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Judging  by Rowe's touchline antics I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall in the dressing room after the game at Alfreton.  I bet the paint was coming off the walls

It started so well.  Hopefully Bal hasn't taken his eye off the ball. Certainly post match from Saturday things have gone quiet.  Don't let it slip.  We had enough of that over the last few years.

Thanks for the insight Coastal.  Sounds like a poor performance in a poor game, yet we come home with a point.

On the subject of post match interviews I've not seen it posted yet.  Come on media department let's be avin you.

Unless of course JR is only doing post match on a 'selected' game basis ?

Don't think people should feel to down after this one. Ok we gave up 2 points at the death.  8th place, with W3 D3 L2. is not a bad start for a team put together in a few short weeks.  We are going to get bumps in the Road.

Hopefully Jo and his side kick Bal will be satisfied with the start. If JR needs a few extra recruits in I'm sure Bal and the Trust will find a few quid to help out.

Still waiting to see who the new Director(s) are going to be.  Didn't someone say that was happening this past week.?

I feel bringing Chapman in has made for a serious competition for the no1 spot. With Jones, it very much seemed to be he always going to be the back up

Makes sense for everyone.  Gives Jones the chance to play football and at his age that's what maybe he needs to do. Rowe needs a keeper ( or 2) who is comfortable playing out with a decent touch.   Also the error he made at Chorley isn't being forgotten?

Question is who starts at Alfreton.... Chapman or Chadwick ?  For me I'd stick with Chadwick

Billy Heath did a heck of a job there over a good few years.  Ok his 'style' wasn't to everyone's liking, but it worked for the Club.  Looks like a big change around is now going to be the order of the day.

Don't think it will make any difference to this Saturday as have to fancy us taking the 3 points there.

So good to see the coach travel proving a success. Is this a Club or Trust initiative?  Just shows the new broom making things work that SC couldn't previously.  Hopefully this will continue. 

Ok the ref was poor.  Sorry but that's what you get at this level. However that ref never disallowed any goals or stopped anything going over the line.  Think we need to change this mentality that when we don't win then it's down to the Ref. Sometimes we have to look at  our attacking options and think we need to better.


Kiddie did a job on us.  They came  for a point. Then took the lead. Wasn't then down to them to chase the game.  They were looking to run down the clock, as most teams would do, given those set of circumstances. 

One little niggle ( moan call it what you will), why is Sam Collins not starting ? Would like to him and Williams together from the get go.  Still not convinced what Clunan is bringing  to the party.

It's all about fine margins.  Can't get too high after Saturdays 4-0 win in turn can't get to low after a 1-0 defeat.   This team is very much a project in building.  Rowe will have leant a lot from these two games and know where he is short.

Yet again the one thing showing up for me is the lack of that final ball.  We need to improve on the quality in that area. It's all well and good having so much procession but without an end product it leaves disappointment.

Williams was the stand out for me. Certain players looked a little 'leggy' which playing with high intensity is maybe going to show with so many games  over a short period..

Interesting Merthyr won on the road last night and move above us in the table. This is going to be one strange League this season. Though South Shields are setting the pace and sit 8 points above us at the top of the table.

Onto Alfreton on Saturday who got stuffed 5-0 at Oxford last night and have had a poor start to the season.

Does anyone know if the new keeper was signed for just one game last night or is he with us on a permanent basis?  If it it's a one game basis what is that saying about Paul Jones who has been a loyal player to the Club.

Crowd wise I thought it would be much bigger.  Last season on Tuesday 3rd Sept we pulled in nearly 1350. With the brand of Football on offer at The Walks I don't really get that one.

You would think they would bang it on all forms of social media to really drive home the message.

Though looking at Rowe in the technical area it's more a case of doing as I say not as I do. 

Big game this one.  Will maybe our biggest test at home, so far this season.   Last season many will remember we put them to the sword 4-0.  Can't see us repeating that but I'm going to plump for a 2-1 home win.  Which should see us maybe move up a little in the table..

Paul Jones between the sticks, maybe a slightly different set-up  to the Lynn formation for this one ?

Faye I think Majesty has his opinions, as we all do.  We might disagree with some of it but he certainly has the right to express.  I have my view which many disagree with, that's fine by me. Just put up a constructive argument then no one can complain.

As for Rowe, he certainly has put his full commitment into the project.  We want exciting Football with top level team.  He is achieving that on an amazing 30% less budget from last season..  Football is a very volatile business.  The more successful and exciting we are the more attractive the team looks. Both on and off field.

Think Merthyr not bringing many contributed to the lower number.  Plus home games on Sat-Tues might always tests people pockets.  You are right the crowds will come to watch the stuff served up this year in comparison to the stuff we were subjected to last season. So would hope the average gate will continue to rise. That was the reason I was surprised the figure was down for Saturday.

What was your take on the game Vera? Did you feel Merthyr were worth a goal
Or two ?

4-0 home win was an impressive result.  Thought Merthyr were better than that.  At 2-0 they had a spell were they missed 3 gilt edged chances in the space of 10 mins.  Rowe changed things bringing  on Collins in place of an ineffective Nyahwena. That got everything back on track.

Not sure who was given MOTM but the stand out for me was Hall-Johnson.  Great wing back performance was a big attacking threat down the right, coupled with a fine defensive performance.   Icing on the cake was the third goal that ended the game as a contest.

Surprised there was a 15% drop in the attendance but maybe some are holding back for the Kiddie game on Tuesday.


Rowe getting sent from the dug out was a bit unfortunate on the day he features in a video about fans behaving themselves etc after the Club's recent FA punishment.  Maybe Bal needs to have a quiet word in his ear and suggest he tunes down his excitable behaviour in the technical area.   Will that be just a one game ban, or has he got history ?