Just Got Back

J · Apr 17, 2006

f%&king bang on second half.. the last 40 minutes of that game made my week.. oh and the ability of my very good friend to drive from barnsley in 3 hours..

go on you blues
do or die saturday

SUFCFARAWAY · Apr 17, 2006

think allof us fans can be proud today - we sung our hearts out and I reckon we played our part in gettin them two goals back!

TrueBlue · Apr 17, 2006

indeed mate
SUPERB RESULT
SUPERB SUPPORT
SUPERB ATMOSPHERE

SUBBlue · Apr 17, 2006

Well, seeing as you've just got back thought I'd let you know that Barnsley are whingeing like bitches about our physical intimidation compared to their "free flowing football".

So what do you think? A Lucky point or well deserved draw?

palexander · Apr 17, 2006

[b said:
Quote[/b] (SUBBlue @ April 17 2006,21:26)]Well, seeing as you've just got back thought I'd let you know that Barnsley are whingeing like bitches about our physical intimidation compared to their "free flowing football".

So what do you think? A Lucky point or well deserved draw?

Absolute nonsense - we knocked it about very well today, too much so at times. All they wanted to do was rough us up...

Weird comment...

Wickford_Shrimp · Apr 17, 2006

Should Hayes goal been ruled out? And did we play badly in the first half?

palexander · Apr 17, 2006

Dont think so and no not really bad - we were shocked by their rough-house tactics I think and didnt really get going.

Some bad luck and bad decisions left us 2-0 down.

SUFCFARAWAY · Apr 17, 2006

[b said:
Quote[/b] (SUBBlue @ April 17 2006,21:26)]Well, seeing as you've just got back thought I'd let you know that Barnsley are whingeing like bitches about our physical intimidation compared to their "free flowing football".

So what do you think? A Lucky point or well deserved draw?

comical! coming from a team who kept bumping the ball in to the box and leeting there number 29 jump into Flavs everytime.

at times in the 2nd half we showed why we are top of the league. we playedthe better football once we adjusted to there rough-em-up tactics and the dodgy refing!

Upminster Blue · Apr 17, 2006

[b said:
Quote[/b] (SUBBlue @ April 17 2006,21:26)]Well, seeing as you've just got back thought I'd let you know that Barnsley are whingeing like bitches about our physical intimidation compared to their "free flowing football".

So what do you think? A Lucky point or well deserved draw?

All I can say is that they must be deaf, dumb, blind and stupid.

We controlled the first half, first ten minutes excepted, and were the only team trying to play football. How they were 2-0 up at half-time with 11 men still on the pitch was an absloute travesty. We shaded the first half and 0-0 or even 1-0 to us would have been about right.

Barnsley did not creat a single chance in the first half (or have a shot on goal?). The first goal was an abosolute fluke - you wont see a goal as lucky as that again if you watch a game a day for the next 50 years.

As for their second goal, was a blatent foul on Darryl by their number 29 as he punched clear. Sods law, they score from the resulting corner.

What made it worse is that the 29 had twice been warned for pole-axing Darryl as he punched, not to mention the 29 cynically sything Maher down earlier on in the half. He could have easily been red carded and how he wasn't shown a red I'll never know.

But boy did the ref get some stick at half-time (the players tunnel was at the away end) and rightly so

. A couple of hundred Shrimpers made their way down to the front of the stand and let him have it with full force

. He was at least a bit better in the second half and arguably evened things up by turining down a strong penalty appeal (although it was hard to tell as it was at the other end).

As for our comeback, fantastic and a point was the least we deserved. With a bit of luck and a competent ref we would have all three points - we certainly had 5 or so decent chances whereas I can't recall Barnsley creating much at all. Having got the equaliser I thought we'd go on to win it - the key chance was Goater taking the ball off Hunt's head when it looked a certainty for Hunt to score. Can't complain though, especially with Brentford slipping up.

Oh, and Freddy's goal was pure class - up there with the best he's scored this season - 20 yard screamer across the keeper into the top corner

.

Final comment on the support, absolutelty immense. Must have been 2,000 there and didn't stop singing from start to finish and sounded more like 5,000 plus. The away support can take plenty of credit for the comeback (and for getting the ref to improve second half).

Very proud to be a Shrimper tonight.

Roll on Saturday ...

shooter mcgavin · Apr 17, 2006

[b said:
Quote[/b] (Upminster Blue @ April 17 2006,21:55)]As for their second goal, was a blatent foul on Darryl by their number 29 as he punched clear. Sods law, they score from the resulting corner.

What made it worse is that the 29 had twice been warned for pole-axing Darryl as he punched, not to mention the 29 cynically sything Maher down earlier on in the half. He could have easily been red carded and how he wasn't shown a red I'll never know.

That was the most spineless, gutless refereeing performance I've ever seen, which is the only explanation for not sending Tommy Wright off. The fact that he tried to even things up a tad in the second half just intensifies what I thought of him.

Wright had been booked for scything down Gutts, warned twice about jumping straight at Flavs with no attempt to play the ball after being booked, with the second a clear "one more and your off" from Mr Joslin.

When he does it a third time, spineless ref decides to wave play on, rather than the inevitable second yellow and subsequent red.