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Is he better than Collins? Yes. 
Would I really want him back? No, not really. 

Shame we don’t have any money. This guy would’ve been perfect, and it’s a bargain. 

£300k release clause. 

5 minutes ago, Truckle said:

That's true generally but in this context?  Their most forward player is 3 yards outside of our box.

Think having 4 in the box and everyone else to mop up clearances is perfectly fine. Think stills from earlier in the game and 0-0 may illustrate your point better than this. 

1 minute ago, Truckle said:

I really like the way we are playing but it does seem that we struggle to get men in the box.  This is the view from behind the goal for our winner- against 10 men we only have 3 men in the box (4 if we include Dobbin crossing) against 8 defenders.

I mean 4 out of 10 outfielders isn’t insignificant. 

4 minutes ago, nottingram said:

Ultimately depends how sophisticated the model is really. Marriott’s chance as an example is ultimately a 30 yard attempt with a low probability of scoring, I guess you could start to take into account goalkeeper position but by doing so you probably lose a lot of sample size. Like you say I’m sure this is realised and acknowledged. By no means exhaustive but I think it is a fair reflection of the game whereby despite playing poorly we were good value for at least a point and probably more 11 v 11. A bit more composure at 11 v 10 and 0-0 and it would have been comfortable but ultimately no harm done.

As an aside I also don’t really think that Marriott chance was as good as is made out especially with the type of finish he went for. Hitting it with so much power meant he probably had to find a corner, lob or trying to bend it round Wildsmith would have been better. Easy to say sat in the stands not playing though!

It was easier than he made it look. But he was outside the box, where he turns into a pub player, so no surprise really. 

12 minutes ago, Simo said:

Too many syllables bro

If by too many you mean the right amount then yeah, bang on. 

1 minute ago, ollycutts1982 said:

‘We’ll be straight back up’ for me ??

What have you done with the other syllable?

Throw 11 players at a board and that’s who plays. If we get out the group, then try get to Wembley. 

Senior striker just means for the first team. He’s trying to be cryptic unsurprisingly. 

33 minutes ago, Simmo’s left foot said:

How about some songs that don't involve foul language? In particular the F word... if you don't Fing bounce, and we don't give a F, F the EFL....and of course the Collymore song which was on show again on saturday...non of this puts us in a good place when you hear it in the background on TV for example. Not exactly what you want your kids to hear is it?

 

Found the guy sky commentators have to apologise to. 

I don’t understand football. That’s two red cards for handball in 2 games they should have had and haven’t. What on earth. Rush goalkeeper a legit tactic now then. 

I’ve been singing “we’re going straight back up”. Fits perfectly. The main issue is usually when someone sticks an “and” before it. 

It’s not really a surprise that Korey Smith put in his best performance in the position he’s most used to. Don’t ever recall seeing him play quite as advanced as he has done for us prior to his arrival here. 

2 minutes ago, PistoldPete said:

How was it tough red? The second offence was a clear yellow card. Are you talking about the first one which I didn't see. 

He was barely touched on the second one, is the point being made. Barkhuizen played for it massively, but that’s football. He didn’t time the challenge and gave the referee a choice to make, and as soon as the choice was a foul then a yellow was always going to follow in that position. 

I’d take it more seriously if we got out the group. Wembley is Wembley after all. 

17 minutes ago, Gritstone Ram said:

I’m sure I saw the ref show a yellow card after we scored the second goal? Did this happen? Who was it if it did?

Cashin for his celebration I think. 

Will tell you in May. 

3 minutes ago, chadlad said:

Peterborough with 11 men were better than us and would have won had they retained 11 for the whole game. The P’bro No 8, Taylor was bossing the game, certainly in the 1st half. The turning point was the sending off (kudos to Barks) despite them scoring when down to 10 men. As LR said in his post match, that was the worst we have played this season, possibly because they didn’t let us play.
 

 

Can’t agree with that. Think them going a man down and us switching off as a result got them their goal. Think we would have likely won the game still 11v11. Fair play to them for remaining attacking with 10 men to get the goal, just think their subs after that were a bit curious. 

1 minute ago, Rev said:

Marriott kicked it away 3 times in the first 10 minutes, crafty sod. 

He also showed us, as if we needed reminding, that he actually can’t play football outside of the box. Tried to score from half way and could barely kick it as far as the area, fell over the ball etc. He’s a curious footballer. 

This is standard David behaviour. Travels 2 hours to get here, and can’t wait 2 minutes to leave. 

Wildsmith 6

Knight 8

Forsyth 6.5

Roberts 6

Korey Smith 6.5

Cashin 6

Stearman 6

Dobbin 6

McGoldrick 7

Sibley 6.5

Hourihane 5.5

Bird 5.5

Collins 3

Barkhuizen 7

1 minute ago, Mucker1884 said:

Must say, unless my eyes were deceiving me, Sibbers was on fire at the start.  He "could" have had a hat trick in the opening 5 mins!... I say "could", and not "should", as he did nowt wrong, from what I saw.  Was just scuppered by jobsworth defending and a little bad luck.

Glad to see him get a full 90 under his belt.
He's maturing nicely, in my book.  

Could’ve easily have gotten dragged into an altercation first half too. Got up, got their man booked. Maturity showing. 

Great limbs at the end there. Should’ve won comfortably, but we weren’t good enough when they went down to 10. 

Big few days with the transfer window. We need some reinforcements. No one we could throw on out wide with NML missing today, and we certainly need a striker to take Joan Collins out the firing line, he was pony again. 

Think the team I'd go for is:

Someone, Someone, Someone, Someone, Someone, Someone, Someone, Someone, Sibley, Someone, Someone

The on the bench:

Not Sibley, Not Sibley, Not Sibley, Not Sibley, Not Sibley, Not Sibley, Not Sibley