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Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Reports and reaction from the 2009-10 season as Walsall finished 10th in League 1
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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:45 pm

And to think I actually had 3 whole points :cry:

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:53 pm

Full-time - lost 2-1

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:01 pm

"Playoff Contenders"

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:05 pm

philthesaddler wrote:"Playoff Contenders"


...and if we're not careful, by the end of january it could be a different group of 4 contenders! :?

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:28 pm

I'm not really that surprised. A point was a possibility, but I guess the view that we are at best a midtable side has been reinforced by this result. We need to beat Leyton Orient next week as I can't see us getting more than a point from the 3 matches over the festive period against Bristol Rovers, Norwich and Charlton.

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:42 pm

Lets face it we'd of been elated with a win. We lost to a stronger side.


Who's next?

Oh sorry just let me add we're DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDdd

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:14 pm

Everyone stop changing your minds.

One week its play off contenders now it will be we are doomed to the relegation zone :roll:

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:20 pm

I said last week after the Southampton game I have seen nothing to make me change my mind that we will be mid-Table by the end of the Season and I stand by that today.

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:08 pm

matt-thesaddler wrote:Everyone stop changing your minds.

One week its play off contenders now it will be we are doomed to the relegation zone :roll:


It ain't people changing their minds. It's a few who, after a few wins against bottom of the table dwellers, come on here and start prediciting all sorts of successes. The rest of us then come on and try to inject some reality into proceedings.

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:47 pm

Louise wrote:I said last week after the Southampton game I have seen nothing to make me change my mind that we will be mid-Table by the end of the Season and I stand by that today.


Spot On Louise.

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:08 pm

didnt think we would get anything today, didnt surprise me he didnt pick Nicholls he's not been doing much in the stiffs, why should he pick him?

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:29 pm

philthesaddler wrote:"Playoff Contenders"



"DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED"

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:44 pm

We deserved to lose when starting Till ahead of Nicholls.The managers an idiot!

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:48 pm

We're doomed!

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:50 pm

Just back , and no complaints about the result , the best side won.

We started well , and got the bonus of a lovely finish from Smith from Till's well delivered corner ( and we had a PLAN from corners , as we tried the same thing again later )

I honestly thought Millwall were there for the taking at this stage , as they seemed lacking in confidence and were mis placing several passes and we were dealing with them pretty easily , apart from one moment of confusion when Ince nearly got caught out on the edge of his area .. But as the half grew on Millwall got more confident and clearly could knock it about , and played some impressive football at times. As did we in fairness , but boy did we miss Jones AND Deeney's movement , as although Parkin worked hard , he was largely dealt with and any creativity had to come from Byfield . It would have flattered us , but Byfield had a wonderful chance to make it 2-0 after sliiping his man , and was in lots of space , one to one but hit the keeper .

2nd half was a totally different story ; Milwall just bossed it completely and had so many shots i lost count . Its hard to say where it went wrong - they definitely stepped it up and we had no answers . It really wasnt a surprise when either goal went in , the first came when one of our CH's lost out on the edge of the box and it fell for their striker. But i am totally confused what happened for the 2nd ; it seemed as though we presumed he was off side , near the half way line and the same striker had so much time he should have scored , and did. We never looked like scoring second half .

I thought Ince did well , and could not be faulted for either goal ; Weston did ok , Hughes and Smith were excellent , Sansara looked the weakest link ( and i think was a tactical sub to bring Vincent on?)

Bradley did well enough ; Mattis did his normal gritty job but no creativity ; Till started brightly but faded ( a bit like at Colchester) and although Richards uses the ball intelligently , he wasnt in it for long periods .

Parkin struggled to make an impact but couldnt be faulted for effort ; Byfield was our obvious danger but they knew that and doubled up on him a lot , and to be honest he didnt get a lot of joy ...

Subs didnt change anything.

We missed Deeney , and we missed Jones . Full marks for effort , and application and they looked gutted at the end , but bottom line is that we were outplayed by a better team

Very low turn out for the travelling Saddlers . Decent pint at London Bridge was the highlight .

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:45 pm

I keep asking this question and no one has come up with an answer yet. so I will try agian...

What exactly does Dwayne Mattis do ??????

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:41 pm

philthesaddler wrote:"Playoff Contenders"

Totally agree Phil
We've had a comfortable run of games some fans have got carried away .
The next 7 games will tell us all we are nowhere good enough for the play offs .

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:52 pm

Bangor Cymru Saddler wrote:I keep asking this question and no one has come up with an answer yet. so I will try agian...

What exactly does Dwayne Mattis do ??????


You're right we should replace him with err...

oh hang on....

nope

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:55 pm

Not surprised we got beat. A midfield with Till, Richards and Bradley HAS to be one of the worst in the football league and probably the worst in this league. Sansara needs to be replaced by Vincent. Our team without Jones, Nicholls and Deeney obviously lacks.

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:58 pm

That result's no surprise, and I think it's a decent measure of how pragmatic the average UTSer that that's two defeats to decent teams and yet there's been NO "Hutchings Out" thread. Now punching around our weight, three points next game game, please. :D

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:05 am

Bangor Cymru Saddler wrote:I keep asking this question and no one has come up with an answer yet. so I will try agian...

What exactly does Dwayne Mattis do ??????


Breaks up play. Gets involed in all the knitty gritty stuff. Does the effective things which many people don't notice. Hope that helps x

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:48 am

Why dont we re sign Constable?

Sack the manager. He's gorra gew.

Sack the board.

We need a striker, defender, midfielder, winger, goalkeeper.

Should never of left fellows park.

Rubbish sign.

No Chips? Pie's cold.

Why did we build our own training ground?

Customer Service is crap.

More coaches.

Whens Jimmy coming back?

The x factor is crap.

We're Doomed

Stop burying head in sand.

Stop being optimistic.

Stop being pessimistic.

Get behind the lads.

Smith is off in January.

CLUELESS

FACT


There we go, i think thats everything covered.

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:00 am

latviancheese wrote:Why dont we re sign Constable?

Sack the manager. He's gorra gew.

Sack the board.

We need a striker, defender, midfielder, winger, goalkeeper.

Should never of left fellows park.

Rubbish sign.

No Chips? Pie's cold.

Why did we build our own training ground?

Customer Service is crud.

More coaches.

Whens Jimmy coming back?

The x factor is crud.

We're Doomed

Stop burying head in sand.

Stop being optimistic.

Stop being pessimistic.

Get behind the lads.

Smith is off in January.

CLUELESS

FACT


There we go, i think thats everything covered.


Eh hem, lack of waving by the manager. :roll:

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:20 am

caught_u_red_handed wrote:
latviancheese wrote:Why dont we re sign Constable?

Sack the manager. He's gorra gew.

Sack the board.

We need a striker, defender, midfielder, winger, goalkeeper.

Should never of left fellows park.

Rubbish sign.

No Chips? Pie's cold.

Why did we build our own training ground?

Customer Service is crud.

More coaches.

Whens Jimmy coming back?

The x factor is crud.

We're Doomed

Stop burying head in sand.

Stop being optimistic.

Stop being pessimistic.

Get behind the lads.

Smith is off in January.

CLUELESS

FACT


There we go, i think thats everything covered.


Eh hem, lack of waving by the manager. :roll:


Eh hem, Bonser Out! :wink:

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:26 am

scott_powell wrote:
Bangor Cymru Saddler wrote:I keep asking this question and no one has come up with an answer yet. so I will try agian...

What exactly does Dwayne Mattis do ??????


Breaks up play. Gets involed in all the knitty gritty stuff. Does the effective things which many people don't notice. Hope that helps x


I agree. The same stuff that Simon Osborn and Tom Bennett used to do and nobody noticed.

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:24 am

King Crimson wrote:
scott_powell wrote:
Bangor Cymru Saddler wrote:I keep asking this question and no one has come up with an answer yet. so I will try agian...

What exactly does Dwayne Mattis do ??????


Breaks up play. Gets involed in all the knitty gritty stuff. Does the effective things which many people don't notice. Hope that helps x


I agree. The same stuff that Simon Osborn and Tom Bennett used to do and nobody noticed.


Who? :wink:
Are we talking Osborn, Osborne, Osbourne or Osbourn? While we're on about it, is it Bennett, Bennet, Benett or Benet you're referring to too?

All of them were great. :mrgreen:

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:00 am

Exile wrote:
caught_u_red_handed wrote:
latviancheese wrote:Why dont we re sign Constable?

Sack the manager. He's gorra gew.

Sack the board.

We need a striker, defender, midfielder, winger, goalkeeper.

Should never of left fellows park.

Rubbish sign.

No Chips? Pie's cold.

Why did we build our own training ground?

Customer Service is crud.

More coaches.

Whens Jimmy coming back?

The x factor is crud.

We're Doomed

Stop burying head in sand.

Stop being optimistic.

Stop being pessimistic.

Get behind the lads.

Smith is off in January.

CLUELESS

FACT


There we go, i think thats everything covered.


Eh hem, lack of waving by the manager. :roll:


Eh hem, Bonser Out! :wink:


Choose life, choose being a stayaway.

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:33 am

What a day, the coach got stuck on the motorway so a police helecopter could land. Third in the queue, the dingle coach cut inside and got through just infront of us, meaning we were left stuck for about 45 mins. :evil:
Then, we finally arrived, with 10 minutes to kick off. Everyone went to the ticket office to get a ticket as there were none in advance. Lucky for my mates and I, the junior saddlers coach was cancelled so the bloke had lots of spare tickets and gave us some for free :D

Fantastic performance for the first 10 minutes. We were all over them. Got in there faces, frustrated them, got the crowd on their players backs and went 1-0 up. Perfect, lets carry on in this fashion, but erm.... no.

We caved in. Byfield had a golden chance to make it 20, but fluffed it.

After that we were poor. The better side won. They just completely dominated us. There was a brief spell in the second half where we looked like we may get an equaliser but it wasn't to be.

Overall, we were shocking. Chasing shadows all the time, caved in to the atmosphere from the 'wall fans. We looked terrified to put our foot on the ball and play it. It was get the ball and see who could get it to their keeper quickest.

MOTM, Ince.

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:30 pm

Fray Bentos is God! wrote:
Exile wrote:
caught_u_red_handed wrote:
latviancheese wrote:Why dont we re sign Constable?

Sack the manager. He's gorra gew.

Sack the board.

We need a striker, defender, midfielder, winger, goalkeeper.

Should never of left fellows park.

Rubbish sign.

No Chips? Pie's cold.

Why did we build our own training ground?

Customer Service is crud.

More coaches.

Whens Jimmy coming back?

The x factor is crud.

We're Doomed

Stop burying head in sand.

Stop being optimistic.

Stop being pessimistic.

Get behind the lads.

Smith is off in January.

CLUELESS

FACT


There we go, i think thats everything covered.


Eh hem, lack of waving by the manager. :roll:


Eh hem, Bonser Out! :wink:


Choose life, choose being a stayaway.


Don't think It will ever catch on. :wink:

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Re: Millwall (A) League 1 Saturday 12/12/09

Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:16 pm

King Crimson wrote:
scott_powell wrote:
Bangor Cymru Saddler wrote:I keep asking this question and no one has come up with an answer yet. so I will try agian...

What exactly does Dwayne Mattis do ??????


Breaks up play. Gets involed in all the knitty gritty stuff. Does the effective things which many people don't notice. Hope that helps x


I agree. The same stuff that Simon Osborn and Tom Bennett used to do and nobody noticed.


Oh come on, give me some credit, I knew very well that people would come back and say that, but I know that position and trust me he does neither of those things. Bradley has been doing the nitty gritty in the last few games, with the games passing Mattis by. They are too much of the same type of player, we need someone in there who can put there foot on the ball, slow the game down and pick a pass.

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