COXDRUMMIE wrote:Listened to the commentary and have just heard the most absurd thing i think ive ever heard. The travelling Walsall supporters clapped the team off for losing a game. I just can't believe that, i really can't. Especially after they completely threw the game away with rank bad lazy play.
Unbelievable it was Coxy. Its one thing to clap a couple of times but some people seemed overjoyed with yet another loss and were happy to sing Paul Merson's barmy army. One guy behind me walking down the steps was shouting "Unlucky Paul, unlucky, keep it up. F*** off ref you were crap"
Unlucky? Un-f******lucky? Open your bloody eyes you penfold lookalike. There was no luck about it. We let Barnsley cruise into a two goal lead then we get a lucky break and score a couple of goals and suddenly everyone forgets just how shyte we are and gets carried away. The players actually looked interested and inspired after we scored the second but it only lasted about 10 minutes before we slipped back into comfort zone and let Barnsley back into it.
Their first goal was a joke, we watched, and watched and watched a bit more...in fact we had time to post a letter inviting their defender to shoot and shoot he did. It took a couple of deflections so it would be hard to blame Oakes. I blame midfield for not doing their job and closing down.
Their second was also poor on our behalf. A good ball was played out to Merson who because of laziness waited for it to come to him instead of the meeting the ball like you should do (this happened 4/5 times today). So because he waited the defender nipped in took the ball away while Merson blames the pass, a blade of grass for slowing the ball or a worm for popping up and stopping the ball reaching him instead of what any fit worthwhile midfielder would do and chase the opposition player and win the ball back. Huh, some chance.
And so to the winner...
A penalty it definitely was and I'm fed up with people blaming the referee for our results. Geoff its one thing to blame the ref like in the game against Palace last year when the team had given 110% but I refuse to use poor refereeing as an excuse when the team actually only bothered to put in 100% for about 10/15 minutes. They play when they want to and it p1sses me off. It WAS a penalty. Full stop. The ball was going out for a goal kick so why Emblen felt the need to shoulder barge him only he will know. Yes the player went down easily but Fryatt has won several penalties himself this season doing the same thing, its part of the game. If Emblen had jockeyed the ball out he wouldn't have any reason to dive. Not only that but we had the fortune of Chopra missing his second penalty in a couple of days yet instead of taking advantage and regrouping and clearing the ball we dilly and dally and let them get the ball in the box and score a simple goal.
Next week is make or break. I'm not writing Wrexham off yet as they have more quality than us but we really can't afford to lose to Torquay or we will go down as I predicted over a month ago now whil many more were still supporting Merson.
Not to worry, no doubt Merson will convince himself and many gullible fans that we were unlucky today. The ref, fate and everything was against us which is complete rubbish. The team played to their potential for 15 minutes like we have on so many occasions this season and you don't deserve to win on that basis.
You create your own luck through hard work Mr Merson and the sooner you realise it the better.
PS - Wright missed a great chance at the end but overall looked great to me. If only he'd played in that position all season, a real attacking threat, cutting in and getting some shots it.
