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Quoted from barralad

Surprised no one has beaten me to it so here goes.
I feared the worst when the taxi driver who took me from the station to the ground reckoned that given the almost certainty that Weymouth were going down their players had effectively given up with some of them already on their holidays. Too many times over the years of non-league matches we've seen teams raise their game against us. We should have won.....convincingly. That we didn't can be put down to three things as far as I could see.
1. Weymouth's willingness to put their bodies on the line. I lost count at the number of last minute blocks or tackles- particularly late on.
2. Some bad luck-shots deflected to safety etc.
3. And most importantly for me the failure of certain players to execute their part in what was perhaps the clearest game plan I've seen for a long while. Rarely this season if at all has a Town team made so much use of width. We now have players who can consistently cross the ball well, be it in the air or low inviting the likes of Taylor to get in front of their marker at the near post. Sadly, too many times particularly in the second half, where we had no-one prepared to gamble in the box and nick a goal. The fact that three of our best chances fell to Smith (2) and the irrepressible Waterfall tells a story. Defensively we were pretty decent apart from one aberration on the part of Crocombe where he inexplicably passed to an opponent who to be fair was so surprised he didn't make the best of it and a free kick which thumped Crocombes left hand post.
Midfield got through some sterling work-our command of that area was unchallenged and some of the passing was exquisite.
There was an interesting 20 minutes or so from Manny D who proved a real handful. The only time their keeper dropped the ball Manny was there but his goal bound effort struck a defender on the line.
Scannell did some good work with some excellent crosses at a time when the efforts of some Weymouth players had left them barely able to stand.
Six minutes of time added on simply prolonged the agony.
In my view 2 points definitely lost but it would take a special sort of awkwardness to be disappointed with four points from the last two games.

Quoted from forza ivano

the point is that beating chesterfield away with a brill performance followed by an uninspiring draw at v non league weymouth sums up why town aren't winning the league / going up. not professional/committed/disciplined/consistent enough to get promoted. 2 examples-  jmd and holohan been very impressive - but completely anonymous today. league winners have players who perform 3 out of 4 or 4 out 5 games. we don't have enough of them

Quoted from golfer

Crocombe has started making quite a few mistakes lately.  Taylor and M. Drew could do with a rest and give Manny and Abrahams a go from the start. We are lacking the killer instincts which these two could provide.

Quoted from golfer

Crocombe has started making quite a few mistakes lately.  Taylor and M. Drew could do with a rest and give Manny and Abrahams a go from the start. We are lacking the killer instincts which these two could provide.

Quoted from Sussexmariner

Lost count of the times Crocombe dropped the ball when catching from crosses and what he was he doing passing to a Weymouth player? He was very lucky not to concede.
Taylor was poor yesterday, I know he’s there to link up the play and everything but Dieseruvwe in the 20 minutes he was on did all that and was more of a goal threat than Taylor was, add to the fact his goals per game is far better than Taylors I would be quite happy for him to start against Stockport I think Maguire Drew just had an off day, I would certainly start with him.