This afternoon.

[Hempstead Gaz]

Not only hoping for a bumper crowd this after afternoon, but according to the Beeb, LD has virtually a full strength side from which to choose.

Having banged on about the benefit of 4-4-2 (which has worked), lets hope we go for it today by going 4-3-3 or 3-4-3 if after a hour we aren't breaking them down.

Start off with

Cronin

Hawkins MacCarthy J Smith Opinel

Long Quinn DeBolla Keeling

MacDonald Sodje

 

changing to:

 

Cronin

Hawkins MaCarthy Opinel

Ledgister Long DeBolla Keeling

Sodje Eribenne MacDonald

 

if we need to urgently get a goal in the last 20 minutes.

 

 

[EUFC superb]

Why not start with Ledgister, who had a good game against Altrincham (from what I heard on the radio anyway), and then use the pace and trickery of Keeling when the game opens up?

[American FLEET FAN No1]

Not sounding good.....1-0 down after 8 mins

[American FLEET FAN No1]

Now 2-0

[Jimmy]

Was never going to be easy against a team who are fighting to stay up.

They are like we were in our first couple of seasons.

[American FLEET FAN No1]

Maybe not, but sounds like the Fleet have failed to turn up!

[American FLEET FAN No1]

Even Chas seemed bewildered by Liams starting tactics! A game we needed to win, and he had a defensive line up.

[Hempstead Gaz]

Finally got the line-up that I advocated :- ATTACKING!!!!!!

[Hempstead Gaz]

Opinel off.

Penalty.

0-3.

Season over now!!

[American FLEET FAN No1]

As Chas said: "How many of the extra 25% of fans, will come back Thursday, even though it is free?"

[American FLEET FAN No1]

4-0........Goodnight, and good luck!

[Hempstead Gaz]

0-4 and most of the crowd gone.

Another abject result.

Sounds familiar.

Even Chas said it was rubbish.

[Jimmy]

It won't go down to well with the assembled - when a performance is needed it doesn't happen.

 

The attendances for the next home games will be interesting - even if it is free for some against Northwich how many are going to turn up?

[American FLEET FAN No1]

However hard a team at the bottom are fighting for survival, they shouldn't be 4 goals better than a team at the top fighting for a play off place!

[Bloodnock]

they obviously wanted it more than us, how many times do we as a club fall at the last hurdle?

As a Fleet supporter of over 40 odd years you'd think i'd be used to it but it's bloody hard to take,I suppose Southport deserve it ,if they fought for it and were more commited, obviously I didn't see the game so not right for me to comment.

[Slartibartfast]

Originally Posted By: Bloodnock

how many times do we as a club fall at the last hurdle?

Very few, we are normally flat on our face at the first.

[Bill Kent]

I was there with many others and extremely disapointed at losing and especially to that amount of goals.

 

A really good gate for us. The gate potential is out there as proved today. It will now take a whole new season to recover that kind of attendance, and only if they play fairly good consistant football. So no more of how can raise attendance figures

 

Liams doing his level best and must be tearing his hair out, but appears to let down by certain players.

 

Slasher Opinel, Peter Hawkins and Ross Smith were the only ones out there who was prepared to have a go. Shot stopper was at sixes and sevens, hesitant. He seems to have lost his confidence.

 

Now we are of playoff contention, I would like to have another look at Motty.

 

I really felt sorry for Peter Hawkins, he was having to look over his shoulder on numerous occasions to see where our goalkeeper was. I think they exchanged words at one point.

 

Best player on the park in my opinion got sent off. At least he went off to the applause of the mid section of fans Stonebridge side of the ground. I do hope he stays with us for next season.

 

No appeasers please. We were rubbish.

[The Doctor]

Good to see Sacha passion out there, when he got booked for dissent(when stacy clearly won the ball) I thought he was going to hit the ref or do something, it only took a fleet player stopping him, thought he was going to see a straight red.

[Stu M]

Originally Posted By: The Doctor

I thought he was going to hit the ref or do something, it only took a fleet player stopping him, thought he was going to see a straight red.

And that's why he walked, not because of the fairly innocuous challenge in the box, but because the ref wanted him sent off after he blew his top. The ref was a prat - I'm not blaming him for losing by any stretch - but he was worse than rubbish, he was a disgrace.

[Santa]

As an inept a performance as I have seen all season at home today and I can appreciate the fat lady is warming up but I dont quite hear her singing just yet.

 

Exeter have Stevenage(A) and Southport (H)

York have Southport (A) and Oxford (H)

 

I can see one of those 2 drawing or losing next Saturday so if we can win Thursday and again Saturday then it will be down to results on the final Saturday. Or cant I do sums any more.....