Attention: Please take a moment to consider our terms and conditions before posting.

POST-MATCH THREAD: Cheltenham Town vs Charlton Athletic: Tuesday 5th March 2024 KO 19:45

1457910

Comments

  • A great evening, great atmosphere and even a rendition of Goodbye Horse at halftime  :)
    That was quite random. As I was having a piss at the time, had wondered what triggered it!
  • An emotional night for Alfie May. His reaction to scoring the 3rd goal felt a bit like the Dennis Law goal for City that sent United down, and after the final whistle he was doubled up for quite a while, as if we had just lost a cup final or been relegated.

    I think he would have preferred it if Small has lashed it in himself  :)
  • A great evening, great atmosphere and even a rendition of Goodbye Horse at halftime  :)
    That was quite random. As I was having a piss at the time, had wondered what triggered it!
    They had the racing gold Cup going round in advance of next week with someone in a horse costume if I remember right
  • JamesSeed said:
    hezzla said:
    Relief last night at FT.  Tinge of sadness this morning.  What a wasted season this has been... 9 points from the last 5 games against some really good sides, all brought about by... being energetic and doing the basics well.  Even accounting for injuries, it's a scandal that this group of players have ever been flirting with the drop.  We should have walked into the playoffs this year. 

    Excited to see what Jones can do with a few extra faces and a proper pre-season in them. 

    Coventry, Gillesphey, Edmonds-Green, Small, Ramsay and Bakinson weren’t here earlier in the season, and they’ve made a big difference. 
    Despite all the stick Scott got in January and February it appears to have been a pretty good window. 
     
    January was a good window considering you are only getting players who's career's have stagnated for various reasons or are young who needs games.

    Many showing with games they are decent now match fit.

    I personally never criticised Andy Scott for the January window as many of the players had good pedigrees BUT he was the main man who thought Michael Appleton was the right fit for a club on the slide.

    He was 100% wrong and that was a poor judgement call.
  • BalladMan said:
    INTO THE PLAYOFF PLACES (based on past 6 game form table)


    It is so so nice to look at that form table and not see a patch of red for us in the centre column.
  • We really must address the GK situation in the summer. Isted always has an error in him. For last nights goal conceded the original shot on goal was virtually no more than a pass strength attempt that was put in when it wasn’t held by Isted. Not good enough. We need GK who inspires confidence. Neither of our two do. 
    There was a big deflection off of Lloyd Jones as it went through his legs, making it very difficult for Isted. Personally don't think he can be blamed for that goal - our defenders should be following up, they didn't and their man did to score.
    Thanks. I didn’t notice a deflection so that changes things for me with regard to their goal but even so, we must look to bring in a first choice GK for next season. Personally I’d keep Isted as number two and try and get a fee if possible for Maynard-Brewer.
  • JamesSeed said:
    hezzla said:
    Relief last night at FT.  Tinge of sadness this morning.  What a wasted season this has been... 9 points from the last 5 games against some really good sides, all brought about by... being energetic and doing the basics well.  Even accounting for injuries, it's a scandal that this group of players have ever been flirting with the drop.  We should have walked into the playoffs this year. 

    Excited to see what Jones can do with a few extra faces and a proper pre-season in them. 

    Coventry, Gillesphey, Edmonds-Green, Small, Ramsay and Bakinson weren’t here earlier in the season, and they’ve made a big difference. 
    Despite all the stick Scott got in January and February it appears to have been a pretty good window. 
     
    January was a good window considering you are only getting players who's career's have stagnated for various reasons or are young who needs games.

    Many showing with games they are decent now match fit.

    I personally never criticised Andy Scott for the January window as many of the players had good pedigrees BUT he was the main man who thought Michael Appleton was the right fit for a club on the slide.

    He was 100% wrong and that was a poor judgement call.
    Clearly 👍
  • Sponsored links:


  • JamesSeed said:
    hezzla said:
    Relief last night at FT.  Tinge of sadness this morning.  What a wasted season this has been... 9 points from the last 5 games against some really good sides, all brought about by... being energetic and doing the basics well.  Even accounting for injuries, it's a scandal that this group of players have ever been flirting with the drop.  We should have walked into the playoffs this year. 

    Excited to see what Jones can do with a few extra faces and a proper pre-season in them. 

    Coventry, Gillesphey, Edmonds-Green, Small, Ramsay and Bakinson weren’t here earlier in the season, and they’ve made a big difference. 
    Despite all the stick Scott got in January and February it appears to have been a pretty good window. 
     
    January was a good window considering you are only getting players who's career's have stagnated for various reasons or are young who needs games.

    Many showing with games they are decent now match fit.

    I personally never criticised Andy Scott for the January window as many of the players had good pedigrees BUT he was the main man who thought Michael Appleton was the right fit for a club on the slide.

    He was 100% wrong and that was a poor judgement call.
    I get the impression that Appleton was chosen because the SMT thought he was a safe pair of hands and kept the budget low. When it became obvious that things were going spectacularly wrong I think the owners took advice outside of the SMT and decided to get hands on. I suspect Scott is under more scrutiny than he previously was. 
  • _MrDick said:
    We should be thankful to Appleton, you know. If he hadn’t been so inept, we would never have got Nathan Jones. 
    Agree. They currently enjoy identical win ratios with us, which only goes to show, I don't know what. Anyway, it wont stay that way for long, hopefully not beyond Saturday. The trend is clear and I hope NJ isn't tempted elsewhere before he's got us back into the Championship at least, and at last.
  • An emotional night for Alfie May. His reaction to scoring the 3rd goal felt a bit like the Dennis Law goal for City that sent United down, and after the final whistle he was doubled up for quite a while, as if we had just lost a cup final or been relegated.

    I think he would have preferred it if Small has lashed it in himself  :)
    Loved the way he held onto the post, tapped it to the tune of the drum and gave a cheeky smile and thumbs up in the 94th minute  :) he loves this club.
  • I was sat in the Criterion theatre falling asleep watching some wanky (I’m not educated enough for this shit ) version of Merchant of Venice, wear that Shakespeare you West Country mug, no 

    West county mug, lol

    Bollox did he write that one anyway - con artist who mugged everyone off. Never even went to Italy.
  • seth plum said:
    We are not mathematically safe.
    Don’t count chickens.
    You mean ’don’t count eggs’
  • edited March 6

    I enjoyed that. Tired this morning after getting in just gone 1 but worth it.

    Great result against a spirited Cheltenham team who lacked quality but did make us work for it.

    How Jones has changed this team is an embarrassment to Apples, its night and day in comparison. Hard to pick out individuals as was a good solid team performance but thought that may have been Watson best game for us. Just one of many players Jones has improved.

    Anderson and Kanu gave everything once again, but they looked tired, but the subs did well when they come on.

    Hopefully, REG is not too much of a bad one as he has been really good but at least we have Jones and Hector coming back.

    Only grumble is we had enough chances to have that game wrapped up in the first half and we do still have a switch off in us at the back.

    Although I also see great improvement in our play, I still think it’s too early to judge. If you compare NJ’s early results they really aren’t better than Appleton’s. At best you can argue that they are equal because we’ve just played the top 3.
    However, Appleton didn’t have Small, Gillesphey, Bakinson or Coventry (EDIT and Edmonds Green)who were instrumental in our win last night. Nevertheless, in his first seven league games Appleton got 4 wins and 3 draws. NJ has got 2 wins, 4 draws and one defeat.

    Sat, 21 Oct
    4 - 0FTEnglish League One


    Sat, 7 Oct
    2 - 2FTEnglish League One
    Tue, 3 Oct
    4 - 1FTEnglish League One
    September, 2023
    DATEMATCHRESULTCOMPETITION
    Sat, 30 Sep
    0 - 0FTEnglish League One
    Sat, 23 Sep
    3 - 1FTEnglish League One
    Sat, 16 Sep
    1 - 1FTEnglish League One


    Sat, 2 Sep
    2 - 1FTEnglish League On
  • JamesSeed said:
    hezzla said:
    Relief last night at FT.  Tinge of sadness this morning.  What a wasted season this has been... 9 points from the last 5 games against some really good sides, all brought about by... being energetic and doing the basics well.  Even accounting for injuries, it's a scandal that this group of players have ever been flirting with the drop.  We should have walked into the playoffs this year. 

    Excited to see what Jones can do with a few extra faces and a proper pre-season in them. 

    Coventry, Gillesphey, Edmonds-Green, Small, Ramsay and Bakinson weren’t here earlier in the season, and they’ve made a big difference. 
    Despite all the stick Scott got in January and February it appears to have been a pretty good window. 
     
    January was a good window considering you are only getting players who's career's have stagnated for various reasons or are young who needs games.

    Many showing with games they are decent now match fit.

    I personally never criticised Andy Scott for the January window as many of the players had good pedigrees BUT he was the main man who thought Michael Appleton was the right fit for a club on the slide.

    He was 100% wrong and that was a poor judgement call.
    I get the impression that Appleton was chosen because the SMT thought he was a safe pair of hands and kept the budget low. When it became obvious that things were going spectacularly wrong I think the owners took advice outside of the SMT and decided to get hands on. I suspect Scott is under more scrutiny than he previously was. 
    100%
  • Sponsored links:


  • Stig said:
    BalladMan said:
    INTO THE PLAYOFF PLACES (based on past 6 game form table)


    It is so so nice to look at that form table and not see a patch of red for us in the centre column.
    Agree, but not enjoying the lower case D
  • Hopefully we have the foundations now to get out of the relegation mire.

    However, my concern is still with the SMT and Andy Scott. 

    Setting aside the vague messaging to fans, then a power point presentation that your 14 year old could produce better, ticket prices, clubs shop etc. All need an overhaul. 

    Then you come to the recruitment which has been the worst I've ever seen in 50 years. 

    Not only did we manage to bring in a few injured players, we also bought in a few ex injured and soon to be injured but to top that our Board said yes to bringing in some players that had less time on the pitch in 2 seasons than the blokes taking the Crossbar Challenge!

    Nathan Jones has already shown what's he capable of and hopefully we will finish well but that should not allow the SMT/Scott to get a free pass. 

    There has to be consequences for ending up in this position in the first place and I hope Nathan gets far more control of player recruitment if we are to progress. 

    If nothing else the Owners must have realised by now that you cannot do League 1 football on the cheap. 
  • Its good to see we have tighten up and concentrate a bit more since Nathen Jones  and the new players have come in. We should have won Saturday as well but at least now we have strung a few games together without defeat. Hopefully we can  get a few more points on the board and put this season out of its misery. I don't know the thinking behind getting Apples in but I suspect it was a cheap option and NJ not being available at the time of needing yet another manager, a decision that still may cost our place in this league. 
    I seriously want to be positive about our games but this season has been such let down, its hard to snap out of the doom and gloom mode. I cant get too excited about playing clubs that were non league when we were considered a middling well run decent club. 
  • I was sat in the Criterion theatre falling asleep watching some wanky (I’m not educated enough for this shit ) version of Merchant of Venice, wear that Shakespeare you West Country mug, no 

    West county mug, lol

    Bollox did he write that one anyway - con artist who mugged everyone off. Never even went to Italy.
    he thought there were clocks in Girona as well
  • edited March 6
    Fuck Appleton
    I’ll pass but unquestionably he managed to get the squad prior to the transfer window to do that to him. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
  • When we got the ball down our passing game was too much for them. Should have been three up by half time. League position much improved; however, as Brownie said post-match, we have to maintain the work rate shown in the last few games against Carlisle, or the excellent results will count for nothing.
Sign In or Register to comment.

Roland Out Forever!