Harry

Serves them right though! They called it off on New Years Day as they'd lost their first choice keeper and some others. By the time the rearranged game arrives, their keeper troubles worsened and it's come back to bite them, having to stick a total clown in the sticks. Screw You Orient. Justice.

Hell yeah!! Amen to all of that brother. Just glad we've benefited from their keeper woes - gawd knows we've had enough of our own this season!

He hasn't played a game for 3 years til last Saturday, we are the lucky beneficiaries of Orient's keeper injuries.

No. But maybe we shouldn't unnecessarily pop up on here every time he scores and say "where's the critics now then". We all want the best for him, as he plays for OUR club. But he's missed a hatful of chances this year and deserves the critics that have come his way.

Where's Dicksy??

I considered going too, but the 8 week old babber means I'm on call all evening at the mo!! Yep, I heard from the young lad you mention earlier - had a more straight forward journey up there than anticipated! AP sent me the email so I have the rather shrouded details!!, so I'll see if I can def make it.

Indeed, beggars can't be choosers. But beggars could have had the option of interviewing multiple candidates.

I think we're fortunate to be up against a keeper who hasn't played a first team game for nearly 3 years!! Bugger!!!!

Ha ha, yeah, not sure I've mentioned Pack before buddy. For what it's worth, if I had my way Pack would be at this club longer than SC. But we'll see on that too! Credit where it's due, if we pull off the unexpected 3 points tonight then well done all - and that includes SC. I don't want him to fail, he's in charge of MY football club. I just don't think he's my kinda bloke or my kinda boss. p.s. any spaces left on your Shropshire trip?

We have indeed. I noticed it was the Carlisle game where Pack was first allowed to take corners - he took a couple from the left, bang on the money, which created a consistent period of pressure. This resulted in another corner from the right which JET put in for the first goal. A 2nd soon followed. Pack was then taken off corners again next game? JET from the right, Pack from the left, inswingers on top the keeper - that's what you want. Reid doesn't take a great corner.

I've said it many times before - Pack should be taking corners. And there ya go!

Worth!

Mmmm...that's what I was thinking. Strange looking line-up. Midfield looks like it'll get annihilated. Very attacking though, so maybe it'll surprise? I had a strange feeling today that we might get something here tonight. As I type, we've scored!!!! YES!!!

Agree with all 3 of these posts.

Not being backed by the owner from DAY ONE probably didn't help.

You know I can never watch sober mate!! I will agree that the games v Stevenage & MK Dons were both entertaining. But so was the home game v Bradford, and the one v Orient, and the one away at Cov. All very entertaining games I thought. And the one away at MK. And away at Carlisle. The 2 games this week seem to have been entertaining more for the fact that the opposition were much better than us and could score at will.

I'm glad you feel this way Noggers. Believe me, many don't. And their hypocrisy will come to bear. For what it's worth (and I admit it may not seem that way judging by my recent comments), I also have been keeping my powder dry and hoping to be persuaded he is the right man. I'm not seeing it so far though, but I'll keep looking.

I'll stick my neck out and say that Cotterill doesn't have personality. He has bluff and bluster and very little substance. And I will stand by that.

And this is where the anti-Sodites and Cotterettes will be seen to be hypocritical. SOD came in half way through a transfer window with no funds provided to him, with a team in 24th place and 20 games remaining. Cotts came in 4 weeks before a transfer window, with funds being promised, with a team in 23rd place and 28 games remaining. The anti-Sodites blamed SOD for our relegation last season. If we get relegated this season, the Cotterettes will still blame SOD, even though he has taken over a team better placed, with 8 more games and more funds available.

Yeah, I'm in no way defending the previous Manager and his poor record - it is quite indefensible. But, had Fielding not had that mad moment v Bradford, Fonts not effed up a simple ball over the top v Cov, Baldock slotted into an empty net away at MK, Balders again put his chance away at Gills, Flint not passed it to Lee Hughes at Vale, Waggy not unnecessarily bundled over his man in injury time at Crewe then SOD might easily have had an extra 10 points on the board and things looking healthier. I've mentioned many times during Sod's reign how the player errors were telling - and that it was the more experienced players making these errors, but it was a futile argument according to most on here. All's I'm now suggesting is that the anti-Sodites bleated on and on about Sod being responsible and yet now all we're hearing from the Cotterettes is how the players individual errors are to blame, when in actual fact, the situation is exactly the same - ergo, was a change at the top necessary? Folks on here can't have it both ways - either the players are at fault or the manager is at fault, not one or the other depending on who you like.

Well, SOD got carted out because of this. It's been the same story all season. We generally put in a decent performance, but either miss sitters or concede idiotic goals. One Manager has been blamed and sacked because of it, whilst the other Manager is having the blame passed on to the players.

I mentioned on here the other day Noggers. May just be a coincidence, but their poor run of form has coincided with Matthew Bates being in the line-up after Andrew Davies got injured. With Davies - Won 6, Drew 3, Lost 1. With Bates - Won 0, Drew 6, Lost 7.

And the Kidderminster lad will probably be Joe Lolley. Someone we should also be sniffing around.

Is the Manager to blame? Negative subs, sitting on a lead?

County Commentators are feeling justice is done - ref has basically leveled it up. So - will we see the usual question marks over the negative / defensive substitutions?