A superbly organized, workman like controlled game of football. Mark and his team have the players and the shape of the side working really well.  Players seem to know what is expected of them. They are backing each other up all over the pitch, when we have the ball, and when we loose it, the shape stays solid.  The back 3 of Tindle, McDonald and Richards becomes a back 5 with Guthrie and Jones dropping in when we were under pressure. You could see Weston were a good footballing side, but there threat was pretty much nullified by the exellent way we deffended. This gave Jarad Thompson, probably his quietest afternoon of the season.  Two cracking goals in the first half. The first from Sandell who works tirelessly and is always a major threat and a handfull for his Markers.     And the second from Mike Jones,  as he burst in from the right executing a superb chip with the outside of his foot, over the advancing keeper and into the net to make it 2-0. Western huffed and puffed in the second half but they never really looked to much like breaking down our midfield and defensive units, as we sat deep to protect what we had. And we came close to catching them on the break and adding a third.  Guthrie also struck a very good second half free kick and Richards hit the bar.  All in All a top class performance by the whole side.  With Guthrie a very close second to Star man Mike Jones. With Jones making the National league North and South team of the Day in the Non League paper.   Well done to Mark,Horgs Jas and the Lads.  Now let's beat Concord on Tuesday Night.  And keep those smiles on the Chippenham fans faces.  😎

Heroes to Zeroes today v Concord.

Absolutely terrible. So many mistakes right from the outset and just not competitive. They were so much better than us and just wanted it more.

Deserve relegation based on that whereas on Saturday I thought we were heading for mid-table where I hoped we'd be at season end

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Shocking performance. After two wins it looked as though we'd turned a corner, but judging by tonight, we're back to square one. Given how difficult we find it to pick up points away from home, this was definitely a wasted opportunity to gain 3 precious points.

Arguably our worst home performance of the season in my opinion, particularly when you consider how well the team played against WSM on Saturday. Concord wanted the result far more than we did last night, and quite frankly we did not turn up ! How Jackson and Mohammed have a starting place currently is beyond me - both are simply not good enough for this level. There was no commitment, effort or passion in that performance last night from the entire team, and we got exactly what we deserved. My concern looking ahead is if we do survive at this level, and it is a big if based on last night's performance, will this squad be broken up and more experienced player's at this level be brought in ? I wish I could take positives from last nights game, but I can't. Apart from Poole other teams around us came un-stuck. But we cannot relay on other teams to decide our destiny - thoughts anyone ?

All I can say is I repeat all other posts on this forum from last night's game, it was a shocker, they wanted it more than we did. Why change a winning team, unless of course there were injuries, but Sandell and Fergie were on the bench, and Sands not even brought on as a sub. Why take off Jones at half time, unless injured, but looked okay, and the tactics second half were appalling. Another red card, 8 this season in the league, wonder who got sent off, Guthrie, that will be his third suspension this season, A few bookings last night also, must be a few near suspension on yellow card count, discipline is poor. Heard on radio this morning Mark is looking to Swindon for loan players, before transfer deadline, a bit late in the day for that. Last night was probably the worst display of the season, and a relatively small crowd, not very encouraging to get fans back through the gate. We do not mind losing if the team play attractive football and give their all, but last night was abysmal.

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