by ferrarilover » 09 Jan 2011, 21:35
Joke defending, is this right?
Carlisle had two shots of any real note, Zola (or whatever his name is) after 30 seconds, comfortably smothered by Bevan. A free kick from 25 yards, comfortably punched away by Bevan. What little else they created was headed away in siege gun fashion by The Birthday Boy.
It was hardly like they were knocking on the door for 90 minutes and we were aiding and abetting in a comedy manner.
On the subject of the thread, I am inclined to agree with the OP. We always seem to attract very little attention, which, while unjust, is not entirely to our disadvantage. I am more than happy for opposing teams and fans to believe, as they would be absolutely justified in so doing based upon our coverage in the media, that we are a poor side who create little of note going forward.
That said, it is enormously frustrating when we are involved in what was doubtless the game of the day in L2, losing 4-3 in injury time, and we still get less of a mention than a totally routine 2-0 Morecambe win over Crewe (this match may not have existed, it is for illustrative purposes only). I do often wonder if there might not be a custom of which we, as a club, are not aware. A payment or bribe payable to the Chief Exec or the DIrector General to secure favourable TV exposure.
This seems to be the attitude to L2 football in general. Sky Sports News is the worst offender. They always manage to go to an ad break just as the scrolling news displayed at the bottom of the screen is coming towards L2. It never cuts out just as a feature on Man Utd or Leeds or even Huddersfield comes up. There is absolutely no convincing me that it is accidental, it simply happens too often to be random.
Still, we'll live, it's not like we genuinely miss out. This will sound uncaring and unsympathetic to those exiles who cannot attend on a regular basis, but I'm not bothered about our telly coverage. If they want to dedicate 10 minutes to a match simply because it features 2 bigger teams, that's their choice. I know how good a game TUFC had, because I was there (most of the time). I know that, even if they only show the goal(s) that there were a myriad other chances which we created and a smorgasbord excellent moves and sublone football played by the team in yellow (or black). To my mind, and having witnessed the offerings of other sides in our division, we are one of the more photogenic teams. Gone are the bad old days of Histon FC style 'hoof ball' and returneth are the glory days of Eunan O' Kane (lb for lb, the best footballer in L2?) picking out Nicky Wroe, Chris Zebroski, Ash Hemmings et al.
Matt.
Joke defending, is this right?
Carlisle had two shots of any real note, Zola (or whatever his name is) after 30 seconds, comfortably smothered by Bevan. A free kick from 25 yards, comfortably punched away by Bevan. What little else they created was headed away in siege gun fashion by The Birthday Boy.
It was hardly like they were knocking on the door for 90 minutes and we were aiding and abetting in a comedy manner.
On the subject of the thread, I am inclined to agree with the OP. We always seem to attract very little attention, which, while unjust, is not entirely to our disadvantage. I am more than happy for opposing teams and fans to believe, as they would be absolutely justified in so doing based upon our coverage in the media, that we are a poor side who create little of note going forward.
That said, it is enormously frustrating when we are involved in what was doubtless the game of the day in L2, losing 4-3 in injury time, and we still get less of a mention than a totally routine 2-0 Morecambe win over Crewe (this match may not have existed, it is for illustrative purposes only). I do often wonder if there might not be a custom of which we, as a club, are not aware. A payment or bribe payable to the Chief Exec or the DIrector General to secure favourable TV exposure.
This seems to be the attitude to L2 football in general. Sky Sports News is the worst offender. They always manage to go to an ad break just as the scrolling news displayed at the bottom of the screen is coming towards L2. It never cuts out just as a feature on Man Utd or Leeds or even Huddersfield comes up. There is absolutely no convincing me that it is accidental, it simply happens too often to be random.
Still, we'll live, it's not like we genuinely miss out. This will sound uncaring and unsympathetic to those exiles who cannot attend on a regular basis, but I'm not bothered about our telly coverage. If they want to dedicate 10 minutes to a match simply because it features 2 bigger teams, that's their choice. I know how good a game TUFC had, because I was there (most of the time). I know that, even if they only show the goal(s) that there were a myriad other chances which we created and a smorgasbord excellent moves and sublone football played by the team in yellow (or black). To my mind, and having witnessed the offerings of other sides in our division, we are one of the more photogenic teams. Gone are the bad old days of Histon FC style 'hoof ball' and returneth are the glory days of Eunan O' Kane (lb for lb, the best footballer in L2?) picking out Nicky Wroe, Chris Zebroski, Ash Hemmings et al.
Matt.
