Barrow Match Thread

Crocrombe
Efete
Waterfall
Smith
Cropper
Holohan
Green
Morris
Clifton
Khan
Taylor

Subs Maher, Hunt, Khouri,Wearne, Simmonds, Richardson, Pepple

Surprised at that, hope Glennon isn't too serious.
Utm

Kiernan injured then? That team looks like we are going to try and out-Wild Wild

No Glennon, Kiernan or JMD then.

No idea what the system is. 4-3-3 / 4-5-1 with Cropper at LB and Clifton LW?

Or perhaps 3 at the back with Efete at CB with Cropper and Clifton as wing backs?

Trying to work out who’s missing from the squad….?
Orsi? Hunt. JMD. Kiernan.
Amos unwell. Presume Glennon is too. Anyone else left out? Pearson….

I assume it'll be 4231 as normal, clifton out wide

LOOKS LIKE LONG THROW-INS ARE BACK ON THE MENU BOYS

I think Hurst did say he’d rotate it.

I think it's our usual formation looking at that. I'm a little disappointed Richardson hasn't started after the effect he had at the end of the Bradford game

Taylor would need a leg amputated to get dropped, I see what he does but for me away when we break we need some pace.
Orsi must be getting well drunk off

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

I think it's our usual formation looking at that. I'm a little disappointed Richardson hasn't started after the effect he had at the end of the Bradford game

Will be brought on to run at their tiring defence after we've kept the ball for 75 mins...

Quoted from chaos33

Trying to work out who’s missing from the squad….?
Orsi? Hunt. JMD. Kiernan.
Amos unwell. Presume Glennon is too. Anyone else left out? Pearson….

Hunt on the bench.

Quoted from monkeyboy

Taylor would need a leg amputated to get dropped, I see what he does but for me away when we break we need some pace.
Orsi must be getting well drunk off

Yeah that away form when we’ve won 6 of the last 7 ffs

Quoted from monkeyboy

Taylor would need a leg amputated to get dropped, I see what he does but for me away when we break we need some pace.
Orsi must be getting well drunk off

If you see what he does, then you wouldn't suggest dropping him!

Quoted from TheRealJohnLewis

If you see what he does, then you wouldn't suggest dropping him!

Bit we play on the break a lot, Taylor can be a pain but he doesn’t hold the ball up well enough for me and is slow than a sloth.
Just saying orsi has pace

Quoted from monkeyboy

and is slow than a sloth.

Don’t sound all that quick yourself pal

Can't we just trust that PH knows more than we do?

He's not doing too bad so far.

Quoted from monkeyboy

Taylor would need a leg amputated to get dropped, I see what he does but for me away when we break we need some pace.
Orsi must be getting well drunk off

We got promoted last season and are doing very well this season with Taylor playing practically every game, surely that tells you something???

Time to move on from this Taylor bashing
He Key at the moment and was superb Sat
Come on Town!!

Can understand Taylor getting the nod when the formation we play works well away from home. Richardson did well against Bradford so hopefully can come on later in the game where they really don't want to deal with a young player running at them. Physicality is less of an issue when there are tired legs.

LIVVVVOOOO

Looks a tad windy. Wouldn’t fancy trying to deal with those Cropper bombs tonight if I were a Barrow defender.

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

I think it's our usual formation looking at that. I'm a little disappointed Richardson hasn't started after the effect he had at the end of the Bradford game

Ricardson looked classy for the 15 mins he was on.
Hopefully, he'll get 30 mins tonight. Depends on what the score is on the hour one guesses.

Their left winger ate his weetabix and veg as a young lad he's a gaint. Half expect he's got a bean stalk in his garden

We're definitely missing someone with a left foot on the left side - quite a few weak footed shanks over that side already!

“Loose” is how I’d describe our opening 8 minutes.

Langstaff scores for Notts again - what a signing he's been

Quoted from monkeyboy

Taylor would need a leg amputated to get dropped, I see what he does but for me away when we break we need some pace.
Orsi must be getting well drunk off

Yeah, I mean he just doesn’t work his socks off, hold it up or anything, and he hasn’t scored a goal for weeks….

Oh wait….

Div

Quoted from Poojah

“Loose” is how I’d describe our opening 8 minutes.

Theres that usual gap between the front 3 and the midfield again as if we're not sure what we're doing with half the teams sat deep and the other is pressing

What a save by Crocrombe

Quoted from buckstown

Langstaff scores for Notts again - what a signing he's been

17 for the season already and they haven’t even played Scunny yet.

Thought that was going in, brilliant save!

Scunny 0-1 Gateshead

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Theres that usual gap between the front 3 and the midfield again as if we're not sure what we're doing with half the teams sat deep and the other is pressing

“The usual”? FFS.
And we don’t have a ‘front 3’.

Clifton took an age there to not release two Town players on the right. Getting a foothold on the game now though

Efete doing well so far

Quoted from chaos33

“The usual”? FFS.
And we don’t have a ‘front 3’.

Yes usual (take the rose tinted glasses off we aren't perfect). We often start our games like this with a weird half press half deep before we settle normally its the back 4 and defensive midfielders pushing up to match our front 3s press (those 3 players Hurst allowed in the oppositions box outside of setpieces). Oh and look at that after about 15 minutes we've settled and the whole team is pressing as one now and gaps disapeared.

We've just won a corner, taken it quickly and then passed it back into defence before losing the ball. Awful decision making - get it in the box!

We just don’t have a ‘usual’ gap between ‘midfield and front 3’. That’s just patently, word for word, negative b0llocks.

Christ. Our goal living a charmed life there.

We'll call that a dodgy 20 seconds

Quoted from immariner

We'll call that a dodgy 20 seconds

More like a dodgy 20 minutes, we're all over the place tonight

Did Barrow spend the preseason at the Naymar school for football?

All these meathead players they have fall over at the slightest touch....

So many needless free kicks. We'll pay for one soon

Quoted from immariner

We'll call that a dodgy 20 seconds

It’s been a dodgy 25 minutes really. Barrow are on a bad run; keeping them out until half-time and then composing ourselves really is a must.

Poor start by Town looking very lethargic. Barrow unlucky not to score there and they've just missed another chance. Come on Town, wake up!

Quoted from Chrisblor

More like a dodgy 20 minutes, we're all over the place tonight

Don't say that Chaos will call you negative for pointing out something non pro hurst

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Don't say that Chaos will call you negative for pointing out something non pro hurst

For purposes of balance Crocombe has (as usual) been excellent. Waterfall's been pretty solid too.

Efete scares me at left back, showing he's clearly 1 footed.
Not sure what's worse the commentary or the start we've made haha. Keep the faith

Manny's scored against Wrexham again lmao

Ref's not taking any of their bullshit tonight, refreshing to see

Well done Ref finally calling Barrow out for the diving

Good on the ref for booking him. It's getting pathetic and he looks done with their whinging too.

Silly yellow card for their left back there. We need to channel it down the right more; they seem aware of Efete’s right footedness on our left.

Listening on the radio, natives sound restless.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Listening on the radio, natives sound restless.

Ref has been getting in their case for all the whining so team and fans are now throwing a hissy fit.

Ref's lost the plot, he got the ball

That's crap from Holohan to lose the ball there with an easy pass on. Leads to a penalty for them. Ace

Why were we not marking the man on the edge of the box from the start instead we've invited that penalty decision with the tackle from behind

crocombe is god

YES MAX!!!

Never a pen, ref lost it. Brilliant save by Max.

super max

Yes Maxi !!!!

Worst penalty decision ever

Never a pen! Great save by Crowcombe! Justice done

Get in SUPER MAX!

Great save! Don't think it was a pen. We need to get to HT.

Right, got away with that. Let’s make it a turning point.

Don't think it was a pen but was risky. Well saved Max. Now wake the intercourse up Town!

What a throw that is!

Poor corners from us tonight.

What a waste of a corner, went flying behind.

Justice delivered. No way was a penno, he got the ball and the player was a foot away but dived anyway.

I’d forgotten how big Cropper’s throw is. It’s fúcking massive.

Credit to Barrow, when we've got the ball they've got men behind the ball. For me our system isn't working, I personally would go 352 second half.

Can anyone post the penalty save ?

This has got smash and grab written all over it.

Barrow are a horrible side. Gobbing off and diving all over the place. Little Pete Wild should be ashamed of himself.

Dreadful first half everywhere apart from defensively. Need a good rollicking from Mr Hurst at half time!

Well, not a great half from Town that, but we got away with it. Shooting towards our own fans second-half while they shoot towards some kind of 1970s trading estate office building for inspiration.

As disappointing as that was, the game is there for the taking if we can sort ourselves out.

That sounded like the first half of the Rochdale game, hopefully the same outcome

Barrow look lively as the home team should do. We need to be getting forward with a bit more conviction, long balls will end up with their players all the time and they seem first to second balls. Hopefully Hurst can sort everyone out at half time, Kahn looked rattled since giving away a penalty that shouldn't have been, needs to calm down and get focussed again.

Poor half really. Barrow have just been quicker to everything tonight, we beat one man they've closed us down with 2, stray pass Barrow are on it and picking it up, we close them down they've already moved the ball.

Our set pieces have been poor for a 2nd game on the trot and less said about our defending that led to their pen the better.

Saying that Max has been great, Efete hasn't looked too bad at LB and Smith has put in his usual performance.

The Waterfall challenge looked like a nailed on penalty. Maybe  in the refs mind when another challenge went in
Christ, Cropper should be playing American Football - by far our most creative player  

We’ve been shite but Barrows play acting and whining makes me glad we’re not them

Think we should just spend the second half lumping it into the corners and trying to win throw-ins tbh

Poor first half. Missing Glennon I think. We are a second half team though.

Max is an absolute hero.

Come on Town.

Barrow huffed and puffed and we rode our luck. It was never a pen and a brilliant save by Max kept us in it. Efete is having a good game considering he is out of position as is Waterfall. All told those 3 have played really well.

Khan seems to have an off day by his high standard but we need to do more in midfield instead of a yo yo effect. We do not seem to have put them under constant pressure, perhaps Richardson coming on and running at them will do the trick.

Yet another poor corner to end the half. Decision-making and execution severely lacking so far this evening and we have to be happy going in level at half time. Not shown much as an attacking threat but Taylor has to do better on two occasions with the ball at his feet in the area, especially with the attempted pull back after a poor touch took him wide. Holohan puts Clifton through on goal with a more delicate pass in injury time. Defending alright but too many needless free kicks with Barrow looking to go down with the slightest contact. Ref hasn't bought too many of their flops though, thankfully. Max being Max after a more than debatable penalty decision. Need a much better second half.

What a turgid 45 mins that was. Awful watch.  Only highlight is that the awful decision from the ref hasn't cost us a goal.
Need Hunt on in my opinion, midfield offering no threat or composure, Taylor getting no service at all.
Cropper bombs could be our best hope if we play like that again in the second half.

thought efete has done well, esp. as his left foot is just for standing on!
Do like Morris and Khan offers so much more than Kiernan.
Smith, Waterfall & Crocombe superb as usual
Green's use of the ball much,much better than when i saw him at Stockport

That was poor
And Lady Luck on our side so far
Let’s step up a gear 2nd half and at least get out of this with a point minimum
Come on Town!!

Corners need to improve -been spoilt with glennon and Hunt on them, khan's have been utterly dire.

Croppers throw is such a weapon.

Max fantastic penalty save - super max!

We are a second half team often so need to be showing that tonight...

Kahn and Holohan need to get on the ball more.

Barrow are complete scum, bunch of little arseholes making out they've been violently assaulted every time they're tackled.