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We are treading water - yes, we have had injuries, suspensions from rash challenges, and a loss of team-play and making the best of set pieces. However, we had more than enough chances to win tonight against another determined but moderate side (and, yes,we should have challenged Mendy instead of le...

Agree with Modgull that Nemane was our motm, and that we would have been better off in attack with CLE forward instead of a surprisingly poor AL. We did at least seem to play better once reduced to 10 men, otherwise we had been knocked out of our usual pattern of teamwork by no-nonsense play by Sutt...

Horrible conditions and soggy surface, but we never came to terms with it and misplaced so many passes. Not surprising that it was a draw (thanks to a last-minute partial save/clearance off our line) given that BW matches have not produced many goals this season, although it was surprising that BW c...

Fair enough for GJ to support the players - it was a marvellous game of cup tie football - and everyone put in the effort and we are looking a good footballing side; apart from some mistakes/tiredness we would have won the game. I was more concerned with how we lost our shape and fluency, and how we...

Well summed-up Crawley 90. A cracking rollercoaster of a match, a real cup tie. The substitutions certainly had a big effect on the result; in the first half our midfield was excellent, but when we took off Nemane (who arguably had his best ever game for us), CLE, and the effervescent Whitfield, we ...

The aspect which worried me was how, at the level above us, Northampton dominated Exeter with their bigger and stronger players - City just couldn't cope with high balls - and it reinforced a feeling that we desperately need to recruit such attackers and defenders so that our youngsters and smaller ...

Let's hope he actually gets a real chance... we desperately need a target man to make it less easy for any opposition to bully us and smother our midfield play.

What a shambolic performance - yes, Ebbsfleet were very physical, came to spoil our game, and their keeper was allowed to waste time from his very first touch; however, the fact that the league's worst defences played out a 0-0 draw speaks for itself, and we failed to change our gameplan. How did we...

When you get outplayed so comprehensively by ten men I nominate the whole team, all culpable of not playing as a team..!

We were tactically inept, how can the manager and assistant not change things when all can see that hit and hope is not working. Yes we should have had an obvious penalty for handball early on (and another good shout for handball late on)(c/f the instant penalisation of Hall for handball when he acc...

As wivelgull said above the ref was really excellent, in charge from the outset and no nonsense; how pleasant to be able to say that for a change. It had to give the players, and us in the crowd, more confidence. Coyy.

What on earth does Ruari Keating have to do to get picked ? - yes, his ball control could be better (shouldn't training sort that out), but he is all commitment, can score and can track back to defend. CLE is not a goalscorer yet plays upfront, and the new little winger cannot beat anyone except by ...

Dead right Portugull about 3 unchallenged headers sinking us yesterday, our problems all stem from being unable to keep a clean sheet. Lloyd James looks good, and is what we have sadly lacked since losing Frank Vincent to injury. However, the recruitment process has to be questioned when we only oth...

Encouraging - just what we need, an experienced head to control midfield, we have other young lads to do the box-to-box running. We have really missed Frank Vincent who could both link and run and who has also helped to bring on Matt Buse as a real find.

Have to agree with posts about how much we miss Frank Vincent, and how organised Stockport were in dominating the midfield and hunting down in packs; playing two wide men just left our midfield 2 unable to have any effect, especially as the wide men were usually shepherded towards the corner flag, w...