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BTLawson · 01-01-2008, 17:02

A crap performance on the whole but I still think that we were unlucky not to steal a point. The header from the free-kick was almost in but they got lucky with it coming back off the bar. We were denied a blatant penalty from Mark Heywood-the substitue ref. As well as that we were robbed of a few minutes at the end of the game as I'm almost certain that the fourth official put the board up 2 or 3 minutes early (according to my mobile phone). Yes we lost 2-0 but you never know we may have equalised in that time. Make no mistake though, the better team on the day won.
The changes that Coley made seemed to work but once again they were too late. I reckon Leighton McGivern needs to start a few games as he looked lively and I would say that he is our best finisher. Also perhaps Dunbavin should distribute the ball differently now and again rather than smacking the ball up the pitch where players like Harris and Roscoe have no chance of winning it against the tall centre backs.
Great to see Andy Todd playing for us again. Hopefully he will stay longer than the 1 month.
Final point about matters off the pitch. When Barry Knight was down injured, fans in the Clayton End were chanting "we hope he's dead" etc. Obviously nothing was meant by it but personally I think it shouldn't be done when you look at what as happened in recent times. Take Saturday for example with Phil O'Donnell. My point being that it is one step too far in my opinion.
Hopefully we will soon start to win at home again.

01-01-2008, 17:02	#78
BTLawson Full Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 181 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 0	Re: vs Bradford A crap performance on the whole but I still think that we were unlucky not to steal a point. The header from the free-kick was almost in but they got lucky with it coming back off the bar. We were denied a blatant penalty from Mark Heywood-the substitue ref. As well as that we were robbed of a few minutes at the end of the game as I'm almost certain that the fourth official put the board up 2 or 3 minutes early (according to my mobile phone). Yes we lost 2-0 but you never know we may have equalised in that time. Make no mistake though, the better team on the day won. The changes that Coley made seemed to work but once again they were too late. I reckon Leighton McGivern needs to start a few games as he looked lively and I would say that he is our best finisher. Also perhaps Dunbavin should distribute the ball differently now and again rather than smacking the ball up the pitch where players like Harris and Roscoe have no chance of winning it against the tall centre backs. Great to see Andy Todd playing for us again. Hopefully he will stay longer than the 1 month. Final point about matters off the pitch. When Barry Knight was down injured, fans in the Clayton End were chanting "we hope he's dead" etc. Obviously nothing was meant by it but personally I think it shouldn't be done when you look at what as happened in recent times. Take Saturday for example with Phil O'Donnell. My point being that it is one step too far in my opinion. Hopefully we will soon start to win at home again.