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They should have points deducted for this.

Stockport just equalised at Sutton

Really poor - only Randell came out of that with any credit in my opinion.

Bad touches, misplaced passes, to many attempted dummies and flicks that really didn't come off and then after we've brought 2 small men on upfront started lumping it up.

Bloody awful this

Really like the team set today which accommodated all out best midfield players in a good set up. It didn't work last week with Little as the advanced midfield behind the striker, today although he didn't have his best match he was always involved and looking for the ball from the defence and moving it forward - he just tried to overdo it really.

There were some really nice pieces of play, although generally we couldn't quite get hold of it until the last third of the game when it was all one way traffic. Whitfield is so important as he's actually direct and prepared to take hit - Nemane who's all round game is getting better and better sometimes just needs to have a whack at it, although he was not the only one who wanted one of two extra touches or passes.

Finally, someone actually had a shot in trying to take one more touch and thats the result.

To be fair the last 20 minutes have been far better and thats fully deserved.

I was surprised Waters was taken off - I thought we'd started the second half really well and the front 4 were starting to stretch Notts County and it was only a matter of time. I'm certainly not convinced by Umerah, he's clearly a handful, but doesn't use his power particularly effectively and too many balls bounce off him, when his real main role should be holding it up and laying off.

Thought Randall was excellent, Sheaf was a little anonymous but at the same time I don't think we missed Hall so maybe that's a bit unfair. Nemane is playing really well overall, but just needs to be a bit more clinical.

Finally McDonald had a really good game.

Can't complain with the point, I still think had Waters been left on we might have just made that breakthrough.

Randall is having a brilliant game - running central mid.

Chorleygull wrote: ↑13 Jan 2021, 17:44 2004 Hull 0 Torquay 1. An utterly brilliant display by Leroy's team against a team who were second at the time. Craig Taylor was a colossus. The fans were desperate for us to sign him at one time and I thought some showed short memories at a later stage for the stick they gave him when things started to go wrong.

Yep that was a superb performance, Hull were the divisions big club, fighting for the championship, big name manager in Peter Taylor and had just moved into the KC stadium and we absolutely played them off the park.

Equally memorably was the season after in league one when we took Sheff Wed apart at Hillsborough in the first half and were applauded off by their fans at half time with a 2-0 lead although unfortunately the end result was 2-2.

Then towards the end of the season battling relegation we went to Oldham who were also struggling and put in one the most complete performances I can remember, winning 2-0 with a fantastic yellow army bouncing around from start to finish. Constantine curled one onto the bar in front of the away end from about 30 yards.

Other memories from big matches..
I was pretty young for the Bolton Wanderers game, but vividly remember taking the lead in that game although not so much more about the game, but both before and after the Bolton fans were genuinely delighted that we had reached the final. Same experience when we played Wednesday in the 3rd round in 1989 and also took the lead, before Sheff Wed got 5. The Blackpool game was incredibly tense and seemed to go on forever.

1998 - Torquay 4 v Scarborough 1, we'd won 8 in a row earlier in the season, looking at automatic promotion then form fell apart and missed out last day at Leyton Orient and it felt like the season would ebb away. Then went to Scarborough and took a first leg 3-1 win. Get crowd for the return but I remember there was a fair amount of tension and the feeling it would be a tight game - within 10 minutes Jack had ended the tie with two breakaway goals and the entire rest of the match was just a massive party, with McCall adding the cherry on the cake. Shame about the Colchester match.

Then other more personal memories..
2005/6 we'd just been relegated, lost Aggy and Akinfenwa and made a poor start to the season. First match I went to was home versus Shrewsbury, came out with real tempo, Alan Connell curled a shot in off the bar in the first minute or so from outside the box, beating a certain Joe Hart in goal, Darren Garner bossed the midfield and on the right side Mamadou Sow absolutely tore Shrewsbury to pieces, looking a world beater and we ran out 2-1 winners. Next match I travelled with enthusiasm to Mansfield, arrived a couple of minutes late in pouring rain, went into the away stand, which was no longer the away stand and had to be escorted down the touchline by the stewards in front of the home stand, getting soaking wet - Mamadou Sow obviously couldn't do it on a wet weekend in Mansfield and we brought on Carl Priso for what I believe was his debut - lost 3-0.

Harrogate away in the FA cup replay, absolutely freezing, bloody awful performance which ended up going all the way to penalties as we all developed frostbite

Rochdale, a big low when Hancox was brought on a decade after the peak of his sunday league talent and then promptly gestured at the away fans

In defence of Shaun McDonald, that was an absolute peach of a cross that was dropping perfectly into the path of their forward. in hindsight McDonald would have better holding back, but it would still have been a free hit. Also the second was a bit of a ping pong with our defenders and I suspect McDonald was unsighted when finally their player reacted quickest to stab it back towards goal.

Would like to see both again though.

Full time 4-3.

There is a lot to pick over, but overall a highly entertaining game and the three points were deserved even if we made hard work of it.

The stream was good quality and I though the quality of commentary was excellent.

4-3 Evans, good work to unpick the defence from left to right

Well I said it could be 6 and it is - 3-3

LedburyShrew wrote: ↑28 Dec 2020, 15:40 Shrewsbury Town fan here in peace - Sorry to interrupt your match day thread but there is a rumour emerging in Shropshire that Connor Lemonheigh-Evans is being linked to a move to us, his time at Bristol city under Steve Cotterill being the obvious link

Thoughts?

He's a cut above the current level we are playing at - all over the pitch and not short of quality. I'd hope we can keep him as he seems very settled, playing a great role and the team is flying and full of confidence.

2-1, great counter attack for Weymouth, brilliant cross from a long way out, McDonald came and didn't make it, but not sure how much better off he'd have been staying back.