yarddog73 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Defence were immense tonight, Hobson particularly played well and Hogan has found some form the last couple of weeks, carried the ball out of defence on several occasions and looks as fit as anyone in the squad, fair play. I thought the new lad Sai was playing it safe and needs to be a little bit braver particularly going forward as he linked up well at times as the game went on, understandable given it was his debut and the importance of the game, showed maturity after getting booked early on. Conlon is a joy to watch, took the piss at times and was surprisingly good with his head, just what we needed in there and he's settled in almost instantly, he will be a big player for us in the run in. Sheron was his industrious self, terrific for the second goal when he cut out the ball and fed Fondop who was fouled, Lundstrum had his best game for us, more positive and covered some ground at both ends of the pitch. Midfield three worked incredibly hard all night. Front two were great, Norwood is just a class above and Fondop was a nuisance all night long, add Dallas to that partnership and I think you'd have your front three. Best part for me was the clean sheet, bodies on the line and a desire I feel that's been missing on occasions this season, personally I think that's as well as we've played all season at home, we got what we deserved and I'm hopeful now that we can really push on towards that top three finish. Bring on Saturday. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 21 minutes ago, nzlatic said: 13 points behind Bromley with 2 games in hand. Win those and beat them at home and the gap is down to 4 points. I really think we’ve got a very decent shot at the top 3. We are 10 points behind with one game in hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev1970 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Sachdev the new right back can actually throw the ball a distance another weapon we have at our disposal now or was that wind Can we start to dream yet..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronoafc Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 5 minutes ago, yarddog73 said: Defence were immense tonight, Hobson particularly played well and Hogan has found some form the last couple of weeks, carried the ball out of defence on several occasions and looks as fit as anyone in the squad, fair play. I thought the new lad Sai was playing it safe and needs to be a little bit braver particularly going forward as he linked up well at times as the game went on, understandable given it was his debut and the importance of the game, showed maturity after getting booked early on. Conlon is a joy to watch, took the piss at times and was surprisingly good with his head, just what we needed in there and he's settled in almost instantly, he will be a big player for us in the run in. Sheron was his industrious self, terrific for the second goal when he cut out the ball and fed Fondop who was fouled, Lundstrum had his best game for us, more positive and covered some ground at both ends of the pitch. Midfield three worked incredibly hard all night. Front two were great, Norwood is just a class above and Fondop was a nuisance all night long, add Dallas to that partnership and I think you'd have your front three. Best part for me was the clean sheet, bodies on the line and a desire I feel that's been missing on occasions this season, personally I think that's as well as we've played all season at home, we got what we deserved and I'm hopeful now that we can really push on towards that top three finish. Bring on Saturday. Funny how we all see games differently. Of the defence I thought Hobson was the poorest of the 3, his passing at times was appauling. (However I do think he’s the best of the 3, usually). Hogan was absolutely immense tonight imo and just behind Conlon for MOTM, Raglan was good too. Didn’t give their 9 a sniff. Agree on Conlon re: his heading, I mentioned that on twitter. He wins so many headers for someone who doesn’t look that tall/strong. Probably good timing. Wish Conlons free kick had gone in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzlatic Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) 10 minutes ago, yarddog73 said: We are 10 points behind with one game in hand. From 3rd now yes but I was just pointing out that after beating Barnet and if we win the game in hand on them we’d be 7 points behind them. Do the same against Bromley and we’re only 4 points behind them. And to add to that, there’s another 15 games to make up those 4 points. 17 other games to make up the 7 point gap to Barnet (assuming winning the game in hand). Edited January 23 by nzlatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 47 minutes ago, GlossopLatic said: In the 2 games against Barnet Norwood has been involved inn all 6 of our goals they will dread facing him again in the play offs. They were feared to death of him. Clearly the instruction was to give him no space and time on the ball but it just played into our hands. Every time the ball went to him it was like he was wearing an amber and black scarf. Really hope we get those chances in the play offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 24 minutes ago, kev1970 said: Sachdev the new right back can actually throw the ball a distance another weapon we have at our disposal now or was that wind Can we start to dream yet..... Dream, some of us booked our London Hotel for the first May BH weekend in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old codger Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Hope is restored! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 4 minutes ago, old codger said: Hope is restored! He never came off the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Best performance I have seen this season. Looked like we knew what we were doing in that formation. The 3 centre backs spread wide when we had the ball and the wing backs were high from the start of any move. The midfield 3 were interchangeable. Front 2 were constantly available. Highlight for me was Sherons recovery tackle and pass leading to the penalty. That was immense. Get it wrong and it could have been one each. Good feeling coming out of the ground. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Solid performance. Starting to look like a well organised team. Conlon brings the quality and composure that's been lacking in that area for far too long. And Norwood looks like he's starting to enjoy himself... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwhite Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 10 hours ago, latics22 said: Bloody unsworth And the people that wanted us to persevere with him for so long 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1onheartNew Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 minute ago, philwhite said: And the people that wanted us to persevere with him for so long Not I, said the fly. Not me, said the flea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneSizeFitz Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 9 hours ago, League one forever said: Oh. Right lads, as you were. Sheron is shit then. He was good last night regardless though, to be fair to him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 9 minutes ago, OneSizeFitz said: He was good last night regardless though, to be fair to him... Yeah, reading all the comments it sounded like he had a good game- I just couldn’t come back after my faux pas last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 17 hours ago, Bobby and Bert said: EeeByGum. Good luck with the trip up tonight. Which part of Shropshire are you?. I live in Leintwardine which is just over the border in Herefordshire, but 6 miles from Ludlow. I would get to more home games if I could find someone to share the driving. Let me know. @EeeByGum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worcester Owl Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 It’s so good to wake up the morning after and recollect a really good performance and result from the night before - then to come on here and read all the positive messages. There’s a long way to go and I know nothing is settled yet for the season but it really does feel like we are on the way back at last. Hope last night’s result makes Frank’s finishing line feel a bit nearer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_b_100 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 There really was some outstanding individual performances last night, but I was more impressed by the fact that it was a TEAM win. The TEAM did very well, motivated each other and played as a team. Also based on last nights performance Kanu can stay at Barnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcassist Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) Long distance Latic (Worcester). Great watch on National League TV. We appear to have a team again, well done to MM and Brabin for the new signings and the Board for supplying the funds with one more to come WOW. Lundstrum - that's the best I've seen him play in an Oldham shirt. Sachdev - our new full back, quick but a bit tentative but grew into the game and has a long throw on him. Fondop - whatever they feed him on don't stop, not the best footballer in the world, but I love him, total nuisance. Sheron - Looked a totally different player and got the ref back LOL. Conlon - what we've been missing, class act, best midfielder I've seen since Sheridan. Norwood - the main man, sniffer extraordinaire, with incredible finishing. Defence - solid as a rock. Really chuffed with the new look Latics, I might even travel the 250 mile round trip to watch some games. Lofty Edited January 24 by pcassist 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 38 minutes ago, Worcester Owl said: It’s so good to wake up the morning after and recollect a really good performance and result from the night before - then to come on here and read all the positive messages. There’s a long way to go and I know nothing is settled yet for the season but it really does feel like we are on the way back at last. Hope last night’s result makes Frank’s finishing line feel a bit nearer! They had Frank on the phone over the speaker in hospitality after the game last night and he seemed in very good spirits after the win, Luke was very funny joking with him and making reference to Judith being busy with the cheque book whilst he's been away, he's covered 2000 nautical miles now with about 700 to go, hopefully when he gets back we will have something to celebrate with him and he probably won't recognise the new look team. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, astottie said: Best performance I have seen this season. Looked like we knew what we were doing in that formation. The 3 centre backs spread wide when we had the ball and the wing backs were high from the start of any move. The midfield 3 were interchangeable. Front 2 were constantly available. Highlight for me was Sherons recovery tackle and pass leading to the penalty. That was immense. Get it wrong and it could have been one each. Good feeling coming out of the ground. This, last night felt totally different, how many times even with a 2 goal lead have we felt nervous coming into the last 5 minutes, it never felt in doubt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzlatic Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Very professional performance last night. It's amazing to see how players who've previously had stick are able to do better once the team is more balanced and they have better players around them. And we're still relatively early days, there's a lot more room for improvement. We've seen the difference Norwood has made all season, but Conlon is the player we've been missing for ages. Always wants the ball, doesn't panic, flashes of brilliance, just a lovely footballer to watch. Not sure if we've had a player like this since Jack Byrne. In some games previously we've been relatively easy to defend against as we've had a limited number of threats on the pitch but now we've got so many more options. Sachdev had a couple of heavy touches early on, but grew into the game. Understandably he looks like he will need a little bit of time to get up to the speed of the game, but once he does I think he'll be a real asset. I think play offs are a certainty now, just need to push on and try to get top 3. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 14 minutes ago, andy_b_100 said: There really was some outstanding individual performances last night, but I was more impressed by the fact that it was a TEAM win. The TEAM did very well, motivated each other and played as a team. Also based on last nights performance Kanu can stay at Barnet I'm more inclined to think we are in for Kanu after last night, I certainly wouldn't be judging him on that cameo and he would be a terrific addition to our squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stainrod Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Yes, he always took the easy pass perhaps mindful of where he’s heading. Surprised he appeared at all though if he is on his way to BP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightDN123 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Conlon looks the exact holding midfield player I have been banging on about. He doesn’t run around like a mad man all game. He’s calm, composed, puts his foot in (and head) to win his battles. He won’t be the attacking midfielder he was previously, but he will sit infront of the defence and dictate games for us, exactly what we have needed for about 2 years now. Credit to the whole team last night, all played well and put their bodies on the line when needed with two goal mouth scrambles. Norwood the difference for us, let’s hope he stays fit. Right back with a long throw, they do exist! Loved the shithousery, Fondop’s weird penalty celebration and the ref getting smacked by the ball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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