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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 11:31:22
0-0 a decent reflection of first half. They had some chances, but mostly gifted by us - a couple from misplaced or miscontrolled passes at the back/midfield, and two from OUR corners!!!. To be fair, we ultimately saw off the danger each time, including a good save by Green (although it was hard to make out what was going on in that scramble 'til it was on TV later). They gifted us one chance in return, but we also made a couple of our own, including one which resulted in a great save off Austin.
Second half started in a similar, fairly scrappy way, but once Niko had scored we started to play with more purpose and Ipswich really lost all belief. The first goal was a good individual effort, but the other two were "soft" defensively.
I wouldn't say we won it as a result of high tempo, high quality football, but all-in-all a good day out and QPR fans in good voice all the way through
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 16:15:00
Didn't expect anything out of the game, but disappointing we didn't even make a contest of it. I thought a few players had some good moments - Derry got some good challenges in, Barton looked up for it, Traore too when he came on - but we just kept giving the ball away so cheaply and Chelsea were really in the mood to punish us when we did. I love Buzaky, but he had a shocker. Still need the 3 points against Stoke, and a Spurs result today would be nice too (but unlikley, the way my day's going) |
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 20:19:54
Alot of talk in the press about the new boys and Taarbs - not suprisingly, and they did play well - but I thought Derry and Faurlin had great games too. Great to see them doing it in the Prem. |
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 09:01:55
And now you're going to believe us... the Rs are going up! I finally allowed myself to sing it last night (well, I did sing it once before when we were 1-0 up against Forest. D'oh!). Always a bit wary after a 2 week break, but 3-0 is a proper win. Very happy. |
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 23:00:50
Well, you have to lose some time, and Swansea and Cardiff only got a point between them. Good win for Norwich at Leicester, but we're still 7 clear so the night hasn't undone all the good work from Saturday. Really need to do the job against Palace on Saturday though. |
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 11:50:06
Wow. Great result, and the only downside on the evening - I thought - was Forest's late winner. Only found out reading the comments here that Preston went back and equalised. Fantastic.
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 16:39:30
Disappointing. Great goal from Smith and then a man up, only to give away a cheap free kick and let in a spawny deflected goal.
A few good runs from Miller second half, and a few individual moments of skill from others, but we didn't really look like scoring. I think we missed Smith.
Forest defended well with 10, and had the pace up front to still be a threat, so got to give them credit, but still feeling flat.
I did have a bet on a sending off though. Clattenburg. Nuff said. |
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 19:42:57
Fantastic result. I thought Hill had a good game too, especially after being booked so early on. Great to see the team going for the win at 10-man (again). Faurlin was excellent, and it's a real boost to have Taarbs and Routledge giving us options up front. If Hulse could only remember how to score, we'd be laughing even more than we are now. |
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 18:34:36
We looked very good for periods - if a bit tired in places - and really should have been well ahead before the end. Hulse was ok as the target man for balls played forwards, but his finishing is apalling at the moment. I think the ref was going to send their defender off when he gave the penalty, but then realised it was Hulse he fouled so it couldn't be called a clear goalscoring opporutunity.
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 12:57:17
Brilliant. Great game, great atmosphere, great result. Thought we invited them onto us a bit too much after we went ahead, but some good defending, good keeping, and a slice of luck on the penalty decision gave us the win we deserved.
Looking forward to the FA Cup draw this evening. Probably get Cardiff. |
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 10:23:18
I never felt more like singing the blues, when rangers win, and chelsea - and cardiff - lose.... was going to add Swansea in there too but they just got away with it.
Looking forward to next weekend. U Rrrrs |
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 18:06:17
Listened to a bit of it on the web site, but had to switch off coz I was too nervous. Really thought we would struggle, especially with the suspensions and injuries at the back, but that's a great result. |
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 21:12:38
Loved it when Kenny kept moving the goal kicks from one side of the 6-yard box to the other to kill time. One of things you hate when the other team do it, of course, but had to laugh |
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 21:09:20
First half was a great game of football, and pretty even. Reading had alot of posession, but we just defend so well these days. All of the back four are so solid, and Derry in front of them gave as good a display today in that position as I can remember from anyone - and I've been coming for 35 years. Going forwards, we can just cut teams apart at times. Taraabt was sublime and Faurlin was pure class, and for all the Reading posession we looked much more likely to score - and should have (I really have to see that Hulse miss again before I can really figure out what happened). Definite penaltly and well worth one-up.
From where I was sat in the Loft, Orr's challenge didn't look bad. I thought the Reading guy meg'd him and ran straight through him and went down. I could understand the free-kick, but a red? Maybe from a different angle it looked worse. I did hear a rumour at half time that it was for foul and abusive language, but the red came out pretty quick for it to have been that.
Second half was just fantastic. At half time the talk was about who would Warnock take off to make room for Legs at right-back and try to hold on to the 1-0, but what a masterstroke leaving Mackie in there. The guy's a machine! Up and down the right flank tirelessly, and half way through the second half he even pops up in the inside left channel. Taraabt and Faurlin continued to run rings round them but the whole team, from front to back, and including Kenny put in such a shift to win the match it was incredible - especially to step up again and score another when Reading had pulled the goal back. Great to see Smith on the scoresheet, and well deserved
What a great atmosphere too. The crowd really responded to the way the team played - and the sending off probably helped from that point of view too
Just a brilliant afternoon out
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 12:08:13
I thought Burnley looked very strong at the back, and we kept on trying the same long balls with not much variety and not much success - not helped by the ref giving a free kick to them whenever a QPR player jumped for the ball. Some good stuff from Taarabt, and a superb goal, but he vanished a bit in the 2nd half. Hulse didn't do well against the defence/ref, and Ephraim was invisible (but I think that was more to do with the style we were playing). Derry and the back four looked good again, and Kenny made an unbelievable double save. Still unbeaten, but need to start winning again |
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Report | Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 10:49:28
Poor first half. The atmosphere was quiet and there was a building tension that seemd to reach the players. I guess that's what raised expectation can do. Couldn't keep posession going forwards, and didn't press when we lost posession, so Doncacster made alot of the play. That said, I think the defence all played well (the odd falling over aside) and the only real threat was from the Rovers freekcick - and that brought a fantastic save by Kenny, an an incredible clearance off the line by Hill from the follow-up.
The performance, and the atmosphere, improved second half even before the goal. Ephraim and Mackie were both working hard to put rovers more under pressure, and giong forwards we started to show a bit more threat.
The goals, when they came, were all fairly soft defensively but I wasn't compliaining. Didn't think it was a penalty, and neither did Helguson, who picked himself up and stuck it in the net. Lucky we scored the pen.
All in all we were good for the points in the end, but 3-0 was a bit harsh on Rovers. Not that I'm too bothered - we're top of the league!!!!!! :)
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