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Simon Carlton's avatar

I was watching the same game as you, I’m guessing their boss was just feeling very frustrated and wasn’t thinking clearly just after the final whistle! I thought it was a well deserved win in the end, Gateshead were really impressive in the 1st half. I’ve not seen a team play that way where Tinkler literally just stood on the ball and waited...and waited! Credit to AW for working out how to counter their style of play. As is standard it seems, Smith was unbeatable, and I thought we were the better side in the 2nd half. Cheek’s finishing is so clinical at the moment and, like you, I was really impressed with Bim when he came on. I see a lot of our supporters are moaning about the sending off but I’ve got no complaints with it. The ref was totally justified with the first booking for timewasting and he wasn’t really left with a choice with the second. I’m sure it wasn’t deliberate but he caught their player flush in the face so it looked inevitable Leigh would get sent off. Massive test now on Tuesday night, I’m not expecting anything from it but if we can nick a point that would be fantastic

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Heather Bruce's avatar

You are spot on with your match summary. They definitely “bossed” the first half and I was relieved when the half time whistle blew. We were clearly the better team in the second half converting opportunities into goals, which ultimately is what matters. Tonight’s match away to Chesterfield will be a tough game but if we play as we did in the second half of Saturday’s game I’m confident we can do well. Also we’ve got Grant Smith.

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