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Let it all out, you know you want too... Kettlewell, haliday, davor, stama... Just a surprise Burrows didnt make the greatest hits list today! Assume you didnt see Halliday burst a gut last week to get on the end of one against the Rangers? Assume we didnt destroy St J first half today? - of course we should have been out of sight, not just 2 up. Assume we didnt take another 3 points today? Now im far from a big Kettlewell fan but this is easily the best we have been in terms of results and on the eye since im guessing McCall. Sadly, that wasnt yesterday. Plenty room for improvement no doubt but as for yer pish.....

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I wouldn't let it bother you, it's always the same suspects, even in victory they'll find a negative or not post at all...probably every club has them .

Overall, a good day yesterday grinding out a win against normally stuffy opponents. Whilst the game panned out much the way I expected possession wise, fans would be pleasantly surprised by Saints more expansive approach. This is a game we’d have lost last year. My MOTM were Kaleta, Seddon, Sparrow and Manwhanise. Enforced absences took their toll in defence and most likely in midfield. Great to see Harry Paton return late on and his strong running made a short but telling impact. Throughout the game we struggled in midfield, when not in possession, leaving gaps all over the place. Saints were good enough to dominate possession, but fortunately not good enough to do anything productive with it. I felt a bit sorry for Ewan Wilson as he looked a bit unsure of his role and was hung out to dry too much for my liking. Playing the game with no out and out defensive midfielder took its toll and our central defence was put under unnecessary pressure. Fortunately they stood up to it very well as the Ox will tell you. Lennon Miller had another quiet game although he was better in the first half. Maybe teams are wising up to him or the weight of captaincy is affecting him? He looked tired and needs a rest. Up front we still haven’t got it right. Stam was left isolated all too often against a huge defence and he really did look diminutive. Played in the right way, ie in the box, I think he’ll flourish. We’ll need to find him a partner though to give him space. Plenty of plus points though. We played some pretty good counter attacking football in spells in the first half. Great to watch and capped by 2 goals. Maybe the best I’ve seen for some time in fact. The game should have been over by half time. In flashes, Manwhanise was unplayable. The 2nd 45 was a huge self inflicted let down, although Saints did alter their set up to some effect. We sat far too deep and let Saints come on to us. Although they were toothless, the 2 VAR decisions showed the folly of surrendering territory easily. It just takes a dodgy penalty call, a freak shot, a blunder; anything really and you’re in trouble. We survived a nail biting finish though. As reported elsewhere the ref was poor throughout. His positioning wasn’t great for many calls.

Good signings by the manager

Btw putting the away fans in the top tier is tinpot stuff and pathetic from a fan owned club.

Will we win 2-1 and have all the usual suspects on complaining again ? Or will we lose 2-1 and have all the usual suspects on complaining again ?

The worst thing about it is the red poppy being hijacked by all the different factions. If people want to promote a particular cause on remembrance day then they should choose their own emblem and leave the poppy alone and respect what it stands for. Unfortunately in this day and age its my way or the highway for the more extreme elements of society who might not even have had the freedom to express their views if it wasn't for the sacrifice of all our young men and women. Sorry for the rant but it's something that truly pisses me off no end.

I will just stick to telling bad jokes. Didn't realise criticising sellik supporters wasn't allowed. Yet we won a game of football yesterday and I had to read all the negativity despite fact we are 5th in the league

The irony of the whole poppy debacle these days is that while the Royal British Legion is very vocal about everyone choosing to do what they want, it has been turned into a political game by the populists who love freedom so much they want to make you wear what they want you to wear, and only say what they agree with.

Lest we forget, but let’s sell arms. People should be able to express themselves, either way. Just like Casey who didn’t wear a poppy on Saturday.

Yes, yesterday wasn't the first time we've seen this. Young Wilson was left exposed time and again, especially in the later part of the game. They managed to hit the by line 2 or 3 times.

Can't remember if I said yesterday but the amount of space we leave on left hand side is ridiculous,

Kaleta, Sparrow, Seddon, Gordon, Balmer and Maswanhide are looking decent enough this early in the season. Given all the injuries, if you told me we be in joint 4th at this stage, I'd have bitten your hand off. Many were predicting a dour relegation battle from day 1.

Slattery can link the midfield to attack. Trust me, despite the detractors on here, I expect the Miller / Slattery combo in midfield to add the extra dimension we're lacking.

How would u know he’s a decent player has showed nothing yet

Halliday is a dick.