Sorry if this has already been posted, but is this real?!?!??!
Is it another BBC error?
I don't care if you have 8 players on the pitch, this is NOT good enough!! Sort it Sturrock!
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Sorry if this has already been posted, but is this real?!?!??!
Is it another BBC error?
I don't care if you have 8 players on the pitch, this is NOT good enough!! Sort it Sturrock!
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It certainly was not diabolical, disappointing yes, but not diabolical or disastrous!
I assume you weren't there last night - otherwise you wouldn't be posting nonsense like this!
The reality is we went down to 10 men very early (due to poor refereeing IMHO), away from home against a decent side. The 10-men that were left worked really hard and stayed organised to contain Oxford, but mounting attacks was not easy. Saying that, had we had a few breaks of the ball we might well have scored.
It certainly was not diabolical, disappointing yes, but not diabolical or disastrous!
Point is that Timlin should have the experience to be a little more careful when on a yellow from the 20th minute. Bad refereeing or not, players should always be prepared for refs to get decisions wrong and send them off so should exercise a bit of caution imo.
Accrington managed to score an equalizer against us last year at RH just after they went down to ten men. I don't think the stats I've shown are defensible....Unless we had 8 men.
Or are you saying that Oxford (who finished outside of the play-offs last year) are simply better than us anyway and we're looking at mid-table at best this season?
This. When you're the big shoulders in midfield, putting in a stupid tackle to get a deserved yellow card (the first one) after 20 minutes is frankly irresponsible and it leaves you open to getting sent off. Whether he deserved his second or not (tripping someone from behind is pretty stupid, especially when on a yellow), you're on a tightrope in an away game where getting points is vital for morale.Point is that Timlin should have the experience to be a little more careful when on a yellow from the 20th minute. Bad refereeing or not, players should always be prepared for refs to get decisions wrong and send them off so should exercise a bit of caution imo.
Accrington managed to score an equalizer against us last year at RH just after they went down to ten men. I don't think the stats I've shown are defensible....Unless we had 8 men.
Or are you saying that Oxford (who finished outside of the play-offs last year) are simply better than us anyway and we're looking at mid-table at best this season?
This. When you're the big shoulders in midfield, putting in a stupid tackle to get a deserved yellow card (the first one) after 20 minutes is frankly irresponsible and it leaves you open to getting sent off. Whether he deserved his second or not (tripping someone from behind is pretty stupid, especially when on a yellow), you're on a tightrope in an away game where getting points is vital for morale.
If you still think that losing a man to a red card is harsh for what Timlin did, don't have a go at the ref, have a go at the rules of the game. The ref only applied them correctly. If we had a sin bin then Timlin would only have been off for a few minutes, and we'd have won then, wouldn't we? (:whistling:)
Mounting attacks should not be that difficult. It's only one man difference. If you use the full pitch the extra man hardly notices, because football is such a slow game.
Point is that Timlin should have the experience to be a little more careful when on a yellow from the 20th minute. Bad refereeing or not, players should always be prepared for refs to get decisions wrong and send them off so should exercise a bit of caution imo.
Accrington managed to score an equalizer against us last year at RH just after they went down to ten men. I don't think the stats I've shown are defensible....Unless we had 8 men.
Or are you saying that Oxford (who finished outside of the play-offs last year) are simply better than us anyway and we're looking at mid-table at best this season?
Compared to hockey, which I play and umpire, football is painstakingly slow, yes. Even League 2. But in hockey, even though you can't score a goal from further out than 14 yards, teams with only 10 players on the pitch regularly score goals. Why? Cos they move the ball intelligently and quickly.
Our boys are supposed to be professional sportsmen, yet they can't work out how to move the ball on quickly and accurately enough.
OK, I wasn't at the match, so cannot say what happened, but from the many matches I have seen, it is a very thin line between 'getting in and having a go' and holding back and the opposing player gets through. And yes, I know that there is a right and a wrong way to nick the ball back, but two running players will occasionally get timings a bit wrong, but I would rather have someone committing at 100 percent rather than spending the rest of the match worrying about a potential yellow coming up.superblue24;1425344[B said:]Point is that Timlin should have the experience to be a little more careful when on a yellow from the 20th minute. Bad refereeing or not, players should always be prepared for refs to get decisions wrong and send them off so should exercise a bit of caution imo. [/B]
Accrington managed to score an equalizer against us last year at RH just after they went down to ten men. I don't think the stats I've shown are defensible....Unless we had 8 men.
Or are you saying that Oxford (who finished outside of the play-offs last year) are simply better than us anyway and we're looking at mid-table at best this season?
Compared to hockey, which I play and umpire, football is painstakingly slow, yes. Even League 2. But in hockey, even though you can't score a goal from further out than 14 yards, teams with only 10 players on the pitch regularly score goals. Why? Cos they move the ball intelligently and quickly.
Our boys are supposed to be professional sportsmen, yet they can't work out how to move the ball on quickly and accurately enough.
This. When you're the big shoulders in midfield, putting in a stupid tackle to get a deserved yellow card (the first one) after 20 minutes is frankly irresponsible and it leaves you open to getting sent off. Whether he deserved his second or not (tripping someone from behind is pretty stupid, especially when on a yellow), you're on a tightrope in an away game where getting points is vital for morale.
If you still think that losing a man to a red card is harsh for what Timlin did, don't have a go at the ref, have a go at the rules of the game. The ref only applied them correctly. If we had a sin bin then Timlin would only have been off for a few minutes, and we'd have won then, wouldn't we? (:whistling:)
Mounting attacks should not be that difficult. It's only one man difference. If you use the full pitch the extra man hardly notices, because football is such a slow game.
Sorry if this has already been posted, but is this real?!?!??!
Is it another BBC error?
I don't care if you have 8 players on the pitch, this is NOT good enough!! Sort it Sturrock!
View attachment 1881
Point is that Timlin should have the experience to be a little more careful when on a yellow from the 20th minute. Bad refereeing or not, players should always be prepared for refs to get decisions wrong and send them off so should exercise a bit of caution imo.
Accrington managed to score an equalizer against us last year at RH just after they went down to ten men. I don't think the stats I've shown are defensible....Unless we had 8 men.
Or are you saying that Oxford (who finished outside of the play-offs last year) are simply better than us anyway and we're looking at mid-table at best this season?