by stealthpapes »
04 Dec 2023 08:40
Thoughts over three points
*while the protest is much needed and, as far as I can see, widely supported on and off the pitch, we've had three tennis ball protests and as far as I can tell, conceded within minutes of each one. The first goal, when it came, was so simple. Couple of passes around the back, down the channel and over for a relatively easy tap in. You could see it coming from the moment the ball went out wide, our defenders never seemed to clock just where McCallum was.
*we're completely incapable of going toe to toe with a team. While I think two of the three-ish penalty shouts (Wing on the rebound, Holmes mugged at a corner) should have probably gone in our favour, standing around whinging isn't going to help. Quigley probably should have been booked for a series of 'afters', barging into players just after the ball had gone, but equally he's been doing that his entire life. Same with the constant shirt pulling. Dean was the only player to give anything back. Once the game got going properly (it was like a friendly for 16 minutes), we barely gave them much to think about. A brief spell where Dann brought the ball forwards, Wing sat between midfield and attack, and Smith and Azeez linked quite well lead to the equalizer.
*I had no faith we would defend that corner successfully. It was a needless corner anyway, with Craig the only player back - watch the highlights again, he knows it. Only player in that box who knew what he was going to do? McCallum.
Pre-game - actually stayed in Southampton the night before. Not sure of the vibe, there's a relatively nice old town on the way to the sea, with four pubs. Except one has recently shut down. This means all four, I mean, three pubs, while all nice and all doing nice beers and all having nice old buildings were fucking rammed. I went to the Grapes to watch the United game and then found Sauce, which combined kebabs, polish food and beer to my content. The other highlight was the Solent Sky museum. Supermarine S6! Flying boats! etc. etc.
Post-game - lol. Walked back to Eastleigh. Told to go back to Southampton as no trains to Waterloo from Winchester (?!). Slow-ish train via Havant to London. Already knew no/little movement north from London so went to Victoria coach station. Home for 23:30.
Lincoln next!