Well done indeed. In my view Welling were one of the best teams I have seen at HP this season. Very direct and I was extremely relieved when the final whistle went, and 3 more lovely points towards safety were secured. That must taken a lot of courage by Horgs to haul off his captain with less than an hour played. But to be brutally honest Spencer was well off the pace this evening, and had no answer against Welling’s very quick No.21. All things considered I think we just about deserved the win tonight, and I think St.Albans on Saturday will be just as tough as tonight’s opponents. Let’s hope the guys who picked up knocks tonight recover in time for Saturday’s battle ! COYMB

toyboy wrote:

Well done indeed. In my view Welling were one of the best teams I have seen at HP this season. Very direct and I was extremely relieved when the final whistle went, and 3 more lovely points towards safety were secured. That must taken a lot of courage by Horgs to haul off his captain with less than an hour played. But to be brutally honest Spencer was well off the pace this evening, and had no answer against Welling’s very quick No.21. All things considered I think we just about deserved the win tonight, and I think St.Albans on Saturday will be just as tough as tonight’s opponents. Let’s hope the guys who picked up knocks tonight recover in time for Saturday’s battle ! COYMB

I am genuinely lost for words on your comment regarding Welling. Load of thugs who kick it long. Wouldn’t even throw the ball back when we kicked it out for the injured player. Terrible team, especially as they are full time and spend a lot of money.

Thought first half we looked brilliant with the ball. Played some lovely stuff. Second half was good in patches but showed our other side.

Noticed Geri Jill was in the crowd tonight, he must feel sick seeing a team with young players playing well on half his budget and now breathing right down his neck.

Can’t argue with MOTM - just a shame we picked up
A couple of injuries tonight.

First of all...massive credit due. It  is hard to believe where we were  just 3 weeks ago and where we are today. An astonishing turn-around... the must-win minimum of 6 games achieved in record-breaking fashion with only the minor interruption of the Eastbourne draw. Praise from top to bottom to everyone who keeps the CTFC machine on the road from Chairman downwards. Absolutely brilliant!
I thought there were passages of play last night that were as high a quality as anything I've seen at the TSS.  As is our habit we did it the hard way going down to a good goal from a rare but highly effective attack. 
I'm of Funny Old Game's opinion that , to put it politely, Welling were extremely physical and did their best to bully us.  They completely ran out of ideas after their equalising goal, hoofed the ball forward and allowed Will Richards to show what a splendid player he is of the aerial ball. Everyhing that came to him and Ollie Tomlinson was returned with compound interest as we set up wave after wave of fast counters... some of the best unortunately thwarted by Own W, who was excellent otherwise, straying a little offside on 2 or 3 ocasions.  Luke R and Tom M took ownership of the midield  and, defensively,  we began to find the pace on the flanks to neutralise their fast front 3. 2 of our 3 substitutions were for pre-existing  injuries  ( MM's ankle and Caine's hamstring) There were a lot of tired bodies out there ( as the cliche goes) With another wave of fixtures to come Gary H will see his options reduced by sheer attrition.  Good to see Pablo M, Sam Heal , (and last Saturday) Leigton T doing strides down the touchline pre-match.  One or two (?) of the 5 Academy recruits will almost certainly get a test drive when we are mathematically safe  I would think.  Don't know Mr Gill well enough by sight ... but said a hello to Jordan in his knitted beanie.

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96chipp wrote:

Feel for the Welling fans who were not only subject to an abject performance from their team, but were also treated to some awful treatment from a bunch of teenagers. They were kicked out, only to return to antagonise from behind the Sheldon end fence.

I wonder if they were the same idiots who behaved so badly at last week's Tuesday night game against Weymouth. They were also abusive and provocative towards some Weymouth fans.