Match report
TODAY CAN ONLY BE SUMMED UP AS A COMPLETE AND UTTER FARCE FROM START TO FINISH. MEETING TIME WAS 1 PM, WE STILL HAD PLYERS STROLLING OVER AT 1:50. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. WARM UP, DUE TO THE LATE ARRIVALS WAS A FARCE ALSO AS DIGGER AND I LOST OUR OWN MOTIVATION FOR WHAT WE WERE THERE FOR DUE TO THE DISINTEREST OF THE PLAYERS. STARTING LINE UP WAS 1. KEEPER (LIMPING ON A DAMAGED FOOT) BACK 4 OF BORG, HILL, ASARE AND ILESANMI. MID 4 OF WELLMAN, GRIDLEY, OAKLEY AND GROSVENOR, WITH HOWELL AND LABINJO UP FRONT. MOON, WINTERS AND SARAPONG WERE ON THE BENCH. AFTER A BRIGHT OPENING SPELL WE WERE 2-0 DOWN IN 13 MINUTES, KEEPER WAS LEFT EXPOSED AS BORG WAS CAUGHT IN POSSESSION FOR THE 1ST AND THE WHOLE TEAM WATCHED AS A PLAYER TOOK THE BALL DOWN IN THE AREA FROM A CORNER AND SMASHED IT PAST KEEPER. EVEN THOUGH WE PULLED A GOAL BACK AFTER 15 THROUGH GROSVENOR ON HIS FIRST START SINCE MOVING DOWN FROM THE AFC SQUAD, THERE WAS ONLY 1 TEAM IN IT, BANSTEAD. KEEPER MADE 2 QUALITY SAVES AS HE WITNESSED THE FLATTEST PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON FROM HIS TEAM MATES AHEAD OF HIM, NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE TODAY! THERE WERE GLIMPSES OF US TRYING TO PLAY FOOTBALL BUT THE FRONT 2 IN PARTICULAR WERE POOR TODAY. 2ND HALF SAW MUCH OF THE SAME, KEEPER MADE 2 MORE GOOD SAVES TO KEEP US IN IT BEFORE WE SOMEHOW FOUND OURSELVES 3-2 UP, IT WAS HARSH ON BANSTEAD. AN OWN GOAL FROM ILESANMI'S CROSS LEVELLED IT, BEFORE WELLMAN BURST THROUGH POWERFULLY FROM OAKLEYS THROUGHBALL TO SMASH US AHEAD. THE REFEREE, ONCE AGAIN HAD A BIG SAY IN THE GAME, HE WAS POOR, PLAYING ONLY 35 MIN PER HALF BEFORE HE ALLOWED A FREE KICK TO BE TAKEN FROM 15 YARDS FORWARD AND BANSTEAD WERE LEVEL. SHAME THAT IT WAS COVERED IN CONTROVERSY BECAUSE IT WAS LESS THAN BANSTEAD DESERVED, THEY WERE THE BETTER TEAM TODAY, THE COLTS HAVE TO LOOK AT THEMSELVES. FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, DIGGER AND I WERE LET DOWN BY THE APPLICATION FROM THE COLTS AND CHANGES WILL BE MADE. ONLY 4 PLAYERS COME OUT OF THE GAME WITH ANY CREDIT, KEEPER M.o.M, BORG, OAKLEY AND WELLMAN. |
