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5 minutes ago, Worcester Owl said:

Anyone know what the attendance was today?

 

6300 plus change with 400 plus from Southend.

Just now, simplythemostimportantkick said:

Their keeper shouldn’t have even seen it to have a chance to save it. Bad miss. 

I didn't see it. Went for a pee.

Worldie by Hudson!

After the Dorking game, this is currently dour.

5 minutes ago, GKing521 said:

Whoever this is on commentary needs to gracefully step down and never do it again. 
 

He obviously does no preparation and evidently has poor eyesight. 
 

Embarrassing. 

It's been embarrassing for 15 years with all due respect to Gordon.

Roy needs shooting.

The other one needs to be given the gun with two bullets. 

Today, our main rival will be mostly being Southend.

3 minutes ago, Longlostfan said:

all we need is to win every remaining game and we finish as champions 4 points clear

coyb

PMA

Midfielders

4-1 FT

Chesterfield's 11 game losing sreak has begun...

4-1 Run out!

4 minutes ago, L1onheartNew said:

Great stumping!

3-1

Never mind the game. Keep the camera on the Dorking Physio!

Great stumping!

3-1

On 3/1/2024 at 5:10 PM, Bender said:

 

You want this job? You can have it. @Matt @Ackey and @Stevie_J can blow it out of their ass.

Do the Bender

Do the Bender

Do the Bender

2 minutes ago, nzlatic said:

They’ve either turned the mics off or this has the atmosphere of a village cricket match. 

Ha! I thought the same.

When Dorking scored their second, I swear I heard a Howzattt?

2-1 booo

Just seen the best tackle since 1975 by Barry Fuller.

Took the ball cleanly, the man (Berry) brutally and just got up and jogged off

Dorking are by far the better side.

Marc White said that they need to score 3 or 4 to stand any chance.

Should be that already!

2-0

Fun fact: Dorking have never been relegated!

2 minutes ago, L1onheartNew said:

Dorking 1 up v Chesterfield.

 

Should really be 3.

 

Dorking peppering.

 

Fantastic first 11 minutes.

 

Edit: 39 year old Barry Fuller leading the line for Dorking.

Dorking 1 up v Chesterfield.

Should really be 3.

Dorking peppering.

Fantastic first 11 minutes.

7 hours ago, nzlatic said:

Just looking at Mellon's league results, if you remove our 3 home games against teams in or around the relegation zone (Ebbsfleet, Woking and Kidderminster) then our PPG is 1.8 over the other 6 games which would be fine. So we have 0 ppg against teams at the bottom at home and 1.8 ppg against everyone else. That's where I think the problem mainly is with home form rather than it being a more in depth problem. 

 

One factor could be that those teams would be looking at the fixture as a completely free hit. They can play with freedom and be very attacking knowing if they end up losing, it won't matter too much as they wouldn't expect anything from the game anyway.  We have the opposite mentality - the expectation of 6000 people in the crowd and from the players/management is for a comfortable win. Any mistakes are made worse by it feeling like a massive missed opportunity. 

This. 100%. It's all about expectation.

Effectively, we have given the rest of the league a 12 game start. 9 games under Unsworth, of which, there was one win and 3 free hits.

Under the circumstances, what Mellon has achieved post Unsworth is nothing short of remarkable.

We were not a team of world beaters under performing where any manager could have walked in and turned them around. We were and still are a team of misfits, rejects and average Joe's.

The exception being Garner. 

Four in six is an excellent return. His positioning and finish at Maidenhead were superb and his close control and execution at Eastleigh were a joy to watch.

Reminds me of Roger Palmer at his best.

The expectation is that we perform at home as we did at Eastleigh, Maidenhead and Barnet. We don't.

We do not exactly batter the opposition away from home for the first 15-20 mins. Although it's a far cry from Southend!

We appear to work out their formation run a fast pressing game and then work the space it provides to our advantage. We then play a higher line which makes it difficult for the oppo to get back into it.

We do do similar at home. However, invariably, we find ourselves a goal down during this time as the opposition runs at us and we are always chasing.

Back to Southend. This weekend's opponents.

The expectation based on recent home performances, is that we will lose. However, MMs apparent ability to polish multiple turds with the same brush gives me hope.

We tend to play it out the back through Hobson, followed by a long diagonal ball for Kitching to run on to. Ordinarily, it amounts to nothing. 

At this point, our entire left side is exposed, the midfield get sucked in to cover leaving a huge hole behind. 

The opposition just strolls right through.

Hobson is then sucked in and they are round the back.

Simple and very effective plan.

Maybe we should play our 20 minute away plan at home from the off?

There was a lot of short, accurate crisp passing on Tuesday night; particularly for Garners second, so we are capable.

We should study Chesterfield. They have had a few years to get it right. Now that they have, they are reaping the reward.

Having said all of the above, I expect nothing less than 3 points and a convincing performance on Saturday.

Can we close this ridiculous thread and throw it into the vault?

Just finished watching the game again.

We should have scored 6.

It would also have been well deserved.

It is the most balanced team performance I have seen all season.

Credit Mcgoo. Played out of his skin(s).

Seriously, our penchant for conspiracies and finger pointing would have Mulder and Scully's ears pricking up.

1 minute ago, BP1960 said:

 

Too easily knocked off the ball, not the midfielder we needed.

Who did we need?