Pilgrims' Patter
The Forum => The B-Ark => Topic started by: father Ted on September 04, 2009, 04:15:03 PM
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Another ' village ' team we have yet to beat ..
Classic juxtaposition of Ground - Tesco - Station (Burscough Bridge) so should cater for most needs ..
Not tacked on to some mucky metropolis .. quite pleasant in its way .
Not sure of the pubs .. last away we went in the Social Club .. the Boston brass were in there till K O .
You can see the pitch from in there ..never sure of the rules about that ..
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There is a pub by the river not far from the ground, run by a South African, twas ok last time we went (apart from the Rugger being on in there)
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Raining in area . .i'll be late . .
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interesting to see both swoz and danny playing at same time, could be a good choice maybe?
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at a guess after seeing the line up for Boston expect to get a sore neck after looking up alot. I can't imagine the ball going to feet much this afternoon. As long as we win I suppose.
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YEA 433 .? not there til 1525 . .hope we are 2 up . .by then . . . .is Newsh benched . .p? Is Foxy about . .?
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1-0 up
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CLARKI e Told off 4 instructing on Touchline .
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happy days mcfraud 2 0 down as well
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1-1 bugger
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Bugger, they just equalised.
Here's a pic from the first half.
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2-1 down
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3-1? What's happening? Cheeky tinpot sods.
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oh dear.
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WTF?????
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Disastrous . . EVANS Didn't appear to move 4 any of goals . .
Burscough wingers are on song again . . Clarke on for Suarez .
Their wingers are destroying us . .
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3-4 it will be then
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What makes a good team, the ability to lose take it on the chin and bounce back in the next game.so now we should get to see the real boston
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Damn right there Bostonshire; lets se a good reply in the next game. We've lost; lets move on... Up the Pilgrims!
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I suppose it's the manner of defeat that's most disappointing.How did we concede 3 in 5 minutes when the defence has looked strong?I guess we had to lose sometime,you can't expect to win away every time.First game i've missed this season,so i guess we'll have to wait for those who went to give us the details.Let's hope we get the right reaction Tuesday night.
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Lets put it firmly behind us and get down to York Street on Tuesday and urge the lads on to victory.
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Another pic.
More to follow after I've sorted out the Prediction League.
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Even the best teams lose, no team has the divine right to win as a matter of right.
Luton are fancied to waltz through the Blue Square Premier but after a quick fire start they have been brought down to earth.
Its good that there is a match on Tuesday for the players to show their qualities and get a run going again and the management will have something to focus the players minds on for a good few games.
Bring on Tuesday
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Bit of a strange result really ..
From my view in their mainstand I found the performance of Tom Evans rather curious in the 2nd half..
He did n't seem to make an efort to dive for any of the goals ,,there were 2 medium range eforts and one free kick ..
Then he attempted to act as a sweeper by trapping and short passing the ball ..which led to some confusion to say the least ..
Maybe he was carrying an injury..
It has to be said at that time the defence seemed to play too square ..was being beaten for pace and brawn too often ..
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Some more pics. More to follow when I've had a bit of tea.
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Any positives anyone, who played well? afterall we were winning at h/time. i need cheering up me takeaways gonna be a hour
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There were some massive wins today.
Cambridge 7-0 Forest Green
Barrow 1-6 Rushden
Droylsden 7-1 Stafford
Port Vale 4-0 Grimsby (what a surprise)
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More pics, more to follow...
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Not sure I could tell U fp.. I arrived late when we were 1-0 up..
Maybe Culli, s injury had a bearing..but Woody was also increasingly struggling to keep up ..
Maybe some one could report what the mana gers made of it .. as I am out of range of Radio Lincs..
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Last set of pics probably...
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Ooops, forgot one. ;D
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Worst performance of the season by a mile. Thought the game was spoiled by the wind and some over-fussy officiating making it hard for either team to get any passage of play. Despite being a goal up we where poor first half and goal apart didn't really create anything. In spite of this still fancied us to take the points as Burscough had been slightly worse.
Not sure what their manager said at half time but they came out second half and took us apart somewhat. After some strong defensive performances up until today can hardly believe what happened, we looked like we'd concede every time they went forward. Personally think Evans should of saved all 3 of their goals and would be very surprised if Butcher doesn't get a run out Tuesday. Wood and Cully both looked jaded and Liam Parker had a bit of a mare. Sleath in the middle had a poor game by his standards and up front...well apart from the goal only Sleath late on forced a save from their keeper.
Think the managers will have learned a lot from today the main thing being not to play the 2 big strikers together. We had absolutely no penetration al all. As has been said it's how a team bounces back from a defeat that shows how good it is so let's hope we can get that first home win Tuesday.
Too many players had an off day together today for us to get anything out of the game so I would say that it was the right result. That's not taking anything away from Burscough who worked hard all game and eventually got their rewards. For me though we have already beaten better teams this season so just put it down to 1 of them days. I would think there will be several changes for Tuesday (if it where me)
GK: Butcher
RB: Cullingworth
CB: Canners
CB: Pearson (if fit)
LB: Jackson
CM: Camm
RM: Chruch
LM: Kennedy
RF: Cotton
CF: Clarke
LF: Newsham
I would go with this as there where a lot of players who looked tired today and I think a rest would do some of them good, would also show how good the squad is.
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That was the reaction that summed up the day really Ken!
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That was the reaction that summed up the day really Ken!
I thought you were trying to stop your mate nicking your hair piece :D
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The pairing of Danny and Mikel just didn't work for me without the support of natural
wingers who would and could of got to the byeline and put balls into the box for the
big men to feed off, then push Churchy and Sleathy up there to pick up the bits.
A lot of under acheivers today at Victoria Park, Tuesdays game cannot come quick
enough to put this result to bed.......... long season still, a hell of a lot to play for and
this squad is far better than todays result suggests. Changes I would assume will be
made for the visit of Matlock Town before the possibility of complacency starts to
creep in amongst a talented bunch of players..................
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So it s back to 442..?
And we need another winger ?
( Wingers could tackle back ,,that doesn't easily happen with 433.)
To day our central midfield got largely bypassed in 2nd half..don't wish that to happen again.
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onwards too tuesday ' bouncebackabilty' factor will have too come in too affect
felt we never really looked our best today even at 1 up although cannot fault any of the lads on effort shown , just things did'nt go our way today
think their will be changes made on tuesday although not as many as maybe expected, think alot of these lads will wanna get this result out of their system , they did'nt look happy at all best way too do that will be getting a good result tuesday night, and we don't wanna be tinkering too much , would do no good for anyone
also remember we have a versitile bunch of players here
no need too panic at all , was going too happen sooner or later
better it happend away , if it was at home the moaning mini's would of had a field day
also really dont like the look of DD & MS up top
think for game on tuesday id go with
Evans
Canners
Pearson ( if fit)
Parker
Cully
Cotton
Chruch
Camm
Kennedy
Davidson
Clarke
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I think the Davidson/Clarke partnership is our best bet, it has worked so far this season.
Im a bit worried about Chris Wood though, in a couple of games he has looked a bit dodgy....
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Clarke & Newsham.. why do we need a big striker on, it just makes us play the long ball all the time
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The first time I've seen the team this season.......hmmmm....not very good today. Two beanpoles up front looked promising but they struggled to get any incisive headers from the long balls kicked up to them from well in our own half. Second half, Burscough looked fired up and took advantage of the wind behind them, using fast players to take advantage of balls played forward and to feet. Their number seven began looking very threatening and they passed the ball to him regularly. Their first goal was a free kick that ran through the everyone, second goal was squeezed somehow through at the near post, and the third goal was a cross that drifted into the far corner. That was that really, despite our tall forwards being withdrawn.
Oh well, perhaps I jinxed them.
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In a strange kind of way I am actually relieved we lost today. The fact that we were unbeaten left me waiting for the first defeat to happen.
Now its done lets hope it does not happen very often. I will not be able to make the Tuesday game - so they should do well.
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Disapointed to have lost but i think it was a one off for now some players where having problems out there and id expect to see changes
gk: evans
rb: woody
cb: pearson
cb:canners
lb: cully
cm:Church
cm: Sleath
cm: Camm
cf: cotton
cf: Newsham
cf: Clarke
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Agree Newsham and Clarke up front , and Pearson needs a game def .
Unsure about full backs mooted .. not as impressed with Culli as some..widewise any way .
So that leaves 2 beanies benched ..if we could trade say Suarez .. who would U add to the squad ??
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No speaka da english?
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, and it's all good for debate, didn't a little slip of a lad help preserve our dignity towards the end of last season by scoring goals for us. I personally think that tall players aren't as necessary as is often made out. I agree that they can be useful for crosses or flicking on situations but they have to be more useful than that. Davidson surprised me with his good ground work for such a tall feller but sometimes he tries to take on too many and loses the ball and his first touch can let him down.
Anyway we had to lose a game sooner or later and RS on the radio said it was just one of those days. So, roll on Tuesday and hopefully to get back in winning ways. I still think there is better to come.
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Now that could start a fascinating debate, two biggies? One biggie and a lillt'un? or two little'uns?
Apart from Drogba and Anelka, (who didn't play too much together last year) two great six foot players but hardly the stereotype lummox of a centre forward most biggies get labelled with
In years gone by we had, and just to start with a few
Toshack & Keegan
Greaves & Gilzean
Smith & Wright
Currently we have.....
Adebayor and Tevez/Robinho
Crouch & Defoe
Berbatov & Rooney
There is no doubt about it that over the last few years, there has been an explosion of smaller nippy strikers, Johnson, Cole, Owen, Defoe, Rooney, Eduardo, Torres, keane, Tevez, Robinho and the like, backed up by a posse of sprinters ETO, Henry, Anelka and the like
the biggies seem to find refuge at those teams with a reputation for shall we say direct up and at them style, and for evidence examine the front men of Bolton, Blackburn, Stoke, Birmingham, Sunderland and the likes
Not that it means bugger all for us, but a fascinating point that could take up many hours in pubs and coach trips travelling to games thats for sure
For me? One biggie one and one little'un
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For me? One biggie one and one little'un
well thats better than none and Hitler only had one (allegedly)
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For me? One biggie one and one little'un
well thats better than none and Hitler only had one (allegedly)
:D :D :D now that's funny :D :D :D
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Isn't this forum great. We can begin with something that could develope our football intellectuality and within minutes it's reduced to a load of bo**ocks. Perhaps if, unlike Hitler, we had two on Saturday our lot could have gone off to some remote part of the pitch and played with themselves.
I suppose having a bigun and a littleun makes sense. Two biguns at the same time might encourage too much of the long high ball. When we have played football on the ground it's looked pretty good.
Anyway, come on you black n ambers. Still chuffed with the way things are going at the club and good to see SnH getting great support from everyone on here.
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What's with the scaffold terrace, that's new since last time went?
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"I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request". Knew I had heared it somewhere and on Saturday watched The Black Pearl thingy on tele and heared it again. Perhaps we could all adopt quotes. I might have "two biguns or a littleun and a bigun, that is the question".
Scaffolding ?. No idea.
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"I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request". Knew I had heared it somewhere and on Saturday watched The Black Pearl thingy on tele and heared it again. Perhaps we could all adopt quotes. I might have "two biguns or a littleun and a bigun, that is the question".
Scaffolding ?. No idea.
Lord Cutler Beckett is the captain of the good ship endeavour in said film (although I thought it was at a worlds end,)
Sadly it is only a forum name and I'm nothing like the said good lord "Haughty, cultured, and sophisticated, it is Beckett's very arrogance which leads him to his death."
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I think you must be horty, culchered and sofistikated cos I can't even spell em.
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Cmd C, Cmd V from Wikipedia, jobs a gud un! ;D