Chester tonight

[boyliegladbach]

We've had last nights ref twice this season home to Torquay and Braintree .

[McMark]

Agree a far better watching experience with the new link up between the audio and visual teams. Well done guys!!

[cuffy]

You know Adam29 I even named Martin Coy as the ref that did the Plastic Green Rovers last night, the ref from Durham. I stand corrected and it's now a worry that there are two refs equally as bad.

Atb Cuffy

[Suffolk Blue]

Had to chuckle at the Chester FC comments on the Deva Chat website. For a club with a very good level of support they don't seem to get many posts which probably explains the extreme nature of the comments posted. I particularly liked the notion of "cheating our way towards the play-offs". If it were actually possible to do this without actually breaching any of the financial or other rules of the VN, I reckon clubs would be queuing up to avail themselves of the magic formula. Coxy could then punt himself out for several hundred quid a day as a "Performance Sales Consultant" running courses entitled "Influencing Outcomes", "Effective Result Management" and "Charming Assertive Officials".

I guess a main reason why opposition supporters are generally speaking not welcomed onto opposition websites is the rather rose tinted view a supporter has of his or her own team and the resultant bile that tends to be spat out. We are all guilty of this.

In reality it was actually Barrows "aggression" that set themselves apart from both Solihull on Saturday and Chester last night. Chester were definitely a better outfit than Solihull but just weren't interested when it came to competing for the ball or harrying the opposition. We play at our best when we are right in the faces of the opposition and we did that brilliantly last night. Instead of focussing on the keen competitive edge that we showed, Chester supporters might want to dwell a little more on the blunt instrument of their team who's only success over the last few games was a rather dodgy win over Bromley at the weekend.

I'm not a total convert to the Cox style of play but for anybody in any doubt, that was a fine performance last night with every player giving 100%. In the last two games for periods we're almost back to the levels of September/October/November. Maidstone for a number of reasons will probably be the toughest of the three away fixtures so I'll contain my excitement until then.

[boyliegladbach]

Had to chuckle at the Chester FC comments on the Deva Chat website. For a club with a very good level of support they don't seem to get many posts which probably explains the extreme nature of the comments posted. I particularly liked the notion of "cheating our way towards the play-offs". If it were actually possible to do this without actually breaching any of the financial or other rules of the VN, I reckon clubs would be queuing up to avail themselves of the magic formula. Coxy could then punt himself out for several hundred quid a day as a "Performance Sales Consultant" running courses entitled "Influencing Outcomes", "Effective Result Management" and "Charming Assertive Officials".

I guess a main reason why opposition supporters are generally speaking not welcomed onto opposition websites is the rather rose tinted view a supporter has of his or her own team and the resultant bile that tends to be spat out. We are all guilty of this.

In reality it was actually Barrows "aggression" that set themselves apart from both Solihull on Saturday and Chester last night. Chester were definitely a better outfit than Solihull but just weren't interested when it came to competing for the ball or harrying the opposition. We play at our best when we are right in the faces of the opposition and we did that brilliantly last night. Instead of focussing on the keen competitive edge that we showed, Chester supporters might want to dwell a little more on the blunt instrument of their team who's only success over the last few games was a rather dodgy win over Bromley at the weekend.

I'm not a total convert to the Cox style of play but for anybody in any doubt, that was a fine performance last night with every player giving 100%. In the last two games for periods we're almost back to the levels of September/October/November. Maidstone for a number of reasons will probably be the toughest of the three away fixtures so I'll contain my excitement until then.

As Cox always says. No-one moans at our style when they beat us.

[Adam29]

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[Angela]

HIGHLIGHTS: Re-live all the action from last night's 2-1 win over @ChesterFC! https://t.co/uvSQYtYasZ

as previously said great to see the highlights with a commentary - well done Adam - although last few minutes were very nervous sitting down here on the south coast as I am sure elsewhere! Hope the commentary part is kept with future highlights

[HenneysKnee]

Another keeper howler. Hope Maidstone have a goalkeeper as bad as Solihulls and Chesters have been

[Jo am back]

Another keeper howler. Hope Maidstone have a goalkeeper as bad as Solihulls and Chesters have been

Did you go last night ?Thought not,there keeper had a good game apart from that,and we are the last team to be pointing the finger at other keepers howlers.

[cuffy]

Another keeper howler. Hope Maidstone have a goalkeeper as bad as Solihulls and Chesters have been

Did you go last night ?Thought not,there keeper had a good game apart from that,and we are the last team to be pointing the finger at other keepers howlers.

Anyone remember the second goal we conceded at Eastleigh when our keeper kicked it straight at Matt Tubbs and they scored, well Flatty was at it again against Chester just this time the ball after impact on the forward spun away in our favour!

Anyone know the actual rule about what a player can do in trying to hamper the keeper when he is kicking from his hands?

[Jim]

Anyone know the actual rule about what a player can do in trying to hamper the keeper when he is kicking from his hands?

Mentioned on Radio Cumbria. From what I recall, if the opponent just stands there it is ok, but if he moves in any way it is obstruction and a free kick. Not sure how turning one's back would be interpreted.

[snortypig]

Law 12 refers to impeding a goalkeeper that is attempting to release the ball.

[Jim]

Law 12 refers to impeding a goalkeeper that is attempting to release the ball.

Offences against Goalkeepers
It is an offence for a player to prevent a
goalkeeper from releasing the ball from his
hands:
a player must be penalised for playing in a
dangerous manner if he kicks or attempts to
kick the ball when the goalkeeper is in the
process of releasing it
referees should make every effort to
anticipate this offence, which tends to cause
bad feelings and lead to retaliation, and to
prevent its occurrence.
It is an offence to restrict the movement of the
goalkeeper by unfairly impeding him, e.g. at the
taking of a corner kick

FIFA guidelines state (in general - not referring specifically to keepers) make it even clearer:

Preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent's movement should be considered as equivalent to clearly obstructing the opponent's line of vision

I would say that just standing in front is obstruction on two counts, both preventing keeper from kicking the ball cleanly and also obstructing his line of vision.

[HenneysKnee]

Another keeper howler. Hope Maidstone have a goalkeeper as bad as Solihulls and Chesters have been

Did you go last night ?Thought not,there keeper had a good game apart from that,and we are the last team to be pointing the finger at other keepers howlers.

He was badly positioned for Bennetts goal and Williams goal was an absolute shocker, if keepers want to keep gifting us goals il keep calling them awful. Long may it continue

[John_Bucks]

Did you go last night ?Thought not,there keeper had a good game apart from that,and we are the last team to be pointing the finger at other keepers howlers.

He was badly positioned for Bennetts goal and Williams goal was an absolute shocker, if keepers want to keep gifting us goals il keep calling them awful. Long may it continue

Love the fact that you aren't allowed an opinion if you didn't go. Highlights made the keeper look shit and he conceded two goals... Enough evidence for me!