0-1 bad defending from Horton, just very sloppy and not concerned about the threat from their attacker. Oddly was looking away from the ball when their attacker did well to latch onto the ball and cross. Fault – Horton
0-2 excellent finish, whitehall closed down okay. Fault – no one was a well worked goal
0-3 smith’s defending for the cross was poor. Evans was outmuscled and outjumped at the back post for his header. Fault – Smith was not close enough to the crosser
1-3 good finish from Roberts, good assist from Horton
1-4 poor tackle from Rowley. Good ball in from them, Ewing was not goal side of the attacker who went on to score. V poor. Fault – Ewing
2-4 a very soft pen given to us. Good finish from Whitehall
2-5 not a foul on Rowley, down too easy. Good play and finish from them. Fault- Rowley
3-5 definitely a penalty. Good finish from Roberts.
3-6 Evans looked to be fouled but not given and they were a little lucky with the break. Fault – defence.
Overall I wouldn’t single out Mahady for any of the goals which was interesting. And I thought that Butler got the half time subs right after watching the highlights with Smith and Ewing being v poor for the goals they were at fault for.
I wasn’t too despondent as I actually saw that the players were putting a shift in but we’re just crap on the day.
Gonna be a tricky match tomorrow.
Would probably give Ewing a rest, play Beestin in the hole. So slight formation change from 4-3-3 to 4-2-3-1. Westbrooke and Rowley sitting in CM.
Let’s hope for a more consistent defence tomorrow!
