Dagenham match thread.
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I agree with earlier posters that our build up football was outstanding today
and also that The Daggers were a bit below par. Even the mercurial Jamie Cuerton, who did have one golden chance for them near the end but fluffed it!
We should have won easily by SEVEN or EIGHT goals! 
Pierro could have had a couple of goals as could Josh in addition to the well taken header which he did convert. Sean Mac had a great game and fully played his part in the teamwork BUT he really should have scored Three, or FOUR, or even FIVE goals today, if he only had that ruthless streak in front of goal. The most obvious chance came late on after a flowing move found him in the box one on one with the keeper. He had time to pick a corner of the goal or lift it over the on rushing keeper but he took so long in his indeciciveness that a defender actually clipped him from behind and Sean fell flat on his face! The ref perceived this as a dive by Sean and waved play on whereas I thought that it was a stone wall penalty, (yet another!) The truth is, he should have finished the move clinically and ruthlessly! This is the only shortcoming in our team at the moment. We really need to finish off these sort of teams without showing any mercy!
Having said that, The Daggers were a poor outfit today, but they did try to continue to play in a fair way and did not resort to foul tactics as some teams would have done when being thoroughluy outplayed!
Matt Pearson fully deserved his goal and by this time in the evening he may well be approaching TWELVE feet tall!!!
I thought that the disallowed goal headed in by young Joe Wright may have been a valid goal and I will be watching closely on TV tonight to see if he ran from behind Pearson who had the initial looping header. Joe would have deserved the goal as he too had a super game today!
The BBC Stats show something like 18 shots from us compared to 2 for The Daggers which indicates just how one sided the match was!
The ULTRAS were in fine voice too today and made the 'Extra Man!
ON STANLEY ON.....
with SUPER FOOTBALL ......
from JIMMY and JOHN and THE TEAM....
and also that The Daggers were a bit below par. Even the mercurial Jamie Cuerton, who did have one golden chance for them near the end but fluffed it! We should have won easily by SEVEN or EIGHT goals! Pierro could have had a couple of goals as could Josh in addition to the well taken header which he did convert. Sean Mac had a great game and fully played his part in the teamwork BUT he really should have scored Three, or FOUR, or even FIVE goals today, if he only had that ruthless streak in front of goal. The most obvious chance came late on after a flowing move found him in the box one on one with the keeper. He had time to pick a corner of the goal or lift it over the on rushing keeper but he took so long in his indeciciveness that a defender actually clipped him from behind and Sean fell flat on his face! The ref perceived this as a dive by Sean and waved play on whereas I thought that it was a stone wall penalty, (yet another!) The truth is, he should have finished the move clinically and ruthlessly! This is the only shortcoming in our team at the moment. We really need to finish off these sort of teams without showing any mercy!
Having said that, The Daggers were a poor outfit today, but they did try to continue to play in a fair way and did not resort to foul tactics as some teams would have done when being thoroughluy outplayed!
Matt Pearson fully deserved his goal and by this time in the evening he may well be approaching TWELVE feet tall!!!
I thought that the disallowed goal headed in by young Joe Wright may have been a valid goal and I will be watching closely on TV tonight to see if he ran from behind Pearson who had the initial looping header. Joe would have deserved the goal as he too had a super game today!
The BBC Stats show something like 18 shots from us compared to 2 for The Daggers which indicates just how one sided the match was!
The ULTRAS were in fine voice too today and made the 'Extra Man!
ON STANLEY ON.....
with SUPER FOOTBALL ......
from JIMMY and JOHN and THE TEAM....
Like you choirboy, I thought Joe Wright's 'goal' was a valid one, only for an assistant who was blatantly never up with play in the first half giving him offside. I also worried when Buxton was led off but Barry did a great job, until he too was injured. A little shuffling at the back and normal service was resumed. There was a scout in front of me watch Joe Wright and looking at his notes, he didn't think too much of him. Personally, I hope he stays with us for a couple of years!The forward play today was breathtaking and yes the team could have, nay, should have had 7 or 8 goals apart from the wayward shooting and a goalkeeper on fine form. Onwards and upwards, back in to the play-off positions and no real damage done regarding the 2 losses prior to this match. I suppose the real test will come against Orient next week.
Yes mate
How did Barry play at fullback?,I am sure he wasn't 100%,good pro,big heart.
Barry did pretty good considering lack of match practice, no warm up, it's not his natural position and apparently he's been ill.
Decent performance from the whole team, particularly kee. Feels like every game is a must win, gaps will start to appear in the table at some point and we need to make sure we are on the 'right side' of them.
Decent performance from the whole team, particularly kee. Feels like every game is a must win, gaps will start to appear in the table at some point and we need to make sure we are on the 'right side' of them.
We look a better, more composed side when Ant is in it, wherever he plays. Such a shame for him that Conneely is doing so well.
When Barry came on what he did do was a lot of shouting and organizing a back line with a average age of 20 and limited leauge game experience which is a often overlooked big part of the game especially with younger players this I thought went missing on Tuesday. A sign of a good side when going infront is keeping composed keeping shape and keeping hold of the round thing called the ball even if this means passing backwards much to the annoyance of the get it upfield brigade who even moan when 3-0 up if this happens if you keep possession they can,t get back into the game and I thought we did this very well Saturday apart from a 5 minute spell when we let them score hope we learn to do this more often and we won,t be far away.
Well he should have been brought on to do that job on tuesday,rather than n attacking midfielder imho
Well I'm afraid I shall swim against the tide here and say that I thought the Barry was poor, notably his distribution. I can recall 3 occasions where he passed the ball about 15 yards directly to an opponent. A better team than Dagenham (and most teams are, I'm sure) would have punished us.
The mystery is Bucko. Did he have a fitness test prior to the game? Or was he played as a gamble? Sorry - I'll rephrase that
. Was a chance taken on him being fit? To my simple mind, it was a gamble (oops, sorry again - I mean chance) not worth taking because it could well have exacerbated his injury problem.
The mystery is Bucko. Did he have a fitness test prior to the game? Or was he played as a gamble? Sorry - I'll rephrase that
. Was a chance taken on him being fit? To my simple mind, it was a gamble (oops, sorry again - I mean chance) not worth taking because it could well have exacerbated his injury problem.
The mystery is Bucko. Did he have a fitness test prior to the game? Or was he played as a gamble? Sorry - I'll rephrase that
Was he out injured ? I thought he'd been ill rather than injured and laid up for a few days according to his twitter.
You are probably correct, Dave. Being a fossil, I'm afraid I don't do twitter. I was going on the fact that he seemed to limp after the first tackle, and he walked off as though he was injured. Whatever it was, he seemed to my untrained, unmedical, unbadged mind to be unfit to start the game.