THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

These are the types of games you play in a successful season, then you look back with rose tinted glasses and remember them completely differently!

Gilbey M.O.M for me by a country mile.

Any reason why the Dennis foul wasn't given as a penalty? Looked to be stonewall from the East Stand

As someone who hasn't been to a game yet for various reasons, and relies a lot on this forum for info - I really can't work it out! Top of the league but is it just luck (i.e. playing Wrexham first and catching them cold, playing the only winless team today, etc) or is L2 just that crappy? As others have noted, the only team to beat us just got spanked by a team with a playmaker not good enough for us.

I guess the next home game - Notts County after the transfer deadline - will be more of a litmus test.

Gilbey ran his socks off.

I've come to the conclusion that L2 is a parallel world where strikers can't shoot, players can't pass and where the vertical is more important that the horizontal. The only puzzle is out to get promoted and out of this league.

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Disclaimer: All my comments are my opinions unless stated otherwise. I'm just a fan following my club.

In order:
Yes. Totally agree. WTF was the point of taking Leko off when it was obvious that poor old Mo was in trouble and couldn't last long?
Dennis? I was put in mind of 'the tub of lard' on Have I Got News For You many years ago.Useless.
Didn't see MJ do anything worthwhile but then I was watching the rain falling a lot of the time rather than the game itself.
Got to be Gilbey. Really solid performance.

Back on topic I said to one of the Junior Ramones. 'Dear gawd, the decent teams in this league are going to destroy us'. He replied 'We are one of the decent teams'.
I'd forgotten what L2 was gonna be like.........

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Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

The bizarre substitutions is a GA trait, well known for it at previous clubs, seemed plain to me Mo wouldn’t last much longer and should have been subbed, that’s what most managers would have done, but no that’s not GA style, instead we end up with a front three of Illunga, Dennis and Hunter, which was pretty ineffective both going forward or pressing defenders

Yep, L2 is shit, we just still have a bit of that leftover L1 quality that sees us through games.

But it won't stay like that. We've struggled against sides that were in the relegation zone when we played them - Colchester and Doncaster. When we play the likes of Mansfield and Swindon who look a threat going forward but also fairly comfortable at the back we're going to be found out,

Thinking about the two times we've been promoted from League Two, it's about getting as many points on the board early on, and trying to keep above that 2.0 points per game average which guarantees promotion.

Exactly.
I fear it's just a matter of time.

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Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

Not assed we done what others around us couldnt do and won again. 4 in 5 and back to back league wins is an unreal feat and the part im most pleased about is whatever you think of the auality, the players desire is absolutely unquestionable and they are doing all they can ti drag home 3 points. Onwards and upwards. All i care about is win one draw one all fucking season