v East Thurrock United

[Red Neck]

Highlight of the game...

 

...the tea hut ran out of cups (allegedly they were expecting 150 Fleet supporters).

 

First half, numerous corners, all played to the near post and hoofed away. Three or four shots on goal, one off the lefthand post. An ignored shout for a penalty early on for an elbow in the face, for us. Oh! And a goal, bundled in by James Smith just before half time.

 

Second half a little better, more football on the ground, hence MacDonalds goal. Eventually degenerating back to the dull rubbish we've been playing lately.

 

Artic conditions today, especially being that far north. Overall a win, but not very inspiring, and glad to be back in the warm.

 

We have the players, we have the Chairman, we have the Board of Directors, we have the supporters, we have the potential. All we need now is a manager who knows what he's doing and has the respect of the players, but you can't have everything.

[Wobbly Wayne rides again]

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We have the players, we have the Chairman, we have the Board of Directors, we have the supporters, we have the potential.

 

 

hee Hee ' We have the supporters ' who you tring to kid. We are in the bottom few conf clubs in regards to attendances, and already are punching above our weight. Until that improves we have little potential regardless of who the manager is. But it shouldn't stop us trying.

 

 

Up the Fleet

[mikefleet]

anyone know what the attendance was as they didnt even have a pa system!!!

[Hirsty]

Didn't look "bundled in" to me.....ball from the right, clipped in with the right foot I think....where were you standing ? I was right behind the goal...although I did not catch the replay on the big screen !

 

Regards,

 

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[Alan W (GNFC)]

Halesowen Town

1-2

Tamworth

 

2

York City

1-2

Northwich Victoria

 

3

Solihull Borough

2-1

Hednesford Town

 

4

Vauxhall Motors

0-4

Morecambe

 

5

Halifax Town

0-0

Southport

 

6

Warrington Town

1-2

Blyth Spartans

 

7

Burton Albion

0-1

Worksop Town

 

8

Alfreton Town

1-1

Histon

 

9

Barrow

v

Clitheroe (Sun 18 Dec 2.00)

 

10

Accrington Stanley

2-0

Altrincham

 

11

Kidderminster Harriers

4-0

Scarborough

 

12

Stafford Rangers

4-2

Lancaster City

 

13

Stalybridge Celtic

1-0

Droylsden

 

14

Kettering Town

2-1

Farsley Celtic

 

15

Yeading

1-2

Carshalton Athletic

 

16

Salisbury City

1-0

Harlow Town

 

17

Aldershot Town

1-1

Grays Athletic

 

18

Weston Super Mare

3-2

Barking & East Ham United

 

19

AFC Wimbledon

2-3

St Albans City

 

20

Stevenage Borough

0-2

Crawley Town

 

21

Exeter City

v

Bishop’s Stortford (Sun 18 Dec 2.00)

 

22

Bognor Regis Town

1-7

Hereford United

 

23

Dagenham & Redbridge

2-0

Thurrock

 

24

Uxbridge

1-2

Woking

 

25

Canvey Island

4-1

Kingstonian

 

26

Boreham Wood

1-0

Leighton Town

 

27

Worcester City

1-0

Hayes

 

28

Dorchester Town

3-2

Cambridge United

 

29

Weymouth

0-1

Forest Green Rovers

 

30

Farnborough Town

0-2

Cambridge City

 

31

East Thurrock United

0-2

Gravesend & Northfleet

 

32

Welling United

v

Redbridge

 

I want Carshalton at home,I think.

[Hempstead Gaz]

Like him or not, and I still have some reservations, one thing is plain for all to see - Liam have put a bit of steel into the defence and toughen the mental approach to games so as not to throw them away.

The fact is we ARE getting good results, and are not conceding that many.

Our style may not be that pretty, but teams like E Thurrock are not going to lay down and die, so a 2-0 result was highly satisfactory.

Do I sense another good FA Trophy run coming on. Who knows - final this year?

[Richard C]

this year, with smaller attendances and Gladwish pulling out, perhaps we could do with the money more than ever?! So hopefully!!

[Drummer Scott]

Thought we played ok yesterday, considering the pitch wasn't brilliant. McDonald took his goal well and it was nice to see a pretty good away following too.

[jc]

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mikefleet said:
anyone know what the attendance was as they didnt even have a pa system!!!

There was a rather crackly speaker next to the tea bar, from which I gleaned the nugget of information that 'Paul McCartney' was playing for us today. The attendance, according to today's NLP, was 381, by the way.

There was certainly more play on the floor than in many recent games, which was nice to see, although it's hard to draw wider conclusions from a performance against a side two levels below. Still, job done, and nice build-up and finish for the second goal.

Also, good to see Liam use a classic footballing cliche in his post-match description of East Thurrock United.

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Chatham Gary said:
The fact is we ARE getting good results, and are not conceding that many.

This is particularly promising given the fact that the centre-back pairing has had to change quite a bit lately, but without any huge change in the number of goals conceded. Five clean sheets in the last six games (and yes, I am including the KSC <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />) now.

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Chatham Gary said:
Do I sense another good FA Trophy run coming on. Who knows - final this year?

Well, I know that, given our poor record in the competition, I won't be getting my hopes up.

[Hempstead Gaz]

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Chatham Gary said:
The fact is we ARE getting good results, and are not conceding that many.

This is particularly promising given the fact that the centre-back pairing has had to change quite a bit lately, but without any huge change in the number of goals conceded. Five clean sheets in the last six games (and yes, I am including the KSC <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />) now.
Blimey, JC agreeing with me! It must be Christmas. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[Gordon T]

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Red Neck said:
All we need now is a manager who knows what he's doing and has the respect of the players, but you can't have everything.

At the moment we are 5 games unbeaten, 10th in the league and into the next round of the trophy. What more can you ask for? I think this alone shows that Daish has some idea as to what he is doing....

I think its the oppsosite to the above. Players and management need a little more respect from SOME of the fans....

[Stu M]

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Red Neck said:
All we need now is a manager who knows what he's doing and has the respect of the players, but you can't have everything.

Is this record stuck on repeat play? The same was said of Andy Ford.

[FleetFanatic]

So the attendance was 381.

Number of cards anybody?

 

Also, the prediction league will be updated when I have a chance.

Home pc has died whilst under warranty and therefore I am limited to work access temporarily until for 1/2 weeks.

 

So I could be busy in the new year.....

[Slartibartfast]

I don't recall any Fleet cards just one yellow to East Thurrock I think.

[David Holden]

Correct Slarti no cards again!

[jc]

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Stu M said:

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Red Neck said:
All we need now is a manager who knows what he's doing and has the respect of the players, but you can't have everything.

Is this record stuck on repeat play? The same was said of Andy Ford.

Clearly to say that Liam doesn't know what he's doing full stop, given current results, is unreasonable and incorrect. But questions nonetheless have to be asked about the present reliance on loan players, which will of course necessitate more fiddling about of the squad when the loans expire, which is always a risky business. This is a particularly significant issue given the rather confusing absence of Skins and Jacko from the first-choice XI of late, despite them having done nothing wrong and having been virtually ever-present for the first twenty games or so.

[Wobbly Wayne rides again]

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Skins and Jacko from the first-choice XI of late,

 

Think the brothers Johnson look good on the left hand side for us, and are a step up. but as you say its a short term solution which could backfire, but I think it does signal the fact that Liam likes the taller player.

 

we don't always know the facts behind players being dropped, (and for good reasons we don't need to know) , so it may not be as confusing as you think.

[Jimmy]

The continuingly confusing saga regarding Onome Sodje is a case in point.

 

Suggestions from a usually impeccable source that he won't be coming back and is indeed off to Welling.

[Slartibartfast]

In an ideal world of course all of our stars would be replaced by someone younger and better, I know I am biased but I just don't see Jacko and Skins being ready for replacement yet.

I am still thinking it may be a part-time/full-time thing although I understand that Jacko, thanks to a very understanding boss, isn't very part-time.

Whatever the reason for Liams team selection it is hard to argue with the results over the past month and as for the brothers Johnson loan period coming to an end Essendoh, Manny and Proths all came on loan initially and stuck around for awhile so it would not come as a huge surprise if one or both of them sticks around.

[EUFC superb]

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Alan W (GNFC) said:
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York City
1-2
Northwich Victoria

And I thought we had small attendances <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />