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Curse of the Saturday 3pm (H)

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RHB said:
Back in the day, Friday night matches were the absolute best as it gave those of us that played regularly on a Saturday afternoon the best of both worlds. A few liveners in the Golden Lion and then a game under the lights standing in the West, heaven.
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You was allowed to coke in the Golden Lion? 😂
 
Smiffy said:
I am aware what the thread is about, Thanks.

And I suggested perhaps we need to move some of those Saturday games to Friday. As we seem to perform better on Friday nights, well any time other than a Saturday afternoon at RH at the moment.
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Apologies @Smiffy. I completely mis-read what was being said.
 
I think the midweek form has somewhat distracted fans from just how bad it has been for almost a year on a Saturday. If we fail to beat Rochdale on the 15th then it'll be a single league win on a Saturday in a calendar year at home.

please just win this one.
 
Funny how it goes. I remember a few years back we went months and months without winning a midweek home game.

Obviously it's more damaging for potential crowds and fan morale to not win your Saturday homes. It puts a real blot on the whole weekend and leads to more negativity etc.

Good time to end the run on Saturday against Rochdale, although I feel this is a quirky stat that just reflects the unsurprising inconsistency of this season of transition.
 
Jai said:
Funny how it goes. I remember a few years back we went months and months without winning a midweek home game.

Obviously it's more damaging for potential crowds and fan morale to not win your Saturday homes. It puts a real blot on the whole weekend and leads to more negativity etc.

Good time to end the run on Saturday against Rochdale, although I feel this is a quirky stat that just reflects the unsurprising inconsistency of this season of transition.
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Nope -Saturdays goes back to November 23 Chesterfield

Midweek goes back to relegation from Football League. Only lost 3 on a Tuesday evening. My guess its a quirk of the fixtures - for some reason relegation candidates get sent here on a Tuesday and teams that come from the north travel on the day without a sleepover - so are basically knackered.
 
WestyReturns said:
He could but it doesn't happen. He never gets forward to support or overlap Gus etc.
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True. Then again he's also the one defender you would absolutely want involved covering any opposition breakaway. Personally I like it when our centre backs step out with the ball (we haven't done it enough this season and it's one of the things we really miss about Kensdale), but Taylor IMO isn't really comfortable doing that. One of the reasons we tend to attack with more fluidity down the left. Ralph is comfortable joining the attack, Taylor isn't.
 
Jai said:
True. Then again he's also the one defender you would absolutely want involved covering any opposition breakaway. Personally I like it when our centre backs step out with the ball (we haven't done it enough this season and it's one of the things we really miss about Kensdale), but Taylor IMO isn't really comfortable doing that. One of the reasons we tend to attack with more fluidity down the left. Ralph is comfortable joining the attack, Taylor isn't.
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I think Taylor was trying to get forward more on Tuesday, certainly in the 2nd half.
 
BILLERICAY BLUE said:
I think Taylor was trying to get forward more on Tuesday, certainly in the 2nd half.
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Yep, I even saw him put a ball into the box. Controversial view maybe but I see a case for dropping Taylor because offensively he offers little. Of course, he’s been brilliant in defence and turned in many MoM performances but would say, a CB three of Ralph, Goodliffe and Golding make us more dangerous going forward?
 
Fairport said:
I think in those days the away club had a share of the gate money so wanted a decent crowd.
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If we're talking about expenditure, would have thought the less well-off might want to travel on a Friday and return the same evening.
Hotel and meals for 20+ must still be pricey. The only downside would be away fans unable to get to Roots Hall and back, but looking at the table, who apart from York and Oldham bring numbers?
 
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