- Oct 31, 2010
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Another league game and another penalty plus a red card. Is it 2017 all over again?
The game hinged on reckless decisions by Carey and Ness, two experienced players who let us down.
Ness picked up a silly yellow card in the first half for trying to stop a player running through and in the second half another stupid yellow for handball.
Carey gave away a needless penalty by lunging into a tackle and the ref pointed to the spot after a long think about it, although it seemed one of the linesmen who were furthest away gave it. Macey guessed the right way but couldn't prevent Coventry scoring.
Just like the start of last season we lost our heads again.
And so onto the ref. What an awful performance, you put your faith in officials and I rarely criticise refs but Darren Drysdale had a shocker, we should have had at least two penalties but nothing given.
We played better with 10 men and were camped in the Coventry half for the majority of the time that we were depleted in numbers. The sad thing is that Coventry are a poor team and we should have beaten them, if only Ness and Carey were not so reckless.
Taylor came on and promptly got injured, he carried on but his glass ankle is becoming a problem.
Carey slightly redeemed himself when we were reduced to 10 men by having a very influential game in the centre of midfield.
The two full backs were fantastic, both have so much energy to get up and down the pitch.
The long balls to Ladapo didn't work in the first half but Taylor showed how it should be done in the second half.
We started the game slowly and grew into it, the funny thing is was that our best spell of pressure was when we were down to 10 men.
With a better ref and Carey and Ness keeping their heads we would have won this.
Three captains - Ness,Carey and Fox.
We haven't conceded from open play during the three league games and we haven't scored from open play either.
Man of the Match. Moore.
Macey 7, Moore 8, Wootton 6, Canavan 6, Smith-Brown 7, Songo'o 6, Ness 4, C Grant 5, Carey 6, J Grant 5, Ladapo 6. Subs Taylor 7, Fox 6, Lameiras 6.
The game hinged on reckless decisions by Carey and Ness, two experienced players who let us down.
Ness picked up a silly yellow card in the first half for trying to stop a player running through and in the second half another stupid yellow for handball.
Carey gave away a needless penalty by lunging into a tackle and the ref pointed to the spot after a long think about it, although it seemed one of the linesmen who were furthest away gave it. Macey guessed the right way but couldn't prevent Coventry scoring.
Just like the start of last season we lost our heads again.
And so onto the ref. What an awful performance, you put your faith in officials and I rarely criticise refs but Darren Drysdale had a shocker, we should have had at least two penalties but nothing given.
We played better with 10 men and were camped in the Coventry half for the majority of the time that we were depleted in numbers. The sad thing is that Coventry are a poor team and we should have beaten them, if only Ness and Carey were not so reckless.
Taylor came on and promptly got injured, he carried on but his glass ankle is becoming a problem.
Carey slightly redeemed himself when we were reduced to 10 men by having a very influential game in the centre of midfield.
The two full backs were fantastic, both have so much energy to get up and down the pitch.
The long balls to Ladapo didn't work in the first half but Taylor showed how it should be done in the second half.
We started the game slowly and grew into it, the funny thing is was that our best spell of pressure was when we were down to 10 men.
With a better ref and Carey and Ness keeping their heads we would have won this.
Three captains - Ness,Carey and Fox.
We haven't conceded from open play during the three league games and we haven't scored from open play either.
Man of the Match. Moore.
Macey 7, Moore 8, Wootton 6, Canavan 6, Smith-Brown 7, Songo'o 6, Ness 4, C Grant 5, Carey 6, J Grant 5, Ladapo 6. Subs Taylor 7, Fox 6, Lameiras 6.
