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The_Laughing_Mariner
August 18, 2014, 11:47am
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A couple of inches would have seen the two shots that hit the woodwork go in, and miss Mildenhalls flailing arm, and we are 3 wins from 3,


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If "if's and an's"
were pots and pans
There'd be no need for tinkers.  

Or put another way....

If my aunt had wheels she'd be a trolley.
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A couple of inches would have seen the two shots that hit the woodwork go in, and miss Mildenhalls flailing arm, and we are 3 wins from 3,


and if Nuneaton hadnt missed a sitter  and Dover had scored their penalty we would be looking at 1 point.
If's buts and maybe's.


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A couple of inches and my girlfriend might still be with me. C'est la vie.      UTM
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As has been said above - yes we could have 9 points - but we could also have 0. Every game the opposition has had chances, same as us.

Fact of the matter is we have 3 points.

Another fact is we don't create anywhere near enough chances (regardless of who's missing them), how many times during the last year have you gone away from a game thinking the football was decent, played at a tempo, stretched opposition, had a decent amount of shots on goal etc??



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My hope is that the addition of pace to our squad will help us up the tempo and put the opposition under more pressure, at home especially.

Unfortunately, the new, pacier players have mostly been absent due to injuries in the first few matches. I'm looking forward to seeing how Arnold does (possibly as a striker) as I thought he looked quick and aggressive in pre-season.

I remember Mackreth causing us problems in the past so hopefully he'll settle into the team and become a threat as well.
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A couple of inches would have seen the two shots that hit the woodwork go in, and miss Mildenhalls flailing arm, and we are 3 wins from 3,


Exactly. We could have won every game, we could have lost every game. Every match is a throw of the dice, people forget that sometimes.


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Exactly. We could have won every game, we could have lost every game. Every match is a throw of the dice, people forget that sometimes.


Every match is not a 'throw of the dice' whatsoever. It's not just a random outcome, you can tell yourself that though if it makes you feel better about the shite you watch week in week out lately.
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Every match is not a 'throw of the dice' whatsoever. It's not just a random outcome, you can tell yourself that though if it makes you feel better about the shite you watch week in week out lately.


Of course it's a throw of the dice. Every sporting event is, they depend on numerous small incidents which could go one of many ways. Football, being a very low scoring game, is very unpredictable. Look at any bookie's odds, nothing is certain, nearly everything is very uncertain. Obviously some results are more likely than others but no result is pre-ordained.


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August 18, 2014, 1:45pm
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It's obviously not a fully predictable but if we are treating games against teams with lesser players as a 'roll of the dice' then we might as well pack up and go home. Though saying that with some of Hursts recent decisions I'm tempted to say you never bloody know what's going to happen.
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