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POST-MATCH THREAD; Exeter City v Charlton Athletic ; Saturday 4th February 2023 ; KO 3.00 pm
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I assume you did not watch the game live then? He and the ball were out on that side for ages. We had plenty of opportunities to get it clear, and plenty of time to organise ourselves positionally.golfaddick said:
Not very good picture quality but can't really blame anyone for their goal. Bloke turns one of our players hear the byline & puts in a cross which is converted. Not like there are big gaps anywhere. Ithink some of our fans nick pick or have their scapegoats and will blame them come what may.Chippycafc said:
And 2 good finishes by our wide men....after 2 very good through balls.It’s like that time you mentioned how we were outplayed in a game, because the 2 minute highlights you watched only showed the oppositions attacks.‘We’ve got to do miles better on their goal. We got the press wrong. They got through us too easily and we don’t stop the cross. He strolls in at the back-post with two players near him and it’s an easy volley into the corner.’
Do you think Holden is nitpicking with his comments here?10 -
His tippy tappy crap was never right for us at this level.stonemuse said:
Agreed. I liked Garner but results are showing he did not have enough.Hartleypete said:Good result, much better under Holden than Garner.10 -
Scrappy old game. Result. I'll take it. Nice to have @Oggy Red for company...4
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Rak Sakyi let Mitchell in front of him way too easily.golfaddick said:
Not very good picture quality but can't really blame anyone for their goal. Bloke turns one of our players hear the byline & puts in a cross which is converted. Not like there are big gaps anywhere. Ithink some of our fans nick pick or have their scapegoats and will blame them come what may.Chippycafc said:
And 2 good finishes by our wide men....after 2 very good through balls.8 -
Proper man love for this bloke. Not even for what he’s doing with our club, the way he dealt with losing his child and how he approaches life is inspiring.ValleyGary said:Holden on the train home buying everyone beers. Mates are with him now. Said he’s unreal.22 -
I'm not surprised and was really shocked to read someone post earlier that he was inclined to think him no better than the other "wrong uns" party to the latest ownership struggle. In fact, I think he's genuinely one of the goodfellas and seems to be well respected by those who know him.ValleyGary said:Holden on the train home buying everyone beers. Mates are with him now. Said he’s unreal.
Delighted that we won. I never really expect to these days, which only makes it more enjoyable when it happens. It would be nice if we could make a habit of it. I did think Kilkenny might be the pick of our acquisitions as he was known to Holden. Sounds like he made a positive impact on the game.6 -
I think that is a game we would have drawn or lost before Holden. 2nd half performance was good as game became bitty, I think due to us, which wasn't what Exter needed and indeed we could have got the third with that CBT chance. Good debut from Kilkenny. I think he will get better as he settles into the side. We have a very strong midfield with Fraser, Kilkenny and Dobbo.2
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Great 3 points and not too bad a performance.
When we get into rhythm, going forward we look very good and almost always expect us to score, at the back we still look a bit shakey at times but managed it well today.
Two excellent goals scored.
Second half was mainly Exeter's but we saw it out, although some playing out and around the back almost saw us slip up a few times.
It's been said but Kilkenny impressed. Sean Clare the only weak link out there today.1 -
ValleyGary said:Holden on the train home buying everyone beers. Mates are with him now. Said he’s unreal.
The bastard is on a different train to me. Holden out!15 - Sponsored links:
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Great block by Penney late in the first half2
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So ooooold fell asleep for first 15 mins so missed the Rak-Sakyi goal ‘live’ , what a player , did some of our fans really not want him in the team , proper player as is Kilkenny .
Solid performance all round if a little bit shakey but that’s gonna happen with a weak ish defence .
Buzzing for the fans who made it down there .
gonna pick my son and space cadet mates up from station in a bit and continue brainwashing them .14 -
It’s been a nervy last 10 and injury time minutes for years , if the game was 80mins long charlton would be premier league champions , ground out a win but I’m bored and baffled at Maynard to inniss to Clare out of play , or repeat Clare to the striker , or back to inniss again for a shit your pants moment in the boxSmithy said:Great day out. We were so comfortable at 2-0 but some really poor defending for 2-1 made it a bit nervy for the remainder of the game. No idea if it actually was because the crossbar was blocking half of it, but that save from Maynard Brewer in added time looked absolutely unreal. Kilkenny looked tidy as well, probably my man of the match.
One more victory and Holden has matched the number that Garner managed to get.0 -
Chant of the match aimed at the bald as a coot lino who gave them a corner when it most definitely wasn't, and later gave an offside against Bonne.
"He's coming for you
He's coming for you
Harry Potter
He's coming for you"
He liked that, something to tell the kids about, that he was serenaded to by the Valley faithful.14 -
Just back personally I enjoyed the game it went a bit flat second half but it's a good win another 3poinst
Onward & upwards yessssss Come On you Reds
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Some of the tippy tappy was great but not all of the team could play it, and there were definitely times when we needed to do something different. That's why for me Holden is better than Garner. There's a pragmatism in his manner that says you do what's needed at the time rather than being wedded to a fixed style of play. There's no way we should completely throw out Garner's passing game but we should use it when it's appropriate rather than sticking to it religiously.Southbank said:
His tippy tappy crap was never right for us at this level.stonemuse said:
Agreed. I liked Garner but results are showing he did not have enough.Hartleypete said:Good result, much better under Holden than Garner.9 -
I'd like to sue for slander , but I am a moany old git.AFKABartram said:
@clb74 is in his carriage. If Holden was on a high getting on the train he’ll soon have that knocked out of him by the time he gets back to London :-)ValleyGary said:Holden on the train home buying everyone beers. Mates are with him now. Said he’s unreal.
I did happen though to be on the same carriage as Mr Holden though.
When he departed at Reading I did make a passing comment saying at least the your next train will be a bit quieter.
I'm all for the kids having photos with the boss, but there was middle aged blokes one with the same initials as me having photos with him.4 -
Good effort today all over the pitch. The game wasn't great overall.
Kilkenny was workman-like, made himself available. Dobson tenacious as usual. I thought Raj Sakyi faded- not unusual for him but again couldn't fault him for effort. Likewise Fraser tried hard and too often the ball didn't run or the ref interrupted any flow we were trying to build. Bonne similar in terms of inputs for outputs. All good team players.
Am slightly uncomfortable with Clare getting singled out for criticism. He gets through a lot of work, tracks up and down, gets a foot in (and multiple blocks) and gets us up the pitch when needed. Yes there's the odd mistake but that's the same for most (except maybe Ness and AMB today who were exceptional, imo).
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My view at the match close up standing just behind that side of the goalmouth:golfaddick said:
Not very good picture quality but can't really blame anyone for their goal. Bloke turns one of our players hear the byline & puts in a cross which is converted. Not like there are big gaps anywhere. Ithink some of our fans nick pick or have their scapegoats and will blame them come what may.Chippycafc said:
Good turn and excellent cross for the Exeter goal but Rak-Sakyi should have been first to that ball and put it out for the corner.
Instead the Exeter bloke attacked the ball from behind the hesitating Rak-Sakyi and scored with a very determined finish.
IMO Rak-Sakyi was guilty of falling asleep defensively instead of clearing his lines.
I'm not scapegoating him, because he put in a very decent hardworking performance today and scored a wonderfully taken goal -
but he did switch off and it cost us a goal.
I should imagine Dean Holden will have a word.
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Not unusual, used to know someone who was so far up meires arse he could have cleaned her teeth. Hung on every lie she uttered.clb74 said:
I'd like to sue for slander , but I am a moany old git.AFKABartram said:
@clb74 is in his carriage. If Holden was on a high getting on the train he’ll soon have that knocked out of him by the time he gets back to London :-)ValleyGary said:Holden on the train home buying everyone beers. Mates are with him now. Said he’s unreal.
I did happen though to be on the same carriage as Mr Holden though.
When he departed at Reading I did make a passing comment saying at least the your next train will be a bit quieter.
I'm all for the kids having photos with the boss, but there was middle aged blokes one with the same initials as me having photos with him.2 - Sponsored links:
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And Dobbo should never have let the guy cross the ball.Oggy Red said:
My view at the match close up standing just behind that side of the goalmouth:golfaddick said:
Not very good picture quality but can't really blame anyone for their goal. Bloke turns one of our players hear the byline & puts in a cross which is converted. Not like there are big gaps anywhere. Ithink some of our fans nick pick or have their scapegoats and will blame them come what may.Chippycafc said:
Good turn and excellent cross for the Exeter goal but Rak-Sakyi should have been first to that ball and put it out for the corner.
Instead the Exeter bloke attacked the ball from behind the hesitating Rak-Sakyi and scored with a very determined finish.
IMO Rak-Sakyi was guilty of falling asleep defensively instead of clearing his lines.
I'm not scapegoating him, because he put in a very decent hardworking performance today and scored a wonderfully taken goal -
but he did switch off and it cost us a goal.
I should imagine Dean Holden will have a word.4 -
To be fair to Dobbo, the Exeter player turned brilliantly in a tight situation and a very good cross,JamesSeed said:
And Dobbo should never have let the guy cross the ball.Oggy Red said:
My view at the match close up standing just behind that side of the goalmouth:golfaddick said:
Not very good picture quality but can't really blame anyone for their goal. Bloke turns one of our players hear the byline & puts in a cross which is converted. Not like there are big gaps anywhere. Ithink some of our fans nick pick or have their scapegoats and will blame them come what may.Chippycafc said:
Good turn and excellent cross for the Exeter goal but Rak-Sakyi should have been first to that ball and put it out for the corner.
Instead the Exeter bloke attacked the ball from behind the hesitating Rak-Sakyi and scored with a very determined finish.
IMO Rak-Sakyi was guilty of falling asleep defensively instead of clearing his lines.
I'm not scapegoating him, because he put in a very decent hardworking performance today and scored a wonderfully taken goal -
but he did switch off and it cost us a goal.
I should imagine Dean Holden will have a word.
There are times when you just have to give due credit to an opposition player.
It was an excellent piece of play.
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It was good play, but between Dobson and Penney, they should have prevented the cross.Oggy Red said:
To be fair to Dobbo, the Exeter player turned brilliantly in a tight situation and a very good cross,JamesSeed said:
And Dobbo should never have let the guy cross the ball.Oggy Red said:
My view at the match close up standing just behind that side of the goalmouth:golfaddick said:
Not very good picture quality but can't really blame anyone for their goal. Bloke turns one of our players hear the byline & puts in a cross which is converted. Not like there are big gaps anywhere. Ithink some of our fans nick pick or have their scapegoats and will blame them come what may.Chippycafc said:
Good turn and excellent cross for the Exeter goal but Rak-Sakyi should have been first to that ball and put it out for the corner.
Instead the Exeter bloke attacked the ball from behind the hesitating Rak-Sakyi and scored with a very determined finish.
IMO Rak-Sakyi was guilty of falling asleep defensively instead of clearing his lines.
I'm not scapegoating him, because he put in a very decent hardworking performance today and scored a wonderfully taken goal -
but he did switch off and it cost us a goal.
I should imagine Dean Holden will have a word.
There are times when you just have to give due credit to an opposition player.
It was an excellent piece of play.4 -
Bit miffed that none of the highlights so far have shown the saves from AMB near the end that people were raving about. Hopefully the club twitter feed will put out a more extended version tomorrow.
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I think he’d admit he didn’t get tight enough to him once he ushered him to the touchline. But yes, not a bad bit of play by the exe fella who took advantage of the space he was given.Oggy Red said:
To be fair to Dobbo, the Exeter player turned brilliantly in a tight situation and a very good cross,JamesSeed said:
And Dobbo should never have let the guy cross the ball.Oggy Red said:
My view at the match close up standing just behind that side of the goalmouth:golfaddick said:
Not very good picture quality but can't really blame anyone for their goal. Bloke turns one of our players hear the byline & puts in a cross which is converted. Not like there are big gaps anywhere. Ithink some of our fans nick pick or have their scapegoats and will blame them come what may.Chippycafc said:
Good turn and excellent cross for the Exeter goal but Rak-Sakyi should have been first to that ball and put it out for the corner.
Instead the Exeter bloke attacked the ball from behind the hesitating Rak-Sakyi and scored with a very determined finish.
IMO Rak-Sakyi was guilty of falling asleep defensively instead of clearing his lines.
I'm not scapegoating him, because he put in a very decent hardworking performance today and scored a wonderfully taken goal -
but he did switch off and it cost us a goal.
I should imagine Dean Holden will have a word.
There are times when you just have to give due credit to an opposition player.
It was an excellent piece of play.0 -
To be fair, I wouldn't have minded crawling up there myself...charltonbob said:
Not unusual, used to know someone who was so far up meires arse he could have cleaned her teeth. Hung on every lie she uttered.clb74 said:
I'd like to sue for slander , but I am a moany old git.AFKABartram said:
@clb74 is in his carriage. If Holden was on a high getting on the train he’ll soon have that knocked out of him by the time he gets back to London :-)ValleyGary said:Holden on the train home buying everyone beers. Mates are with him now. Said he’s unreal.
I did happen though to be on the same carriage as Mr Holden though.
When he departed at Reading I did make a passing comment saying at least the your next train will be a bit quieter.
I'm all for the kids having photos with the boss, but there was middle aged blokes one with the same initials as me having photos with him.5 -
Leave off.golfaddick said:
Not very good picture quality but can't really blame anyone for their goal. Bloke turns one of our players hear the byline & puts in a cross which is converted. Not like there are big gaps anywhere. Ithink some of our fans nick pick or have their scapegoats and will blame them come what may.Chippycafc said:
And 2 good finishes by our wide men....after 2 very good through balls.
Dobson (even though I love him) got beaten twice.
Penney could and should have got tighter to Dobson and their winger, both of them should have prevented the cross.
Rak-Sakyi let his man get in front of him to score the goal.2 -
Far fewer posts after this game than the Bolton one.10
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Yes, still only on the 3rd page.JamesSeed said:Far fewer posts after this game than the Bolton one.
The game itself seemed quite flat. The atmosphere on the away terrace was fairly muted too, it had the feel of an end of season game between two sides going nowhere...0
