Siitingbourene tonight

[michael]

Teanm tonight is :

 

SCS

 

Harte Young,Trott,Smith

 

Cloeman,Saunders,Mckimm Jackson

 

Pinnock Haworth

 

Looks quite a strong tem to me.

 

Winning 1-0 Haworth.

 

Others may be incontact with Cookie-as it is friendly, i thought i'd get score at h/t and 2nd half team changes plus f/t score as opposed to regular update.

 

Up the 'Gate

 

 

[michael]

somewhat spelling challenged tonight so thought i'd leave my errors there for all to see.

[Pagey]

ha ha I can tell its the excitement getting to you Michael

[Blues with Soul.]

MM - Can you update me on Coleman's cv ?

Many Thanks,BwS.

[michael]

Don't really know BwS.

 

Think i read he is a Gravesend youngster though.

 

I'll try and get h/t score just before 9 pm so i can post h/t team changes at same time

[michael]

I lied.

 

Post now afterall.

 

2-0 JJ.

 

All playing well.Should be 4/5 nil up.

 

Coleman playing well on right, albeit he's missed a couple of chances.

McKimm running midfield.

Young winning headers (pleases me).

Harte playing well

 

 

Poor pitch.

Sittingbourne very very poor-not sure what sort of team they have out, and remember they lost 3-0 to Ramsgate,although score flattered Ramsgate a bit apparently.

 

 

I won't post the h/t changes but on bench Cookie thinks are:

Barron,Bowles,Skinner,Akinde,Owen,Axon,Bagley

[Blues with Soul.]

MM - Thank you for the updates - Wonder what happened to Mark Watson ?

[Blues with Soul.]

MM - Give my regards to Cookie when you next speak to him - Tell

him I'm pleased he gets out a bit more these days !!

[michael]

It may only be a friendly, but its just great to be getting back to the football.

Its close to becoming the real thing again.

Feels it tonight somehow .

 

(not that the club should be lulled into thinking that all of a sudden people will come flooding back to watch ,interest rekindled, and the world will be rosy again )

 

Credit to RT though to somehow assembling what starts to look like a decent enough squad.(still think we need one more defender even if Young signs )

[Boney Crisp]

i think we are still short of a few players though. Mainly in defence, i think

[michael]

F/T 4-1

Haworth and Pinnock.(Haworths another majestic header )

 

All the subs on-all played ok.

 

Should have won 7-1.

 

Still good result in my book regardless.

 

Cookie said Harte was particularly impressive

 

30 or so Margate supporters there (hopefully we will get some match reports )

 

Thanks to Cookie for the info.

Safe journey's home.

 

Up the 'Gate

[MargateFan]

Rob the terminator is becoming a complete legend.

 

Well done to all the team, and RT too.

[Porka]

Looking forward to reading about the game from those that went. Info will be much appreciated.

[michael]

Interested in how Owen played myself as we need an extra centre midfield player imo,as Mckimm and standen will get injured/sent off a few times !!

[Porka]

Also interested in how Rob Owen played MM. He's got a good track record. Why did he take a year out of football last season?

 

Also agree that it would be nice to get another centre back in. Preferably someone in their mid to late 20s who knows the role well. Though those players are like gold dust and I'm sure RT is on the lookout. Dan Young looks a find though.

[michael]

But has Young actually signed?

 

As we saw with Suter-team photo's can be deceiving

[I am Spartacus]

Player performances

 

SCS - Nothing to do all night

 

Harte- A good solid performance with some good forward runs

 

Young - Solid

 

Trott - Back to his oldself

 

Smith - made plenty of forward runs and linked up well with JJ

 

Coleman - Cut the mustard for me tonight. Only fault was trying to hard.

 

Macca - Usual dependable performance.

 

Jay - Led as all captains should. Whether he plays at the back or midfield or striker should be first on the team sheet

 

JJ - He must of thought he had the freedom of Sittingbourne tonight.

 

Rob - Only disapointmentwas that he did not get his hat trick. 2 good headers.

 

Pinns - Customary goal.

 

By the time the wholesale changes happened the game was over so was difficult to judge thier performance.

 

Finally specail mention must go to Skinns the way in which he carried out the water bottles and bought them back was an example in brilliant water bottle management.

 

[Jeff Trice]

Best pre-season display so far and I don't think it's a coincidence that Jay was in midfield for it - I know he can do a job at centre back but think he's critical to the midfield, probably the best midfielder in the league. Rob Haworth's easily been the most impressive of the strikers vying to play up front with Pinns - done well every time he's played and looks a lot fitter than last season when he'd missed a lot of football before joining us.

[michael]

Very good point re: Jay in midfield.

 

Always think we nee 2/3 more players:

 

Young, another central defender and pssibly an extra midfield player.(Owen ?).

 

Secure those and top 5 could well be on

 

Sounds like Coleman would be an asset aswell.

 

Maybe a 3 month loan for a couple of players until all the 'cup runs' are over so not to much of a commitment.

 

Can we afford them though ,and can RT then secure them ?

 

How did Owen,and Akinde play and did any of the second half subs stand out ?

 

 

[Jeff Trice]

It was one of those games that petered out once the substitutions started flowing and I didn't think any of the subs stood out though Matt Bowles looks like a decent back-up for SCS.