Grays Tuesday

[Riverview Supporter]

I think scott played a better game tonight. In fact I had no complaints with him.

[StuThompson]

Apart from in the first half Ross was defending more on the right than Gooding who was no where to be seen.

[gnfc123]

We just crumble under pressure

[Gordon T]

See when I'm doing my job, the thing that makes me work really well, is to have a few hundered people tell me im sh!t for an hour and a half, that makes me perform so much better....

 

Agreed, I havent seen many of our performances to date, but scott did ok tonight...

[FleetFanatic]

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Gordon T said:
See when I'm doing my job, the thing that makes me work really well, is to have a few hundred people tell me im sh!t for an hour and a half, that makes me perform so much better....

Quality - next time a group of commuters are calling the station staff a few choice names because their train is cancelled, I'll get them to point that out. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/angel.gif" alt="" />

[Gordon T]

lol

[John Pearce]

No comment from me, I couldn't make the game tonight!

 

However one question...how on earth can a so called professional team let an opposing side score 3 goals in 4 minutes?

 

I posed the question after the Aldershot match and I'll ask again "what on earth do they do at the training ground?"

[Fleetbabe]

Unfortunately, from my point of view anyway, it seemed as though the score should really have been 1 - 1 last night. Hawkins was shoved in the back as he jumped for the ball and conceded the free kick for hand ball, and the second goal, both the Grays players were a country mile offside, but the linesman didn't seem to agree.

[Jimmy]

The player who scored wasn't offside when either goal was scored.

McLean was offside for the first but was walking towards his own goal with his hands in the air so not interfering, for the second Poole did the same.

Our defence should play to the whistle and not stand with hands in the air like children in class.

[Slartibartfast]

You are probably right on both counts FB and not much could be done about the first goal once the free kick had been given the wrong way but the second goal might have been prevented if the defenders had chased back rather than stopping and putting their hands up for offside.

[Stu M]

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White Van Nistelrooy said:
However one question...how on earth can a so called professional team let an opposing side score 3 goals in 4 minutes?

Lyon almost managed it against Milan last night...

[Fleetbabe]

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Jimmy said:
The player who scored wasn't offside when either goal was scored.
McLean was offside for the first but was walking towards his own goal with his hands in the air so not interfering, for the second Poole did the same.
Our defence should play to the whistle and not stand with hands in the air like children in class.

Sorry Jimmy, I disagree. From where I was, everyone around me said that he was offside. both of them were. There was no way either player was on side when the ball was played.

[Jimmy]

Whatever your opinion or interpretation of what the current legislation is it doesn't excuse the hands in the air and stand there behaviour.

[FleetFanatic]

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Fleetbabe said:
Sorry Jimmy, I disagree. From where I was, everyone around me said that he was offside. both of them were. There was no way either player was on side when the ball was played.

If not interfering with play, then a player is not offside.

Hang on, what am I doing, trying to explain the offside law to a woman?
Never in the history of man has such a feat been successfully achieved.

[Ian_D]

Ooo we love a bit of *friendly* banter <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

[fleetboy14]

Went to the game last night, have to say all going fine till they drew level,then what a shambles.We just do not know how to defend a lead, which is pretty poor when u think that our management team were both defenders in their time,basic defending seems to go out of the window, and yes im going to get on the Scott Gooding band wagon here, one instance in the first half, instead of clearing the ball down the line, what does he do, he plays it straight across his own 18yrd line and puts us in all sorts of trouble, (basic defending).On the performance of the 2nd half i can't see us winning another game this season.What we don't need is one of our senior players losing his head and getting himself sent off like Steve Mckimm did. Surely it's time the board of directors realised they made a mistake in their appointments and sacked Daish and kimble. I was astonished to read the comments of Roly Edwards in the match programe last night, saying we have a conference south budget with conference south support doesn't actually fill me with any great confidence, that the board of directors want us to be in the conference, surely its up to the board of directors to get off their comfotable backsides and get more investors into the club, maybe try to sell the club a little bit more, has anybody been onto sky tv to ask why we haven't had a fair share of tv coverage.Getting back to the game last night i didn't once see liam really trying to lift the team when the going got tough, lets see a new managment team in place before the start of next pre-season.Come on diretors admit it you got it badly wrong.

[Ian_D]

Here here. Although if we have

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Conference south support

What on earth do Canvey have? Grays bought more fans last night than all were present at Canvey last night.

[Jeff]

Although I thought that last night was an improvement on the dross that was Saturday, there is still much work to be done.

Agree with fleetboy about Gooding. He is simply not up to it at this level.

The amount of times that Smith had to cover for him as he was totally out of position must have been in double figures. Also remember the ball he played aross the 18 yard box although to be fair to him, he rectified his own error on that one.

Our lack of options up front is simply awful. James Smith, although giving his best, is not a centre forward.

Midfield looked a lot stronger last night with Jacko and Macca (until the end) back. I predicted that they would try and put balls over our defenders to run on to as this is the same tactic that got about 4 of their goals in the away game.

Did Liam not remember this from August?

As for them being offside, I can't really comment as I stand at the other end of the ground (behind the Yellow Nazi line obviously!)

Am becoming more concerned for our fate next season with each game that passes.

[FleetFanatic]

"saying we have a conference south budget with conference south support"

 

He forgot to mention that we have a pub league standard manager.

 

Those comments in the programme sound like an admission of defeat.

 

Sort out the killjoy 'you're 0.0001 cms into the yellow box' stewards and a few more of the crowd would be there.

Sort out the Plough End and the atmosphere would be back - the crowds would improve again.

Get the entertainment factor in with the right results and the crowds would be there.

 

Or maybe the board are admitting to 'only being a little club' in readiness to sack Daish

and bring in a manager who likes to claim to 'only being a little club'.

 

Chris Kinnear - your borough needs you.

[Stu M]

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ian@thefleet said:
Grays bought more fans last night than all were present at Canvey last night.

Which simply proves that whatever scheme is trialled for new fans, the only sure and certain way of attractimg them is by winning games. Last night's Grays support outnumbered their entire home gates a few season's back. But consecutive FA Trophy finals and promotions, and hey presto, a thousand new supporters.