must now be looking over our shoulders very nervously.

 

I get a feeling the problem is overconfidence, the results against Bromley, Lewes, Staines and Dulwich were excellent and I think the team really began to think top three. But that is not our divine right and four games do not a season make. It is slipping up against the likes of Bracknell and Walton (no disrespect intended) that is going to cost us at the end of the season.

[Guest]

Try and read the posting,actions and therefore results and league positions do not lie.one point in a match can and will affect your season,this equates into the real world when it comes to promotion,we need to beat the likes of Bracknell to go on.Tony boot is a good player but he failed yesterday,