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[quote="girlygull"]Hey i was trying to keep my ID secret, Dave, thanks very much!!! U donut!! im I allowed to call an administrator a donut :bow: :)[/quote]

It is. Your name is now Secret Sandy :)

Hook?

Hey i was trying to keep my ID secret, Dave, thanks very much!!! U donut!! im I allowed to call an administrator a donut :bow: :)

[quote="Southampton Gull"]


All keepers make mistakes, it's just that experienced keepers shake them off more easily than younger less experienced keepers do. When I was a teenager being coached by John Burridge he always said that young keepers will always make mistakes amd suffer a lack of confidence but that an old campaigner like himself would just wait for the next save and feed off that. That simple bit of advice instantly made me a better keeper, unfortunately though there are fans that make it well known they have no knowledge of these things while constantly barracking someone like Rice. This spell in the first team will do him the world of good as long as people stay off his back.[/quote]

Spot on mate but the problem is when a player makes a mistake more often than not they get away with it, but with a keeper it always leads to a goal and then the pressure from the fans begin.

Well said, Sandy :)

Could I just make a comment on the commentary on Gullsplayer for this match, I noticed that Steve Breed got some criticism
for his commentary on the Newport game,unfairly in my opinion, and to give him his due he came out on Monday night and gave another good performance. Also the summarizer Paul did an excellent job, Paul and Steve should definitely do more games together, maybe first team games?? Anyone listening........ Radio Devon :)

[quote="supergulls"]Pmsl I was thinking that as I was typing it[/quote]


All keepers make mistakes, it's just that experienced keepers shake them off more easily than younger less experienced keepers do. When I was a teenager being coached by John Burridge he always said that young keepers will always make mistakes amd suffer a lack of confidence but that an old campaigner like himself would just wait for the next save and feed off that. That simple bit of advice instantly made me a better keeper, unfortunately though there are fans that make it well known they have no knowledge of these things while constantly barracking someone like Rice. This spell in the first team will do him the world of good as long as people stay off his back.

Pmsl I was thinking that as I was typing it

[quote="supergulls"]
He's a good shot stopper and did pull of some good saves last night but he is not the tallest so I don't think he's the best on crosses and every now and then he makes a mistake, but he's still only young.[/quote]


Are you sure you're not talking about Martin Rice? ;-)

[quote="Behind-the-Gulls"]Is Connor Thompson ready to step-up to the first team(if needed) do you reckon Super?
Seems to have done well in all the matches he's played this season.[/quote]
He's a good shot stopper and did pull of some good saves last night but he is not the tallest so I don't think he's the best on crosses and every now and then he makes a mistake, but he's still only young.

[quote="brucie"]Dunno but he must have backache the number of times he has picked the ball out of the net. These "reserve" games don't inspire me with any confidence as we continually get hammered. 7-1 against Yeovil, 4-1 and 5-0 against Exeter, 2-0 against Plymouth - christ thats 18 goals conceded in four games. Lets face it, its embarassing - perhaps Knill has got it right by playing the same players every week - the ones in reserve seem worse![/quote]

To be fair I've been to every reserved game this year except the yeovil match as it was behind closed doors and the results can be a bit misleading, the game against yeovil was a miss match as our reserves were no match for no less than 7 yeovil players that started for them in the championship fixture the following Saturday. The game against Exeter was an equal affair upto half time and there was no difference in the two teams until mr knill had a rush of blood and made our team play the weiredest formation I've ever seen, Exeter then get on top and punish us. That takes us to last night where we had 5 youth team players in a starting line up against a strong Exeter team and from the start you could see it was a bit of a miss match and Exeter's quality especially in front of goal showed through. When the teams were announced I think realistically we knew we didn't have much of a chance. But if you go back to the first reserve game which was against Cheltenham away we beat a very strong Cheltenham side 3-2. On that day it was the only time we have fielded a proper reserve side with no youth team players involved so on our day with everybody available we are ok but we don't have the strength in depth once you start to get injuries. So what I'm trying to say is with the reserve fixtures sometimes the scorelines are a bit misleading as the teams are not always playing on a level playing field.

Dunno but he must have backache the number of times he has picked the ball out of the net. These "reserve" games don't inspire me with any confidence as we continually get hammered. 7-1 against Yeovil, 4-1 and 5-0 against Exeter, 2-0 against Plymouth - christ thats 18 goals conceded in four games. Lets face it, its embarassing - perhaps Knill has got it right by playing the same players every week - the ones in reserve seem worse!

Is Connor Thompson ready to step-up to the first team(if needed) do you reckon Super?
Seems to have done well in all the matches he's played this season.

4-1 final result a quick summary I thought our established players let us down to be honest I was dissapointed with the likes of yeoman and Sullivan they didn't put in a shift at all Craig wasn't the best either, plus points were the lad called mace at right back showed great energy, Connor Thompson pulled of some fantastic saves to keep the score down, Hutchings had a good solid first half and our number 2 I think it was Purcell showed a great work attitude.

[quote="supergulls"]Matt I was going to meet you in the bar after and say hello I can't believe you have deserted me[/quote]

Sorry mate, I never leave matches early, but I made the executive decision. Were you sat with programme Mike?

Matt.