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Quoted from oldun

Well, even the pitch played badly today. What have they done too it? Players slipping about all over the place, Anyway as for the game, I won't use the word football because it was nearly non existent. We might not like the tactics but Boreham deserved their point that their defensive display warranted, including 2 or 3 excellent saves by the keeper. We started poorly and hardly improved at any time in the game. Nothing changed. We moved the ball too slowly, launched balls into the box which were easy meat for their defenders. Hardly ever ran at them. I am not blaming individual players as no-one covered themselves in glory. Surely Horwood is a stop gap cannot see how he improves the team. Shocking going forward. Did have one good shot and seemed to injury himself and should have been subbed at that time. I too failed to see how taking Arnold off and putting on a left sided wing back would lead to a winning goal. As for Nolan MOM that says how poor we were generally. Yes he does drive forward and looks to get us on the front foot, but defensively is not strong enough. So we are clearly in something of a slump and we have to lift ourselves to secure a playoff place which is not guaranteed yet.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Could not agree more TBH, Nolan was the best of a bad lot he may go forward with the ball but Clay does more work in 15 mins than Nolan appears to do in 90..

I assume Danny East must be injured again as I am amazed that PH thinks Horwood if a better bet than East.  

We looked like a team of strangers at times yesterday.

Quoted from 2972[b

]Well, even the pitch played badly today. What have they done too it?[/b] Players slipping about all over the place, Anyway as for the game, I won't use the word football because it was nearly non existent. We might not like the tactics but Boreham deserved their point that their defensive display warranted, including 2 or 3 excellent saves by the keeper. We started poorly and hardly improved at any time in the game. Nothing changed. We moved the ball too slowly, launched balls into the box which were easy meat for their defenders. Hardly ever ran at them. I am not blaming individual players as no-one covered themselves in glory. Surely Horwood is a stop gap cannot see how he improves the team. Shocking going forward. Did have one good shot and seemed to injury himself and should have been subbed at that time. I too failed to see how taking Arnold off and putting on a left sided wing back would lead to a winning goal. As for Nolan MOM that says how poor we were generally. Yes he does drive forward and looks to get us on the front foot, but defensively is not strong enough. So we are clearly in something of a slump and we have to lift ourselves to secure a playoff place which is not guaranteed yet.

Quoted from ginnywings

Running around a lot doesn't make you a good player.

Think it's also worth giving them a bit of credit. Their defence was very well organised.

Quoted from ginnywings

Running around a lot doesn't make you a good player.

Think it's also worth giving them a bit of credit. Their defence was very well organised.

Quoted from rancido

I understand the pitch was vey soft and in an attempt to firm it up the groundsman ordered a lot of sand and spread it around the playing surface. Allegedly a certain director reprimanded the groundsman for spending money on the sand without his consent !! It would seem that some people are experts on everything, including ground maintenance, and know more than a professional employed to do such a job.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Just got in after 3 hours in the car and I still can't believe how bad we where. Conditions where poor but they often are at BP so no surprises there. Also no surprises that we could not break down a team playing 4 - 1 - 4 -1 (well done Borehamwood for doing their home work) no surprises that we did not change the shape.

No surprises that it was not going well before half time and still no changes till 60 odd minutes. No surprises that we drop Bogle who caused them lets of problems earlier in the year at their place, no surprises that both central mid field players never took control of the game but stayed on.

No surprises that JP played so far away from his strike partner that their link play was non existent unlike when Podge & Omar play together. No surprises that the manager broke up a strike partnership that has yielded 36 goals in the league this year, no offence to JP though as I think he's a good guy.

No surprises that on this day last year we had a disappointing result losing to Brizzle and staying 3rd in the table the same place as we are now.

Take a breath.........

No surprises the opposition played the ref and we came away with the skipper suspended for the next 2 games.

No surprises that the gate was just short of 4,000 a crowd that most league 2 sides would call a "good gate" ...................... Support like that surely deserves better from the manager & players.

No surprises that the crowd was a mixture of all ages, ladies, gents, boys & girls, young & old. Many of whom have spent "hard earned" on their tickets, programmes, shirts, hats, scarves, refreshments and mascot packages.

No surprises that the manager came on Humberside and blames the conditions & pitch, gave credit to the opposition and never really acknowledged that we lacked ambition and the ability (or direction) to beat a team of part timers.

All being well this is a "bad day at the office" and hopefully not the sign of a group that had given up on the title weeks ago and are allowing any momentum in to the play offs ebb away.

So things are one again becoming predictable................. A cycle we need to break if and when we get into the play off's as another season in this league will test the loyalty of many and may finish it for some.  



      

Quoted from golfer

What we ought to be doing is trying to sign their left winger. He would be brilliant in a side that gave him some support. Fastest player Ive seen all season.