Two very evenly matched teams. Plenty of endeavour from both sides. Some great attacking play from Boston at times but we weren't firing on all cylinders tonight. No-ones fault I would say, just not really our night.
Mind you, Bostons game plan to take Nicky out worked to a treat. I know their manager is a convicted benefits cheat but I thought the Evans days were behind them.
How the hell did Piergianni stay on the pitch? A clear red for me for dragging down Walshaw, then if that wasn't enough a definite 2nd yellow for the free kick on the other side.
We wanted the win but we could have also lost with a couple of their chances. We'll play worse and win.
All to play for on Saturday. Not sure if Telfords underestimation of Guiseley will be a good or bad thing for us...
Boston supporter and coming in peace
I do so enjoy the mind set that even allows you or others to think there is or was some kind of subterfuge some surreptitious master plan to deliberately take your left winger out of the game. Honestly gents, get real, this isn't CSI this is the conference North for Gods sake.
True it was a really poor challenge and on another night with another official it could have drawn a red card and no-one on our side of the A1 could have complained were that to have happened. But if every time a team hacks down one of your best players you're going to play the conspiracy card, you really do need to whip off the old blinkers gents and get a life on matters like this. It unfortunately happens, a simple fact of life.
It's like you further condemnation of the man in black for not sending off Pidge. Which part of the rules do you not understand, let me know and i'll happily try and clarify the relevant issues raised. The offence happened what would you say, 25 yards out with the ball coming over the shoulders of both and whilst I do concede the tackle Pidge made was deliberately made, at no time did your forward have the ball never mind have it under control, and forget this last man rubbish, did it deny him a 'CLEAR' goal scoring opportunity?
Of course it didn't, yellow was the correct decision and probably why Pidge made it. As for the other so called robust challenges some of you seem to be pointing to, what a load of piffle lads. Come on we are all men here, centre halves regardless of ones allegiance do similarly every single game, yet you only feel wounded by those not given against your forwards, surely some of you could be a little less bias here couldn't you?
Its like, in reverse all the petulant tariddle your fans were aiming at our players for 'apparently diving' when they were doing no more than being sent to the floor. It hardly justifies a conspiracy diving theory, it's why they are called, just that fouls. Surely you are capable of differentiating between the two.
I stood with a friendly group of Alty fans who thankfully, and if only for my sanity had, that first tackle apart a different and more honest perspective on such trivial offences.
Personally though, I thought for a 'pressure game' and one ending 0-0 it was actually a decent and quite entertaining game of football. Sure you probably had the best of the possession, maybe what 60-40, but I though as a unit we defended really well, and for all the attacking inclinations of your full backs, especially your skipper, you rarely managed to get in behind us and invariably the balls pumped into the box, and there were many were, if we are continuing to be frank, repelled with a degree of ease.
Your lads certainly showed you are a good passing side though, especially in the speed in which you moved the ball especially from one side of the pitch to another was good on the eye, very rarely did you offensively stop the ball, yeah good stuff. Especially when comparing the physicality of the two teams, where compared to us you were a team of giants. Surprisingly , and amaking a pleasant change for us, so too did we albeit to a lesser degree, but in 90 minutes did you really create a chance of any significance, if you did, I am afraid in truth I don't have any recollection of it.
Conversely we missed a one on one in the first half where your custodian saved well, another ' double save' ten minutes earlier from a mini scramble in the six yard box and another gilt edged chance five minutes from time which for us went the wring side of the post being by far the best of them. Add to that the three other occasions when after getting behind you we smashed the ball across the area only to have no one waiting to get on the end of it.
All in all, a draw was probably a fair result, and one that on reflection probably pleases you guys a little better than it does us. Enjoyed the night, and hopefully both of us will be at least in the play offs in which who knows we may meet again. If we do then hopefully it should be at least an enjoyable occasion.
If we do though enough of this conspiracy or diving or foul at all costs nonsense, we have two six foot centre halves one in the middle whilst and the rest of the team must average 5' 8" hardly the tools of a normal hatchet mob is it?
Good luck for the rest of the season
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