Braintree v Torquay United

PhilGull · Post by **PhilGull** » 28 Nov 2015, 15:49

0-0 at half-time. Got to be pleased with that

tufc si · Post by **tufc si** » 28 Nov 2015, 15:53

We've gone a whole half without conceeding, WHAT IS HAPPENING :-o

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » 28 Nov 2015, 16:01

It's a turgid game. Horrible pitch. We've been second best but not much in it. Flashes of quality, but not much.

Better than last years debacle here so far, so an improvement in that sense.

yellowmonkey · Post by **yellowmonkey** » 28 Nov 2015, 16:49

When Young back?

Dutchgull · Post by **Dutchgull** » 28 Nov 2015, 16:51

Whoopeeee a point !!!

divingbboy · Post by **divingbboy** » 28 Nov 2015, 16:52

IT FEELS LIKE A WIN!!!

davidcaldwell123 · Post by **davidcaldwell123** » 28 Nov 2015, 16:53

Kev must have read my post lol

davidcaldwell123 wrote:Summary; If Torquay can put in a good defensive display today, a draw would be a good result, anything else great progress. Braintree are not great scorers, but concede less than a goal a game, key to any result today is a good tight defensive performance.

Braintree: 1.29 Average Goals scored 0.86 conceded
Torquay: 1.19 Average Goals scored 2.14 conceded

nickbrod · Post by **nickbrod** » 28 Nov 2015, 17:01

rickl wrote:Thought Richards was suspended for this match?

Trust that the HE reporting Richards was suspended was a mistake otherwise today's point will be wiped out.

tufc si · Post by **tufc si** » 28 Nov 2015, 17:03

More than happy with a point, please please please can we push on from here!!

For some reason i've just noticed todays Burton score and where they are currently sat in league one. Feels like only 5 minutes ago we were in a race with them for the conference title, talk about two similar sized sides with completely contrasting fortunes

Post by **Eirik** » 28 Nov 2015, 17:42

nickbrod wrote: Trust that the HE reporting Richards was suspended was a mistake otherwise today's point will be wiped out.

HE was wrong. According to the commentators the club had checked with FA and in their records he had 4 bookings. All well and good then.

Great point today. Good to see a clean sheet again. The result being that we didn't create many chances but we need to start from the back.

nickbrod · Post by **nickbrod** » 28 Nov 2015, 17:46

rickl wrote: HE was wrong. According to the commentators the club had checked with FA and in their records he had 4 bookings. All well and good then.

Great point today. Good to see a clean sheet again. The result being that we didn't create many chances but we need to start from the back.

Thank goodness for that. Then it's onwards & hopefully upwards.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » 28 Nov 2015, 18:44

Utterly dreadful game of football. Never been so bored in all my life. We created the grand total of nothing. Braintree created more, and had more pressure, but in truth seldom looked like scoring.

Perhaps we needed a rubbish game, one where we didn't give away any cheap goals. We seemed solid enough at the back, which was a positive. There was little to choose between the two sides, other than the usual home advantage, which bodes well. It's not a strong division

arcadia · Post by **arcadia** » 28 Nov 2015, 19:14

Just had that feeling that we would get something today great result.

standupsitdown · Post by **standupsitdown** » 28 Nov 2015, 19:19

A very good point gained although if Braintree are a top eight team this is a very poor league.
First 15 minutes it looked as if Braintree were going to score a hatful but after some good fortune with them hitting the woodwork twice and missing a very good chance, our defence settled down and neither side really had a clear chance. I think we could still be playing now and wouldn't have scored.
The pitch was awful and this was real non league football.
Good to see the that the players showed more fight & team spirit than I'd expected from reading recent reports.

Tarrboy1 · Post by **Tarrboy1** » 28 Nov 2015, 19:52

Given the last couple of results, I'm really pleased with a point but even more pleased with the clean sheet.

A platform for us to build on next week.

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