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Match Day Thread Todays match (23/24 season)

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  1. Bluebaldee

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    FA Cup 4th Round draw:

    Liverpool v Bristol Rovers or Norwich City.

    Now there’s an incentive for the replay!

    My youngest son and my best mate are Liverpool fans so I desperately want us to beat the Canaries.
     
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    Man City in the 5th round please
     
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    My sister married into a Liverpool family so would be great if we get through to face them.

    I just want us to go for it against Norwich and have no regrets.
     
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    today's line up v Barnsley

    Cox, Connolly, Crama, Grant, Thomas, Vale, McCormick, Evans, Martin, Brown.
    Subs

    Ward, Gibbons, Hunt, Hoole, Sinclair, Collins, Marquis.

    No old boys to come back and haunt us this week
    FGR playing Harrogate today, what sort of reception will Belshaw get I wonder

    12th minute first corner of the match goes Barnsley's way followed by a second a minute later

    21st minute yellow card for McAtee

    Daniel Hargraves has said Rovers are on top how long before we concede

    43rd minute Devante Cole 1 - 0

    1 minute extra time to be played HT 1 - 0

    Thomas just missed the chance to draw level in injury time
     
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    No changes by either side at HT

    Brown has missed several good chances to score and give us the lead or draw level, we desperately need a top quality striker at this or championship level

    McCormick seems to be playing well and creating some good chances

    1st substitution Cosgrove on Russell off

    66th minute McCormick and Brown off Hunt Marquis on

    2nd Yellow card of the match Mael De Gevigney

    68th minute Chris Martin 1 - 1 assisted by Evans, Martin almost gets the second but it was saved and Marquis following up has the rebound saved by the keeper
     
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    73rd minute O'Keefe restores Barnsley's lead 2 - 1

    79th minute Herbie Kane yellow carded

    81st minute Connolly and Thomas off Gibbons and Collins on

    Cadden and Lopataon on McAtee and O'keefe off

    88th minute Vale hits the post

    6 minutes to get the equaliser and winner, well we can dream can't we

    90+3 minutes Watters on Cole of

    FT 2 - 1
     
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    Yawn. Same old story, same old Rovers.

    Absolutely no chance of getting near the playoffs this season - we’re far too inconsistent.
     
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    We need to take our chances. Brown keeps wasting them.
     
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    Why is Collins on the bench these days?
     
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    Because Taylor and Brown are old friends from Exeter days
     
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    Today's line up v Norwich

    Cox, Taylor, Connor, Grant, Thomas, Vale, Finley, Evans, McCormick, Martin, Collins
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    Hall, Gibbons, Gordon, Hunt, Hoole, Shaw, Sinclair, Brown, Marquis

    21st minute Luke McCormick Rovers 1 - 0

    26th minute Danny Batth down injured match delayed, Batth unable to continue replaced by Marcelino Nunez

    42nd minute Finley yellow carded, possibly for dissent

    3 minutes extra time to be played

    Thomas misses a really good chance to make it 2 just before HT

    HT 1 - 0
     
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    53rd minute Sara 1 - 1

    Norwich have just been awarded a penalty after a foul by Connor Taylor 58th minute which Idah has converted 1 - 2, cant see us retaking the lead again

    61st minute Rowe Yellow carded

    64th minute Barnes replaces Idah

    Thomas's miss at the end of the first half looks to be being costly

    Hunt on McCormick off 68th minute

    Blackpool Saturday's opponents are also losing 2 - 1 to Nottingham Forest in tonight's cup replay

    79th minute Finley and Collins off Marquis and Sinclair on

    9 minutes plus extra time to win a trip to Anfield

    87th minute Kenny McClean 1 - 3
    Blackpool v Forest 2 - 2

    7 minutes extra time to be played
     
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    93rd minute Fisher on Stacey off

    91st minute Daniel Hargraves said some believe some are heading for the exits since then othing from him I presume he headed for the exit

    FT 1 - 3

    Well I suppose we can now try and climb up the league towards the playoff places but I am notholdig my breath

    Blackpool and Forest have played a 103 minutes and the match finished 2 - 2 hopefully they will tire Blackpool out for when we play them on Saturday, Hopefully it is more extra time before the penalties

    Just started extra time
     
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    Frustrating game so far. We've had chances to be level. McCormick playing well.
     
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    Thought the ref and his assistant on the Dribuild stand side were awful yesterday, travelled into Bristol on the bus with 3 Blackpool supporters, asked them if they knew how much they paid the officials to get all the decisions go their way, he replied their supporters were asking the same question because they thought they were poor as well
     
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    Tonight's line up v Exeter

    Cox, Crama, Taylor, Finley, Hunt, Thomas, Evans, Grant, McCormick, Collins, Marquis
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    Ward, Connolly, Gibbons, Gordon, Hoole, Vale, Brown

    No Martin tonight as he is ill??, could last Saturdays appearance be his final one
     
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    I asked that question on Facebook and yes, he is ill.
     
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    The BBC has our formation as a back three with Finley as part of it.

    Please tell me that’s not true!!!
     
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    Playing a back three is like giving the opposition wingers freedom of the pitch, we don't mark that well and we seem to be conceding goals from crosses so why persist with this formation.

    Can't see where our goals are coming from tonight without Martin in the side

    I follow have him down as a defender as well why when we have 2CBs on the bench

    Looks like Exeter have come to defend 3 corners in the first 8 minutes

    Connor Taylor just went down and now looks to being subbed and now is by Connolly

    12th minute Cox scores for Exeter 0 - 1 now only 11 points clear of the bottom 4
     
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    This is going well. <doh>
     
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