‘She’s Margaret Thatcher, she’s one of your own.’
Another battling performance away from home against top end of the table. If we could score we’d be dangerous. But if we could score, we’d probably be in their half of the field, which didn’t happen a lot to be honest. From the 1st minute, when Forest had a penalty appeal turned down, we were up against it. Not that they were as dangerous as the media made out – yes, Steele saved a few, but apart from a diving save from a point blank header, 1st half, they were mostly saves I’d expect him to make. And he did flap at a couple of crosses (again) but together with centre halves Crainie and Wiseman, he kept us in the game. That and the woodwork (4 times).
The midfield never kept the hold of the ball and when panicked clearances upfield landed to Scotland and O’Grady….or Dagnall and Harewood…they couldn’t hold it up long enough for the midfield cavalry.
*** Steele. Save after save. Woulda had a perfect score if he could catch a ball.
** Cranie. Preverbial rock in defence. Best DEFENDER we have.
* Wiseman. Solid partnership with Crainie.
Despatches:
Decent turnout from Barnsley and it’s a shame our Thatcher-loving element weren’t there to join in with ‘Maggie Maggie Maggie DEAD DEAD DEAD’ which I thought was catchy enough to join in. And I’d have also loved some Londontyke company for the journey back, as a) I had to leg it even to catch the train (that was a close shave) and b) it was held up just after Luton for an hour and a half due to a power failure on the line. Probably not enough public subsidy, I say. And I didn’t have enough money for a beer AND a chocolate bar. Three bloody pence short. Barstewards. Drink du jour: one can of Stella.
Pre-match, nice walk around Trent Bridge, before meeting Dave in ‘the famous Trent Bridge Inn’ (never heard of it) for a couple. Pleasant, though a noticeable lack of Barnsley shirts, which concerned me a little.
As for the players, who’s this Andrai (sp?) Jones? For them not there, I’ll tell you how bad he is. In a season when Hill (then Flitcroft) would pick anyone in defence ahead of Hassell, this bloke has never had a game. (If he’s brand new, apologies.) As a right back, apart from one second half tackle, all I can see he does is stand off the opposition by 6 yards, allowing the player to do whatthehell he likes with the ball. The best I can say is that this confuses the opposition, who don’t quite know what to do with being able to do whatever they like. He was so bad, Forest didn’t even TRY and attack Kennedy on the other wing in the 1st half. And then there’s Kennedy himself. Just ask Caton how poor his deadballs are. Once or twice we even got up the park and earned corners, but what’s the point if your left footer (that’s not a euphemism – I think) is going to dink in a nice little outswinger. Can someone with a right foot bang it in, please? And then, last kick of the game, we had the chance to nick it. Free kick outside the box, up pops Kennedy to tamely deflect it off the wall.
Having said all that, what an effort. We must be down to our last 15 players. Key individuals such as Golbourne, Hassell, Foster all out injured…Dawson suspended…yet to see our lot battle on…and on…and still we have that chance of staying up. These players are giving their ALL and deserve all the support they get. Yes, we might still go down, but not without a fight – and that’s what counts. All we need to do is beat Hull and Hudders. It's in our own hands.
Come on you Reds!!!!!!!!
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