We ended up with 10 me too, Cully got a red! :o
check the grassy knoll
told you bob. We've now been told to get a grip. For me we've improved defensively. last season stats didn't really show that we looked like conceding from every attack. This season that isn't the case and we do look much better at the back. But seriously in the last two home games did we actually look like we would score. We could be playing now still and not of scored. did we score today. That is a constructive view, so I'll kindly tell wear you can stick you 'get a grip' for my opinion. I was proved right about the abuse though wasn't i. If you don't conform to the 'boston walk on air approach' expect abuse. I wanted us to win so much today but you could see this a mile away. If we don't score early v durham was us struggle to break them down.
Looks like the most experienced player was to blame for goal ,
Adam will be spitting his dummy out soon seems a few more peoples glasses have lost the tint .
Adam. 3 points off the playoffs, 3 points from the drop zone. Is your glass half full or is it half empty? Are you wearing rose tinted spectacles, or should you have gone to Specsavers? ;D
Bit of a pig to be out the Cup this early, but seriously, season over with us three points off the play-offs, playing whipping boys and 17th place in our next two fixtures? Get a grip!
Anyway, I think we're about one more loss away from the first person giving it the high and mighty "I always knew these were the wrong appointments" rubbish.
ffs out the cup to lowestoft.............how bad............sorry!..............we are bad............. :(ok it is as you say"lowestoft"but if you actually think about "lowestoft"there is actually in our respective leagues only about 12 teams inbetween us at our levels.away in the cup lose 1-0 its hardly the end of the f*C*IN world is it.i do beleive there has been bigger shocks.still doesnt make me feel a lot better though
your a hero Ken ,, must have cost u an arm and a leg to get there...well said ft as always brill photos ken
Attendance in the region of 1100 :o which bag did they pluck that number out of?i actually think it was 888
Attendance in the region of 1100 :o which bag did they pluck that number out of?i actually think it was 888
mm I predicted 888 ..
Are U in fact me ? 'cappo '
Boston started strongly but (in my opinion) we started to panic when we didn't get an early goal. As the game went on and on we resorted to long hoof balls down the throats of the Lowestoft central defence, and they dealt with these fairly easily.
There was no point in Cotton being named in the side today or in Kennedy coming on as substitute. That's no criticism of them at all, but we simply did not pass the ball out to our wingers at any time. I like to see football played with wingers, but if we're not going to use them then there's no point in picking them.
I can only remember one move in the whole of the second half where we played the ball on the ground. That resulted in Danny Davidson putting the ball in the net, albeit the linesman's flag came to Lowestoft's rescue. But to me it demonstrated what we can do when we play to our strengths. And its infuriating that we didn't do that the rest of the game.
Cullingworth needs to dropped from the side and arguably fined until he has learned some discipline. Against Retford in the week he launched a foul-mouthed onslaught at a linesman and stronger officials would have been well within their rights to send him off then. And to get sent off for two yellow cards after two bouts of dissent today is simply not accepatable. Yes it was late in today's game and probably didn't have a bearing on the final outcome. But we already have a number of injuries in defensive positions and now he will be suspended as well. Cullingworth, you have let your team-mates and the supporters down.
A few more pics - some taken with my backup camera during the warmup, a few crowd shots and a few half decent shots I missed during the original scan through.
(http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/lowes47.jpg)
Newshams our top scorer though isnt he?
think a cup run may have helped the coffers.............but ya right cappo..........the reality is we are now a tinpot team in a tinpot league......
think a cup run may have helped the coffers.............but ya right cappo..........the reality is we are now a tinpot team in a tinpot league......
At last some people are starting to get it. People calling for bigger players or more experienced players have got to realise we don't have the money to pay for said players. It would be great to be able to match BPA in the transfer stakes, but even then looking at them it doesn't guarantee success.
Yesterday I don't think we lost because of being out-muscled Lowerstoft weren't that sort of team, it was nice to actually watch a team that didn't try to kick us off the park. Yesterday we simply weren't good enough, a very poor performance from the team. First 20-25 minutes we where the better team but only created 2 good chances. From then on we where second best, second half especially. The team for me looks totally devoid of confidence and once they scored we never looked like getting back into it. To be fair it isn't that much of a shock, I think Lowestoft would hold their own in our league, they're a steady if unspectacular side. The difference between the teams was as I have said confidence, they have known nothing but success for the last couple of seasons and again this.
This is our worst performance of the season so far, as people have said the fans have got caught up in the opinion that these 2 managers guarantee success but the reality is they are now going to have to prove their selves. Player wise I'll put something on the "who will be leaving thread". But it is ridiculous to say the season is over in September, we still have the trophy and in the league anyone can beat anyone, with a bit of tinkering this team could still be in the mix.
A few people keep saying we are strapped for cash. I haven't had my head in the sand the past 12 months but are we really still that hard up. 1000+ attendances, probably around £10 per person per game. I know the lease is expensive. Inland revenue off our backs. Apperently a fixed tight budget.
Perhaps we are strapped for cash but the only time I hear that is on this forum. I'm not saying everything is rosey financially but it would be interesting to know the facts. Just an observation, not a gripe.
Thanks WP. So is it best to finish well this season rather than push for promotion because that would mean more expensive players. With success there could possibly be better gate receipts which hopefully would pay the extra player budget required. So it raises a question. Should we be content with creating moderate success and financial stability and push on for promotion when running at a profit, possibly next season Or try and get promotion this season and hope the gate receipts improve to pay for higher league football next season. A difficult tightrope to walk. Maybe the managers are trying to develop a team that will carry on into next season in either league.
Glad I'm not an owner or a manager. Whatever, I do think they they are all the right men for the job and completely support them even though the results are a bit dissappointing.
You can see the instigators of the trouble in this shot (the guy in the Norwich shirt and the Gap toothed wonder!)
We were standing close to all of this, and felt that it was getting a bit stupid. Elements of both sets of fans (and it was only a small minority) were certainly trying to provoke each other. It did add some atmosphere to the occasion though, and I am glad that most stayed sensible when it would have been easy for it all to 'kick off' and become ugly. I can understand concerns voiced about the youngsters at the game who probably found it a bit scary.
I sincerely hope that things get better for you for the rest of the season
We LTFC fans have a home tie to Sutton Coldfield to look forward to now and I am hopeful we can continue our run in the FA Cup.
The blame will alwys be on the one who decided to stand in front of the bufc fans facing away from the feild of play.
This is were the fa say the fan as stepped from banter(even as silly as it got) to trying to provoke fans. out of 1100 fans only one started, then about 15 joined him but if it wasnt for that one fan it wouldnt have happened.
I enjoyed the company of many of your fans on sat, but idiots like that will let your image down.
Honest question, have you ever had the need to segregate, and is it possible at your ground? If it weren't for our poor form I'm sure more would have travelled and who knows what we could have been discussing on here. What would the club be able to do if say FCUM came out of the hat instead of Sutton?
told you bob. We've now been told to get a grip. For me we've improved defensively. last season stats didn't really show that we looked like conceding from every attack. This season that isn't the case and we do look much better at the back. But seriously in the last two home games did we actually look like we would score. We could be playing now still and not of scored. did we score today. That is a constructive view, so I'll kindly tell wear you can stick you 'get a grip' for my opinion. I was proved right about the abuse though wasn't i. If you don't conform to the 'boston walk on air approach' expect abuse. I wanted us to win so much today but you could see this a mile away. If we don't score early v durham was us struggle to break them down.
I don't know how you'll cope with such vile abuse... Err, seriously for a moment, how can our season possibly be over now? Did you have us down to cruise into mid table in the league, but win the FA Cup?Looks like the most experienced player was to blame for goal ,
The need for experiences/youth is a complete illusion. Teams need good players. End of story.
Honest question, have you ever had the need to segregate, and is it possible at your ground? If it weren't for our poor form I'm sure more would have travelled and who knows what we could have been discussing on here. What would the club be able to do if say FCUM came out of the hat instead of Sutton?
Segregation is not usually necessary but it became apparent on Saturday that this should probably have been done. Having said that, it was really only a couple of fans (the toothless wonder as some are calling him) who were trying to provoke. I am pleased to say that the majority of fans on both sides, and in the vicinity of the incidents, saw common sense and did not allow things to deteriorate. While I do not think that the fan in question will be, or should be, banned from Lowestoft games, I do think that any club at any level should make it clear that this type of behaviour is totally unacceptable and, as it could be costly to the club, could lead to a ban. As I said before, I think good humoured banter makes a game, but when it becomes insulting and provocative it is a step too far.