Post by victor1986 on Oct 16, 2016 12:19:41 GMT
Afternoon all.
Well done on the win, think a draw would have probably been the fair result overall as we shaded the 1st half and you the 2nd - but you took your chance and we didn't take ours. We had to lose at some point!
Disappointed with our keeper Doyle for your goal as it was one he could have dropped on had he remained to the left of the goal where he stood initially, it was a decent enough effort from Maguire but really shouldn't have resulted in a goal. I think what a couple of you have said is right with Hemmings blocking his view, but still a bad one to concede.
Pen looked very soft and Dieng went down easily. Don't know if that was in the ref's mind at the end with the one he didn't award, following the complaints about the one he did give.
A few of you have said it and it's no secret - we have issues up front. We can't find a combination that works (yet) and whilst we're creating chances we're being very wasteful - just like with Hiwula yesterday. A number of the draws we've had really should have been wins.
Meredith getting injured was a big blow as an attacking outlet as well, he's one of our best players. That was Kilgallon's league debut and whilst he's played his career at a higher level, he's not the same type of player as Meredith.
Maguire seems a class apart for you. We didn't really test Eastwood enough, though from your comments it seems he has improved a lot since he was with us, when he was absolutely abysmal!
Was interesting to read pre-game comments from a couple of you re us being a rough team - that was driven by our previous manager. I always thought that reputation was oversold a bit but lots of opposition fans seemed to say it! We've completely changed under McCall as you might have seen yesterday.
Good luck for the rest of the season. Maintain the levels you did yesterday and you should do pretty well. Sounds like you need to work out how to beat the more 'robust' teams though?
Yes bantam - you were one of two excellent footballing sides to visit us this season - Charlton the other - if your No 11 hadn't had a mare the result could have been a lot different. Good luck until we meet again.