Macclesfield here.

[Tony]

Losing 2-0. Some poor defending for both particularly the second from Inman. Close first half but once again we have conceded shortly after half time.

[HamptonMad]

Out played. Start The Club Car Mr Barbel lets get out of here. Good side them Silkmen

[Big Rich]

We can now concentrate on the league.

[TW10]

That was a tough watch.. they were quicker, more organised, more committed and just looked better players all over the pitch The exception being in goal. Dubois pulled off some great saves and kept the scoreline half respectable..

[Big Rich]

I was very surprised the attendance was only 1480 and not closer to double that. Not that much more than recent league matches. How many were Macclesfield fans?

[Tony]

It was always going to be a tough game but with a number of missing key players - Fernandez, Deadfield, Donaldson, and Seymour only fit to be on the bench- the task was that bit steeper. The game followed the pattern of Tuesday’s match against St Albans with the visitors having the better possession and exploiting the wings with plenty of balls into the box. Debois made one finger tip save early on to keep us in it. Our best chance came when Hall shot across the box narrowly wide. 0-0 at half time. I thought we would push on after the break but two goals in five minutes killed off the game. First from a corner and second from a mistake by Inman letting in their #9 for a clinical finish. Our best efforts came from Bloomfield but we lacked the width or pace to break open up their defence. Seymour, Brown and CKB came on after the second goal but had limited impact. In the end well beaten by a better side.

[Josh2002]

If they sold their full allocation it would’ve been around 350 as that’s what the stand holds.

[Lord Elpus]

We didn't play badly as such today but Macclesfield were very strong in all departments. Its true that being without Donaldson and Deadfield didn't help our cause but in truth I still think we might have come off second best even if they'd been available.
I don't know how much Macclesfield are paying their players but some of them were seriously good. A well coached and well drilled side too. No complaints about losing today and good luck to them in the next round.

I do feel I have to add this though...in a game that should have had the atmosphere of previous big games (playoff finals, title winning games etc) the Bev felt a bit flat today. There are a lot of people there now who seem happy to pay to get in for the right to buy pizza and chat to their mates with their backs to the game. One large group near us was discussing rugby for most of the second half. This isn't really meant to be a criticism as such, times change, people come and go, but it really is starting to feel very different these days. If the intention was to have a "Dulwich" feel at home games, i.e., more like a social club than a hotbed of football, then it's certainly succeeding.

I note that one of our long standing and vocal supporters was escorted out by security today...I don't know what happened but I do hope the club don't do anything too draconian.

[TW10]

“I note that one of our long standing and vocal supporters was escorted out by security today”

FFS.. who was it? … security throw the Macc fam out who went on the pitch?

Agree re the atmosphere

[EastTerracer]

I was very surprised the attendance was only 1480 and not closer to double that. Not that much more than recent league matches. How many were Macclesfield fans?

Perhaps an uninflated figure.

[Josh2002]

Apparently, it was Alec Barry, can't comment too much as I wasn't at the game, but from some tweets I saw, one of the brothers shoved him and then was shocked when there was retaliation.
https://x.com/BradRance1/status/1756369 ... 50826?s=20

[Tony]

Mel’s post match comments were perhaps the most downbeat I have seen since the Lewes disaster. We weren’t that bad today but Mel clearly felt that performance was not good enough even allowing for the missing players.