For Preston read Yeovil? (1 Viewer)

[Otis]

Anyone else sense the similarities.

Nasty, bitty, time wasting, shirt pulling, fouling, clogging and a plan to keep lumping the long ball up to the strikers to try and feed off.

Trouble is, yet again we had a ref who failed to penalise the opposition for the constant time wasting and delaying tactics.

4 mins added time at the end was a complete joke. Should have been 6 mins at least.

I am glad that we tried to play football once again today, but these types of team keep getting away with it.

We need to toughen up somewhat. We keep encountering these nasty physical teams and we struggle.

 

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[Tonylinc]

These teams play to their strengths and you can not blame them for that. We have to find a way to beat them.

 

[stupot07]

I think you're giving them a disservice, whilst they were competitive they were nowhere near as dirty as preston.

We do need to toughen up though. Our midfield never really got control of the game and unlike Crewe, in the main Yeovil limited to mostly long range potshots.

 

[Otis]

We do, but that time that player of theirs went down in the 2nd half. It was right after incessant pressure and we were really on top and pressing.

Suddenly, he goes down. Everything calms and Gary Johnson uses the 'opportunity' to brief all his players. Play resumes and we lose the impetus.

Galling.

 

[Otis]

I think you're giving them a disservice, whilst they were competitive they were nowhere near as dirty as preston.

We do need to toughen up though. Our midfield never really got control of the game and unlike Crewe, in the main Yeovil limited to mostly long range potshots.

Not quite as bad as Preston, but lots of shirt pulling and niggling and chipping away at he backs of players' heels and loads of complaining to the officials over just about every single decision.

They were rather nasty for sure.

You may see it as competitive, I see it as cheating.

All part and parcel of the game these days though unfortunately.

 

[stupot07]

Not quite as bad as Preston, but lots of shirt pulling and niggling and chipping away at he backs of players' heels and loads of complaining to the officials over just about every single decision.

They were rather nasty for sure.

You may see it as competitive, I see it as cheating.

All part and parcel of the game these days though unfortunately.

Yep, and something we have lacked for a long time....well probably since we had wise and Doyle in midfield.

We need to be smarter but when baker does it he looks like a whining schoolgirl.

 

[Grendel]

I didn't think they were that bad. They didn't over do the time wasting. They were solid and organised. This snobbish we play better football means nothing. There fans will have enjoyed today a lot more than we did.

 

[Otis]

I don't think it is snobbish to want your team to try and play good football is it?

No-one is denying they are good at what they do, but I felt they very much did overdo the time wasting. Quite subtle at times, but they kept questioning decisions and making out it was their free kick/throw in when quite clearly it was ours. They made sure the player they wanted to sub was way over on the opposite touchline and then made sure it took nearly a minute for the player to leave the field.

There was lots of time wasting for sure.

 

[Moff]

There is certainly a similarity between the Preston and Yeovil managers, who are a pair of the biggest tossers in the game.

 

[stupot07]

I agree with your second point, but every player appeals for throwings and freekicks even if they know they have kicked it out! It irritates me as I was always very honest when I played.

 

[Otis]

Probably be a bloodbath on Tuesday cos Preston play Yeovil.


That I don't think is going to be very pleasing on the eye for sure.

 

[Steve.B50]

Otis, I agree with you. Not making excuses but they were dirty and the ref was poor.
He let them get away with so much, probably blaming the pitch , I would put it down to him being overweight. Lol

 

[Jolly Green Giant]

Yeovil supporter in peace here.

As much as people love to hate us, we are in fact doing things the RIGHT way. We are a small club, and the way we survive for the most part is to bring on players like Stech and Madden and then, inevitably at the end of the season, a big cub comes alone and cherry picks us and we get a nice wad of cash to invest in next season. As things stand, and on current form, we are fortunate enough to have possibly the best striker and best goalkeeper in this division. We also have a couple of other players who are good enough (Joe Edwards is one) to play at the higher level. Last seasons accounts showed a profit of about £20k, peanuts in the world of football, but at least not like the Swindle Towns of this league who rake up huge debts in a gamble on promotion, and then dump them on an Administrator with a paltry ten point penalty!
Sure our ground needs a bit of improvement, with a beer tent and a roof on the away end from our non-league days, but the majority of what we have goes into the team. We have plans for a food store to inject revenue into the club, but they seem to have fallen by the wayside currently. Again though, it's the RIGHT idea, rather than borrow and bust.
Hoofers and cloggers, tin pot army, dirty...yes we have had all those accusations thrown at us by the bigger clubs we have turned over. MK Franchise, Sheffield United, and Brentford. We silenced 20,000 blades fans simply by playing good football.
Yesterday's win was down to us being pretty good defensively, and you not taking your chances, whereas Madden is on fire at the moment and scoring for fun. Set him up, and he will score. He'll be gone at the end of the season, and if he carries on like this, a Premier league side might come in for him, let alone a Championship club! result? Another wad of cash and another load more scouting to unearth another "rough diamond" that will make us a bit more money. It's clubs like ours who produce the stars for tomorrow. It wouldn't surprise me if Paddy gets an international nod soon for the Republic of Ireland.
A season with the big boys wouldn't do us any harm, we might even keep some of our "stars" another season. Put a roof on the away end, turn it into a really tight little intimidating ground, fresh crop of spuds planted on the pitch pre season then dug up....well never say never though we would be up against it. No one is under any illusions here in Yeovil.
We have got where we are because we have deserved it, and Gary Johnson loves the club and is a good manager at this level.

Good luck for the rest of the season

 

[SkyBlueSwiss]

Yeovil supporter in peace here.

As much as people love to hate us, we are in fact doing things the RIGHT way. We are a small club, and the way we survive for the most part is to bring on players like Stech and Madden and then, inevitably at the end of the season, a big cub comes alone and cherry picks us and we get a nice wad of cash to invest in next season. As things stand, and on current form, we are fortunate enough to have possibly the best striker and best goalkeeper in this division. We also have a couple of other players who are good enough (Joe Edwards is one) to play at the higher level. Last seasons accounts showed a profit of about £20k, peanuts in the world of football, but at least not like the Swindle Towns of this league who rake up huge debts in a gamble on promotion, and then dump them on an Administrator with a paltry ten point penalty!
Sure our ground needs a bit of improvement, with a beer tent and a roof on the away end from our non-league days, but the majority of what we have goes into the team. We have plans for a food store to inject revenue into the club, but they seem to have fallen by the wayside currently. Again though, it's the RIGHT idea, rather than borrow and bust.
Hoofers and cloggers, tin pot army, dirty...yes we have had all those accusations thrown at us by the bigger clubs we have turned over. MK Franchise, Sheffield United, and Brentford. We silenced 20,000 blades fans simply by playing good football.
Yesterday's win was down to us being pretty good defensively, and you not taking your chances, whereas Madden is on fire at the moment and scoring for fun. Set him up, and he will score. He'll be gone at the end of the season, and if he carries on like this, a Premier league side might come in for him, let alone a Championship club! result? Another wad of cash and another load more scouting to unearth another "rough diamond" that will make us a bit more money. It's clubs like ours who produce the stars for tomorrow. It wouldn't surprise me if Paddy gets an international nod soon for the Republic of Ireland.
A season with the big boys wouldn't do us any harm, we might even keep some of our "stars" another season. Put a roof on the away end, turn it into a really tight little intimidating ground, fresh crop of spuds planted on the pitch pre season then dug up....well never say never though we would be up against it. No one is under any illusions here in Yeovil.
We have got where we are because we have deserved it, and Gary Johnson loves the club and is a good manager at this level.

Good luck for the rest of the season

Great post Jolly Green Giant!
That is how a club should be run and that is grass roots football at its best. I would be proud if Coventry could stand up and say the same.
Even when we were in the Premier, we sere still a feeder club to the big boys, and it was when we tried to compete with them on an uneven field that our troubles really started and our horrible downward slide began that to this day has not ended.
One can but hope that our owners wise up and that with our great manager we can really stop the slide, get back on an even keel and make real progress as a club. Who knows, we might even own our own ground again one day and not be in debt - like you?

 

[Ashdown1]

Fair comments from the Yeovil fan. In short, welcome to League One. I didn't think they were dirty or played too badly but they were strong. They must have had 6 big hefty players at the back at times who got in the way of everything we tried. I saw a few Yeovil fans in the casino and they looked impressed with the place as any away fan should. I've never had the 'Ricoh tour' but I imagine its equally impressive and motivating for opposition players to want to perform well in such a stadium. We were unlocking teams like this though with canny play until recently, sadly helped immensely by McG. For what its worth I think we'll fail now to reach the play offs with our current strikers but we'll sign David and one or two others in the summer and succeed next season !!

 

[The CableGuy]

6 victories on the trot - respect.

 

[Otis]

Yep, of course. It's amazing what they have achieved.

Don't like they way they play but it is bringing success for sure.

 

[Jolly Green Giant]

Just watched the football league show and Paddy Madden now joint top scorer with 16 in 20. Gary Johnson has unearthed a real talent for us there and he's going to pinch us points that sometimes we shouldn't be getting! it just breeds confidence through the rest of a small team like ours. We do have the players who can cope with Preston's approach and Gary Johnson will be instilling discipline in them to make sure the red mist doesn't descend. We know what they are like.
To be honest a club the size of Preston, with it's support and history shouldn't need to play football like that. They need to act and get rid of Westley

 

[Otis]

Totally agree.

Horrible ugly side they've become.

In the past I always thought of Preston as a good footballing side.

 

[stupot07]

They only paid £25K for Madden

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Doesn't help the Ref was inconsistent yesterday, for both sides.

 

[Otis]

The ref was hopeless.

 

[Glover07]

Another Yeovil fan in peace..

Without trying to sound condescending, I think you Sky Blues are going a little over the top after your defeat yesterday. I am sure Mark Robins never underestimated us and if you look at the game it could have gone either way. If you had won 1-0, I am sure the comparison of us as "long ball" etc would not be mentioned. Our goal came from a quick break and a good finish and definately no long ball. We don't have the resources that the "big guys" in our league have..bloody hell we only average 3000 a match, but what we do have is a very astute manager, who knows how to build a team that works with desire and commitment and will battle until the last whistle. Is it pretty sometimes?..well maybe not - but let's be honest would you rather play pretty and lose 3-2 or battle like hell and win 1-0!

Coventry as a club and it's fans got my respect when you came down for the first game of the season. You were not playing the " we are Berty big bollocks, like some of the ex-premiership clubs that came into our league. Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds for example, seemed to think they had a devine right to win the league just by turning up!...The Cov fans, were knowledgable and respectful and were all aware that League One is far from a tin pot league anymore.

Believe me, Coventry will get out of this League and into the Championship, maybe this season via the play offs (who knows we could be meeting again at Wembley) or next season automatically. Mark Robins is a good manager who will produce the goods for you guys,just stay patient, stay loyal and don't lose faith in Mark Robins. We have proved you do not have to spend millions to get success.

Keep the faith and good luck for the rest of the season.

 

[Otis]

Cheers for that. Well said.

Don't think most of us here are arrogant enough to look down on other teams.

Yep, we have a great stadium, but it's not even ours!