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Sheridan did shout to Tommy to tell Jarratt to "CALM DOWN" at one point during the second half. For once some good advice coming from the touch line. The lad was getting a bit excited.....

I'm going to be a little controversial here but I believe that your penalty taker should take your penalties. It is not as though Jason knew much about the first goal of his pair. Smalleys shot deserved to take the credit for that one. I'll give him his second... that one was almost Ronaldo'ish. Eard's takes our penalties and should have taken that one. It won't be critical come the end of the season but you should stick to your game plan....

It is surprising how injuries can effect the team. Sheridan may well have found a combination of players quite by accident who gelled together really well. The midfield looked to have a touch of bite and class with Livermore alongside Allott. Jarrett and Constantine up front looked as if they knew what they were about. It would be a shame if Constantine went back to Leeds now just when he looks to be getting back to some kind of fitness. It was also nice to see Liddel warming up with the lads before the game. Great display despite the appalling conditions. Jarratt MOM closely followed by Rubes once more. The defence were dominant yet again which allowed the midfield and strikers to get forward.

Nobody has pilloried Davies for having a shot at goal. He was called greedy for not looking up and seeing a player in a better goal scoring position.

Chris Taylor usually has a go when the opportunity arises and he is never pilloried for doing so. There were a couple of occasions last Satdi when Allott and Jarratt both had opportunities but didn't take them, even though many fans were shouting at them to have a go. It is not a criticism, more an indication of a lack of confidence or fear of failure. I for one would like to see a shoot on sight policy (like Chrissy Taylor). as someone has already said. If you don't have a shy... You can't win a cocomut.

Has anyone else on here noticed a reluctance on the part of our players to have a shot at goal. I don't just mean the strikers... McDonald and Allott both had opportunities to have a punt on Satdi against Millwall. Smalley seemed to look for any alternative rather than the shot and Jarrett preferred to look for the pass every time, even though it opened up for him on at least three occasions. Was it the same against Donny? I heard that Smalley had a couple of chances late on but wouldn't have a go. I couldn't get there because my family insisted on me celebrating my 50th with them instead of letting me go to the footy. Miseries!!!!

To put this post back on topic. The person who shouted at Sheridan after Millwall had scored shouted the following "You're bleedin useless Sheridan" He shouted this about six times at the top of his voice and was told to shut up by several people including myself. I also pointed out to him that Sheridan was not the person who allowed Savage through to score the goal. However.... I also shouted at Sheridan when he came dancing down the touchline after we had scored perhaps the flukiest goal of the season that he couldn't claim any credit for that either!!! Sheridan did not flash the v's at anybody. He merely opened and closed his fingers to signify "Stop chattering" or something similar. What Sheridan did after the Millwall goal beggared belief. To blame Jarrett for the goal was simply wrong. Jarrett and Livermore collided which allowed Savage through to score past a keeper who got his positioning totally wrong. I don't even wholly blame him. It's a team game. Anyone who says that putting Wolfy on was inspired didn't watch the same game. Wolfy touched the ball once. What happened was that the Tic's finally started to run at Millwall. Smalley being one of those who had been anonymous for 70 minutes but decided to make an effort after we went 1-0 down. For the last 20 minutes we did what we should have been doing for the previous 70. TRYING!!!!!

What? like the club has done with the Trotman money!!!

Thats it.... Lets show a complete and utter lack of any sort of ambition......

Sheridans man management skills are legendary. The goal appeared to come from Livermore running into Jarrett which opened us up. Jarrett was in possession when Livermore ran into him and the Savage popped up with the ball. It appeared to be just one of those things. For Sheridan to immediately substitute one of our best passers of the ball during the game was stupid beyond belief. Thompson will also probably be out for the rest of the season. It just beggars belief at times......

EEEXXXCCCUUSSSEE ME.... Hazell a steady centre back. He would have been player of the season if it hadn't been for that bloody Mark Allott..... There's steam coming out of me ears and everything now. STEADY well I never!!!!

As with any contract. either party can breach it at their own peril. The council may consider the risk of court action to be worth it. They might try to make the club look as if they got too good a deal just to get them to talk about paying a rent increase. You are right about it not being changed. It can only be varied by agreement between the two parties to it.

I was just going off the number of registered users. It is now the Official forum for OAFC.

The only problem with polls on here is that they are from a third of the fan base. To be fair you could probably transfer the result to all of the fan base but it is swinging away from Sheridan. You just have to look at the posts on here that are now starting to doubt him. I wasn't one of those wanting Shez out until recently and I may well have voted to keep him in the last poll. However I am watching a manager who does not seem to be listening or learning and that has changed my opinion of his ability. I make no apology for this view and await the venom......(Not from you I might add)

I don't know if Crossley should be runner up Gemma. He has had the benefit of a fairly stable pair of centre backs in front of him. This is one of the main reasons that he has looked better than he is. The shot stopping he does has been from 18yards plus out and that gives him plenty of time to set himself. He hasn't any pace left and I would hate to see him one on one with a forward bearing down on him. He may well have had this but I can't recall a situation like that this season. Rubes has been a revelation since joining us and I particularly liked his interview with BBC sport the other week. He thinks we are still in the melting pot for the playoffs and that is good to hear from one of the playing staff.