Re: March - pitch was not playable : Sun May 05, 2013 7:53 pm  

weighman wrote:

Him & Jones were not very good.

They've not been good all season and the time has to come for the younger lads to be given their shot. Watch the u20's, they know how to take the ball in at pace. We seemed to play better when March was out suspended. If Jones' contract is up at the end of season he's not doing a good job of staking a claim for a renewal.

Pitch was same for both sides and before the game he intimated it may play to our advantage due to expansive game we apparently play. Can't say I've seen much of it this season though?

How many of these games are we going to look back on at the end of the season and say we should have won. Swinton, Haven and now Donny.

Like it or not we are in a relegation dog fight and March needs to stop talking about the play offs. There is a very real prospect we could be relegated. We need to turn up every week and fight for the result. If we lose but play well I'll take that, but we seem to be making the same errors every week and I see no improvement since the first game of the season.

I'll ask the question on the Hello thread, but I've heard the team travel on the minibus now to away games, or in their own cars. If that is true I think it's embarrassing and shows the cost cutting at the club has gone too far.

Re: March - pitch was not playable : Sun May 05, 2013 8:03 pm  

CountyDurhamCougar wrote:

That breakaway try the Dons scored. All our lads seemed to stop as if there'd been some kind of infringement. Anyone know what happened cos I didn't see why they all stopped?

They thought it was a 2 on 1 rip, which, on looking back at the video (which I'm currently working on to be put online tonight/tomorrow), it definitely was.

Re: March - pitch was not playable : Sun May 05, 2013 8:10 pm  

Photos from today.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/r82photogr ... 411099987/

Photos from today.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/r82photogr ... 411099987/

Re: March - pitch was not playable : Sun May 05, 2013 9:25 pm  

Donny wrote:

They thought it was a 2 on 1 rip, which, on looking back at the video (which I'm currently working on to be put online tonight/tomorrow), it definitely was.

to be honest sat on that side of the field , and I dont normally slate the officials but it looked liked very much like all 3 officials looked at each other shrugged their shoulders cause they hadn't seen it and let play on ...personally I wouldn't have let that go in an under 8's game ..but hey ho I'm only a speccie.....this is not a criticism of the individuals involved more of the governing body that lets this happen..

Re: March - pitch was not playable : Sun May 05, 2013 9:39 pm  

This Video is Hosted on Youtube : Users should see the AUP for allowable uses 'Ripping' incident about 3:45 in.

This Video is Hosted on Youtube : Users should see the AUP for allowable uses 'Ripping' incident about 3:45 in.

Re: March - pitch was not playable : Sun May 05, 2013 9:43 pm  

Donny wrote:

They thought it was a 2 on 1 rip, which, on looking back at the video (which I'm currently working on to be put online tonight/tomorrow), it definitely was.

BTW mate thanks for that , makes a change from the 'we woz robbed ' type stuff from some folk ..we all at times breath in and say a quick couple of words of thanks to the great video ref in the sky ..nice to see folk acknowledge those times ..without prejudice or malice

Re: March - pitch was not playable : Sun May 05, 2013 11:04 pm  

Great video Donny , thanks.

Re: March - pitch was not playable : Mon May 06, 2013 8:32 am  

We left the game a bit speechless.

How could we play so well against Sheffield then give this type of performance?

Gutted.

They just seemed to play the game faster in every department whilst we were flat footed. To be fair, Donny looked better than their position in the league suggests.

Can't understand how the officials missed the ball steal - especially when we had regained a bit of momentum. After that their heads went down.

Needs to be turned around fast or there is only one place we are going.

Re: March - pitch was not playable : Mon May 06, 2013 8:47 am  

burleycougar wrote:

Great video Donny , thanks.

No problem.

All being well, I should have the proper edit online later.

Re: March - pitch was not playable : Mon May 06, 2013 1:05 pm  

Having had chance to see that 2-on-1 ball steal, thanks to Donny's vid, I just cannot believe the match officials didn't see it. It was absolutely blatant. No wonder our lads hesitated. And it came at such a crucial time too with Olly just having put us back in it at 18-12 and us putting pressure on the Dons line. It was a real game changer and put the Dons right back in control. This doesn't excuse our performance overall which was unacceptable but it sure as hell didn't help.