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Even if he does get his clearance, please God that we keep the same team together on Saturday with no tinkering  |
Agreed, but it was a good SQUAD performance - the subs did well too. Great to see our two best centre halves on together again dominating their forwards (see the Bees quotes below). Kenny was king in the box, especially with the high balls, even if his kicking is no better than Bav's at the moment.
One heart-warming moment for me was when Phil got clattered by a late challenge and just got up without any bother, instead of screaming and rolling about like Drogba, etc., pretending to have been shot.
The only minus was our inability to keep the ball in the later stages when we should have closed the game down more easily - we really need to work on this a bit more.
For once I watched from the main stand with my best man from 40 years ago, who is partially disabled, and on his first visit to FES he was amazed at how such a small number of people could generate such a din. Well done to the Ultras for their amazing 110% inspiring support, which I'm sure contributed to the win. Just imagine what it would be like if they all brought a couple of noisy mates along as I did. They would have to go through the audition, though!
Some great quotes from the Bees forum:-
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They wanted it more than us. They hustled and bustled and put in niggly tackles on us which we didn't like and couldn't cope with. Soft southerners, us ! Referee didn't clamp down on it, so they persisted with it all game."
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At 1.00am was on the loo, having taken my hearing aids off for the night, and thought I was having a heart attack. Didn't dare mention it to the wife, who slept through it all!
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