Basingstoke v Saints U23s

[supersonic]

This Tuesday (2nd April) @ The Camrose.

Kick off 7:45.

 

Tickets:

£8 Adults

£4 Concessions

£1 Kids

 

Not sure what side we'll have out but almost certainly our last trip here in any format as they're moving grounds at the end of the summer.

 

Will go and provide updates for anyone who's interested.

[JRM]

I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who can make it. I went to the last round away to Bournemouth Poppies, good chance to see some youngsters coming through in a competitive game, if we win then we'll play Havant and Waterlooville in the final.

[SuperSAINT]

This Tuesday (2nd April) @ The Camrose.

Kick off 7:45.

 

Tickets:

£8 Adults

£4 Concessions

£1 Kids

 

Not sure what side we'll have out but almost certainly our last trip here in any format as they're moving grounds at the end of the summer.

 

Will go and provide updates for anyone who's interested.

 

Cool. Will be good to get your updates.

[Master Bates]

Winners play Havant in the final

[Stu Man Do]

What sort of team are we expecting to play? Might take the midget

[supersonic]

No idea, might be a mix between u23’s and u18’s.

 

Article on the website only mentions the two players who scored in the last round, both of whom are under 23 players.

[supersonic]

Fairly strong Saints team. No confirmation but Tyreke Johnson, Jake Vokins playing.

 

Basingstoke missed a sitter from 4 yards

[supersonic]

1-0 down. Failed to clear a corner

[supersonic]

2-0 down. Defending like first team under Hughes

[supersonic]

4 minutes gone...

[Master Bates]

Live commentary lol

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/Basingstoke_FC/status/1113148884329656321

[supersonic]

2-1. Smallbone.

 

Finally look to have woken up

[John Boy Saint]

Where you standing?

[supersonic]

Pen to Saints.

 

Stoke red card deliberate handball

[supersonic]

Scored by Smallbone.

 

2-2

[supersonic]

From what I can work out the saints team is as follows:

 

Cull (GK)

Vokins

Klarer

Bradley-Green

Agbontohoma

Olufunwa

O’Connor

Smallbone

Ferry

Tella

Johnson

 

 

3-2 saints now, Ferry with a tidy finish. Best saints player by a mile

[supersonic]

Saints breakaway and Tella hit the bar from a Johnson cross.

[JRM]

Big of a mix that side, certainly not our strongest u23 side but perhaps reflects the club are more interested in the PL2 title and PL international cup.

 

If we get round anyone know where final will be held? Fratton Park?

[supersonic]

Sam Argent (remember him?) now playing up front for Basingstoke. Just headed a great chance over the stand...

[supersonic]

Big of a mix that side, certainly not our strongest u23 side but perhaps reflects the club are more interested in the PL2 title and PL international cup.

 

If we get round anyone know where final will be held? Fratton Park?

 

Winner plays Havant & Waterlooville @ Eastleigh

[supersonic]

3-3. More shoddy defending. No closing the player down and deflected past the keeper

[supersonic]

4-3 Saints. Johnson nice turn on edge of box and decent finish

[John Boy Saint]

Brain fart from Klarer, should have stopped running.

 

Johnson just made it 4-3 Town are pretty spiritedbeing a man light

[supersonic]

4-4 more abysmal defending from a corner. No way we look like a side with an extra player.

[John Boy Saint]

Madness 4-4!! Town fans pouring onto the pitch in celebration ok 8 of them

[supersonic]

FT 4-4 off to pens...

[supersonic]

Lost on pens.

 

Fair play to basingstoke who wanted it more.

 

Only player who looked half decent was Ferry who then missed and abysmal penalty.

 

Vokins looks ok going forward, but defensively him and the rest of back 5 and Keeper were appalling.

 

Shouldn’t lose from being 4-3 up against 10 men with 11 mins to go but that’s football

[Mr Saints]

That’s pretty poor quite frankly.

[SuperSAINT]

Bit of a surprise. Expected us to win that.

 

Cheers for the updates, supersonic.

[JRM]

The 2018/19 season will be remembered for going out of three cup competitions on penalties

[supersonic]

My hands have now defrosted so a few more comments.

 

A lot of these players this was my first time seeing them play so judging them on today only.

 

We started appallingly, 2-0 inside 4 minutes to two shocking goals, the second especially was poor, a deep cross from the left and their striker left completely unmarked to tap home from 5 yards.

 

As said earlier, the keeper looked abysmal as did all 3 centre backs (Bradley-Green, Klarer and Kpohomouh). The right back wasalso really poor but I understand he’s only 16 and playing up a level.

 

Vokins is heard of as being touted as the next big thing, he doesn’t have it defensively based upon today. Looks comfortable on the ball and very much in the Shaw mould but not for me.

 

We lacked any form of leadership in the side and just sat back at 4-3 up and invited pressure which was obvious we couldn’t hold out.

 

Tyreke Johnson took his goal well but did nothing else, same with Tella who had a few decent touches but otherwise anonymous.

 

Ferry looks the best of the lot, seems to have something about him from an attacking point of view. Not sure he has it to make the first team, but he’ll get a decent career out of the game, as long as he stays away from penalties!

 

Overall, really disappointing show tonight, but well done again to Basingstoke who wanted it more.

[John Boy Saint]

My hands have now defrosted so a few more comments.

 

A lot of these players this was my first time seeing them play so judging them on today only.

 

We started appallingly, 2-0 inside 4 minutes to two shocking goals, the second especially was poor, a deep cross from the left and their striker left completely unmarked to tap home from 5 yards.

 

As said earlier, the keeper looked abysmal as did all 3 centre backs (Bradley-Green, Klarer and Kpohomouh). The right back wasalso really poor but I understand he’s only 16 and playing up a level.

 

Vokins is heard of as being touted as the next big thing, he doesn’t have it defensively based upon today. Looks comfortable on the ball and very much in the Shaw mould but not for me.

 

We lacked any form of leadership in the side and just sat back at 4-3 up and invited pressure which was obvious we couldn’t hold out.

 

Tyreke Johnson took his goal well but did nothing else, same with Tella who had a few decent touches but otherwise anonymous.

 

Ferry looks the best of the lot, seems to have something about him from an attacking point of view. Not sure he has it to make the first team, but he’ll get a decent career out of the game, as long as he stays away from penalties!

 

Overall, really disappointing show tonight, but well done again to Basingstoke who wanted it more.

I fairness to Ferry he picked up a cramp in the latter few minutes of the game, he was still trying to stretch it out while waiting to take his penalty on the half way line, his pen was so feeble, having been out for quite a while with injury he might well have been playing on his mind that if he rifles the ball past the keeper he could be making things worse.

fair play to Basingstoke 2nd half it didn’t look like they were down to 10 men.

[The Cat]

Sounds like a poor result, although to put it in a bit of context Sholing beat Bournemouth U23's in the quarter final and they are 2 leagues below Basingstoke.