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Post by Amigo on Aug 18, 2024 21:09:07 GMT 1
Thought we were pretty hopeless in the second-half yesterday and don’t get why so many people on here and in the ground yesterday are giving it the big licks. Say nowt, win it, then shout your mouth off as Mr Clough once said. I’ll take any kind of win and be grateful for it. Bet you're fun at parties. I'm going 6-0 then make a few subs at half time and possibly a more conservative second half. |
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Post by Tim Nice But Dim on Aug 18, 2024 21:09:21 GMT 1
We can give these chaps a damn good thrashing!! but i'll take a 1-0.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Aug 18, 2024 21:13:05 GMT 1
Who the hell has voted for a loss? Someone with a long memory. The two 5-1 tonkings in the same season home and away? |
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Post by rphyorks on Aug 18, 2024 21:18:27 GMT 1
Who the hell has voted for a loss? that might be Reverse psychology..... ( although i have not had a vote yet )... |
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Post by drewden on Aug 18, 2024 21:54:10 GMT 1
4 - 0 Town, 2 of them penalties.
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Post by 28901 on Aug 18, 2024 21:56:04 GMT 1
This is the first time we've been in the same division as Shrewsbury since the promotion season under Warnock, we beat them at home that season 2-1, think Lee Duxbury scored the winner. My memory is they were terribly defensive and time wasting, the norm these days, and Town won it in the last minute. |
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Post by 28901 on Aug 18, 2024 21:58:16 GMT 1
Someone with a long memory. The two 5-1 tonkings in the same season home and away? I remember losing 0 3 in the FA cup as well. They were higher division than us. They always seemed to be a good cup side back then. Chic Bates is a name that springs to mind |
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Post by joek on Aug 18, 2024 21:59:39 GMT 1
Thought we were pretty hopeless in the second-half yesterday and don’t get why so many people on here and in the ground yesterday are giving it the big licks. Say nowt, win it, then shout your mouth off as Mr Clough once said. I’ll take any kind of win and be grateful for it. Bet you're fun at parties. I'm going 6-0 then make a few subs at half time and possibly a more conservative second half. I can deffo hold my own at parties, but not sure what that’s got to do with owt. Did you think we were good in second half yesterday? |
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Post by terriersyndrome on Aug 18, 2024 22:00:14 GMT 1
4 - 0 Town, 2 of them penalties. We used up our penalty allocation in pre-season. |
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Post by irverino on Aug 18, 2024 22:05:37 GMT 1
The two 5-1 tonkings in the same season home and away? I remember losing 0 3 in the FA cup as well. They were higher division than us. They always seemed to be a good cup side back then. Chic Bates is a name that springs to mind Was that the 3 keepers game?......Rankin, Lillis & Kindon? |
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Aug 18, 2024 22:12:37 GMT 1
I’ll be there along with our six-year old grandson for his first ever Town game. Shrewsbury’s centre halves Toto Nsiala and Aaron Pierre need to be targeted. They’re both very slow and Pierre is built like a brick outhouse with the turning circle of a Brontosaurus. He was good a few years ago at Wycombe but he totally flopped with Sutton and AFCW. Just run at the pair of them, they won’t be able to cope. Marshall should start - he’ll score, no doubt in my mind. Just seen the highlights of their game v Peterborough. My god, you are not wrong about Shrewsbury’s central defenders. I’m sure Duff will be making sure we adapt our game accordingly. |
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Post by 28901 on Aug 18, 2024 22:15:52 GMT 1
I remember losing 0 3 in the FA cup as well. They were higher division than us. They always seemed to be a good cup side back then. Chic Bates is a name that springs to mind Was that the 3 keepers game?......Rankin, Lillis & Kindon? Aye. They let one in each. 14k crowd (sorry if it pisses some people off to actually quote a proper attendance) which was very good in that era considering there was only a smallish away support. Towns average was 11,000 finishing 4th in the league, best 28901 v Barnsley, worst 6 something v Fulham. Run of the mill matches c 8000. |
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Post by philstarbuckscoffee on Aug 18, 2024 23:06:29 GMT 1
Thought we were pretty hopeless in the second-half yesterday and don’t get why so many people on here and in the ground yesterday are giving it the big licks. Say nowt, win it, then shout your mouth off as Mr Clough once said. I’ll take any kind of win and be grateful for it. Bet you're fun at parties. I'm going 6-0 then make a few subs at half time and possibly a more conservative second half. To be fair he is. I could tell you a few stories! But I think he has a point. There is lots to improve on from Saturday and we cannot afford to be complacent. I am confident we will win comfortably but doubt it will be 4 or 5. However, I could get used to winning 1 or 2 nil every week. UTT |
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Post by Arbie 1976. on Aug 18, 2024 23:15:31 GMT 1
4 - 0 Town, 2 of them penalties. penalty at home, your having a laugh. UTT. |
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Post by Oblong of Dreams on Aug 18, 2024 23:26:25 GMT 1
Wish they were in better form, then I could make a witty remark about The Taming Of The Shrews...
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Post by gledholt terrier on Aug 19, 2024 0:20:50 GMT 1
Was that the 3 keepers game?......Rankin, Lillis & Kindon? Aye. They let one in each. 14k crowd (sorry if it pisses some people off to actually quote a proper attendance) which was very good in that era considering there was only a smallish away support. Towns average was 11,000 finishing 4th in the league, best 28901 v Barnsley, worst 6 something v Fulham. Run of the mill matches c 8000. Crowd figures were probably made up then as well, only they were understated rather than overstated - lots of cash at the turnstiles to be taxed! Probably the biggest under estimate in my lifetime was the 27,000 they said attended the final game of 69/70 against Watford. There were 35,000 to 40,000 there, I swear down. |
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Post by htafcokay on Aug 19, 2024 0:35:14 GMT 1
Aye. They let one in each. 14k crowd (sorry if it pisses some people off to actually quote a proper attendance) which was very good in that era considering there was only a smallish away support. Towns average was 11,000 finishing 4th in the league, best 28901 v Barnsley, worst 6 something v Fulham. Run of the mill matches c 8000. Crowd figures were probably made up then as well, only they were understated rather than overstated - lots of cash at the turnstiles to be taxed! Probably the biggest under estimate in my lifetime was the 27,000 they said attended the final game of 69/70 against Watford. There were 35,000 to 40,000 there, I swear down. May 2004, Mansfield Town, the ground was full, the kick-off was delayed due to the amount of people trying to get in. The crowd? 18,633. I remember the sound of laughter when that figure was announced. |
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Post by pinstripe on Aug 19, 2024 1:04:24 GMT 1
4 - 0 Town, 2 of them penalties. We used up our penalty allocation in pre-season. the fact that I was looking down the comments to see if these exact words had been typed is truly damning.. |
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Post by CaptainHart on Aug 19, 2024 6:53:55 GMT 1
I remember losing 0 3 in the FA cup as well. They were higher division than us. They always seemed to be a good cup side back then. Chic Bates is a name that springs to mind Was that the 3 keepers game?......Rankin, Lillis & Kindon? I think the third keeper was Chris Simpkin. |
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Post by CaptainHart on Aug 19, 2024 6:55:06 GMT 1
4 - 0 Town, 2 of them penalties. More chance of the game getting called off because of snow. |
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Post by monkbar on Aug 19, 2024 6:57:12 GMT 1
This is the most confident I've felt in a Town win since Peterborough at home in the playoffs in '92.
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Post by irverino on Aug 19, 2024 7:29:01 GMT 1
Was that the 3 keepers game?......Rankin, Lillis & Kindon? I think the third keeper was Chris Simpkin. Not Simpkin, he'd gone long before Buxton......Possibly Chris Topping? Sure Kindon was one. |
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Post by irverino on Aug 19, 2024 7:41:00 GMT 1
Aye. They let one in each. 14k crowd (sorry if it pisses some people off to actually quote a proper attendance) which was very good in that era considering there was only a smallish away support. Towns average was 11,000 finishing 4th in the league, best 28901 v Barnsley, worst 6 something v Fulham. Run of the mill matches c 8000. Crowd figures were probably made up then as well, only they were understated rather than overstated - lots of cash at the turnstiles to be taxed! Probably the biggest under estimate in my lifetime was the 27,000 they said attended the final game of 69/70 against Watford. There were 35,000 to 40,000 there, I swear down. That was my 1st game & I thought the whole Town was there that night, I was in the same spot for Bolton cup game (74) & on the terrace for Barnsley......All felt same/similar to the 40k+ crowds given in division one. |
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Post by capitalterrier on Aug 19, 2024 8:49:15 GMT 1
What a refreshing change to be thinking positively and expecting to win games. This is already more fun than the last couple of seasons.
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Post by Orinoco on Aug 19, 2024 8:56:35 GMT 1
There's a lot of Bertie Big Bollocks post on here....that said I do expect us to win. Agree with you there, the 1st loss will probably be a surprising 1, then enter the meltdown!!!. |
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Post by captainblack on Aug 19, 2024 9:13:39 GMT 1
I don't want to sound too complacent but this is a game
we really need to win if we are serious about promotion
this season, Stevenage were no push overs and they had
a few very good chances in the 2nd half. I am expecting
a win against Shrewsbury though, 7-1 would be nice, I have
not seen them score 7 since Port Vale at home, many years ago.
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Post by terriersyndrome on Aug 19, 2024 9:17:05 GMT 1
This will be the 25th meeting between the clubs. Our record stands at won 9, drawn 5, lost 10.
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Post by Tinpot on Aug 19, 2024 9:23:49 GMT 1
4 - 0 Town, 2 of them penalties.Nurse! |
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Aug 19, 2024 9:28:00 GMT 1
I can understand why people will be cautious because of the really poor last few years, however, I honestly feel we've turned a corner. Of course it helps dropping a league (there is still a large gap between the bottom half of the Championship & the bottom half of L1) but the seeds were being sewn in the pre-season games, where, from the very 1st game you could see a new style of play. We clearly have a manager who knows how he wants to play, the recruitment team, so far, have recruited players to fit that system & the confidence has been lifted massively.
I fully expected us to be challenging top 6 this season & I'm even more confident having seen how the season has started. At some stage this season, we will hammer someone, it may be Saturday, it may not but I believe we'll hit someone for 5 or 6 pretty soon.
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Post by Orinoco on Aug 19, 2024 9:34:20 GMT 1
4 - 0 Town, 2 of them penalties. Whats a penalty?!! |
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