Chester V Curzon - MATCH THREAD

Disagree with that sentiment really. We're drawing too many games at home. I'd rather we lost the odd one and won more.

Total lack of quality today with the forward play with passes going astray, ball not being held up and wrong options being chosed. Frustrating really as that was very winnable. Officials were very poor with some very bad throw in decisions in particular. Burton had a proper Chester debut, man of the match then gets sent off. Have to say I was disappointed with the crowd, 1142 away then not even double that at home a week later. The team deserve better even though they weren't on it today.

Hope all these draws don't cost us getting into the playoffs. Burton showed a bit of naivety with that second yellow which was a shame as he was excellent to that point. Quick, strong, gets stuck in & nearly scored from a corner.

Caton was very quiet again & after taking off Tollitt & Murray we had absolutely nothing going forward. Like to see Norton start ahead of Caton on Tuesday.

This. Draws aren't much use really, look at how Chorley have motored away from us.

1 win and 2 losses is the same amount of points as 3 draws. Need to start winning games. Especially at home

Totally agree 2 wins and 1 loss is 6pts and that's what we need to finish 4th or 5th which is now all we can realistically achieve

Last four games (I know the run is longer) we are unbeaten, but we could have lost two and still had two more points from those games if we'd won the other two. Draws kill you.

I had to have a wry smile at Cal's answer to Neil Turner about the officials. He wasn't going to be drawn in, but you know what he thought. Amusing, although I'm sure the fans didn't find the ref's performance amusing.

That was pretty turgid. I was really pleased with the starting line up - really attacking at a home game was great. Felt like we may continue the high/impetus of last Saturday’s game. However we reverted to type at home. No quality or incisiveness up front. Everyone looked tired and out of ideas. Tollit remains the only player willing to have a crack from outside the box and Burton had an excellent debut until his ridiculous sending off. As others have said we simply aren’t accumulating enough points, despite having a much improved squad. We need 4 from the next 2 games at least and our run in is not an easy one - we still have a lot of games against play off teams to come. And the way Darlo are improving under Watson, the last thing we need is a final game against them with a win keeping them safe and a win getting us playoffs as I can see us bottling that.

We set up to avoid defeat- no surprise when we draw. Who the heck plays their striker as an assistant left back. Totally embarrassing strategy. Then we take Murray and tollit off- the only two likely to make something happen.

Agree to a certain extent. Just wish Callum would release the shackles a bit more. We have the players, just need them to play with a bit more freedom.

Thought Cal was pretty bang on in his post match interview. Although the home record is better this season, the same issues persist in home games as they did last season. We've been excellent and gritty in games against Scunthorpe, Tamworth, Brackley etc, but as he pointed out, those wins were achieved through endeavour and counter attacking. It's the games against the rest that are still a worry.

We don't score enough, and we don't consistently create chances from open play. I feel a bit for Peers - he had a poor day today but I can't remember him ever being put through on goal with a through ball and him having the keeper to beat. He is battling all day with his back to goal, looking for scraps from cut backs into crowded areas. That is 100% in part due to teams sitting so deep behind the ball, but we have to do more. With Tollit, you can see his ability is miles above this level, but I don't ever really know where he is meant to be playing and wonder if we're getting the best out of him. I want to see him cutting in from the wing and getting his shots in but he gets lost in the game.

I think teams probably fancy their chances of coming here and getting something. They know we don't sustain periods of pressure and box our opponents in for a long time so they can just feign injury, slow the game down and any spell we have on top seem to be short.

I still think we'll get into the play offs though, so no major panic & when we do, I back us against any team in this division on our day. That being said, there's definitely more in this squad than we're seeing at the Deva so that's the challenge between now and the end of the season.

Thought Stanway was excellent again as was Burton. The rest of them were lacking a bit of sharpness. The less said about the officials, the better. They were just appallingly shite.

Felt a bit for Caton today, clearly needs a confidence boost and the last thing he needed was his manager plonking him where he did in the first half at left wing back, his head dropped after getting torn through a few times in a five minute spell when they hit the post.

Thought we played some good stuff for first 30 mins and created a number of openings, without troubling the keeper. If we had scored early on then we would probably win the game. If we don’t score then there appears to be no tactical changes made to create anything. We rarely seem to have a plan B.
Tuesdays game now has to be a must win but won’t be easy. If we do make the play offs then believe away ties will suit our style of play better