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Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Reports and reaction from the 2017-2018 season as Walsall finished 19th in League 1
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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 4:15 pm

Sloppies 1 Blackpool 0

Portsmouth 1 Bury 0

AFC Wimbledon 0 Wigan Athletic 1

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 4:23 pm

Yellow card Northampton Town, 64 min (Foley)

Walsall substitution a minute later.......... Agyei replaces Kieron Morris

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 4:28 pm

Currently squatting on 4 prediction league points ...

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 4:29 pm

And now down to 2. :x

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 4:30 pm

Walsall yellow card, 69 min ....... (Joe Edwards)

Walsall's 2nd yellow card, 76 min ....... (Agyei)

Northampton Town's 2nd yellow card, 78 min ....... (Grimes)

Northampton Town's 3rd yellow card, 81 min ......

Walsall's 3rd substitution, 82 min ........ Devlin replaces Kinsella

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 4:45 pm

Southend Utd equalise at home to Bradford City, which pushes us down to 12th place :roll:

Rotherham Utd 0 Plymouth Argyle 1 (87 min)

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 4:51 pm

WALSALL RED CARD, 90 minutes :( (Bakayoko !!!!)

(Immediately afterwards) RED CARD Northampton Town (Crooks, 2 yellows)

Full time 2-1 .... evidently a bad day at the office for all concerned :( ... after taking the lead, too.

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 4:55 pm

Bako off whos going to play up front know lol :shock:

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 4:56 pm

straight red 3 game ban :?

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:01 pm

79walsall wrote:Bako off whos going to play up front know lol :shock:


:lol:

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:15 pm

Always said JW is useless

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:41 pm

Welsh_Saddler wrote:WALSALL RED CARD, 90 minutes :( (Bakayoko !!!!)

(Immediately afterwards) RED CARD Northampton Town (Crooks, 2 yellows)

Full time 2-1 .... evidently a bad day at the office for all concerned :( ... after taking the lead, too.


Well at least WalsallMem will be happy with the result! After all it's only a game, win or lose it don't matter.......
YES it bloomin well does!!!

Whitney will have to go lie down in a darkened room.....who the hell is he going to play up front for the next three games?

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 6:35 pm

Ancient Moaner wrote:
Welsh_Saddler wrote:WALSALL RED CARD, 90 minutes :( (Bakayoko !!!!)

(Immediately afterwards) RED CARD Northampton Town (Crooks, 2 yellows)

Full time 2-1 .... evidently a bad day at the office for all concerned :( ... after taking the lead, too.


Well at least WalsallMem will be happy with the result! After all it's only a game, win or lose it don't matter.......
YES it bloomin well does!!!

Whitney will have to go lie down in a darkened room.....who the hell is he going to play up front for the next three games?
I would say Tyler Roberts? but he wasn't even on the bench today?. it's a shame really because by all accounts Baka was having one of his best games :|

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 7:01 pm

Just got back from a trip up north...not as far north as AM's den but far enough away from knowing much about how we played however it is clear we are consistently inconsistent. Having read the reports in the E and S and on the BBC website it looks like were ok in the first half but didn't really perform in the second. Shame about Baka's red card ...we will miss him for 3 games but hopefully Tyler will be fully fit for next week.
Sorry to hear about Cuvelier as well...a bad foul from what I have read...I hope he will be ok....he showed us last week what a good player he is.

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 7:26 pm

Absolutely awful.

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 7:28 pm

Summary.
Good for opening 2 minutes. Garbage next 88 minutes.
It’s was freezing. End of report.

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 7:51 pm

Arrived in Northampton at 1pm. You'd think with that timeframe I'd be o.k to make 3pm kick.

Caught a bus from the station towards the town centre which for some reason went through the high street, didn't stop and then went round the bus station before coming back on the same road it had just been on.

At this point it was half 1. Went into one pub (Fox and Quill) where after waiting for 10 minutes due to the girl behind the bar having to change a barrel because they were out of Strongbow was told it was 40 minutes wait for food.

Went into another pub down the road (at this point 1.50pm), asked the guy at the bar if there was a long wait, he said not long.....and food turned up at 2.20pm. :roll:

Managed to get to the bus stop at 2.35pm (was going to catch the 2.20pm bus)...and the bus to Sixfields finally turned up at 3pm. :shock: Despite it being advertised as a regular 5-10 minute service.

So yeah I didn't turn up in a good mood and was even further miffed to read the scoreboard from the hill to see it was 1-1 after 10 minutes.

I think I said before this game Northampton had some decent players. Long was playing for Bolton last season and took his second very well indeed and likes of Grimes and O'Toole in midfield have played well at higher levels. No way they're getting relegated.

Performance was atrocious though, easily the worst of the season (Wigan was similar but they're a top 2 standard team). Barely had a shot second half, certainly none on target.

I won't be going back to Northampton anytime soon that's for sure!

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 7:52 pm

Ancient Moaner wrote:Sorry everybody, get carried away being so passionate about my beloved team, I apologise for any offence given.

Never apologise for being passionate AM if the team showed half the passion us supporters have maybe we would not have to watch so maay crap performances.

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 7:54 pm

My local game. Went with a Cobblers fan who was telling me how bad they are. On the way back he said he never thought we were going to score. Our goal came from poor defensive play. It was pretty even til half time but we did nothing after the break. No creativity or flair at all from midfield. Yes, we were unfortunate to lose Flo but that risk is always going to he there, sadly. Ismail started brightly but faded. Some of our passing was atrocious. Northampton really were nothing special...with the start we had we should have gone on to win the game, their confidence was shot. Can't make a claim that we deserved a draw today. On this display we could easily be sucked into a scrap down the bottom - Christmas period is hugely important.

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:12 pm

Like every other fan i really wanted us to win today, i wouldn't mind in the least if jhon proved me wrong, at the end of the day we all want to see walsall fc succeed, but this result just shows how very inconsistent we really are, and to lose to a team that are so so poor just goes to show how bad we can sometimes be, i don't think we will go down but i think we will be in the mix come the end of the season, that sometimes is as exciting as being in the play offs because it gives us something to play for :|

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:25 pm

Cr@p

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:26 pm

Cr@p

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:27 pm

saddlertd wrote:Cr@p

What? my statement or the result? :lol:

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:28 pm

Walsall will finish where they are now. Nothing will change. Yeah they'll go on a poor run and people will get worried but then they'll start winning again.

There is little in this league from 10th downwards. I know Northampton are having a poor season but Matt Grimes, Long and John John O'troll or whatever he's called would all walk into the Walsall 11. I wasn't shocked by the scoreline today. You win a few games, pressure off and more comfortable in the league and then the intensity drops, Northampton were first to every second ball today.

What disappointed me more today (once I got there) was how poor and clueless the football was. Constant long ball hoofs to Bakayoko and bizarrely Ozzy. Joe Edwards was way short of fitness when he came on which was another problem and left the team overrun in central midfield against Northampton's central three.

A shame given from the reports here that in recent weeks the team have been playing a better passing game but today was certainly a step back into the dark ages.

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:31 pm

chunkster wrote:
saddlertd wrote:Cr@p

What? my statement or the result? :lol:


Your new avatar mate. Av a word. :D :wink:

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:40 pm

SaigonSaddler wrote:
chunkster wrote:
saddlertd wrote:Cr@p

What? my statement or the result? :lol:


Your new avatar mate. Av a word. :D :wink:
If you knew how long it has taken me to figure out how to get one you wouldn't say that :lol: :wink:

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:41 pm

chunkster wrote:
SaigonSaddler wrote:
chunkster wrote:
saddlertd wrote:Cr@p

What? my statement or the result? :lol:


Your new avatar mate. Av a word. :D :wink:
If you knew how long it has taken me to figure out how to get one you wouldn't say that :lol: :wink:


:D :D :D

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:49 pm

SaigonSaddler wrote:
chunkster wrote:
SaigonSaddler wrote:
chunkster wrote:
saddlertd wrote:Cr@p

What? my statement or the result? :lol:


Your new avatar mate. Av a word. :D :wink:
If you knew how long it has taken me to figure out how to get one you wouldn't say that :lol: :wink:


:D :D :D
I have a fantastic one of me and jimmy walker, but do you think i can crop it :(

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:53 pm

Whitney : bump
Edwards : plod

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Re: Northampton Town (A) Dec 16th, 3pm

Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:55 pm

Exile wrote:Easy home banker on the accy to take the Cobblers out of the relegation zone. :mrgreen:

:mrgreen:

The only result possible given their position and our form. Disappointing to read we're back to hoofball, but maybe that was JWs plan for the game rather than a lack of general direction.

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