already excuses because we can’t prepare for what they are going to do and we have that many players with slight injuries plus the major ones of cause, so god knows what sort of line up and formation we will put out tonight, just hope we remember we have a better chance of winning if we attack and have shots at goal rather than sit back and hope for a breakaway.
So you think a 5’7” full back is going to beat a 6’2” player to win a header when the big lad is running towards the ball, Mason wasn’t even a a position to get flattened.
about the ball crossing the line, nobody really appealed about it crossing the line, it is so hard to judge.
regarding the goal, it was crossed from Clarke’s side and not O’Malley’s, so seeing it was scored in the middle of the goal it was more the central defence and not the full back not covering when it wasn’t the winger coming in from wing to score, it was a well taken goal.
Agree leaving all three forwards out together instead of maybe rotating one each game probably cost us, yet it’s the best I have seen us play and any luck we had Saturday we didn’t today.
Howard 6, Clarke 6, McGahey 6, Onaraise 7, O’Malley 7, Spence 6, Beestin 7, Green 6, Jarvis 5, Taylor 5, Gillihead 8.
I certainly don’t like racism, but have no idea what the knee achieves, everyone is equal in my eyes but don’t know why we have to do everything the Americans do, surely there has to be a better way.
I think the COVID break did us good because we have only lost one since.
Positives since then.
Experienced keeper, will also help Rory Watson
Signing Junior Brown
Eisa and McAtee back in the first team
Clarke, McGahey and Van Veen back in the team or squad for some games
The emergence of O’Malley, Beestin, Onaraise and Rowe at league level
Finding a system that doesn’t totally isolate Loft
Spence getting some form in this league
And Gillihead being outstanding
And also 4 4 2 which I hope the manager sticks with
Howard 8. Made 3 excellent saves including a penalty
Clarke 8. Massive influence, nearly scored a spectacular header
Onoraise 8. Excellent
McGahey 8. Excellent
O’Malley 9. MOM, made a goal and some great tackles
Spence 7. Getting better and better
Beestin 8. Like O’Malley becoming a great find
Gillihead 7. Good game
McAtee 7. He has got his mojo back
Loft 7. Took his goal well, decent performance
Eisa 7. Mixed bag, not as good as the other night
Subs 6. Not on long enough to give a real Mark but didn’t do any wrong
When I first started going to the Old Showground we played in White shirts with Blue and Yellow trim, Blue shorts and White socks with Blue and Yellow trim.
Also our White strip has plenty of Claret and Blue in it.
I don’t agree with you, the brighter the colour or white the easier to see, at the Sands Siro the trouble with the strip is it blends with the seats, I only think the problem is when under the lights, and the Bury one was because it was a very dull grey day and our players were difficult to pick out in all black.
I have said for a long while you need some White or stand out colour especially under the lights, I can remember going to Bury a few years ago in the FA Cup and it was a real murky day and we played in all black and our players were hard to pick out from the stands, but Bury players were easy in their White shirts.
JonB said “That was a glimpse of what Scunthorpe can be, and just aren’t too often. Harrogate were garbage- favouring kick and rush at 100mph on a very ‘non-league’ park- and we coped admirably.”
DarynStampGoalMachine said “Good performance against a poor non league team in an appalling pitch.
Dealt with their long balOnly negative is a tidy Bolton side only score one against us yet a poor Harrogate two.l rubbish well and could have had a few more.”
Lichfieldlad said “Only negative is a tidy Bolton side only score one against us yet a poor Harrogate two.”
so it wasn’t the fact we played well and were the better team on the day then, it was just because Harrogate were very poor, let’s give the players and manager credit when it is due, just hope Neil Cox realises now our best chances of winning is attacking and not sitting back hoping for a lucky break.
and Lichfieldlad we attacked last night and had 14 attempts on goal, so are more likely to concede more than when you park the bus 1-0 down hoping for a breakaway.
The trouble is Neil doesn’t believe we play negative football when you listen to his reports of games or previews the next game,
Even Southend had 14 shots at goal against Bolton twice as many as we had, and it is every game we only seem to get 1 or 2 shots on target.
