2-1 Harvey

2.3

Out of his depth? I am not even sûre that he knows he is in the water.
 

Some of our play was absolutely laughable. Guthrie took a free kick in the first half from out wide on the left. Our players were all lined up just outside of the box. Somehow Guthrie managed to hit the ball not in front of them as you might expect, but behind them and with enough force to send the ball out for a throw in on the opposite side of the pitch. I lost count of the number of times Nathan screwed up his clearances. His best move was when he subbed himself. 

According to Ian Longdon who was fronting BBC Radio Wiltshire's sports program, 7 calls were made to Nathan's mobile for his post-match views, but all went straight to his answerphone.

Last edited by Dauntsey Boys (16/2/2013 9:27 PM)

The positives were that the goals we scored were good - sweet cross from Griffiths to Griffin for the first and it was Kite, who came on for Rudge, who scored number two. Tindle's own goal really shouldnt be classed as such as it seemed to me that it was going in anyway and he was trying to clear it. But even at 2-1, we didn't play like we wanted to keep that lead


If Rudge was a gamble or an affordable option we'll never know. That said, to my eyes there must be some things going on behind the scenes that cause the lack of team spirit that is so visible. This is throughout the team, not just the few players brought in by Rudge and Feyer - for example Casey seems short of pace and out of sorts (the redditch number 9 should have had more goals - noone including Casey could handle him or took the responsibility to man mark him) and the body language of other stalwarts such as Lye and Griffin is telling too. Too many of the others don't put in a full shift (eg Griffiths, Phillips) or are showing themselves to be just not good enough at this level (Osman, Johns, Guthrie)

On the strength of that performance then I don't see how relegation can be avoided unless other teams are in dire straits for other reasons  - obviously the management carries most of the responsibility for that, but right now I'm wondering if we don't need a complete refresh of the squad. 

Where are the new finds to try out with our structure including Park FC and FC Res that the board set up?