AFC Telford 1-1 Southport - Match Thread

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[Port on the Kent]

Worst half of the season so far, not had a shot bar Keenan hitting one from just over halfway.

[Any Port In A Storm]

1 fantastic point from 6 against the bottom 2. Yeh play offs etc.

[Gloucester man]

We were lucky at the end how theyve just missed i dont know off home

[cobby7]

Don’t you think we deserve some luck?

[Stratford Excile]

We need more than luck to push this club forward.

What we need is quality of performances from the players and the ability to take the scoring chances during the games.

At the end of the day luck does not come into it because over the length of a season it tends to even itself out.

One point from the bottom 2 clubs is not acceptable.

[Sgreen1234]

Draw was about right. We had plenty of possession but no one seemed able to shoot. We were lucky - they missed a sitter in the first half having taken the lead from a cross that went in. Good finish by Connor for the equaliser. Plenty of endeavour on show, but little in the way of quality. Thought Carberry played well - hand his hands full with Love Island. Also thought our 2 Centre Backs looked solid. Can't see us getting in the play offs but maybe a string of decent results may give us a chance but it's a big maybe...

[Gloucester man]

A reasonable game and a draw was about right i only just got to my seat for KO. They gave everything a typical Wilkie side they have improved and gave us a game.
I think Connor had a good game ive seen nothing of him till today and was impressed he could play at a higher level.
We were solid enough and this division is wide open lets see how it goes. I sat with the home fans and they said most of the division is a muchness and id agree we deserved our luck right at the end a fair resukt all round.

[Sandgrounder SE]

We didn’t play badly but we had hardly a shot. A lot of effort but zero punch up front. We really should do better against the poorer teams. I see Blyth lost 3-0 at home today.

[PortInTheSouth]

Had a few too many before, during and after KO so can't comment too much but we lack a ST and GK.

Onto a piss up in the NE for Darlo

[Formula Port]

A reasonable game and a draw was about right i only just got to my seat for KO. They gave everything a typical Wilkie side they have improved and gave us a game.
I think Connor had a good game ive seen nothing of him till today and was impressed he could play at a higher level.
We were solid enough and this division is wide open lets see how it goes. I sat with the home fans and they said most of the division is a muchness and id agree we deserved our luck right at the end a fair resukt all round.

Why did you sit in the home end?

[Port on the Kent]

Funny old game, we were far better all over the pitch against Blyth and got zilch, today we were lacklustre but took a point.

It was a typical Wilkin v Watson encounter in that both teams huffed and puffed and worked hard but there was very little quality on show.

First half we were rubbish, never threatened the goal. Telford scored from a cross that looped in which was lucky, but they also had a one on one which they ballsed up, so they probably deserved to be ahead. They sprung our back line a few times, Carberry was sluggish to push out on occasion and was usually responsible for playing them on. Others have said he was our best player. Game of opinions.

Second was marginally better, Woods finished at the back post from a cross from Niall. Telford looked more likely to find the winner, Tony Mac was called into action a few times. That said, we could have robbed them in the last minute when the ball dropped to Niall at the back post who had nobody near him, when we needed some composure he lashed it over the bar. If it was his Dad in that position 30 years ago it would have been 1-2 to Port.

We probably changed shape to counter their attritional style, but we played far less football than against Blyth. On Tuesday we moved the ball, Hmami was popping it about, today there was no attempt to play football.

Two games against the bottom two and one point. With Darlo and Chorley away to come, chances are we will be in the bottom half this time next week. Another season where we've spent time towards the top and couldn't sustain it. You can criticise the manager but we don't have tuppence to rub together and money talks. Harder and harder to see any progress at the club until fresh investment but that's for another day.

[Port on the Kent]

A reasonable game and a draw was about right i only just got to my seat for KO. They gave everything a typical Wilkie side they have improved and gave us a game.
I think Connor had a good game ive seen nothing of him till today and was impressed he could play at a higher level.
We were solid enough and this division is wide open lets see how it goes. I sat with the home fans and they said most of the division is a muchness and id agree we deserved our luck right at the end a fair resukt all round.

Why did you sit in the home end?

It wasn't segregated.

Telford look like another club on the bones of their arse, a nice stadium now looks grotty, scoreboard doesn't work, they keep one end shut (unless very large away followings) to save money. Not the same place we visited a decade ago.

[Gloucester man]

A reasonable game and a draw was about right i only just got to my seat for KO. They gave everything a typical Wilkie side they have improved and gave us a game.
I think Connor had a good game ive seen nothing of him till today and was impressed he could play at a higher level.
We were solid enough and this division is wide open lets see how it goes. I sat with the home fans and they said most of the division is a muchness and id agree we deserved our luck right at the end a fair resukt all round.

Why did you sit in the home end?

I sat in the Roberts main stand which runs alongside the pitch the view is excellent the home end is terraced if youd been youd know.

[Big Mac 1985]

This season has gone how I and most predicted it would: a purple patch of form in late 2022 before fizzing out in to an inconsistent campaign of mid table obscurity.

Some of these players deserve better. I fear they won’t be here to see it get any better.

[SteH90]

A reasonable game and a draw was about right i only just got to my seat for KO. They gave everything a typical Wilkie side they have improved and gave us a game.
I think Connor had a good game ive seen nothing of him till today and was impressed he could play at a higher level.
We were solid enough and this division is wide open lets see how it goes. I sat with the home fans and they said most of the division is a muchness and id agree we deserved our luck right at the end a fair resukt all round.

Why did you sit in the home end?

I sat in the Roberts main stand which runs alongside the pitch the view is excellent the home end is terraced if youd been youd know.

Often, away accommodation is the worst in the ground, behind a goal and is usually standing for the same price as good seats giving a higher view and on the halfway line. Sit where you want Gloucester man!

[kiaken]

We didn’t play badly but we had hardly a shot. A lot of effort but zero punch up front. We really should do better against the poorer teams. I see Blyth lost 3-0 at home today.

Local officials must have been unavailable.

[Sgreen1234]

Talking of officials - thought yesterday's ref was very good - one of the Lino's was partially sighted but you can't have everything.

[Sandgrounder SE]

Telford fans didn’t like him though, did they? He gave lots of decisions against them and when he finally gave them a free kick there was the usual ironic applause.
Just shows that blaming the ref is a mug’s game, particularly when an incident is at the far end and you’ve been concentrating on eating your chips. We all do it though.