St Albans v Torquay United

cockneycockers · Post by **cockneycockers** » 18 Jan 2025, 18:53

Game of two halves. We battered them in the second and were really unlucky not to win.
The second half line up is our best imo with a case for WJD getting in for someone.
If we play like that for the rest of the season we will be really close to winning this.
Not sure why Young took the pen but he was a man possessed in the second.
Mussa was great when he came on but we need a goal from him.

North Curry House · Post by **North Curry House** » 18 Jan 2025, 19:06

Kingswear Gull wrote: 18 Jan 2025, 15:32 Losing after 6 minutes 1-0.
Don’t panic early days

It is only just over two hours since the final whistle, my prediction is;
St Alban's 1 Torquay 1

Worth a try!...unlucky Kingskerswell Gull, like me you scored NIL.

Post by **Louis** » 19 Jan 2025, 11:11

Post by **SuperNickyWroe** » 19 Jan 2025, 11:14

cockneycockers wrote: 18 Jan 2025, 18:53 Game of two halves. We battered them in the second and were really unlucky not to win.
The second half line up is our best imo with a case for WJD getting in for someone.
If we play like that for the rest of the season we will be really close to winning this.
Not sure why Young took the pen but he was a man possessed in the second.
Mussa was great when he came on but we need a goal from him.

More or less sums it up, but tbh honest we should have scored two in the 1st half....
Thomas couldn't score from 2yds out and Threlkeld should have done better with a free header from a free kick.

Unitedtillidie · Post by **Unitedtillidie** » 19 Jan 2025, 11:48

That goal is terrible ,Sam lost his man and is not tight enough and what is James doing with that shot . Our away form is going to cost us I’m afraid. I think we need a full time gk who trains with the team for more than 3 hrs a week if we are to get promoted.Some of these players won’t cut it in the league above and I see the team still evolving.

portugull · Post by **portugull** » 19 Jan 2025, 12:13

How on earth did we not win this one. 1-6 if we had been more clinical.

I would love to see the Video of the corner were the linesman said it went out of play thus denying us the winner.

Dilmond · Post by **Dilmond** » 19 Jan 2025, 17:40

It would be interesting to see how many points we have actually lost against teams in the bottom four this season, certainly in double figures I would imagine.

portugull · Post by **portugull** » 19 Jan 2025, 18:24

No. We have dropped 8 points. 4 against St Albans both draws.

2 away to Weymouth and 2 home to Aveley. So 6 games offered 18 points to date but we only got 10 points.

MoxGull2502 · Post by **MoxGull2502** » 19 Jan 2025, 18:46

Jeckyl and Hyde form Home and Away.
We are top just but we are failing against these part time outfits who we should be beating.
Results like this are going to ultimately cost us in the end sadly. Cooke needs to be rested, we can all see this. If he gets injured …..we are in a repeat show of the Danny Wright situation and we all know how that ended

Bigger game now at Slough and 3 points badly needed.
Here’s hoping we can take our chances

Skillsy · Post by **Skillsy** » 19 Jan 2025, 19:41

The goal from the corner was disallowed because the linesman thought it curled out before coming back in to play.
No question of offside.
Foulston headed it in from the six yard line so the ball must have curled a lot to go out, then come back in, then continue as far out as the six yard line. That description sounds unlikely, but the linesman was in the perfect place to judge whether it went out mid flight.

desperado · Post by **desperado** » 19 Jan 2025, 20:12

Bit harsh on Hammy, hardly a glaring error and he makes fewer mistakes than Halstead, no keepers are faultless, ( eg Sheffield Wednesday keeper today )
He won't be the reason if we are not promoted.
As for next season in the league above , well let's get there first, obviously some of the current squad won't be good enough

Dilmond · Post by **Dilmond** » 20 Jan 2025, 13:51

portugull wrote: 19 Jan 2025, 18:24 No. We have dropped 8 points. 4 against St Albans both draws.

2 away to Weymouth and 2 home to Aveley. So 6 games offered 18 points to date but we only got 10 points.

Only eight, I thought the way we gift the lower teams points it would be more than that.

Post by **SuperNickyWroe** » 20 Jan 2025, 14:18

Dilmond wrote: 20 Jan 2025, 13:51 Only eight, I thought the way we gift the lower teams points it would be more than that.

Its 10 - we were 2-0 up at home v Chelmsford and drew 2-2...........

numpte · Post by **numpte** » 20 Jan 2025, 14:18

Wouldnt be a disaster if we didnt go up. Feelgood factor is back, crowds are significantly up, team is committed and slowly changing. Its not lost on me that Yeovil crowds are down this year as they enjoy mid table, cant be lost on the ownership too. Who doesnt like going to these places for a day out pretty assured that your team is going to be on top and the away following substantial. Had a great day out at Chesham (wernt really on top to the 10 men!) St Albans, Hampton, Enfield....looking forward to Chippenham, Chelmsford, Dorking....

We are currently exceeding start of the season expectations which i would have thought were 'get us in the play offs'

gullsgullsgulls · Post by **gullsgullsgulls** » 20 Jan 2025, 14:56

numpte wrote: 20 Jan 2025, 14:18 Wouldnt be a disaster if we didnt go up. Feelgood factor is back, crowds are significantly up, team is committed and slowly changing. Its not lost on me that Yeovil crowds are down this year as they enjoy mid table, cant be lost on the ownership too. Who doesnt like going to these places for a day out pretty assured that your team is going to be on top and the away following substantial. Had a great day out at Chesham (wernt really on top to the 10 men!) St Albans, Hampton, Enfield....looking forward to Chippenham, Chelmsford, Dorking....

We are currently exceeding start of the season expectations which i would have thought were 'get us in the play offs'

Problem is the expectations were reset. From being too at the half way point anything else will now be very disappointing, regardless of the initial expectation.

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