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Post by Nick on Aug 14, 2021 16:15:37 GMT
Lovely jubbly !
A very poor first 45 minutes with Stones lucky to be losing 1 - 0.Honestly the team looked slow, unfit and pretty hopeless.
What a turn round, totally different second 45 minutes.
What we lacked in the first half, suddenly appeared and blew HH away.
Just a shame about Hs 2nd, down to poor defensive cover in front of the penalty box.
But that was the only 2nd half blot.
Good performances from Roarie Deacon, Regan Booty and Joan Luque helped big time.
Alfie Pacey looked decent as well.
But there was more urgency and geling everywhere.
Some nice goals too.
Encouraging to see the boys getting stuck in and properly competitive.
Nice to hear the stadium buzzing, cracking atmosphere
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Post by daveu on Aug 14, 2021 16:36:41 GMT
I think Hemel gambled everything on that first half, especially the first 30 minutes. Not many teams could have lived with them and to only be 1-0 up at the break must have been a big disappointment for them. Fantastic second half and not many teams would have lived with us in that 45 minutes.
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Post by daveu on Aug 14, 2021 16:41:09 GMT
Just one more thing, god I've missed that atmosphere.
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Post by pwoodstone on Aug 14, 2021 16:47:39 GMT
The noise when we scored was immense.
The game was a funny one. They played very well for a quarter and we lucked out when their 7 went off injured.
They were terribly square at the back in the second half but we wore them down I think.
We have strikers to come back so I reckon Hak did well with his selections and subs. We look to have some strength off the bench anyway.
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Post by Stonethecrow on Aug 14, 2021 16:51:00 GMT
Reckon sword must be sick as his rotten parrot.
What a great afternoon down the Gallagher.
Huge effort from the players to turn around a very iffy first half.
Fantastic second half performance.
So enjoyable.
Deacon and Booty look very handy.
Pacey worked hard to hold the front line together.
And of course we have Luque.
Football is back.
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Post by Harry on Aug 14, 2021 17:06:13 GMT
Great atmosphere today, enen when the team wasnt playing.
When they played, wasnt it great.
So noisy, too much for HH to cope with.
This team will get our support 100%.
Exciting match, so much to look forward to.
COYS
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Post by Benny on Aug 14, 2021 17:15:31 GMT
So pleased for the kids. Two years of rubbish home education, not allowed to go out and meet friends, forced to wear masks. Now they get to experience the pure thrill of an exciting home win after ages not being able to attend.
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Post by porkystone on Aug 14, 2021 18:31:47 GMT
Team performance seemed to change totally when Pattisson came on for Pavey up front. Pavey tried really hard to win and hold the ball, but was outnumbered and isolated. Pattisson was much more fluid and his movement exploited and exposed a tiring defence.
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Post by nws on Aug 14, 2021 21:45:39 GMT
So pleased for the kids. Two years of rubbish home education, not allowed to go out and meet friends, forced to wear masks. Now they get to experience the pure thrill of an exciting home win after ages not being able to attend. Rubbish home education? I educated mine when they were off... |
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Post by Harry on Aug 14, 2021 21:48:02 GMT
Seems you got your prediction right nws.
Stones look like they will breeze this league.
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Post by BringBackIggy on Aug 14, 2021 22:29:34 GMT
special mention to our physio, not sure what freak decided it’s okay in this day and age to have that kind of behaviour. Thought it was a great response from her.
Overall on the game though you could feel the emotion especially in some of the players and as others have mentioned the noise when that goal went in was superb!
Champions league here we come hehe…
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Post by steveh21 on Aug 15, 2021 6:31:56 GMT
We played too deep first half. Looked like Jake was told to sit in front of back four to protect it. This invited HH to just attack and attack again first half. Luque hardly got a pass with these tactics.
In a weird way it was good HH took the lead as it meant we had to be more positive and braver second half and trust our team's attacking abilities. It worked.
Great result and a great atmosphere!
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Post by Benny on Aug 15, 2021 7:07:16 GMT
So pleased for the kids. Two years of rubbish home education, not allowed to go out and meet friends, forced to wear masks. Now they get to experience the pure thrill of an exciting home win after ages not being able to attend. Rubbish home education? I educated mine when they were off... Not every child is as fortunate, as you well know. Their generation will be paying the financial and social costs of Covid their whole lives. For some, this will have been the first proper social event for two years, a huge fraction of a young life. Let’s just be happy for them today. |
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Post by nws on Aug 15, 2021 7:15:28 GMT
Rubbish home education? I educated mine when they were off... Not every child is as fortunate, as you well know. Their generation will be paying the financial and social costs of Covid their whole lives. For some, this will have been the first proper social event for two years, a huge fraction of a young life. Let’s just be happy for them today. That was intended to invite a comical answer, Barney. I agree with your answer though. Working with teenagers. I see life at the sharp end on this one. |
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Post by nws on Aug 15, 2021 7:16:26 GMT
Seems you got your prediction right nws. Stones look like they will breeze this league. That naysayer nick needs to apologise🤣🤣 |
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