bishop 2-1 spennymoor

[dan newell]

im not gonna make any friends with this but to be honest i dont give one. To turn up to a derby game and play like that is a disgrace to the shirt. We were lackluster, lazy and overall 2222. To work the keeper once all game with our strikeforce isnt good enough and if we play like that against bay we will get tonked. I cant believe jason let us play like that. He knows what it means to us fans and im in no way slagging him off but bishop is the first game we look for and for them to beat us twice in a row is shocking.

[DJL]

To say i'm dissapointed is an understatement to be honest. We were simply poor all over the pitch. We didn't have a massive ammount of chances but some of the misses were shocking, i'd of put my house on emms scoring in the first half. Would liked to of seen rae and maybe sheeran start up front for there physical presence more than anything. A bad result but its still in our hands to be honest so lets keep behind the team and hopefully we will be winners at the end of the season.

[shinner]

dissapointing but still in pole position.

[Kieron]

I think the gaps left by Hubbard and Stephenson was all to obvious, the defence looked shaky to say the least, young Kallum has looked shaky last couple of games.
Dodsy ran his heart out as usual, but did not really get far, same with peaks and titch who appeared to be running into opposition players. Passing was shocking and we are jsut not pentrating the defences as we were.
Just one point of note, i am not looking for excuses before anyone starts, but just a look at the stats and i think we can guess the tactics being used#South Shields 5 yellow and 2 red, Dunston 5 yellow, Bishop 4 yellow. That is 14 yellow and 2 red cards for the oposition in 3 games.
Add to that refs who are not clamping down on repeated niggly fouls.
Another observation, again tonight the linesmen flagging for offside when the ball is recieved and not when played. For a change i stood down the sides and not behind the goal and a number of decisions were shocking

[2manyusernames]

I'm a man of few words so how about

W@NK

[kenny]

not good enough simple as that we lost the scrap and couldnt handle them its disappointing but its no good feeling sorry for ourselves and its now a must win on saturday. some poor displays especially at the back, graydon had his worst ever game in a spenny shirt.

[Spennymoor.Utd]

Poor... Very Poor... There are no excuses for that performance... Although, the Assisstant Referrees needed there eyes testing I think, some of their offside decisions were beyond a joke! But, poor performance from most of the lads... Peaks played well, but just didnt have the support he needs... Tymon was VERY poor when he came on, and I was expecting alot more of such a promising youngster... Graydon can join Tymon in the poor category... Emms had a good game movement wise, but was technically very poor... Cogden didnt show up did he?! The only player who actually had a good game was Capper, who put in an admirable performance, even when we had given up...

[*Stevie G - Moors*]

I have so many positives for the lads this season and unfortunately the rough has to come with the smooth I can't believe im saying this but we were OUTPLAYED, OUTFOUGHT and had a lesson off Bishop for the 2ND time this season. It really was woeful and i know the insiders don't like Hetton mentioned on here but some of those players looked jaded lastnight and i'm sick of hearing ''you can't blame Hetton'' well YES i can because Mr Motivator couldnt play all those games.
Even the basics lastnight we couldn't even get to grips with, taking free-kicks quickly and losing posession to the opposition is just not our style, also at 2-0 down you don't go for fancy corners outside the box, you get the delivery in and work the keeper on his toes, but what do we do? hit the ball 10 ft over the bar! fancy little flicks work at 2-0 up, there was far too much of that, It was the 1st time id seen Tymon play, we may aswell of played with 10 men he was atrocious!

I really thought Bishop were so much more up for it than we were lastnight and that was the most disappointing thing, even with 2 minutes to go, a bishop player was shielding the ball up in the corner whilst 3 of our players pussy footed around him, flippin clatter the fella man, show some bleedin heart which wasn't there lastnight.

I Esh Winning (Home) Consett (Away) Whitley Bay (Away) 7 points is a MUST, we cannot play like that ever again this season if we are to win the title.

TIME TO PLAY FOR THE SHIRT AND NOT A TRIP TO ANFIELD FOR A TINPOT CUP

[Black & White]

Were some of you drunk last night?
However, it's all about opinions and here's mine!

The same tactics have worked well all season as we have by far the best defensive record in the league, scored over 80 goals, have just gone 5 months unbeaten and won the most games out of anyone in the league and lost the least. Does that tell you something?
Last night was a blip, let's face it we were due a one(unfortunately for us it came against our local rivals), the players are only human and these things happen. They were all poor and it's wrong to point the finger and name names on here as that's not going to make things get better. We win as a team and lose as a team and we will bounce back.....Just watch.
Keep the faith and be united in this together, we have the best team in the league and while it's disappointing to lose it's far from over. The title is still in our hands and it's ours to lose, Jason and the players will be doing everything to make it happen but they need support when we are down.

UP THE MOORS

[*Stevie G - Moors*]

Well thats why i pointed out that its easy taking the plaudits for 95% of this season but it was the manner and battling qualities that hurt most of us lastnight Jonno.

Id honestly be resting players like Ruddy and peaks when it comes to Hetton, i saw Rudds have an absolute corker against Sacriston for Hetton last thursday and then he seems to pick up niggles after those games, same with Peaks, he came on with 10 mins to go last thursday and got clattered straight away. At this stage of the season fatigue sets in and i honestly wonder where priority is going to lie seeing as though Hetton have that sunday cup game the day AFTER we play Whitley Bay away.

Now im not suggesting the players wouldn't put 110% in at Bay and i know this has been brought up before but you can't tell me categorically that the players would want to avoid injury when they have a chance of a day out at Anfield?

Maybe we should play in Orange and black sometimes

[Black & White]

What a load of absolute garbage.

Craig Ruddy played in the said game as it was his first game back and it was used to build his fitness up, the same applied to Carl Beasley and has happened all season to various players.
Whatever you may think or what others think the main priority at this football club is Spennymoor Town, End of story.

Players will play Sunday football regardless if it's for Hetton or the Dog and Duck Inn, and everytime we get beat this same subject crops up and it's totally unfair and in my opinion out of order. I won't be replying anymore, unless any sensible posts are made relating to last nights game which I or others could contribute too.

[*Stevie G - Moors*]

I don't think its garbage, you can't argue that playing Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday would not have any fatigue on the players surely?

I know Sunday football exists and players will play but with all the postponments this season there is an awful lot of games being played on heavy pitches and naturally players will pick up injuries.

I just believe that we have a fantastic chance of winning this league and players like Titch, Ruddy, Peaks, should be rapped up in cotton wool instead of risking injury coz it always seems to be hamstrings with them and that indicates fatigue and too many games

[Pintoneseventy]

Wrapped in cotton wool? overall the committment from the players in the tackle department last night was non existant, it looked like they were protecting themselves from injuires. We learnt nothing from the first defeat against these nomads and we've been punished for it. I'd like to say we had a go at them but we didn't again, Bishop deserved their win they've learnt how to play against us, I wouldn't give a rats arse if it was Horden, Shields, Consett or Donald Duck FC last night but the fact it was them lot boils my pi$$.

As for the Hetton issue, I can see where Steve Guy is coming from, when Hetton thrash teams on a Sunday with a similar team that appears to play at 80% on a Saturday people get annoyed and remember with the fixture backlog last season for both clubs alot of supporters still blame the "Hetton factor" for costing us the league!

You might think thats trash, garbage or i'm still drunk but I pay my money and thats my opinion!

[David Glen]

Unfortunately, that was a carbon copy of the game in the league cup, and the following week at Gresley, but I wouldn't put all the blame down to our players. My theory is, and I noticed this on Saturday at Dunston, but the opposition are now setting up with a very physical approach against us, and with tackles flying in in the 1st 10-15 minutes and giving plenty fouls away (without being properly reprimanded by the referees I might add which would curb it), our players are thinking twice about going in for tackles for fear of getting injured (exhibit 1 - Peaks in the 2nd half). We might not have played well last night, but I reckon a lot of it had to do (same on Saturday aswell) with the ref not giving us any protection, and allowing the opposition to get away with whatever they want. Bishop learned how to beat us in the league cup game, and, with the help of the ref last night, did exactly the same again. Our tackling might not have been up to scratch admittedly, and maybe missed Hubbard for his battling qualities, and maybe could've put our foot in where it hurts a bit more, but it's just one of those nights. Lets move onwards and upwards and hope it inspires us to have no more defeats and go on another unbeaten run and win the league.

Is it just my imagination (running away with me ), or were we awesome before we went to Gresley, and ever since it just hasn't been the same? I reckon that lot have jinxed us.

[dan newell]

The only other time Ive been critical of us this season was the league cup defeat and Gresley. Yes we have won the most games and lost the least, thats why we're top of the league but to play like that against our local rivals was beyond belief. The problem is the players don't realise what it means to the fans and take it as any other game. This is the first game we look for and things must be improved drastically as Esh on Saturday won't be easy. I agree with Penguin, the hunger simply wasn't there and Bishop wanted it more. You have to give them credit as they got in our faces, a couple of tough tackles which we were backing out of giving them the physical edge. Yes the officials were terrible but its no excuse. Nothing can compensate for that performance. Simply awful.

However now more than any other time is the time to get behind Jason and the lads and push us on for the title. Last night is over and done with and as long as we play the way we can then the title will be coming home.

[billyb]

I can see how hurt everyone is and the forum is here to allow you to express your opinions however lets not lose all sense of reason. The result is not terminal, its how you deal with the result that matters and believe me, there is no-one better equipped than Jason in these matters. You are hurt because of your love for the club, you are passionate and vocal which is fantastic but you are just picking an easy target when blaming Sunday football and, so very wrong. We have the most powerfull forward thinking Chairman in the league, the best manager, sponsors, fans and a team that is well clear at the top of the league. We certainly have more reason to look forward than back. So in the meantime get it off your chest then get to the match on Saturday, take it out on Esh and stand with Jason. I know that I will.

[neil p]

Very very poor last night. It seems to me when a team don't stand off and let is stroke the ball about we don't know what to do,and resort to long balls as we did last night.And with strikers the size of Cogden & Emms thats never going to work.Graydon in particular doesn't seem to know what to do when he's not allowed time to put his foot on the ball and pick out a pass with the outside of his boot and was rightly substituted.I would've liked to have seen Michael Rae on from the start as he's the only striker with any physical presence we've got and he was unstoppable at the start of the season and doesn't seem to have been given a chance since coming back from injury.

However,this has been the BEST season I've seen for a long time and we've played probably the best football I've seen us play since I started going in 1988,so lets get behind Jason and the team and beat Esh on Saturday.

[BIG RUSS]

I can see how hurt everyone is and the forum is here to allow you to express your opinions however lets not lose all sense of reason. The result is not terminal, its how you deal with the result that matters and believe me, there is no-one better equipped than Jason in these matters. You are hurt because of your love for the club, you are passionate and vocal which is fantastic but you are just picking an easy target when blaming Sunday football and, so very wrong. We have the most powerfull forward thinking Chairman in the league, the best manager, sponsors, fans and a team that is well clear at the top of the league. We certainly have more reason to look forward than back. So in the meantime get it off your chest then get to the match on Saturday, take it out on Esh and stand with Jason. I know that I will.

i absolutely totally agree with ya there billy, personally i cant wait for saturday, time to bounce back, i was standing near the dugout when the 1st goal went it and you really have to admit it was a top rate goal even if it was the bishops scoring against us (darren wasnt too impressed with the defending)...............but its only 1 league game so dont be too downhearted...........the lads on the team will just be as disappointed as us.

as for our chairman?...............................im 1000000% behind him all the way
the very best teams in the world can have off days from time to time, chin up every1, we still top of the league remember - but unfortunately for esh winning?..................erm i think there will be some goals scored on sat

[harryhalfwit]

Just looking on nonleaguezone sunday league forum and it appears hetton didn't play at the weekend so how could last nights performance have been affected by lads turning out for hetton lyons. just a very easy and piss weak excuse.

[Pintoneseventy]

Jonno, I'm not blaming Hetton for last night, last night the players just weren't committed to the cause, backing out of challenges and for a derby game it's just not good enough.

[Black & White]

Jonno, I'm not blaming Hetton for last night, last night the players just weren't committed to the cause, backing out of challenges and for a derby game it's just not good enough.

I didn't say you were
We are all frustrated and more so the Manager and he will be looking for a reaction on Saturday, as will we all.

I stood along the side for most of the game and believe me I could hear the moaning on coming from behind the goal and it's not good. The players can hear it and some people should know better. Yes they have had a bad night and people have a right to express an opinion but some of the abuse is over the top and uncalled for. Anyway, enoughs enough and it's gone now so hopefully come Saturday we have erased this one defeat from our system and get back on track. KEEP THE FAITH.

[Scrambled]

Its more frustration than owt else i think. It certainly wasnt the performance a lot of folk were expecting. Even tho our away form has improved we have struggled to perform in the BIG games (Gresley, 2 games vs bish). Every game from esh to the seasons end must be tret as a cup final cos we have some very tough games coming up. A lot of them away from fortress brewery field.

[Oyster Catcher]

Like everyone else i was gutted with the result last night.My view on things is we r the best footballing team in the league without doubt but last night bishop showed more desire and commitment to win the ball and game.I think hubbard was a big miss last night (Waite also) for his physical presence and box to box play.Jonno was spot on about few people getting on players backs during the game it doesn't help at all so lets get back behind the team and staff forget this blip and march on too the title.

[Black & White]

I just thought I'd bring some people up to date as I have spent some time on the phone with the club chairman, who, has received negative feedback from both players and clubs in our league, and despite been away on business has spent some considerable time trawling this message board and Nonleaguezone.com
The Chairman would like to express that under no circumstances should we be washing our dirty linen in the street and personal insults on any of the clubs playing staff or management will not be tolerated. The chairman is an approachable man and is always open for debate at any of our home games or alternatively if people have something on their chest go through the correct channels of speaking to the supporters club who have representation at the clubs monthly board meetings. We do not want to restrict or close threads, its a forum for opinions and debate.
Players and Management read these message boards and it brings a negative approach to the club as a whole and thats not what we are trying to achieve. Let's not look or make excuses for some of our defeats, The Chairman attended Gresley, we got beat by a better side on the day, Bishop have beat us twice on their patch, and although he wasn't at both games, many independent views that represent games without his attendance, deservedly so. I know the Chairman better than most people and believe me he is the worst loser in the world, but let's show teams the respect they deserve if they beat us.
The club has come a very long way in such a short space of time and from top to bottom everything is done professionally, and look at the bigger picture - We are in mid march, and are 9 points clear of our nearest rival, not bad for our 1st year, and whoever wins the league over 42 games deserves the Title, the best team over a season will win, hopefully it will be Spennymoor.
This reply is not generated to start a mud slinging match or to stop people posting on this forum, but make the minority of supporters aware that the clubs directors will be monotoring this official forum and take action internally of anyone bringing the club into disrepute.

[dan newell]

a forum is for opinions and debate. People are more than happy to take the praise but when there is criticism nobody wants to hear it. Personally i think its a joke that if you say anything negative about the club you will be punished. Learn to take the praise with the criticism