Banana Skins (1 Viewer)

Newport said:

Because reading the majority of posts on here is pretty comical - thanks for the 3 points :emoji_thumbsup:

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We always like to donate to charity cases.

Otis said:

We always like to donate to charity cases.

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Should try donating a few more quid on the turnstiles I reckon

Newport said:

Should try donating a few more quid on the turnstiles I reckon

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I whizz straight through them, which is what you're supposed to do isn't it. What you doing, stopping and sightseeing?

What's wrong with the turnstiles?

Newport said:

I think you and others on here need to stop believing that teams coming to a 3/4 empty soulless bowl that you don't own constitutes as a big day out.

You were in the premiership 14 years ago, you haven't been big or relevant for over a decade - we've been to Wembley twice the past few years, winning once. Those are big days out, not a trip up the M6 to play another league 2 side.

You're attitude is precisely why you're in for more 'banana skins' and shocks this year.

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Listen here you taffy twat, I was actually giving you a compliment

Newport said:

Because reading the majority of posts on here is pretty comical - thanks for the 3 points :emoji_thumbsup:

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you are welcome,you will need them more to avoid relegation than we will need them for auto promotion. maximum pts would have been nice but its not the be all and end all. i will settle for over 100pts, i am not greedy

Newport said:

Because reading the majority of posts on here is pretty comical - thanks for the 3 points :emoji_thumbsup:

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Its okay, I hope we take the same when we come to yours. A repeat of Saturdays performance and we wont though.

To be honest you were well disciplined and did a job on us, but we were garbage. We had won the previous two games playing a better quality of football, and it wasn't evident on Saturday. Not being able to make a pass is not going to win you games. Our fault though and we paid the price.

We pass like that all season and we will be right down at the other end of the table.

I simply cannot accept we will pass the ball as badly as that again this season. I sincerely hope not anyway.

do need to stop doing so much hoof, but i guess thats whats robins asking for, a bit of directness required in league 2 i guess. 2 wins from 3 so cannot complain too much

covcity4life said:

do need to stop doing so much hoof, but i guess thats whats robins asking for, a bit of directness required in league 2 i guess. 2 wins from 3 so cannot complain too much

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Big difference though between a Willis hoof and McDonald hoof.

Otis said:

We pass like that all season and we will be right down at the other end of the table.

I simply cannot accept we will pass the ball as badly as that again this season. I sincerely hope not anyway.

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I would have them in this week working on passing to feet. I couldn't believe how many times we left the ball short on Saturday in addition to how many times we couldn't play to feet.
I sincerely hope it was just a blip, as I can accept losses coming, but not when its down to such sheer ineptitude.

mechaishida said:

Work and other commitments, plus I hit 100 on the meltdown-o-meter last time I was here, so I gave it a while before returning. These new HRT tablets are great, they keep the hormonal explosions in check nicely. ;-)

To add to my earlier post, I'd like to emphasise how critical Robins is to this team - he won't take the defeat to Newport lightly, and I suspect he warned his players against complacency, which was then semi-ignored. After a few rollockings and changes, I'd expect a different performance next game.

All the best to County, by the way.

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Arafwch Nawr!
Still got the Focus and chain smoking Mech?

Ranjit Bhurpa said:

Arafwch Nawr!
Still got the Focus and chain smoking Mech?

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Shwmae, me ol' sausage? Nah, the family is growing, thus the Focus has made way for a monster Shogun 4x4 S-reg...plus I was tired of shitting myself at every meeting with a huge tractor on the back roads to nowhere, so the Shogun offers ample crash protection and reassures the rectum.

Still smoking, indeed, but the crack phase got tedious.

I'll PM you when I get a chance.

mechaishida said:

Shwmae, me ol' sausage? Nah, the family is growing, thus the Focus has made way for a monster Shogun 4x4 S-reg...plus I was tired of shitting myself at every meeting with a huge tractor on the back roads to nowhere, so the Shogun offers ample crash protection and reassures the rectum.

Still smoking, indeed, but the crack phase got tedious.

I'll PM you when I get a chance.

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No worries mate, good to hear you're still around.

I can see this thread going for at least half a season

Newport said:

I think you and others on here need to stop believing that teams coming to a 3/4 empty soulless bowl that you don't own constitutes as a big day out.

You were in the premiership 14 years ago, you haven't been big or relevant for over a decade - we've been to Wembley twice the past few years, winning once. Those are big days out, not a trip up the M6 to play another league 2 side.

You're attitude is precisely why you're in for more 'banana skins' and shocks this year.

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Says the bloke whos team was number 20 best supported team last season in league 2 so ground was 3/4 empty last season except when there was a large away following.

covcity4life said:

not sure about complacency, but nearl everyone was poor, we couldnt string 3 passes together successfully.

still it took a blunder to cause a loss. we will be ok this season

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The quality if this league means passing accurately is worse and blunders higher.

It's why most players are paid what they are.

They are not very good.

Grendel said:

The quality if this league means passing accurately is worse and blunders higher.

It's why most players are paid what they are.

They are not very good.

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On that we agree.
Yet we pay the same for piss poor football as others who pay to watch a better class altogether.

Newport said:

It's called passion, something a couple of your players look like they could use a dose of.

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When your team actually win something then you'll have something to shout about !

Grendel said:

The quality if this league means passing accurately is worse and blunders higher.

It's why most players are paid what they are.

They are not very good.

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true and i definitely see a difference in opposition quality but i felt we looked ok vs county,blackburn and grimsby, although definitely room for improvement.

maybe as a fan i am blind to it but i think we can do alot better than country and grimsby games let alone newport performance.

covcity4life said:

true and i definitely see a difference in opposition quality but i felt we looked ok vs county,blackburn and grimsby, although definitely room for improvement.

maybe as a fan i am blind to it but i think we can do alot better than country and grimsby games let alone newport performance.

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I think many are starting to see the quality of football on offer in L2 with the majority of football a physical direct approach, and that's before the weather has turned and pitches deteriorate.

I too like you maybe think we can do better than what we've shown so far and after all we've got a revamped squad and only 3 games so let's hope it's a settling in period.

V Notts county I thought we showed grit and determination which is a great starting point which made us compete equally and gain the upper hand as we played the better football of the 2 sides. Tho 3-0 flattered is a little but so what.... we'll take that for a opening day.

V Grimsby again battled and showed determination, competed equally in not a great first half with few chances created by both sides as lump it long tactics took hold. The 2nd half we passed it around better working through Grimsby and McNulty's awareness/element of luck swung the pendulum our way as we dictated the second half. Only really 45 mins of good football played but importantly resilient for 90 in our 2nd game.

V Newport County a drop off in performance levels all over the park and only a mistake dividing the sides. Passing and movement generally way off which you can only put down as a bad day and hope we don't see that for at least another 10+ games. Chances are we will as these are div 4 players, where errors and consistency levels are poorer the lower down the leagues you go.

For me I'm still happy tho I feel we've only really played a good 90-120 mins of football out of 270 mins of L2 tho I'd of taken 6 pts from 9 at this stage.

Andreu will provide a big shift in momentum for us creatively if we get the jigsaw around him correct.

Still plenty of positives to take from 3 games, and very likely to improve more.