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Post by htafcokay on Aug 15, 2024 12:44:07 GMT 1
Remember this game too. Stevenage made it very difficult for us and got a penalty in the last couple of minutes which was blazed over the bar. Lee Clark nearly took Graham Westley's hand off when 'shaking it' at the end of the match. I was desperate to leave League One at that moment in time. Went to this one myself, threw away a two goal lead, only plus was a new ground visited. Different game. Grayson was manager then. |
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Post by sabailand on Aug 15, 2024 12:56:39 GMT 1
Went to this one myself, threw away a two goal lead, only plus was a new ground visited. Different game. Grayson was manager then. Yes i was reffering to irverino's post, got a bit mixed up. |
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Post by terryya on Aug 15, 2024 13:03:04 GMT 1
One thing I think we need to be careful of this season is giving away too many free kicks from pressing too enthusiastically. Happened a lot against Posh first half, teams that are looking to kill the game will be playing for this. I didn't see the first half but I was really pleased to hear we'd given lots of niggly free kicks away when they'd beaten the press. It's a dangerous time, especially when you're playing pacy teams. Over the last few seasons I've lost count of the number of goals we could have prevented by given a soft free kick away in a non dangerous position. |
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Post by terriersyndrome on Aug 15, 2024 13:30:54 GMT 1
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Post by gledholt terrier on Aug 15, 2024 13:39:11 GMT 1
One thing I think we need to be careful of this season is giving away too many free kicks from pressing too enthusiastically. Happened a lot against Posh first half, teams that are looking to kill the game will be playing for this. I didn't see the first half but I was really pleased to hear we'd given lots of niggly free kicks away when they'd beaten the press. It's a dangerous time, especially when you're playing pacy teams. Over the last few seasons I've lost count of the number of goals we could have prevented by given a soft free kick away in a non dangerous position. Sadly, they weren’t tactical, just clumsy. Lots of people moaning at the ref around me but he was just reacting correctly to daft fouls. They got a lot better and more disciplined second half. |
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Post by Baby Ate My Eight Ball on Aug 15, 2024 13:54:05 GMT 1
One thing I think we need to be careful of this season is giving away too many free kicks from pressing too enthusiastically. Happened a lot against Posh first half, teams that are looking to kill the game will be playing for this. I didn't see the first half but I was really pleased to hear we'd given lots of niggly free kicks away when they'd beaten the press. It's a dangerous time, especially when you're playing pacy teams. Over the last few seasons I've lost count of the number of goals we could have prevented by given a soft free kick away in a non dangerous position. They weren’t cynical fouls after the press had been beaten, we were fouling them around their box when they were facing their own goal and had nowhere to go. |
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Post by Ginger Ogre on Aug 15, 2024 14:02:04 GMT 1
I didn't see the first half but I was really pleased to hear we'd given lots of niggly free kicks away when they'd beaten the press. It's a dangerous time, especially when you're playing pacy teams. Over the last few seasons I've lost count of the number of goals we could have prevented by given a soft free kick away in a non dangerous position. They weren’t cynical fouls after the press had been beaten, we were fouling them around their box when they were facing their own goal and had nowhere to go. I absolutely lose my shit at fouls like this. No need at all to even try win the ball in these situations, just give the defender a yard and see what he does. As soon as you touch them they go down and get a free kick. Its so frustrating and ruins all the hard work of the press in the first place. As stated, luckily we got a bit more savvy in the second half and we were much better and stopped giving as many away. |
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Post by iffyslostlens on Aug 15, 2024 14:13:31 GMT 1
Haven't read through the thread so not sure if its been mentioned but the last 4 seasons the team that has won the first league game of the season at the John Smiths has won the league so come on Town lets win the league on Saturday!!!
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Post by Terriersmad on Aug 15, 2024 14:14:05 GMT 1
They weren’t cynical fouls after the press had been beaten, we were fouling them around their box when they were facing their own goal and had nowhere to go. I absolutely lose my shit at fouls like this. No need at all to even try win the ball in these situations, just give the defender a yard and see what he does. As soon as you touch them they go down and get a free kick. Its so frustrating and ruins all the hard work of the press in the first place. As stated, luckily we got a bit more savvy in the second half and we were much better and stopped giving as many away. It’s an occupational hazard of the high press. If you put pressure on, you will concede free kicks when trying to force the error. A lot of the free kicks we concede will be soft and frustrating. But we’ll learn how to be savvy with it. We’ll learn when to go for the ball when the turnover of possession might give us a chance of scoring, and when they’re just going nowhere. Teams who press aren’t helped by defence-friendly interpretations of what constitutes a foul. A few times on both Saturday and Tuesday we conceded free kicks in the opposition’s defensive third where we’d just got tight. Nothing more. |
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Aug 15, 2024 14:22:59 GMT 1
Haven't read through the thread so not sure if its been mentioned but the last 4 seasons the team that has won the first league game of the season at the John Smiths has won the league so come on Town lets win the league on Saturday!!! Great stat… |
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Post by ldotm on Aug 15, 2024 14:29:34 GMT 1
Haven't read through the thread so not sure if its been mentioned but the last 4 seasons the team that has won the first league game of the season at the John Smiths has won the league so come on Town lets win the league on Saturday!!! Great stat… Until Stevenage win it |
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Post by iffyslostlens on Aug 15, 2024 14:29:49 GMT 1
Haven't read through the thread so not sure if its been mentioned but the last 4 seasons the team that has won the first league game of the season at the John Smiths has won the league so come on Town lets win the league on Saturday!!! Great stat… Thanks, on the flip side it also means we haven't won our first home league match since 1st season in prem when we beat Newcastle 1-0 |
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Post by WackyWorld on Aug 15, 2024 14:52:56 GMT 1
I know it's early but we seem more professional in every area. Like the Gaffer says stick & get behind the team for 90+ mins. The Brum, Wrexham & Bolton love in with the media will suit us just fine. UTT I noticed that sky didn’t include our game with Peterborough and Morecambe on their YouTube channel. Seems odd |
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Post by terriers2000 on Aug 15, 2024 16:44:24 GMT 1
Don’t know if anyone has said this but we haven’t won our first home of the season since Newcastle in 2017 in the prem
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Post by Dan on Aug 15, 2024 16:53:56 GMT 1
Don’t know if anyone has said this but we haven’t won our first home of the season since Newcastle in 2017 in the prem Yep, we've got that ridiculous record of playing and losing to the eventual league champions in our first home match for each of the last 4 seasons now... Norwich, Fulham, Burnley, Leicester. |
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Aug 15, 2024 17:14:39 GMT 1
3 journalists and not one asked if Helik went off through injury or just resting him.
Basic stuff. Not one question about team news.
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Aug 15, 2024 18:03:51 GMT 1
Likely a good business move, to move the fan park to Riverside
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Post by wildbillthetownfan on Aug 15, 2024 18:33:44 GMT 1
This will be a tough game and we can't afford to miss as many chances like we did on Tuesday night.
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Post by detox on Aug 16, 2024 0:21:18 GMT 1
So with no sky,and ifollow done,is there likely to be a stream somewhere on Saturday, before I start trawling?
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Post by belizian on Aug 16, 2024 1:07:16 GMT 1
So with no sky,and ifollow done,is there likely to be a stream somewhere on Saturday, before I start trawling? There's iFollow for overseas fans. |
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Post by drumriggend on Aug 16, 2024 8:18:18 GMT 1
Haven't read through the thread so not sure if its been mentioned but the last 4 seasons the team that has won the first league game of the season at the John Smiths has won the league so come on Town lets win the league on Saturday!!! But we’ve already won our 1st league game of the season 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ |
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Post by terrier67 on Aug 16, 2024 9:22:08 GMT 1
Not sure I've ever seen a more positive poll about a Town game - 86%+ for a Win. Fingers crossed we are marking the start of a new era and can get this one over the line. Would be great for all involved at the club
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Post by duncfost01 on Aug 16, 2024 10:33:21 GMT 1
The old Poland IP address might have to come out tomorrow….
Loved what I’ve seen from us in pre-season and in our first two games. For sure, having Duff in so early has helped.
Some of the comments about Pearson and Hogg were / are slightly unfair. Both very experienced players who we will need this season.
Key is to keep Helik.
Headley was superb on Tuesday night but Miller has played well all pre season.
Sorensen different level on Tuesday night. Seems to have got better as he has settled.
Just need that pacy striker that shouldn’t really be playing in league one and that would make us a very good team.
(I thought Duff was tongue in cheek describing Haaland when asked about a striker )
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Post by mosher on Aug 16, 2024 11:30:51 GMT 1
Not sure I've ever seen a more positive poll about a Town game - 86%+ for a Win. Fingers crossed we are marking the start of a new era and can get this one over the line. Would be great for all involved at the club Certainly not since 2018 anyway  |
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Post by royrace on Aug 16, 2024 11:50:24 GMT 1
Got banana skin written all over it. Wonder if we'll go with Kane, Wiles and Evans, Hasn't it just! Shiny improved stadium, new manager, new players, new era, unprecedented levels of positivity amongst fan base, chairman over to enjoy the games. We know what happens next I think we'll need Hoggy in midfield, likely to be a good battle. Let's hope we can avoid the banana skin for a change and turn over a new leaf. |
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Post by rab030 on Aug 16, 2024 11:53:51 GMT 1
Who are the 13 miserable twats that think we will get beat?  |
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Post by mosher on Aug 16, 2024 12:02:05 GMT 1
Who are the 13 miserable twats that think we will get beat? Same message as I put on the prediction league thread: Check out the moaning on the Transfer Window thread and you'll get a pretty good idea who's voted negatively |
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Post by 28901 on Aug 16, 2024 12:20:04 GMT 1
Who are the 13 miserable twats that think we will get beat? I vote for a defeat every time. I don't think it will affect the players to be honest. |
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Post by rab030 on Aug 16, 2024 13:04:38 GMT 1
Who are the 13 miserable twats that think we will get beat? I vote for a defeat every time. I don't think it will affect the players to be honest. TBF you have been accurate on a regular basis for the last few seasons. However, if you genuinely think we will get beat every week then I would suggest you take up a new hobby |
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Post by DeepSpace on Aug 16, 2024 13:08:21 GMT 1
Who are the 13 miserable twats that think we will get beat? I vote for a defeat every time. I don't think it will affect the players to be honest. I’m fairly sure that I’ve never been to more than a handful of games in the last 50 years where I turned up expecting us to win. And on the rare occasions when I did…Barnet springs to mind…we usually didn’t. |
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