Great effort but frustrating we can't try that hard most Saturdays - we have it in us! Not to captain HMS PTL but enough to have some fun days and nights out. This is our first cup quarter final since Middlesbrough 15 odd years ago, I think..?
Amazing support and chuffed for all there tonight. At least Dean Holden has something to work with as there was definitely a good fighting spirit about the boys. I actually felt happy for the first time in a while watching us play as must have everybody but its got to be a steeping stone for next weeks games.
Not the result I expected. By halftime I thought we had played well, stuck to the defensive shape and worked hard. Any result was then a bonus. Seemed Brighton ran out of ideas, and we rode our luck. Hardly had a look at goal in 2nd half, but showed real character to win the penalties.
Special mention for Ness, Dobson, Chin and Maynard-Brewer. Great penalty by Lavelle even when their keeper was fucking about.
I did my traditional "avoid the match thread if I can't legally stream it" thing, so only found out the score when my Dad phoned me up at 10 o'clock. He's a wind-up merchant, so had to get Mum to verify that we'd actually won on penalties, and couldn't believe it when I actually saw how many of them hit the woodwork (are we sure we weren't using non-regulation goals?). I think all of our fans who've trekked to games where we've crumbled under pressure earned that one tonight, and hopefully the players will take some confidence from it going forward.
For those who didn't access a dodgy stream, highlights are on ITV4 at 11pm.
Great effort but frustrating we can't try that hard most Saturdays - we have it in us! Not to captain HMS PTL but enough to have some fun days and nights out. This is our first cup quarter final since Middlesbrough 15 odd years ago, I think..?
Can anyone who has been calling Anthony Hayes clueless apologise please. Since that abomination of the FA cup we were superb in the first half of Rovers and undone by two pieces of savage individual ineptitude and then he’s just gone and pulled this out the bag. Well played.
If there'd been extra time instead of going straight to penalties I think the outcome would have been different.
100%. Reckon Brighton would've found a goal if they'd had another 5, 10, 15 minutes.
But them's the rules. The players gave 120 minutes of effort condensed into 90, knowing that they didn't have to worry about extra time being possible.
Not the result I expected. By halftime I thought we had played well, stuck to the defensive shape and worked hard. Any result was then a bonus. Seemed Brighton ran out of ideas, and we rode our luck. Hardly had a look at goal in 2nd half, but showed real character to win the penalties.
Special mention for Ness, Dobson, Chin and Maynard-Brewer. Great penalty by Lavelle even when their keeper was fucking about.
Thought Ness was outstanding against top quality opposition. Bright future for him!
Great effort but frustrating we can't try that hard most Saturdays - we have it in us! Not to captain HMS PTL but enough to have some fun days and nights out. This is our first cup quarter final since Middlesbrough 15 odd years ago, I think..?
No, Sheffield United.(2015?)
Thanks. I’m bound to have a nightmare about that Harriet miss now
Not the result I expected. By halftime I thought we had played well, stuck to the defensive shape and worked hard. Any result was then a bonus. Seemed Brighton ran out of ideas, and we rode our luck. Hardly had a look at goal in 2nd half, but showed real character to win the penalties.
Special mention for Ness, Dobson, Chin and Maynard-Brewer. Great penalty by Lavelle even when their keeper was fucking about.
Thought Ness was outstanding against top quality opposition. Bright future for him!
Very easy to forget about him... I know I'd forgotten he was playing - Him and Mitchell have done a great job when playing in the First Team this season, ironically when they've had one of Inniss or Lavelle alongside them
I didn’t listen. After the last week I just didn’t have the energy. I’m delighted for all those who went, all those who watched & especially for Andy & Jason. COYR! ♥️
Not the result I expected. By halftime I thought we had played well, stuck to the defensive shape and worked hard. Any result was then a bonus. Seemed Brighton ran out of ideas, and we rode our luck. Hardly had a look at goal in 2nd half, but showed real character to win the penalties.
Special mention for Ness, Dobson, Chin and Maynard-Brewer. Great penalty by Lavelle even when their keeper was fucking about.
I was screaming at the screen telling him to just put his foot through it and I'm so glad he did.
Great effort but frustrating we can't try that hard most Saturdays - we have it in us! Not to captain HMS PTL but enough to have some fun days and nights out. This is our first cup quarter final since Middlesbrough 15 odd years ago, I think..?
No, Sheffield United.(2015?)
Cheers, good point. For some reason my mind blanked that one.
That's what we need to do with away performances until we get out of this mess.......Dobbo brilliant, Innis and Sessingnon were great as well.....also a shout out to Chin who was outstanding and I have been one of his critics not that I think he isn't good enough but he's been thrown in the deep end, AMB had a great game
Can anyone who has been calling Anthony Hayes clueless apologise please. Since that abomination of the FA cup we were superb in the first half of Rovers and undone by two pieces of savage individual ineptitude and then he’s just gone and pulled this out the bag. Well played.
Yes really pleased for him. Stepped up when the club needed him, and the players have responded. I think the tactics were an essential part of this evening, considering the difference in talent. The compact shape off the ball, and the hard work showed. Even RS was back tracking regularly to help Chin out.
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SE7 partners only formed a mere 3 days ago. In that time we hold 100% win record.
Coincidence? I think not.
I know. I was watching & saw he hardly did anything.
We were 2-0 down as well
Well done lads!!
But them's the rules. The players gave 120 minutes of effort condensed into 90, knowing that they didn't have to worry about extra time being possible.
credit also to Chin and Ness both did very well against top opposition.
After the last week I just didn’t have the energy.
I’m delighted for all those who went, all those who watched & especially for Andy & Jason.
COYR! ♥️
Harry Maguire-esque.
We were top of the championship, they were only really a handful of places above us.
We are nearly 70 places behind Brighton.
Wemberley, wemberley!!
Yes really pleased for him. Stepped up when the club needed him, and the players have responded. I think the tactics were an essential part of this evening, considering the difference in talent. The compact shape off the ball, and the hard work showed. Even RS was back tracking regularly to help Chin out.