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Jon Palmer
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Team news, live updates and reaction all here this afternoon:
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/s ... ve-8774000
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Yes! 4-3-3

Southwood;
Long, Bevan, Freestone, Ferry;
Bonds, Sercombe, Hammond;
Malcolm, Street, Keena

Bench really highlights our injury crisis: Harris, Willcox, Chapman, J Williams, B Williams, Davies, Peupion
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Alf
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I’ve a positive feeling about todays game.
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Oh dear.
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Haitch
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This is going to get very toxic very quickly the way things are going/being played
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Shade
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Well, since the goal we have probably been the better team. Two prolonged spells from us, one for them in between. Bonds has been excellent. Freestone been listening to too much Miley Cyrus.

Malcolm's shot off the underside of the bar, and the ball falling to an opposition defender every time it is loose in and around the area, is just typical of the way our luck has been going. Keena trying but some of his passing when dropping back into midfield has been...poor. He really needs a bit of luck to fall his way. Think we will see the best of him again then.
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Shade
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Haitch wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 14:24 This is going to get very toxic very quickly the way things are going/being played
And luckily, the crowd seem right behind the lads.
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asl
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Fair play, we have looked fookin' sh1te for most of the first half - and yet, somehow, we have also looked the most likely to get the second goal of the match.

Keena is playing as a striker and yet he's been giving the ball away near our own area when we are in possession. Surely to goodness, when we're in possession, he should be looking to moving towards the target goal?????
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Sounds like Barnsley all over again.
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Garby74
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I hope your enjoying the football chaps.
This is why wade was sacked.
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Garby74 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 15:24 I hope your enjoying the football chaps.
This is why wade was sacked.
We know this is why he was sacked. Your point?
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Alf
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For goodness sake get Steve Cotterill back, take the players running up Cleeve Hill and at least get the fitness levels somewhere near the opposition!. After that we could possibly do something about the non existent set pieces!
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Garby74
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My point I got flack for supporting Wades sacking!
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Ihearye
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Garby74 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 15:51 My point I got flack for supporting Wades sacking!
Is your school on special measures?
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Ihearye
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Anyway on an upbeat note, was listening to two guys at half time, agreeing they were much better as they used to be rubbish. Turns out they were talking about the chips
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Ben3
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I hope you are enjoying the football chaps. This is what happens when you sack WE

(You see, Garby, this works both ways. Not our first rodeo)
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Garby74
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Lol Ben 10
Your always right
That's what I like about you.

Out of intrest did you watch the game?
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Horteng
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Wades choice of beverage will taste extra sweet no doubt
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Garby74 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 15:51 My point I got flack for supporting Wades sacking!
No you got flack for saying everyone supported the sacking and criticism when they didn’t.
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cliffy90
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The recruitment has been diabolical. Hammond is nowhere near ready for L1 football, Bevan did well in the first half. Rob Street is up there as one of the worst strikers we've had in the EFL.
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Horteng
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cliffy90 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:30 The recruitment has been diabolical. Hammond is nowhere near ready for L1 football, Bevan did well in the first half. Rob Street is up there as one of the worst strikers we've had in the EFL.
Thats because our DOF has no note book and no contacts at present as the chairman admitted in the media yesterday.
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CTFCfan99
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Unfortunately while a change of manager was inevitable, nothing will change while everything else stays the same. Its a shambles top to bottom.
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Robin
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Ben3 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:05 I hope you are enjoying the football chaps. This is what happens when you sack WE

(You see, Garby, this works both ways. Not our first rodeo)
That was arguably the best we've played this season Bonds, Freestone, Sercombe all really good. Bevan and Long had decent games too at least until the second goal. Our inability to hold the ball in the final third has been their since the Shrewsbury game.
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CTFCfan99 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:37 Unfortunately while a change of manager was inevitable, nothing will change while everything else stays the same. Its a shambles top to bottom.

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Haitch
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If things couldn’t have got any worse, our stewards are as useless as the bloody players, two Stevenage kids managed to run the lenght of the pitch, knee slide in the 16 yard box and then the stewards slowly walked over and gave them a pat on the back and sent them on their way with little sign of punishment, if that was anyone from CF or PRE they’d have been rugby tackled and banned.

Beside that, same old performance today, how Ellis chapman isn’t on the ballon d’or shortlist I have no clue.
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Haitch
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Nesty wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:42
CTFCfan99 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:37 Unfortunately while a change of manager was inevitable, nothing will change while everything else stays the same. Its a shambles top to bottom.

Can we have that a little bigger please, I’m struggling to see it
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Garby74
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Silence is defening Ben 10.....

I got flack for questioning the Wade love in.

Cheltenham are broken from top to bottom.

A couple of players were good today. But we lost to.a pretty average team 3 nil.

I thought the supporters were very good today. Even when 3 down cheering our boys on.
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Ihearye
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Robin wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:40
Ben3 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:05 I hope you are enjoying the football chaps. This is what happens when you sack WE

(You see, Garby, this works both ways. Not our first rodeo)
That was arguably the best we've played this season Bonds, Freestone, Sercombe all really good. Bevan and Long had decent games too at least until the second goal. Our inability to hold the ball in the final third has been their since the Shrewsbury game.
I would argue that was not as good as we played against Barnsley, as Stevenage were a much poorer team than Barnsley. The consistency is there in so far as we can't compete for more than one half. Is that because the opposition managers have us sussed by half time and gets a new tune out of his team? Feck knows.
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shevates
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The man bought to replace Alfie May plays in midfield says it all
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Ihearye
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Garby74 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:50 Silence is defening Ben 10.....

I got flack for questioning the Wade love in.

Cheltenham are broken from top to bottom.

A couple of players were good today. But we lost to.a pretty average team 3 nil.

I thought the supporters were very good today. Even when 3 down cheering our boys on.
Not sure what you don't comprehend, or maybe you just lack the ability to not speak anything but spew nonsense, First you tell us NOBODY on here wanted Wade to stay, then you say (eventually), you got that wrong, and now you are saying that in fact there was a Wade love in, the opposite to WE ALL want him out.

As for the support, first half noisy as the usual mob were full of bravado because the manager had gone as they wanted. Second half more of less silent and the usual walking out when we went 2 down. At 3 down there was not a sound from them.
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paperboy
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shevates wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:56 The man bought to replace Alfie May plays in midfield says it all
In fairness the further he is away from either penalty area is probably for the best.
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Ihearye
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shevates wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:56 The man bought to replace Alfie May plays in midfield says it all
I was waiting for the Bloxham zip, around the16 mins mark when Kenna got the ball near the half way , in acres of space, only to pass it straight back to the defence, without even looking at the options.
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paperboy
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Let's take the positives.

No sendings off ,no own goals and no injuries- although Freestone did his best there.
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Nesty
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shevates wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:56 The man bought to replace Alfie May plays in midfield says it all

I know Shevates - its a joke - we have a plethera of midfielders and seemingly only 3 fit "strikers" and play one of those three in midfield.

SACK THE MANAGER - whats that ? we have already?
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Ben3
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Ihearye wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:59
Garby74 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:50 Silence is defening Ben 10.....

I got flack for questioning the Wade love in.

Cheltenham are broken from top to bottom.

A couple of players were good today. But we lost to.a pretty average team 3 nil.

I thought the supporters were very good today. Even when 3 down cheering our boys on.
Not sure what you don't comprehend, or maybe you just lack the ability to not speak anything but spew nonsense, First you tell us NOBODY on here wanted Wade to stay, then you say (eventually), you got that wrong, and now you are saying that in fact there was a Wade love in, the opposite to WE ALL want him out.
I wonder whether garby is a creation do the admin in an attempt to force those of who normally don’t agree into an unholy alliance against his nonsense.

I wasn’t there today. I don’t need to have been to give the nuanced response I did earlier in the week.
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