Great win puts us in the play offs with 2 games in hand. We need to win these however starting on Tuesday night against a tricky Southend.
Let's cement out place in the play offs, and look up to catching Charlton. It's in our hands just as McCann wanted it so let's keep the momentum going 👍🔴⚪🔴
Thanks to all of you; your three perspectives add a great deal of depth to what was conveyed by the commentary. Peter Catt was the summariser and although I would never doubt his commitment to the cause he can sound extremely depressed when things go wrong as they looked as though they would for the eternity that it seemed to take before we scored.
Despite all the missed chances before and after then, the match illustrated what distinguishes McCann’s team from some of its predecessors. They do not bemoan their luck when the opposition thwart them with great blocks, saves and their own lack of ability to finish off relatively straightforward chances to score.
Wilks certainly appears to be easily provoked, but he is marked out as a target to antagonise by the opposition and we surely remember what we were like at his age; even now 50 or 60 years on some things antagonise me. I saw his first game for us against Southend when he was embarrassingly arrogant and he has come a long way since then; the very style of his play puts him in very close contact with his marker which heightens the potential tension.
Coming through this one may well create an extra edge of confidence and reduce the anxiety which can often lead to a chance missed.
Just to add to the above, when their player was injured he did roll off the pitch and I was surprised when he didn’t roll back on to it, as they usually do.
As the ball was knocked up to the halfway line I looked at the ref to see what he would do.
He had a look at the player then looked away as if he wasn’t concerned.
When the keeper threw the ball into touch, apparently Marquis asked the ref if it was ok to continue the game.
The ref said yes, JM had by now given the ball to Kane and we know what happened next.
My thoughts are that the keeper was trying to buy some time in order to get their player, or a sub, onto the pitch as at that time they only had nine players on the pitch.
He had probably been instructed to put the ball out of play.
Thanks for the fantastic in depth reports lads.
We will be there Sunday.
I shall not be having a ho at Marquis and thank goodness he is still with us it would be impossible to replace his work rate and his goal/game ratio is almost as good as ??
Thanks for some great analyses by Art and others of the "contentious" incidents; Posh were some of the most unprofessional players I've watched in some time, and although there are some good players there, Fergie (whom I like) has some work to do. I've watched the highlights and there was no head butt, but it is easy to see why it could be taken as such from the sidelines.
Their keeper just made a dreadful mistake, and I think Hound is absolutely right about why he did it.
With Luton looking to have almost locked in an auto promotion slot, and Sunderland having the best chance (if they win the games in hand) to catch the Dingles or Luton, it looks improbable we can. However with 16 games tp go, much can happen. If we can get 7 or 9 points from the rest of February we will be looking good for at least a play-off spot.
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posted on 10/2/19
Great win puts us in the play offs with 2 games in hand. We need to win these however starting on Tuesday night against a tricky Southend.
Let's cement out place in the play offs, and look up to catching Charlton. It's in our hands just as McCann wanted it so let's keep the momentum going 👍🔴⚪🔴
posted on 10/2/19
Thanks to all of you; your three perspectives add a great deal of depth to what was conveyed by the commentary. Peter Catt was the summariser and although I would never doubt his commitment to the cause he can sound extremely depressed when things go wrong as they looked as though they would for the eternity that it seemed to take before we scored.
Despite all the missed chances before and after then, the match illustrated what distinguishes McCann’s team from some of its predecessors. They do not bemoan their luck when the opposition thwart them with great blocks, saves and their own lack of ability to finish off relatively straightforward chances to score.
Wilks certainly appears to be easily provoked, but he is marked out as a target to antagonise by the opposition and we surely remember what we were like at his age; even now 50 or 60 years on some things antagonise me. I saw his first game for us against Southend when he was embarrassingly arrogant and he has come a long way since then; the very style of his play puts him in very close contact with his marker which heightens the potential tension.
Coming through this one may well create an extra edge of confidence and reduce the anxiety which can often lead to a chance missed.
posted on 10/2/19
Just to add to the above, when their player was injured he did roll off the pitch and I was surprised when he didn’t roll back on to it, as they usually do.
As the ball was knocked up to the halfway line I looked at the ref to see what he would do.
He had a look at the player then looked away as if he wasn’t concerned.
When the keeper threw the ball into touch, apparently Marquis asked the ref if it was ok to continue the game.
The ref said yes, JM had by now given the ball to Kane and we know what happened next.
My thoughts are that the keeper was trying to buy some time in order to get their player, or a sub, onto the pitch as at that time they only had nine players on the pitch.
He had probably been instructed to put the ball out of play.
posted on 10/2/19
Thanks for the fantastic in depth reports lads.
We will be there Sunday.
I shall not be having a ho at Marquis and thank goodness he is still with us it would be impossible to replace his work rate and his goal/game ratio is almost as good as ??
posted on 11/2/19
Thanks for some great analyses by Art and others of the "contentious" incidents; Posh were some of the most unprofessional players I've watched in some time, and although there are some good players there, Fergie (whom I like) has some work to do. I've watched the highlights and there was no head butt, but it is easy to see why it could be taken as such from the sidelines.
Their keeper just made a dreadful mistake, and I think Hound is absolutely right about why he did it.
With Luton looking to have almost locked in an auto promotion slot, and Sunderland having the best chance (if they win the games in hand) to catch the Dingles or Luton, it looks improbable we can. However with 16 games tp go, much can happen. If we can get 7 or 9 points from the rest of February we will be looking good for at least a play-off spot.
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