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Don't. suppose there's any mention of a pitch inspection at The Shay tomorrow? Just wait until the last minute and call it off. Prove me wrong Halifax.

Quote from: AussieShaymen on December 28, 2023, 01:55:01 PM

Quote from: CRT Butty on December 28, 2023, 12:51:34 PM

Their pitch looked like it had plenty of standing water on it, in the far corner from our seats. Won't take much more rain and it'll be Dino Zoff.

When did it have standing water on it?

The trophy game. From where we were there was a lot of shiny glinty reflections as if coming off water.

Quote from: AussieShaymen on December 27, 2023, 01:52:11 PM

Quote from: Saughall Robin on December 27, 2023, 01:47:17 PM

Well bully for you. Hope you're not too bitter when we beat you (again) at yours in a few days.
PS. This isn't a bite which you're clearly trying to provoke but more of a heads up. 😉

If you think I was trying to get a bite, that's on you. I've liked Parkinson as a manager, and I like the ambition your club has shown over the last couple of seasons. Just thought that interview was interesting to say the least.

I found it really odd there’s a 2 page thread on his interview on your forum. It’s the Alty boss speaking to the Alty fans. The intended audience don’t give a monkeys about how well or otherwise the opposition played yesterday & are far more concerned with our own failings.

I have to take my hat off and confirm I felt the same way as fans in all of the above comments. However, there is a reason for everything and if you all listen to Phil's summing up of the game yesterday, they are not excuses for the defeat, but they do make me feel a little harsh in my criticism of the team and management yesterday.

Phil speaks of the long journey to Bromley, injuries picked up and also of playing a match with 10 men for the majority of the game, then a long journey home, arriving in the early hours. I'm not surprised there was very little left in the tank, the team did not have time to rebuild after that game, and Elliott was still carrying the blow to his ribs from Michael the Cheek.

I think we should just lay off them, put it behind us and go again on New Year's Day, and appreciate what a good speaker Phil is. I never saw things that way yesterday, but Phil is closer to the team than we are, knows his players well, and is vastly more experienced than we are. The points he made in his interview never crossed my mind during the game. He does support his team well, and I like the way we will still chanted for them and applauded them after the game. That alone could turn New Years Day into a win.

Don't be too disheartened by yesterday's result.

Ah, but here's the rub. The message to fans of teams who are losing going into the final minutes is, you can buy yourself a few more minutes if you chuck a flare onto the pitch. If you're lucky it'll miss the keeper.

I'm not saying that the ref necessarily had a choice, but he will be reflecting on how that call basically condoned hooliganistic behaviour.

Where to start with that.

Parky's got to be making the subs earlier - he's stubborn as hell and the lads were dead on their feet at the end.

Alli was giving Jones a torrid time, and he's carrying a booking. Surely it would have been better to bring on Harry Perritt given he shut everything down so well on Tuesday night?

Hugill for Sinclair should have been done earlier too - with a fresh head he would have buried one of those chamces that Hugill missed. Instead he's bringing him on cold for the penalty shootout.

And then the flare... wow. Why should we be penalised for their own fan throwing a flare on the pitch? The game's a full 90 seconds over the allotted time by that point, surely it wasn't stopped for that long?

I'm heartbroken and I'm so angry.