The rest of the game was a nervier affair than it should have been for a home team which had scored 4. But they held firm, thanks to Phil Edwards steel in midfield (he replaced Joel Byrom on 75 minutes, Ben May also replaced Craig Reid.) Josh Walker looked like an excellent acquisition, providing excellent distribution, good skills on the ball and good defensive abilities. He went close with a last minute free kick as well, trying to replicate his goal for the club against AFC Wimbledon last season. We were looking to bring Josh in on a permanent basis but were unable to agree terms with Watford and had to settle for a loan deal with the transfer deadline looming. Hopefully we will try again in January to make this signing permanent.
Overall as a Boro’ fan you have to be pleased with the result if not the overall performance. I worried about us scoring goals this season, but with 3 against Bournemouth and 4 against Rochdale we appear more potent than I expected. When we don’t have the ball the defence and midfield need to stand off a bit less, or else track runner better and make more interceptions. At times on Saturday Rochdale passed the ball around with impunity, no Boro’ player getting near. Only their lack of finishing kept their score down to 2.
Man of the match has to go the Chris Beardsley for his tireless running and excellent second goal, if someone could get him some shin-pads that stay on as a prize that would be terrific.
Mixed feeling for you tomorrow night Pat?
Very mixed Mike, it's going to be weird. I'm trying to think of myself as a neutral tonight in all honesty. I don't like to see either side lose so a draw is the best result for me. I'd like to see a good exciting games with lots of goals though, and with 10 goals in the 2 games I've seen this season that's looking likely. (I missed the 4-3 Peterborough game as well...)
Apparently it's the first time the two clubs have ever played each other so it's an historic occaision!
A lot of them are for Stevenage, and have been for the last 2 season. First league win, loss and draw, first league 1 win loss and draw, first league cup game ever (still no league cup win sadly.) Still picking up a lot of 'first game ever against's' I think it was the first ever game against Rochdale when we tonked them 4-2 last week in the battle who's the worst defence.
Of course this will be the most prestigious 'first ever against' to date. That's why every-time the powers that be talk about this league they say "it's great to be in a league such as this with big clubs like Sheffield Wednesday." It never fails to make me smile that we're the yard stick. Of course scratch the surface and what that really means is we're the team that has sunk the lowest relative to where people remember us, but still it's nice to be used as the point of reference!
Well, I didn't see that happening.
No-one did, except maybe Graham Westley!
Sad thing is though after about 3 minutes you couldn't see anything else happening, it was abject.
I don't like to see either side lose so a draw is the best result for me.
how is Ronald Bergkamp getting on ??
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posted on 5/9/11
The rest of the game was a nervier affair than it should have been for a home team which had scored 4. But they held firm, thanks to Phil Edwards steel in midfield (he replaced Joel Byrom on 75 minutes, Ben May also replaced Craig Reid.) Josh Walker looked like an excellent acquisition, providing excellent distribution, good skills on the ball and good defensive abilities. He went close with a last minute free kick as well, trying to replicate his goal for the club against AFC Wimbledon last season. We were looking to bring Josh in on a permanent basis but were unable to agree terms with Watford and had to settle for a loan deal with the transfer deadline looming. Hopefully we will try again in January to make this signing permanent.
Overall as a Boro’ fan you have to be pleased with the result if not the overall performance. I worried about us scoring goals this season, but with 3 against Bournemouth and 4 against Rochdale we appear more potent than I expected. When we don’t have the ball the defence and midfield need to stand off a bit less, or else track runner better and make more interceptions. At times on Saturday Rochdale passed the ball around with impunity, no Boro’ player getting near. Only their lack of finishing kept their score down to 2.
Man of the match has to go the Chris Beardsley for his tireless running and excellent second goal, if someone could get him some shin-pads that stay on as a prize that would be terrific.
posted on 12/9/11
Mixed feeling for you tomorrow night Pat?
posted on 13/9/11
Very mixed Mike, it's going to be weird. I'm trying to think of myself as a neutral tonight in all honesty. I don't like to see either side lose so a draw is the best result for me. I'd like to see a good exciting games with lots of goals though, and with 10 goals in the 2 games I've seen this season that's looking likely. (I missed the 4-3 Peterborough game as well...)
posted on 13/9/11
Apparently it's the first time the two clubs have ever played each other so it's an historic occaision!
posted on 13/9/11
A lot of them are for Stevenage, and have been for the last 2 season. First league win, loss and draw, first league 1 win loss and draw, first league cup game ever (still no league cup win sadly.) Still picking up a lot of 'first game ever against's' I think it was the first ever game against Rochdale when we tonked them 4-2 last week in the battle who's the worst defence.
Of course this will be the most prestigious 'first ever against' to date. That's why every-time the powers that be talk about this league they say "it's great to be in a league such as this with big clubs like Sheffield Wednesday." It never fails to make me smile that we're the yard stick. Of course scratch the surface and what that really means is we're the team that has sunk the lowest relative to where people remember us, but still it's nice to be used as the point of reference!
posted on 13/9/11
Well, I didn't see that happening.
posted on 14/9/11
No-one did, except maybe Graham Westley!
Sad thing is though after about 3 minutes you couldn't see anything else happening, it was abject.
posted on 15/12/11
I don't like to see either side lose so a draw is the best result for me.
posted on 10/1/12
how is Ronald Bergkamp getting on ??
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