- Oct 31, 2010
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We got out of jail with this one.
We were poor throughout the game and Dagenham deserved to win, the sad thing is they were not that good but still better than us.
However if we are to get promoted we need results like this where a point is more important than the performance.
The cold windy conditions didn't help the flow of the game, Dagenham are another team who have done their research and closed us down and hassled, letting our two centre backs have the ball and like in recent games we just couldn't cope.
Even with Carey in the team we lack creativity to respond to the closing down tactics.
Walton made a number of good saves to earn us the point but his kicking usually hits a linesman. Croll was out of his depth and struggled, his weak challenge led to Dagenham's goal.
Nelson virtually held the team together on his own as pass after pass missed the target and rolled out for a throw-in. We looked really short on confidence.
Carey went off injured for the second half so Tanner moved into his role and Brunt played up front with Jervis on the right wing. McHugh had yet another new partner in midfield with Purrington surprisingly joining him for the second half.
The changes didn't make any difference, it was sad and frustrating to see our team struggle like this after dominating League Two.
With just seconds left a long ball up front found Brunt and from 20 yards he smashed the ball into the roof of the net.
The mood amongst the fans totally changed, we didn't deserve it but who cares, important points like this pave the way to promotion.
Wylde's early season form has disappeared, Jervis hardly touched the ball, Brunt made more of an effort when he came on compared to the powder puff attack during the first half.
The team were poor but they didn't give up. For 92 minutes we struggled, for 1 minute we were world beaters!
Man of the match. Nelson. Well played.
Walton 6, Mellor 5, Nelson 8, Croll 4, Sawyer 6, McHugh 6, Simpson 5, Carey 5, Tanner 6, Wylde 5, Jervis 4. Subs Purrington 5, Brunt 7, Harvey n/a.
We were poor throughout the game and Dagenham deserved to win, the sad thing is they were not that good but still better than us.
However if we are to get promoted we need results like this where a point is more important than the performance.
The cold windy conditions didn't help the flow of the game, Dagenham are another team who have done their research and closed us down and hassled, letting our two centre backs have the ball and like in recent games we just couldn't cope.
Even with Carey in the team we lack creativity to respond to the closing down tactics.
Walton made a number of good saves to earn us the point but his kicking usually hits a linesman. Croll was out of his depth and struggled, his weak challenge led to Dagenham's goal.
Nelson virtually held the team together on his own as pass after pass missed the target and rolled out for a throw-in. We looked really short on confidence.
Carey went off injured for the second half so Tanner moved into his role and Brunt played up front with Jervis on the right wing. McHugh had yet another new partner in midfield with Purrington surprisingly joining him for the second half.
The changes didn't make any difference, it was sad and frustrating to see our team struggle like this after dominating League Two.
With just seconds left a long ball up front found Brunt and from 20 yards he smashed the ball into the roof of the net.
The mood amongst the fans totally changed, we didn't deserve it but who cares, important points like this pave the way to promotion.
Wylde's early season form has disappeared, Jervis hardly touched the ball, Brunt made more of an effort when he came on compared to the powder puff attack during the first half.
The team were poor but they didn't give up. For 92 minutes we struggled, for 1 minute we were world beaters!
Man of the match. Nelson. Well played.
Walton 6, Mellor 5, Nelson 8, Croll 4, Sawyer 6, McHugh 6, Simpson 5, Carey 5, Tanner 6, Wylde 5, Jervis 4. Subs Purrington 5, Brunt 7, Harvey n/a.
