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GTBLUE wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:17 pm Smashing commentary Adam, thanks. You are starting to sound like you know what you are doing.

Adam29 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:57 pm

GTBLUE wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:17 pm Smashing commentary Adam, thanks. You are starting to sound like you know what you are doing.

Never going to happen

Forde wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:09 pm Back to reality

Middleton Nick wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:27 pm

Forde wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:09 pm Back to reality

Not at all. We are playing decent football now. It just didn't go our way today. Keep the faith.

Suffolk Blue wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:47 pm

Middleton Nick wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:27 pm

Not at all. We are playing decent football now. It just didn't go our way today. Keep the faith.

Think you're both right. We didn't get the rub of the green today but it was a reality check albeit a different one to what we are used to. What I mean by this is summed up by a comment on the Maidstone forum as follows ".... we could have been the away side, defending in depth, time wasting and generally doing what visiting sides do to us".

Having watched the last two Maidstone away fixtures, this was by far our most dominant performance of the three. However, there is a tendency to believe that because you play the better football then the victory naturally and justly comes with it. It does not. Its far better to watch than the hoof ball of yesteryear but that doesn't mean it will always be effective. Maidstone worked us out particularly in the 2nd half closing the space in the middle of the pitch and playing a high pressing game. This forced us back and this led to errors being committed that could have been punished. Balls were pinged wide but anything into the box was dealt with by a back line that was on average several inches bigger than our front three. Effectively they used old Barrow tactics against us. We might find it more difficult to play against bigger physical sides this season rather than the better footballing ones. You need a blend of both to get out of this division.

Hindle might have has several in the first half when we were guilty of over finessing in the final third. Had he scored one I think the outcome would've been different, but it was not to be. Several players looked a little jaded before the end but they never stopped trying and were still in the ascendency at the end. Burgess up front is clearly not the answer when facing defenders that are twice his size. Jones was noticeably very poor. The Maidstone goal came from the only decent move in the game and otherwise I think a point was probably nailed on. Firth continues to look class.


Lets not get carried away with talk of play-offs. But neither should we regret the change in our style or fear the opposition because of it. This is a team that will respond to love and support. I also think its a team that will do better at home. We must not turn away because occasionally we hit a bit of a brick wall.

Forde wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:09 pm Back to reality

Zak wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 4:38 pm One thing I hadn't noticed about us until I read the Maidstone forum was about how Dan Jones has towels strategically placed along the touchline so he can wipe his hands/the ball for doing the long throw-ins. At HT yesterday Maidstone collected all the towels in and was noticeable how we didn't do as many long throw-ins as we usually do in the second half. Sounds like they did their homework on us on that one.