Agree I thought we competed very well in the first half and were on top for much of the 45. Some poor finishing and good goalkeeping kept us at 0-0. With a bit more luck we would have been ahead at the break. It appeared Truro had a bit of a rollicking in the dressing room as they came out in the second half all guns blazing and we rarely had any control of the game thereafter. Well taken first goal swiftly followed by a free kick that went through the legs of the wall and then a defensive error with some poor anticipation by our loan keeper saw him lobbed for the third goal.

Some fairly bizarre inconsistent refereeing which mattered little to the result. Truro were much better at 'professionally' managing the referee than we were. I imagine he had an interesting conversation with the assessor at the end of the game as he came close to losing control in the middle of the second half, with a full-on handbags row of all players almost erupting over one rather trivial decision.

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About the visiting fans... our announced 'zero tolerance' mantra for abusive language was laughable. No point in having it if not enforced.

Truro certainly knew a few cynical tricks - first half they were playing for free kicks and incessantly in the refs ear over just about everything. Although credit to them for coming out of the traps fast down the slope - thought it was a weak collapse early second half from us - Not for the first time either this season. Because it was so quiet (was there really more than 400 there?) anyone vocal stands out and the only Chippenham voice i could hear loudly cajoling and instructing on the pitch was Freddie Grant. Looked like we didn't know how to stay in and get back into the game when Harvey got his first goal.

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