Changing Times 12,339 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I wrote this today at the match An Ode to George Saville Try to best Cause you're only a man And a man's gotta learn to take it Try to believe Though the going gets rough That you gotta hang tough to make it History repeats itself Try and you'll succeed Never doubt that you're the one And you can have your dreams! You're the best! Around! Nothing's gonna ever keep you down You're the best! Around! Nothing's gonna ever keep you down You're the best! Around Nothing's gonna ever keep you down Words by C Times Link to post Share on other sites
northern boro 449 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Britt left the Riverside on crutches tonight Good job Gestede is back in training! Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,339 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 What a big win that was for everyone, well, except for Charlton. Fully deserved three points and a performance that was actually pretty decent. I thought we were much better overall today than against Barnsley for example. Just a shame we couldn't add another goal or two to give us a more deserved scoreline. Now, I'm too old to have a favourite player and all of that stuff. However, my new favourite player is DJ Ed Spence. When he's not marauding down the right flank, he's spinning discs and dropping some big ass tunes for everyone. The kid is a force of nature and I expect to see him really go places - The England team, a stint in Ibiza, you name it, he can have it all! Seriously though, he was good today as was Coulson. Having some pace and drive in the team gives us a better shot of winning a few games. Having a few more players with a more aggressive attacking outlook does the same. As one nil wins go, it was one of the more comfortable that I've seen. I wouldn't say we were completely dominant but then I also didn't feel they would score at any point. One slight criticism would be that the three in midfield have got to understand that they need to cover the two wing backs, same goes for the three central defenders. With 6 players in that lot we should have at least one spare man most of the time and they need to get that sorted between them all. But it's a minor concern and I don't think we were exposed all that much today. I don't know if there's any news about injuries etc. Assombalonga didn't look great when he went off, which is a pain in the ***, and I've no idea where Wing was so I'm guessing he is also injured? I think we get a couple back from suspension though so at least we'll have a couple more available. Nothing I've seen from the youngsters so far has left me feeling anything but optimistic. It's easy to see when they've hardly played but they look decent and I'd be willing to see them given more time rather than rush to sign these more experienced players that we apparently need. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
sanddancer 1,967 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 21 minutes ago, ladyspite said: wow, you become positive? 😛 Ah thank you.. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,339 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 15 minutes ago, northern boro said: Britt left the Riverside on crutches tonight Good job Gestede is back in training! Britt must have borrowed them from Rudy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Oslo_Syd 320 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Let's just get a bit of perspective. Once again we SCRAPED a home win by one goal. Charlton were there for the taking. The stats speak for themselves - 23 shots on goal, 3 on target, Charlton 5 shots on goal, 2 on target. OK, we did not concede - finally - but it was far, far away from a convincing win. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,339 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 It was a convincing win but it wasn't a convincing scoreline, if you like. Only one team was winning that game today. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,982 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, Oslo_Syd said: Let's just get a bit of perspective. Once again we SCRAPED a home win by one goal. Charlton were there for the taking. The stats speak for themselves - 23 shots on goal, 3 on target, Charlton 5 shots on goal, 2 on target. OK, we did not concede - finally - but it was far, far away from a convincing win. Did you watch it? It was incredibly convincing. Our problem continues to be we can't hit a barn door, but we didn't look in danger of losing the lead literally at any point. Pears had to make like, one semi decent save otherwise he was mostly a passenger. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Oslo_Syd 320 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, Brunners said: Did you watch it? It was incredibly convincing. Our problem continues to be we can't hit a barn door, but we didn't look in danger of losing the lead literally at any point. Pears had to make like, one semi decent save otherwise he was mostly a passenger. I didn't watch it, because I couldn't watch it, but the scoreline says it all. All three parts of the team have to function as one - defence, midfield and strikers. Goal difference can be crucial and we should have capitalized, but we didn't. The positive is that we controlled the game, the negative is that we didn't convert our chances, and Woody now has a lifeline. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
macapes 1,919 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 48 minutes ago, Oslo_Syd said: I didn't watch it, because I couldn't watch it, but the scoreline says it all. All three parts of the team have to function as one - defence, midfield and strikers. Goal difference can be crucial and we should have capitalized, but we didn't. The positive is that we controlled the game, the negative is that we didn't convert our chances, and Woody now has a lifeline. If you want to play stats, then may be worth pointing out that Charlton had no shots at all in the first half. The scoreline doesn't "say it all" after our genuinely terrible, disjointed performances - this wasn't glorious, but it at least looked competent, with players in position and with a number of decent chances to score. Yes, Tav missed two sitters, Walker should have passed rather than shot, but we made those chances. It was wildly different to some of the dross we've seen recently. But it's only Charlton. Lets see what happens at Forest. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,281 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 57 minutes ago, Oslo_Syd said: I didn't watch it, because I couldn't watch it, but the scoreline says it all. All three parts of the team have to function as one - defence, midfield and strikers. Goal difference can be crucial and we should have capitalized, but we didn't. The positive is that we controlled the game, the negative is that we didn't convert our chances, and Woody now has a lifeline. As CT put it, one of the most convincing 1-0 wins I've ever seen. We had plenty of low scoring wins under AK which were just as convincing albeit in other ways, when we used to let teams come at us and have a go and beat off literally everything. You don't need to score bags of goals to have a convincing win. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I missed the game today, due to being a rugby since 1pm. How did Spence get on a right-back? Link to post Share on other sites
BillinghamBoro 229 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 14 minutes ago, DanFromDownSouth said: I missed the game today, due to being a rugby since 1pm. How did Spence get on a right-back? Wasn't at the game, but from bbc tees and fan reports sounds like he was one of the best on the pitch. Sounds like he had a cracking game. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Johnmfc81 902 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 53 minutes ago, BillinghamBoro said: Wasn't at the game, but from bbc tees and fan reports sounds like he was one of the best on the pitch. Sounds like he had a cracking game. He did, he was bombing forward and beating his man, when he made mistakes and lost the ball he would get back in the tackle quick to win it back. Still got a bit to learn defensively but was refreshing to see some one performing like that. His passing and crossing was very good too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DurhamRed 2,047 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 3 hours ago, northern boro said: Britt left the Riverside on crutches tonight Good job Gestede is back in training! I reckon we'll see Gestede starting at Forest 🙈 Link to post Share on other sites
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