Reece Hall-Johnson making his first appearance on the bench. No Easah Suliman.(huh1)

GTFC XI: Killip, Mills, Collins, Clarke (c), Dixon, Summerfield, Berrett, Wilks, Vernam, Jackson, Matt.

Subs: Warrington, Dembele, Woolford, Vernon, Jaiyesimi, Hall-Johnson, Hooper.

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Looks like a computer game 424!

4-2-4??

Four forwards in the starting line up. 4-2-4?

Plus Villa will be happy that we've loaned a player from them and he's not even on the bench.

           killip
mills clarke collins dixon
     summerfield berret
          vernam
wilks     matt     jackson

???? i'm guessing this is the team??

It's almost as if Slade is saying: "alright then you twits, you wanted an attacking side so here you fucking go, even if half the midfielders I've picked are James Berrett!"

4 strikers starting the game with no wingers. 2 more strikers on the bench along with 3 wingers. the bloke is clueless absolutely clueless

Did Suliman not already have a loan period at Cheltenham? Probably best leave him out today as they’ll know all his weaknesses........

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That looks like a school playground side. Filling the team with attack minded players wreaks of desperation to me.

Well, here goes nothing. See ya later.

According to that journo who used to be on that podcast:

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Don't get that if true. There's 2 wingers on the bench! Vernam described himself as a '10' (I think, it's hard to keep track of who's who), so why stick him out wide?

I joked on deadline day when we signed Jackson he would play 424 never thought he would be daft enough to do it. Well at least it increases his odds for his hoof and hope football landing near someone in a black and white top.

That's one weird looking team and just goes to show egghead's complete obliviousness to the main problem in that we haven't got a decent midfield. (and since he let the best ones go, an even worse one now)
Desperate stuff.  :D

Quoted from oochiad

Did Suliman not already have a loan period at Cheltenham? Probably best leave him out today as they’ll know all his weaknesses........

I wonder whether his well-judged, warm and respectful tweet on Wednesday about Town and our fans runs too counter to the club's preferred approach to managing relationships with us all.

Looks like 3 and your in...

Its ridiculous 4 strikers on the pitch and 2 more on the bench far too lopsided 18

We’re either going to get smashed or romp it..........

We are going to win 6-5  ;D

That's one ten to go ;D

no central midfielder on the bench either if berret gets injured

It's looking like a 4231 or 433. Let's hope our full backs are up for it today!

Quoted from GyMariner

It's looking like a 4231 or 433. Let's hope our full backs are up for it today!

If thats the case its square pegs round holes.
4 defenders
2 midfielders
4 Strikers

There is only one possibilty 424.

Jackson scores

Get in

Play offs is on!!

Jackson in the right place!

Get in

Accidents happen lol ;) ;)

I dont care what anyone says im there to support the players...after all its down to them to keep us up despite feelings towards RS and JF.

Nice one. Great to see a debut goal!

Now, step 2 towards victory....another goal :)

Quick russ, take 2 strikers off and we can hang on to this lead! Tactical genius!

Bloody hell,  THAT'S not a bad start Mr. Jackson! 😀

That's copulated the 14th minute protesters - they would look even more ridiculous now. Also it might keep Slade in a job for another week so its not all good news

Jackson not coming back for corners!!!!

Quoted from Ipswin

That's copulated the 14th minute protesters - they would look even more ridiculous now. Also it might keep Slade in a job for another week so its not all good news

I'd be quite happy if we won the next 5 games and RS/JF stood in the front of the pontoon with a "told you so" banner

From the GET..

Wilks and Jackson have already linked up a couple of times down the left and have looked dangerous.

It's the 17th permutation of possible striker combo's, and replacing signed players with loanees but maybe he's getting close to assembling a half decent front line ??)

Great start, really happy with that. Come on Town!

If we win though let's not pretend it makes everything ok as a win today would improve our points tally and paper over the giant crevasses, that's all. Wouldn't change the fact that we need change, especially off the pitch.

Quoted from Balthazar Bullitt

Jackson not coming back for corners!!!!

Sub him now Russ and make him train with the youths! Just arrived, on loan, scores within 10 mins and doesn't come back for corners, who the intercourse does he think he is?

Quoted from buckstown

I'd be quite happy if we won the next 5 games and RS/JF stood in the front of the pontoon with a "told you so" banner

If we did you can bet your mortgage Fenty would be there elbowing out Slade and taking all the credit

Quoted from Ipswin

If we did you can bet your mortgage Fenty would be there elbowing out Slade and taking all the credit

I really dont care who takes the credit, I just want GTFC to be successful. I sort of agree with JF that if we start winning nobody gives sh1t about the boardroom

Cheltenham effort cleared off the line, they thought it was in (hopefully it was a Pond re-creation)

Quoted from buckstown

I really dont care who takes the credit, I just want GTFC to be successful. I sort of agree with JF that if we start winning nobody gives sh1t about the boardroom

It's like any company. If the company is successful and delivering what they should be to customers then nobody cares what is going on behind the scenes. When it's not successful the customers and the shareholders begin asking why and what can be changed.

Chesterfield winning sadly

GET again..

Wilks wins the ball in his own box and runs round the attacker and sprints to halfway with the ball at his feet. His acceleration this afternoon has been exceptional - he’s so quick!

Michael Reddy MkII you reckon?

Quoted from RoboCod

GET again..

Wilks wins the ball in his own box and runs round the attacker and sprints to halfway with the ball at his feet. His acceleration this afternoon has been exceptional - he’s so quick!

Michael Reddy MkII you reckon?

If he can finish chances like Michael Reddy then he'll be my new favourite player

Hall-Johnson on!

For Collins

Will not having Suliman on the bench come back to haunt us?

Wilks look a good player.

As it stands at HT

                                    gp  p
16 Grimsby Town       32 38
17 Cheltenham Town 31 35
18 Port Vale               31 34
19 Yeovil Town           30 32
20 Morecambe           31 31
21 Chesterfield           31 30
22 Crewe Alexandra   30 29
23 Forest Green         3129
24 Barnet                    30 22

Lincoln were 1 up but no losing  to 10 men swindon

Not bad 1st half but worrying as Cheltenham now winning a lot of headers in our box. Summers is everywhere breaking it up despite being outnumbered in midfield,

Thanks for that Madeleymariner, Ill today so couldn’t go and listening to JT and AB we sound terrible! States on the BBC say it’s pretty even apart from our goal of  course!

Yeovil 1-0 up v Cambridge
Chesterfield pegged back to 1-1 v Crawley

Cov equalise at FGR

and Barnet 2 down

Coventry equalise v FGR
Mansfield go 2 up v Barnet

Quoted from oochiad

Thanks for that Madeleymariner, Ill today so couldn’t go and listening to JT and AB we sound terrible! States on the BBC say it’s pretty even apart from our goal of  course!

It is pretty terrible. Its hoof and hope, no actual football from either side.

Christ, sounds like we're under real pressure here

Cheltenham love hoofing the ball in dangerous areas.  We just need to compose ourselves and use our pace.

Get it on the deck

FGR 2-1 up

Crewe 3-1 down

Quoted from Abdul19

Christ, sounds like we're under real pressure here

We are.... sitting deep on the lead and inviting them on. This is going to cost us 2 points if not 3 at this rate.

Dembele on for Vernam

Dembele for Vernom who hasn't been in the game being out wide

C,Mon Town don’t chuck this lead away....please.

intercourse off

And there`s the goal

Normality resumes

Why do we do it, it’s the same every pissing time.

I never expected a win purely cos they are our bogie team

how have re reacted to the equalizer

Quoted from Meza

I never expected a win purely cos they are our bogie team

We have a few bogie teams Meza, about 20 of them!  :o

It's been hoofball second half

Quoted from cmackenzie4

We have a few bogie teams Meza, about 20 of them!  :o

Haha we do Chris.....but i cant remember many wins against Cheltenham though.

4 months ago ;)

Get a goal, sit back and hope we can defend the lead. Those dinosaur tactics hardly ever work in league football. Teams will just tire you out and wait for an opportunity to break a defence down from a set piece.

Squeaky bum time because a loss will look way worse than a draw even if both are points lost.

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Haha thanks Abdul.

Cmon town lets get the winner over this cheating shower of poo lol

Matt missed a golden opportunity.

AAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHASADFSSDG

Matt missed a golden opportunity.

We're shite and we are where we deserve to be. Mid to lower 4th division is where we belong.

DJ on for Malik

Quoted from Meza

Haha thanks Abdul.

Cmon town lets get the winner over this cheating shower of poo lol

I know what you mean though, not many others recently

Quoted from promotion plaice

Matt missed a golden opportunity.

There's Slades excuse for today's post match interview.

Jesus, should've conceded

More home points dropped. 18 out of 51 so far this season, pathetic. Only Barnet are worse.

At least Chesterfield and Barnet lost.

Chesterfield conceded in 93rd min, lose 2-1. Should limit the damage but we're far too reliant on others, got to win home games.

Positive....the trust bars are make a bomb £££

11 games and counting Russ. Woods record in his sights I reckon.

Not good enough, I hope the fans are in fine voice after the game.

What a pile of dross 2nd half sat so deep the chair didn't have a bottom to it. Why sit back and let them launch it into the box when tthey have a team of skill free giants and we only have 3 players ovver 6 foot. Our front 2 left isolated so every BOOM half cleared landed at Cheltenham feet. Young Mallik looked decent, but again we hardly tested their keeper despite 4 forwards on the pitch
Last 5 both teams came close to winning but the number of shots headers we scrambled off the line during the game was scary  4 points from 33 >:(
F@ck Off Slade

Quoted from Madeleymariner

What a pile of dross 2nd half sat so deep the chair didn't have a bottom to it. Why sit back and let them launch it into the box when tthey have a team of skill free giants and we only have 3 players ovver 6 foot. Our front 2 left isolated so every BOOM half cleared landed at Cheltenham feet. Young Mallik looked decent, but again we hardly tested their keeper despite 4 forwards on the pitch
Last 5 both teams came close to winning but the number of shots headers we scrambled off the line during the game was scary  4 points from 33 >:(
F@ck Off Slade

Shut up! You’re expecting too much.  ;D

At least we took a point I suppose

Come on guys were still only 15 points from the playoffs we can do this

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Come on guys were still only 15 points from the playoffs we can do this

Slade could easily say that on Humberside shortly

Looks like we could have snatched it at the end, all this team needs is enthusiasm embroiled into them so we can turn games into wins again.

Could or will dapperz??

11 men on the pitch and a point is another way of looking at it  :-/ still not good enough

Did not deserve to win, yet could have won had Matt not smashed a shot over the bar from close in when faced with only the keeper to beat. Could have rolled it into the corner. Summed up a poor day for him. You can see Jackson is a penalty box striker. Gets in good positions and was unlucky not to make contact with a couple of crosses which flashed across the face of the goal Wilks looks a handy player too. We struggled in midfield where Summerfield was overworked and Berret was never in the game. Cheltenham are just a tall physical side who rely on set plays and high balls into the box which they are good at and put us under pressure for most of the second half. Thought  young Killip did well today.

Usual crap

Quoted from oldun

Did not deserve to win, yet could have won had Matt not smashed a shot over the bar from close in when faced with only the keeper to beat. Could have rolled it into the corner. Summed up a poor day for him. You can see Jackson is a penalty box striker. Gets in good positions and was unlucky not to make contact with a couple of crosses which flashed across the face of the goal Wilks looks a handy player too. We struggled in midfield where Summerfield was overworked and Berret was never in the game. Cheltenham are just a tall physical side who rely on set plays and high balls into the box which they are good at and put us under pressure for most of the second half. Thought  young Killip did well today.

Exactly what we said. Same with Dembele. Why do they always try and smash it into the net? Both chances could have been rolled into the corner, but i suppose that is why they are at this level.