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Alf

We still have a chance, ok it’s a slim one but what a triumph it would be if we did the impossible and picked up enough points to stay up. Unlikely but we have a couple of days to learn that the best way to score goals is not to hit the ball into the keepers arms but to hit the ball out of his reach...

Alf

Another goal given away. We had something like seven defenders standing there watching their player hit the ball in the net, not one of them went to block the shot. Such poor defending.

Alf

Terrific second half performance. Playing like we meant it!
Just like we were playing a few games ago. We have given ourselves a chance that didn’t look likely last week. Well done Darrell and the lads!

Alf

Darrell Clarke is a good manager with a good track record. You could take the best manager in the World and put them in charge of our lot and they would struggle to get a win. We have too many players who are just not League One quality. A Manager can only do so much, they’re not miracle workers.

Alf

Bye bye League One. It’s been nice knowing you!

Alf

Alf wrote: ↑13 Apr 2024, 14:51 We’re just clueless. It’s not as if we’re playing one of the best sides in the league. We’re just not good enough.
Really good chance for Lloyd right at the end of the first half but where does it go, straight into the keepers gloves.

Alf

We’re just clueless. It’s not as if we’re playing one of the best sides in the league. We’re just not good enough.

Alf

Another weak attempt at a long throw costs us a goal. Better off taking a normal throw and keeping possession.

Alf

Now the dust has settled...... The crowd wanted more than the players. (Taken from another tread on here) Not for the first time. When you sell all your strikers for peanuts...don't be surprised if you can't score. We have played most of the season with no Strikers. Very sad. Very true, that’s why ...

Alf

Pathetic. Absolutely no goal threat what so ever. No surprise after selling the goal scorers. Accept relegation and rebuild a competitive squad again after a mass clearout in May Yes. Not only do we not have a consistent goal scorer(s) but the passes into the box are just ‘hit and hope’ rather than...

Alf

Wow, that is some change to the starting line up. Davies and Bradbury as a 2 at the back?! Ferry, Lloyd and Keena on the bench... Nuttall starts alone up top, and Thomas and Harrop get their first starts as well. What a time to get it... Let's pray this doesn't backfire bigtime. Just a comment on t...

Alf

I’m afraid we have several players who just aren’t good enough.
We also need a hell of a lot of shooting practice!

Alf

We just don’t have anyone who can put away the few chances that we make. We should have scored early on, bloody good chance but not taken……..and there’s yet another decent chance not taken! Is there nobody in the Cheltenham League that can stick the ball in the net on a regular basis that we can bor...

Alf

CTFCfan99 wrote: ↑06 Apr 2024, 14:41 Same half time subs as Monday please. Thomas needs to be playing

Totally agree. It’s no good bringing the lad on when it’s too late for him to be effective.

Alf

You’ve been Premiership Brainwashed.
Just because Thomas didn’t squeal like a stuck pig and roll around on the floor clutching his leg with one hand an batting the floor with the other, doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a bad tackle.

Alf

The ref didn't cost us that game. I thought the pen was harsh - but the one he booked Thomas for diving...not sure he wasn't right, tbh. Thomas barely complained, and that was telling. Also, he didn't send off Nuttall for a pretty horrendous late challenge. What cost us was the fact that we had to ...

Alf

Disgraceful Refereeing. You can bet your life that if it was Bolton or Derby at home in front of a big crowd that penalty would have been given. It’s happening far too often. It’s almost like they’re being told which teams the League want to see relegated!

Alf

That’s better! Well done Darrell. Useful half time changes.

Alf

Exeter’s fitness levels looks way ahead of ours.

Alf

How is it that every time one of their player’s hits the deck they get a free kick but when our players get fouled and go down we get nothing. Is it because they roll about and squeal and we don’t.

Alf

It’s worrying that we don’t seem to have anyone capable of sticking the ball in the net.
After saying that we’re hardly creating s### loads of chances!

Alf

Dreadful defending for Oxford’s goal.

Alf

We made one or two half decent chances but couldn’t put them away. Quality up front is the main difference between teams at the top and bottom of leagues as we found out with Alfie May last season. We haven’t been able to replace him and are paying for it. Ok, I know it’s ‘old hat’ but it’s true, Ma...

Alf

Wonderful piece of football from Thomas. Just what we needed. Well done……………..then we go and throw it all away again!

Alf

Pathetic shot from Bonds. We have to put chances like that away.

Alf

What a shocking defensive display for their first goal.

Alf

We need more quality up front. We just lob the ball hopefully into the box rather than playing it
specifically and win very few headers.
It’s all a bit ‘hit and hope’.
Round the front of the box we take the option of passing out to the wing rather than creating a shooting opportunity.

Alf

We’ve had a decent amount of the ball but really lack a bit of quality when it comes to playing the ball into the box. Same problem with our set pieces.
Another dreadful reffing decision with Lloyds penalty decision.

Alf

Ihearye wrote: ↑28 Feb 2024, 10:38 We have become to expect better performances than we saw last night, I guess they are victims of their own success

Agreed!

Alf

Let’s be realistic. We’ve had a very good run recently but we’re not going to win every game or even pick up a point! I think last night’s game may well be a lesson for any players who think we’ve ‘arrived’ and just have to turn up to win games in League One. Couple that with referees who feel that ...

Alf

That’s the sort of game that, pre DC, we would have taken the lead, lost the lead and gone on to lose the game. It wasn’t a classic performance from either side but we battled away and held on to a valuable point. Neither keeper had a lot to do which sums up the performance from both sides. We are u...

Alf

One of our best performances. To go behind twice and having the confidence to fight back and win is just excellent. We have a top man in charge now. Well done Darrell and the lads.

Alf

Great result lads. Could be the turning point for us.

Alf

We’ve reached the part of the game now where Cambridge players are dropping to the floor every time someone breathes on them, and the Ref buys into it!

Alf

At last, someone who can score goals, wonderful!

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