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Post by voiceofreason on Feb 1, 2010 22:04:56 GMT
Crowd 1693?
Other thoughts from a home perspective?
Besides a disappointing result! And a performance that was....
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Post by city4evaa on Feb 1, 2010 22:34:24 GMT
o well, life goes on
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Post by DrAgony on Feb 1, 2010 23:27:24 GMT
We weren't shamed, probably had the best of the chances in the first half, but we didn't create so much in the second. Not too much skilful football on show, but then 'football-on-ice' is likely to have been a new sport for most of the players.
How it was allowed to go on tonight but not on Saturday will remain one of those mysteries wrapped in an enigma and then given a whistle.
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Post by crosscountrymark on Feb 1, 2010 23:28:58 GMT
The playing surface in front of the main stand was still frozen, and in view was dangerous, with players on both slipping all over the place. City had a decent first half , but huffed and pushed in the second half. Craig wilding had a shocking game in midfield, can`t believe he plays at this level on a regular basis. I am glad we have the likes of Mark Clyde who showed abit of fight against a poor Kidderminster side , a think a replay would of been a fair result.
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Post by jimbo on Feb 2, 2010 0:00:30 GMT
We were unlucky with 2 & could have had 2 more if we'd taken our chances in the 1st half which would've been game over against a poor Kidderminster defence. Ok, they had the upperhand most of the 2nd half & we gave a week goal away............. I think most people would have given a drawas a fair result. Just 1 real moan, the linesman (doesn't desrve the right to be called assistant referee) on the stand side was atrocious throughout the whole game.
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Post by gazwcfc on Feb 2, 2010 0:13:56 GMT
I would like to know what the official line is on a goalkeeper handling outside the box? I was in the shed and the kidderminster goalkeeper blatantly handled outside the box, i've seen goalkeepers given a red card for this offence in the past, the kiddy keeper was only yellow carded so the ref acknowledged it was a foul, if it was just a yellow card offence then fair enough. On the game i thought we were the better team in the first half by hitting the post and having a shot cleared of the line, kidderminster had the best of the second but what a soft goal for us to concede! Overall i think a draw would of probably been a fair result but on the night Kidderminster had the luck and we didn't. Thats football!
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Post by voiceofreason on Feb 2, 2010 1:53:02 GMT
So they got Lucky. No change there. ***** As TTK & various others have said, besides suspecting pressure from the FA, strange it was playable last night, but not Saturday. Maybe we will get a little more luck next Monday. Though too little, too late.
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Post by finn on Feb 2, 2010 8:04:46 GMT
Bit frustrating really losing McGregor early on and then conceding what seemed quite a soft goal in the second half, on the balance of play I think a draw would have probably been a fair result. Did anyone else think that apart from a bit of vocal support from time to time that the atmosphere was a little muted considering what was a reasonable turnout, both sets of fans struggled to get that enthused and despite a decent turnout Harriers fans were very quiet for much of the match and resorted to entertaining themselves with a spot of keepy-uppy with a ball behind the goal. I thought the action on the pitch was a little lacklustre and lacked the fire and passion one would expect in a local derby. Never mind.
Many thanks to SUV for the text updates regarding the match being on whilst I was driving over, it was much appreciated.
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Post by Croc on Feb 2, 2010 11:18:05 GMT
I would like to know what the official line is on a goalkeeper handling outside the box? I was in the shed and the kidderminster goalkeeper blatantly handled outside the box, i've seen goalkeepers given a red card for this offence in the past, the kiddy keeper was only yellow carded so the ref acknowledged it was a foul, if it was just a yellow card offence then fair enough. It was a yellow unfortunately as the keeper didn't deny our attacker an obvious goalscoring opportunity - as the ball was running down to the goalline extremely wide of goal - the angle of the situation dictated that it wasn't clear that he would have definitely scored. If he'd have handled it dead centre of the area then it would be a red.
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Post by harley on Feb 2, 2010 12:39:11 GMT
I think the muted atmosphere was down to how tense both players and supporters were. A draw would probably have been a fair result. City threatened from time to time against a Harriers defence when running at them but practically every set piece was eaten up by the defenders or wasted by poor delivery. On the whole if I had been from Oxford and watched the game then neither team would have frightened me.
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Post by DazaB on Feb 2, 2010 12:44:30 GMT
I would like to know what the official line is on a goalkeeper handling outside the box? I was in the shed and the kidderminster goalkeeper blatantly handled outside the box, i've seen goalkeepers given a red card for this offence in the past, the kiddy keeper was only yellow carded so the ref acknowledged it was a foul, if it was just a yellow card offence then fair enough. It was a yellow unfortunately as the keeper didn't deny our attacker an obvious goalscoring opportunity - as the ball was running down to the goalline extremely wide of goal - the angle of the situation dictated that it wasn't clear that he would have definitely scored. If he'd have handled it dead centre of the area then it would be a red. What if he'd handled it inside the area? Would it have been a penalty?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2010 13:02:06 GMT
Crocs right, a goalkeeper handling outside of his area is no different to any other player handling outside of his area, and if it did not deny a clear goalscoring opportunity, its a yellow card. I remember once Neville Southall getting sent off as he ran out of his goal to catch a high ball and his momentum carried him out of his area holding onto the ball. That was a wrong card! Sometimes refs get confused about keepers, we had an incident last season when one of our defenders passed the ball back to the keeper, who controlled with his feet and dribbled around the box, no attackers came towards him so he just kept the ball at his feet, the ref booked him for timewasting!!!
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Post by khfc2010 on Feb 2, 2010 14:07:18 GMT
were the pride of were the pride of were the pride of worcestershire!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by si1268 on Feb 2, 2010 14:11:29 GMT
Well I was pleasantly suprised. I though it was going to be absolute dross with city having no scoring chances and with Kiddy winning by at least 3 goals. I think based on that city have a good chance of staying up if that matters. One complaint why was the start delayed for 15 minutes when there was only 1600 there. I'll answer that, crap organisation. Three empty turnstyles doing concessions, ticket holders etc and one doing everyone else with a massive queue.
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Post by si1268 on Feb 2, 2010 14:13:25 GMT
were the pride of were the pride of were the pride of worcestershire!!!!!!!!!!!! "We're" the pride you doughnut
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Post by city4evaa on Feb 2, 2010 14:15:00 GMT
were the pride of were the pride of were the pride of worcestershire!!!!!!!!!!!! :s with your awful fans. your fans are awful, bless
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Post by khfc2010 on Feb 2, 2010 14:18:21 GMT
our awfull fans??? just a bit of banter lads as few of you saying in the build up how much u hate us n all that. dont worry though you had your cup final and blew it
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Post by city4evaa on Feb 2, 2010 14:22:54 GMT
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Post by city4evaa on Feb 2, 2010 14:24:12 GMT
well done though!
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Post by khfc2010 on Feb 2, 2010 14:31:38 GMT
cheers cant believe how old clyde looks since he left us, but had a decent game when he came on. you could do with replacing wilding and daniels and your keeper looked very nervous. the lad we let go evesham costello would have done well for you and young center mid we got hayward but he's in and around first team. by all means have farrall on loan tho!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2010 14:40:39 GMT
Good player Zac Costello, known him since he was 15, strong, good in the air, no nonsense defender, but sadly was never on WCFC limited radar!!
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Post by city4evaa on Feb 2, 2010 15:44:36 GMT
cheers cant believe how old clyde looks since he left us, but had a decent game when he came on. you could do with replacing wilding and daniels and your keeper looked very nervous. the lad we let go evesham costello would have done well for you and young center mid we got hayward but he's in and around first team. by all means have farrall on loan tho!! haha yeah cant believe clyde is 26/27, nathan hayward is from worcester yet another playe worcester have not noticed and hes a good player! do u fancy your chances against oxford?
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Post by khfc2010 on Feb 2, 2010 15:52:34 GMT
definatly i think they got alot of pressure on thier shoulders know had a little dip in form and they have spent a fortune going for promotion and trophy success this season. they got loads of top players there but cant all play herd from a very good source all in thier camp isnt great at the mo with player morale. think well get a striker in before the tie on loan plus we still got robbie mathews to come back. we beat them3-1 at home so who kno's. confident tho
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Post by voiceofreason on Feb 2, 2010 16:39:08 GMT
I would like to know what the official line is on a goalkeeper handling outside the box? I was in the shed and the kidderminster goalkeeper blatantly handled outside the box, i've seen goalkeepers given a red card for this offence in the past, the kiddy keeper was only yellow carded so the ref acknowledged it was a foul, if it was just a yellow card offence then fair enough. However, we'd like to think you'd have shown him a red under the circumstances..... It was a yellow unfortunately as the keeper didn't deny our attacker an obvious goalscoring opportunity - as the ball was running down to the goalline extremely wide of goal - the angle of the situation dictated that it wasn't clear that he would have definitely scored. If he'd have handled it dead centre of the area then it would be a red.
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Post by voiceofreason on Feb 2, 2010 16:41:29 GMT
our awfull fans??? just a bit of banter lads as few of you saying in the build up how much u hate us n all that. dont worry though you had your cup final and blew it Don't worry. There's always Monday. Which should really be the Final. Still, Good Luck Oxford (& Cambridge et al.) in the rest of this year's competition!
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Post by niels on Feb 2, 2010 16:44:02 GMT
I actually thought a yellow was a bit harsh. He came haring out to snatch the ball from the feet of one of our attackers and skidded quite a way on the fast freezing surface.
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Post by The Verner on Feb 2, 2010 16:59:17 GMT
Well I was pleasantly suprised. I though it was going to be absolute dross with city having no scoring chances and with Kiddy winning by at least 3 goals. I think based on that city have a good chance of staying up if that matters. One complaint why was the start delayed for 15 minutes when there was only 1600 there. I'll answer that, crap organisation. Three empty turnstyles doing concessions, ticket holders etc and one doing everyone else with a massive queue. How about i answer that, with both sets of turnstiles fully queued and supporters going as far up the street as the bridge and kidderminster fans still in town and also queued down the road, its a simple one word answer SAFETY, Just have a little think about it....what would you have done in that position. you cant moan about 15 minutes wait
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Post by city4evaa on Feb 2, 2010 16:59:52 GMT
i wonder if about a hundred off them chavs who sang will return
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Post by thegeezerishone on Feb 2, 2010 17:00:58 GMT
i thought neither side looked great.With the keeper handling out of the box i think it was because he dived in the box held the ball but his momentum took him outside.I thought the attendance was higher when i was in there
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2010 17:08:19 GMT
I actually thought a yellow was a bit harsh. He came haring out to snatch the ball from the feet of one of our attackers and skidded quite a way on the fast freezing surface. In which case its his responsibility to let go of the ball once he's outside the box.
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