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I don't usually moan about the refs, but this guy is doing my head in.
Not much between the teams.
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Thought he was very good today. Made a couple of mistakes but nothing major. One of the better ones IMO
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I completely disagree, but guess that's the beauty of football.
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He was awful, but gave us plenty of weird unexpected advantages. Typical fussy ‘everyone came to watch me’ wanker
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Agree , thought he kept the game flowing , only gave cards when necessary. Their fans called for 25 penalties.
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I thought he was dreadful, got multiple decisions wrong for both teams, probably should have given a red and them a penalty. One of the worst we've had in a while
Performance was great on the other hand, and particularly encouraging how we kept pace with a team that's looked the best in the league by a distance so far. The improvement from last year is impressive too, particularly in White. Pattenden was particularly good, I was a bit worried about him before the game based on some shaky performances but he was my motm today. If Reid or Roberts scored either of their good chances early in the second half it would have been a brilliant win, but still a very positive result.
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Good summary. Felt they were very beatable when we raised the momentum and had a go. But happy with the sensible fairly conservative base.
Edited by Big Robbie (SBFC) at 18:53:24 on 25th October 2025
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I wouldn't want him again as a ref. Got 90% spot on but as you say, some odd calls.
Gave a foul against Kemp when he had the ball and got bumped from behind. Not a foul either way but definitely not against Kemp advancing into the final third.
The trip on Roberts was an professional foul in a dangerous position, yellow every day of the week.
Hack on Pattenden a clear red IMO but can forgive a yellow.
Pleasantly fussy on Bradford stealing 10 yards on throw-ins but let us get away with it.
Attention seeking.
Bradford fans will be blaming him all weekend.
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Thought he got worse the longer the game went on. Hard to comment on things that happened in the far penalty box, but there were several bizarre decisions. On the playing front I thought Pattenden improved greatly as the game went on. Freestone was hung out to dry by Lubala's lack of defensive nous. Pidge and Goode were as expected. Simple but very good. Excellent goal from Harvey but thought he was quiet other than that. Houghton does the dirty work. And he does it well. Roberts was OK. Should have scored. Offers quite a bit defensively too. Kemp showed flashes of brilliance. My only criticism of him is he's knocked off the ball too easily. Reidy is left to run the channels. Not giving him much to feed off. Needs better service from wide positions. Why Phoenix didn't get 25 minutes is baffling. All in all a fair result.
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But Reid didn’t run the channels!
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Kemp was the only one who really looked like making something happen today. Badly needs to ball into his feet as much as possible.
I wish our options at left back were as good as Wildin and Pattenden at rb. Hopefully Saxon will get back to being the player he was last time he was here.
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Not sure anything justifies Lubala coming out for the 2nd half. Can’t beat his man and leaving Freestone stranded.
Kemp having a good game and great strike from Harv.
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Still not sure what Lubala offers, other than a bit of strength.
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Reid & Goode appeared to be having a few heated words. Bit of finger pointing, Reid seemed a bit vexed!
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Can only go by the stats but they have us way on top in terms of chances.
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Yep.
Other than their goal we haven't really been troubled, whilst we have had three or four chances in and around the box.
An entertaining 45 between two clearly decent sides, but we have edged it.
Edited by Chuds at 15:53:46 on 25th October 2025
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First half was so entertaining and quick... best 45 I've watched in a while.
1-1 a fair result IMO.
Ref arguably could have sent the player off first half for that bad foul on Pattenden (who should already have been booked for the trip on Roberts) but you win some you lose some.
White is gonna make us a fortune at some point, not even close to the player of last season, so so good.
And Pattenden had an absolute stormer, Luther might have a fight on his hands.
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This is definitely winnable. Just don't get sucker punched on the break
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Yeah, they look very dangerous when they attack on the counter.
And having Pidge and Houghton on a booking is a concern with the way they attack.
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Get Bez off for Campbell
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Or Pheonix, but this is a shambles the last 10.
What planet does Campbell come on over him if we are trying to win the game?
Edited by RockyBottom at 16:22:15 on 25th October 2025
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Because Phoenix offers nothing defensively and we need an element of dealing with their attacking threat down that side.
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Or perhaps we might let them worry about ours instead...
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Exactly! Take the game to them!
I guess we didn't want to risk giving Bradford the 3 points. Hopefully he would have been braver and taken a risk against a side lower in the table.
My biggest cristism of Revs is that he is still more reactive than proactive when it comes to subs. There was a lengthy spell at the start of that second half where we fell apart, especially down our left and you felt like he was waiting for them to score before he addressed it.
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And lose 2-1 ;).
Any suggestion we didn't go for the win just because Phoenix didn't play (after doing well against some shit children) today is complete and utter bullshit.
And besides, whenever he has started for us in the league he has been disappointing, and today was not a match that suited him. I absolutely agreed with Campbell replacing Bez over Phoenix. I would have brought Phoenix on instead of Roberts (poor again for me today) and Gass for Reid (really poor today, looked two yards off the pace all day and his first touch was shocking) a good ten or fifteen earlier, but overall I have no complaints with Revs' selection or subs, nor with our performance. Draw was a fair result, but we edged the chances and could have won it, against a very good side.
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Reid's form is a slight concern. A lot of travel and international games for him, whereas others haven't. Might be time to give him a rest from the squad completely next week. Ahadme and Malcolm can cover.
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Wasn’t at it today. Would have hooked him earlier. He’s at his best when he’s instinctive. Couple of chances today where he took too long and either didn’t get his shot off or ruined his angle and the shot was almost an afterthought. A lot of his game for me is when he catches the keeper cold and hits one early.
Bit of a quandary as he arguably needs to play to get himself back into form but likewise Gassan and Malcolm won’t hit any form if they’re not given a chance. My worry with Reidy is the longer his goal droughts last the more he seems to overplay to the detriment of the team on the whole.
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R.e. Reid, we've been playing against the best in the league in recent games. It's tough! He'll come good
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He looks a bit low on confidence though. One particular effort today was begging to be hit earlier and he waited a second too long. A confident Reid hits that first time.
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We’re probably thinking of the same chance, was begging to be hit first time. Prime Jamie Reid fodder. Took a heavy touch, angle narrowed to zilch and hit it into the side netting.
Frustrating any time, even more so when it’s the bloke you’d back over anyone else in the squad in that exact situation doing it.
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He hasn't scored since August 17th.
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He's feeding off scraps at the moment. We are not getting to the bye line and getting decent crosses into the box.
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I guess you could also argue playing against a team in the league below might give him the opportunity to get on the scoresheet and be a kick start.
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Today wasnt a game for flair. Far too frenetic and physical.
I thought Roberts did OK today, and I'm not a huge fan.
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Harvey off with Houghton on a booking, ffs.
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Didn't take long to revert to moaning about all of Revs' decisions again I see.
The world of a football manager. Fun.
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Been very poor this second half, not helped by the bench.
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Yet we have had three good chances to score.
I would cast your mind back a few years if you want very poor. This is not it.
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Was a bloke near me shouting all sorts of dirge about how shit we are. I’ve never been one to think tenure of support makes for a better opinion than anyone else’s but I can only assume he’s only started coming this season.
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Someone at Lincoln was doing the same. We're 2nd in the league FFS, exceeding expectations and obviously doing a hell of a lot right to be there. So when we go one nil down or the opposition is hard to play, perhaps cut them some slack. Some fans just go to football to drink and shout abuse at people though.
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I think it is possible to acknowledge how well the team have done to be in such a strong position at this point of the season, and still point out when things aren't going well in a particular game or a player/manager has made a "mistake." It's about holding them to the higher standards they have set for themselves. We shouldn't rest on our laurels just because we are exceeding expectations
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There are ways of doing it. At the end of the game one guy was shouting you're fucking shit at someone and give him the wanker sign and telling him to fuck off.
Bellend behaviour.
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I guess more people coming naturally equates to more idiots coming and sadly the vocal minority always stand out.
I couldn’t imagine going all the way to Lincoln just to shout abuse at my own team.
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I didn't say it was poor overall, just frustrating. Feel like he was happy with a draw today. I would want to go for it more in the home games.
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Disagree about the bench, the ref is having a bigger influence on how this is playing out, bizzare decisions both ways.
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As I said, ref is the worst I can remember for a long time.
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Apologies
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The result was my fault today, sorry.
I’ve been to every home league game this season & have a 100% success rate. Unfortunately I couldn’t make it today - my girlfriend bought me tickets for the tour of Inside No. 9 - so I couldn’t be there.
I promise it won’t happen again
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Bloody cheek! Yes I have a girlfriend. Well… I SAY girlfriend but she’s 56. I’m 58 by the way, before I get accused of something weird.
And no, her name is NOT Lily.
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Pictures of Lily that make my life so wonderful
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Ha, yes, but if you get any pictures of our own FingersLily your life won’t be so wonderful! 🤣
(Soz, Fingers. 😁)
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