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Dec 1, 2012
Blyth (23rd in BSBP) at Stockport (24th in BSBP) - 2nd Round FA Cup Replay
They're 1:2 favorites, we're 9:2 underdogs, but I tell the club I expect a win. 4-4-2 Counter to open
GK: Knight
D: Kulsten, Jones, Antwi, Purvis
MF: Phillips, Matondo, Morrison, Whiteley
F: Mole, Armstrong
Bench: (Groves, O'Connor, Chinthengah, Sinclair, Slaughter, Clarke-Harris, Hartley)
0:35 - Disaster as Clark gets into the box & scores easily. He was clearly offside but our protests fall on deaf ears. (0-1)
16:00 - Sheridan's freekick from the point hits the crossbar
18:00 - Clark rockets another shot off the crossbar
We're being dominated, switch to Control
20:45 - Clark from beyond the area ... beats Knight (0-2)
27:45 - Switch to Attacking ... we've been outshot 9-1 to this point
36:30 - Kulsten fires a free kick over the goal
43:00 - Clark hits the post
Halftime - Egads. We sucked. I tell them to show me something different. We got our asses handed to us by a team that's in the f'n cellar, outshot 13-2, they had 2/3rds of possession. That was just turrible.
56:00 - Sub Sinclair for Antwi (5.7)
64:30 - Matondo blasts one off the crossbar
64:45 - Purvis goes down injured ... Sub Groves on
67:30 - Whiteley crosses for Mole near the box ... his shot is just inches wide
68:30 - Armstrong is livid, wanted a penalty to no avail
70:00 - Phillips with a corner into the box ... Halliwell makes a great play to snatch it
86:00 - Sub O'Connor for Whiteley (tired) ... switch to Overload
Fulltime - An embarassing effort. I'm in some faces after the match about just how far from pleased I am. I lack words to describe that displeasure adequately after being outshot 18-6 with only 41% poss against a shitty team like Stockport.
Knight 6.6
Kulsten 6.7, Jones 6.7, Antwi 5.7, Purvis 6.2
Phillips 6.8, Matondo 6.8, Morrison 6.7, Whiteley 6.1
Mole 6.6, Armstrong 6.6
Subs: Groves 6.9, Sinclair 6.9, O'Connor N/A
Dec 1, 2012 (postmatch)
I'm told that Jalmard Kulsten let the media know about my butt chewing. I have a similar tone to my presser.
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"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis
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