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Jon Palmer
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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So JP certain Duff is going to be apportioned whilst the club haven’t even stated they are looking to appoint anyone.
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I-Love-CTFC
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Get in! Boyle with the goal.
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Haha enjoying watching this.
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Alf
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I see two very poor teams. Some of our passing is atrocious.
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I-Love-CTFC
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1-1 van Veen penalty. Poor backpass from Boyle and Flinders brings down Hoskins to concede the penalty.
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Alf
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What a dreadful piece of defending by Boyle. Wtf did he not just clear the bloody ball. Points are hard enough to come by and we just gift a penalty!
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Shocking by Boyle but watching on iFollow, poor play by Maddox/Broom/Atangana gave the ball away and exposed Boyle in a way he had no need to be. Whole team needs to be better.
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I-Love-CTFC
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Penalty! Maddox brought down and Conor Thomas scores from the spot! 1-2
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Alf
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Agreed but Boyle had time to deal with it.
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Ihearye
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Alf wrote:Agreed but Boyle had time to deal with it.
Made a comment after last weeks game, that Boyle looks off the pace. Think a bit of competition for his pace would do him no harm
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I-Love-CTFC
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Mooney! 1-3
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Yeeeees!

Since Thomas has come on we have been more dynamic. He has been solid in there with Nige and it has been noticeable that Maddox and Broom have then been able to get forward more in good positions to beat men and overlap. Mooney and Barnett benefitting from that too.
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Horteng
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Fantastic score line.

Well done Russ and the team
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I-Love-CTFC
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Impressive performance from Maddox today, he's someone who can make things happen.
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itsallbollox
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Don't know what all the fuss is about.
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Shade
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Fair play, yet to see it myself but sounds like Maddox has been a big part of this win with an assist and winning the pen.
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Shade
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itsallbollox wrote:Don't know what all the fuss is about.
Exactly. A stuffing by a team in a cup nobody cares about and everyone forgets we were robbed last weekend.
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Artemis
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Five pts off both the playoffs and the relegation spots.

What's all the fuss about (until we next lose of course)
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Shade wrote:Fair play, yet to see it myself but sounds like Maddox has been a big part of this win with an assist and winning the pen.
Yes he proved me wrong. Great run for the penno and then was toying with Cobblers after that.
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Artemis
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With Alcock now on board, get Forster alongside Mullins in the middle, with Field or Hussey on the left.
Atangana holding, Thomas Maddox and Broom in front of him, and Mooney and Barnett up top.
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Robin
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Two very poor teams by the sounds of it but very relieved and glad to get the win.
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Benctfc
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Nice platform for Duff to build on.
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Shade
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Thing is if we're only 5 points off 7th after such a bad start of 7 games, then there's a lot of hope that we can climb much higher when the mess is sorted out. FGR, for eg, are unbeaten in 7 games and they're only 4 points ahead of us, and they've been fantastic if you listen to anybody that cares about them. Drew at home with Port Vale who are on the same points as us.
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Shade wrote:Thing is if we're only 5 points off 7th after such a bad start of 7 games, then there's a lot of hope that we can climb much higher when the mess is sorted out. FGR, for eg, are unbeaten in 7 games and they're only 4 points ahead of us, and they've been fantastic if you listen to anybody that cares about them. Drew at home with Port Vale who are on the same points as us.
Exactly. Table still meaningless to an extent after 7 games. It will settle down in a few games and then we can take stock of where we are.
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Alf
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Good recovery after the Boyle cock up. Last third of game we looked more confident and Maddox was excellent. If we can work like this for 90mins we will continue to pick up points. Well done to Russ and the lads.
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Si Robin
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Watched on iFollow, and thought we looked like a team of strangers in the first half, but defended well with Northampton creating nothing.

Second half, we were much, much better and Northampton never got going. Terrible mistake from Boyle, but it was the only defensive mistake all day, so it shows that defensively we have improved on last season. Agree with RCS that when Thomas came on, it freed Maddox and Broom and we suddenly looked very dangerous.

Also, massive shout out to Tyrone Barnett who was fantastic in the air today, and was clearly breathing out of his ass for the last 15 mins or so that he was on the pitch.

Good signs, but we're far from the finished article and Duffo will have a lot to work on to make this team into a solid unit.
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I-Love-CTFC
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There is a decent team there, it's just finding out our strongest team and a formation that suits them.
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paperboy
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....and a good day for the stick with Russ brigade.
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Horteng
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Benctfc wrote:Nice platform for Duff to build on.
Is he coming then?
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heedrobin
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News from my Cobblers mate:

"I don't think Cheltenham really did anything to get that win
Cobblers wrongdoing
All three goals were really bad defensive errors
That Maddox kid they have on loan from Chelsea though, he was quality
Atangana very solid
Centre backs had a good game actually
Forster at right back looked good too"
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I-Love-CTFC
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Horteng wrote:
Benctfc wrote:Nice platform for Duff to build on.
Is he coming then?
He wasn't in attendance today apparently.
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Robin
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I was told earlier he would not be at the game as there are some complications on the Burnley end in relation to compensation.
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Robin wrote:I was told earlier he would not be at the game as there are some complications on the Burnley end in relation to compensation.
Didn’t know Burnley could prevent him watching any football match he might want to attend.
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shevates
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I-Love-CTFC wrote:Impressive performance from Maddox today, he's someone who can make things happen.
Hes quality ran the show for us
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