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0-2 at ht
Are the wheels coming off?
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Ok 2-2
Still life in the old dog yet
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Didn't think we were that poor in first half, poor goals though and not like Kent in all fairness to him. Second half and change of system certainly worked, credit to manager who remained calm throughout. Could have won it on chances, We are bang in the play off race, COYB.
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I thought we started really brightly but were authors of our own downfall in the first half. Couldn't quite see what happened with the first goal (from the other end it looked like Kent came for the cross, got stuck in the traffic so to speak, and lost the ball) but the second was shocking. Having said that Kent was due a wobbly one - he's saved us countless points in the past and I wouldn't swap him for any other keeper in this league. Good move at half-time, taking Bally off (who wasn't having the best of times) and going three at the back, with Fiddes coming on to give us real pace and width. Like the look of him - very direct and quick. Having equalized we looked like the only winners. Frustratingly Ollie and Griff both missed sitters - hope they can rectify that on Saturday.
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Well that was certainly a game of two halves. In the opening minute we had a chance and then it all went Pete Tong. Not just Kent making mistakes but right a cross the team, passes going astray and the ball being given away too easily, the nerves seemed to have got to us and at halftime there looked like there was no way back from two goals down. I don't know what Mark said during the break but it was a different team in the second half. The change of Bally for Fiddes was a spark that gave us new strength in attack. With a goal in the opening minute of the half, it was game on and we looked like the team most likely to win. They made a game of it with one clear chance on goal which they squandered. The most disappointing thing was the number of chances we had but failed to convert. Oli Taylor does not seem to have any confidence when in on goal , he had a clear chance which he just needed to strike first time but decided that he would try and take it around the defender and lost the ball , at least taking a shot would have made the keeper work, he might even have scored. This is in contrast to the confidence Andy has when in with a chance. In the end a draw was more than we could have hoped for at half time but the win was there for the taking, could have ended 5 -3. We need to win these home games if we are going to be in with a chance of the playoffs. " We're Chippenham old boys and we sing when we want".
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First half was a shocker, and lo and behold we use a wide player and the game turns, pity we cannot use wide players from the start. Kent had a poor game, and Oli was not up to the task, why have a proven goal scorer, in Ben Whitehead on the bench when he is not getting a look in, and young Campbell, give them a game. With Griff and Oli up front it is too predictable. The way things are going unless we can turn it around it will be difficult to maintain a play off place, all the other teams are closing in, right down to current 8th place.
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Agree with inthebox first half was awful and a change had to be made at half time. Finally it was good to see a wide player on the pitch and a lot started going down the right when Fiddes came on. But why oh why does the manager persist in playing James in central midfield when his best position is wide on the right. If we looked more effective when we had a wide player on the right why not go mad and have one on the left as well. Normally happy to see Oli playing but last night he had a bad game and baffling why Ben Whitehead stayed on the bench. Also thought it was a bit strange when we needed a win a forward is taken off and a midfield player brought on. Was it a case of happy with just one point?
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Don't think I have ever seen James play wide right in all my time. Jones got lot of crosses in from the left. Joiner you need to join the coaching staff, training Thursday.
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Is joiner real. Swear blind second half we played 2 wide men, in Jones and Fiddes. Coaching staff, I hope not man's a idiot.