Harriers Chatter

Paulwj wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2026 9:46 am Agree re Devine he spends far too much time just waiting for the ball to come towards him.
He might be much more useful down the middle.
Certain to win us free kicks in dangerous places when he is inevitably fouled .
Wasted wide .

It must be AM instructions for Devine to be out wide. It's criminal how often he is ignored. Dibble (great GK – no criticism there) is the biggest culprit. He hardly ever kicks out to his left. Owen Evans (one of our best players in all other respects) also doesn't seem able to spot Devine's runs. We can see Devine getting frustrated.
Having said that, Devine's first goal against Marine came about because everybody had forgotten he was there so I suppose there is some benefit to him being the invisible man!

That was the first time I'd made it since the Telford game.

Really interested to see we lined up in far more of a 4-3-3 shape. Less asymmetrical, Devine was as far forward on the left as Walker was on the right. Clarke and Kandola sitting (and both impressed) while Ryley worked really well with AMS - intriguing to see Amari often deeper than the wingers and Reynolds often running on beyond him. It almost turned into 4-2-4 at times.

Really do think Murray did the best he could with the players available. He had to take the impressive (albeit very one-footed) Clarke off, Hall found it difficult coming on. A tricky game to come on as sub.

If he'd have brought TSS in in the 89th minute and he'd missed his penalty... Imagine the reaction.

Some of us thought their captain number 7 had been booked twice, we must have been wrong, ha. Just a shame that every time we attacked second half Wealdstone fouled us then the ref gave them free kicks every time our resultant set piece went in the box.

I'll hold my hands up and admit I was wrong about TSS being bought on for the last 15 minutes (not just for the penalties) thinking it would have been pro-active to bring a striker on in the hope of, maybe, getting us over the line. Afterall what had we got to lose?

Just glad Dibble didn't get injured. Palmer would have been left on the bench and AM would have put an outfield player in goal and everyone would have said well what else could AM do? "He played our best 11".

I wasn't there, but in principle I think Phil has a great point. If you have a striker on the bench for penalties, bring him on.

Never let TSS on the pitch. Ever.

Need to get rid as quickly as possible (which will probably take ages).

Sounds like a really spirited performance yesterday. Wealdstone's last penalty so close to being saved.

I still feel like Kandola should be featuring regularly.

HarrierN2 wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2026 12:04 pm Never let TSS on the pitch. Ever.

Need to get rid as quickly as possible (which will probably take ages).

I'd definitely go along with that. Calling TSS a striker is a bit of a misnomer. I'd much rather have kept KW and let TSS go but who's going to take him off our hands? Even Hereford are not that desperate!

This nonsense about strikers on the bench misses the point; why did the club allow several strikers to go out on loan and become cup-tied?.
Tin pot administration.

Great to see Walker run the full back ragged first half, though his final ball (again) meant we did no damage. Man marked second half although Devine came into the game. Interesting to see AMS playing a far deeper role than normal, meaning he didn’t take the punishment off the centre backs he normally suffers.
The 'new' tactic of leaving three up (copyright G. Allner 1983) defending a corner almost paid dividends a couple of times. Please retain for the rest of the season please.

From those at the game - are the highlights that representative?

Apart from AMS' header in the second half, I'm not seeing where these apparent chances were that we didn't take? Lots of scruffy bits, but nothing where you think 'good chance of us scoring here'. I think there's only two clips from the second half as a whole!

Second half was a nervy one. You can see neither side wanted to make a mistake nobody really took control of the game

Wealdstone have been drawn at home to Marine in the semi final.

harry211 wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2026 3:26 pm From those at the game - are the highlights that representative?

Apart from AMS' header in the second half, I'm not seeing where these apparent chances were that we didn't take? Lots of scruffy bits, but nothing where you think 'good chance of us scoring here'. I think there's only two clips from the second half as a whole!

It was a game of few chances. Nevertheless I really enjoyed it. We stepped up and matched a side from the league above. We edged it in my opinion. Yes, we all want open, flowing football and scores of chances but as Swansea says above I think we did well with what we had available.

Don’t get the want for TSS on the pitch for penalties. In this day and age I expect all players to be able to stick one away. Tbf they were a decent set of pens from both sides.

I thought the deeper role for AMS was quite effective at times. AMS played well.

Impressed with some of the set piece routines.

Get the frustation re Devine and him getting the ball although some of our fans are screaming for one of our players to pass it to him before they’ve even got the ball under control themselves. Worth noting Devine’s willingness to go down easily at times. For those that think only other teams cheat.

Walker is dividing people. He’s still only 23 and played all last season two levels below. I like his attitude and his pace is exciting. But yes, final ball can be frustrating and be interesting to see how he develops. He’s nowhere as effective as Maz or Worrall and I get that some compare him to that.

Reynolds’ performances have dropped to where they were. Great finish mind.

Clark put in a shift but clearly isn’t fit enough to play 90 mins. I’ve not been his biggest fan but you can see he does possess some good vision for a defence unlocking pass.

I continue to enjoy watching Obi, Kalambayi and Evans. Solid players, good attitudes. Surely a club higher up the pyramid have to pick Foulkes up at some point.

Murray is aware we haven’t scored enough goals. Yes it’s on him as some signings didn’t work out. We are where we are at the moment and it’s hard to remedy now I’d argue. Let’s hope the summer sees additions that last the course.