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Bees v Dagenham: Match Reports and Reaction

Here please. :wave:

Wasn't pretty but it's another important 3 points and a good start to the New Year. I'll post more later.
 

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zzzzzzzz...hooray nicely worked goal...zzzzzzzzzzzzz...boo hit & hope equaliser...zzzzzzzzzzz...Charlie huffed & puffed...zzzzzzzzzzzz..determination + quality cross from Forster hooray we've won...zzzzzzzz etc
 

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We lost our way a bit when Wood went off. We've seen earlier in the season that having 2 out-and-out wingers hasn't got us results, and having Simpson and Weston on meant we didn't keep the ball well and we played poorly for long periods. Bringing on Spillane meant we passed the ball better and looked much better for the last 20 minutes. Then Forster came on and we got the goal!
 

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We deserved the win. Dream start with excellent passing between Alexander, Wood and Charlie to set up Simpson. Should have added a second but for some good saves by the ex-Ra-Ra pantomime dame and a bad miss by Simpson, who was otherwise playing well.

Wood stretchered off with what looked like a bad shoulder injury after collecting their player, a yellow card and an advertising hoarding all in one tackle. Weston came on after a fairly quick warm up :nono::D

Excellent 40 yard cross field pass and first time volleyed return set up their well taken equaliser. Should have had a pen just on H-T but Alexander stayed on his feet rather than go down. Actually played some reasonable football on the ground for some of the first half but the AS H-T team talk brought a return to the more usual style.

Some good saves by Lee, strong defending by Karleigh, good approach play and shot by Charlie well saved by Roberts and then the pivotal moment - Forster on for Weston fought tigerishly 3 times to win the ball back, then on to Alexander's head for a joyous winner. :bound:

Corner flag stuff for the last few minutes.

Ref generally poor, New Road lino absolutely clueless
 

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Think it was Napoleon who said that better his generals are lucky rather than good. I happen to think that there is a lot that AS gets right (and some things that need improving) but he also has a knack of pulling rabbits out of his hat and today was no exception.

His inspired substitution of Nick Forster for the listless Myles Weston won us the game.

Nicky Forster's persistence saw him win the ball, lose it, win it, lose it again and win it once again before putting over a perfect cross for Garry Alexander to head a winner when it looked like we had run out of ideas.

2 rusty teams but we played some football and hung in there and just about deserved the points.
 

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Made hard work of it Wood lucky not to have seen red stupid tackle,Weston was piss poor Magic moment from Forster to set up winner for Alexandra who was my motm mid field was dire all game Charlie looked good and if not for a great save in the second half by Roberts would have been a contender for goal of the season.Hope we will be addressing the mid field with a couple of new signings.
 

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.................just about did enough for the win...............................impressed by their No.7 a bit of Saunders about him..............Weston had a poor game whilst Spillane did well when he came on......................onwards to Muff............................
 

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Contrary to what a lot of people were saying inside and on the way out of the ground, I thought that was a decent game of lower-league footy. First half we scored a good goal (great ball from Alexander, crossed in by Wood I think to Charlie, who rolled it further across for Simpson to pass it in). We then could have had a couple more with scrambles from free kicks and corners (superb delivery from Woodman) and Dave smashed the outside of the post from the edge of the box. Wood looked to do himself serious damage when taking out one of their players on the touchline - he got a yellow card (quite rightly) but it looked a nasty injury and left on a stretcher after 5-6 mins treatment, hopefully he'll be back soon. Daggers then got an excellent if undeserved equaliser, crossfield pass, first time cross, bundled in: 1-1.

Second half we really lost our way and Simpson was looking very laboured on the right - I like him but he is not blessed with pace! Weston had come on for Wood in the first half but it never happened for him today. He looked like he was still feeling his way back in after the injury and nothing worked. However, he was giving 100% and it will take time to get the confidence and pace back - and when he's back he will be dangerous. Spillane came on for Simpson and we immediately looked better, then Forster on for Myles for his customary five minutes... only this time, he won the ball, lost it, won the ball, lost it, won the ball a third time and put a perfect cross for Alexander to bullet in a header - 2-1 and probably just about deserved based on the whole match.

Additional comments... it was VERY quiet today, crowd waiting for the players to get us going and the players maybe waiting for the crowd. This could end up a very big win if we can get the atmosphere and confidence going at home - we've got 13 home games left in the league so need to rediscover whatever it was that made GP a fortress in the last couple of seasons. Four league wins in a row is a brilliant run and the second half of the season could be very interesting.

Oh, and their keeper Roberts is brilliant value. Great to see a player with a bit of character and a sense of humour - even if he is Rangers scum...
 

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Phew! :cool:

Thank god for that, that could be a huge goal in our season, getting a win without playing particularly well, especially having not played in a while and going into a busy few weeks.

I guess the best way to look at it was to get a win when not playing that well is always a good sign. We had to dig in, kept battling and although the football wasn't great on the eye it was a performance of tenacity and hunger that got us over the line.

It all started so well, getting the early goal, knocking it around nicely and looking like heading for a comfortable victory. It was a nicely worked goal with a large slice of luck. A ball down the left channel allowed Wood to stretch his legs, the Dagenham centre half fell over allowing Wood to cross for the unmarked charlie who selflessly laid the ball onto Simpson to roll the ball into the net with the keeper stranded. As I said we were comfortable without ever looking too threatening and our failure to take chances cost us as they equalised. A cross field ball was volleyed back across the goal into a dangerous area for their on rushing midfielder who turned it into the net although it looked slightly fortuitous as it appeared to hit him and go in.

From then on it turned into a rather scrappy, cagey affair. We were sloppy with the ball in posession with lots of overhit passes, aimless long balls and a lack of link up and understanding between players perhaps indicative of a side having played just one league game in the last six weeks.

Dagenham and Redbridge looked to hit us on the break and looked threatening from set plays although Lee was largely forced into regulation saves. It wasn't pretty and our main attacking threats of Weston and Simpson were largely nuliffied. We were the more likely side to get a winner although we were struggling to dominate like we'd done in the first half. Scott got his subs spot on which was great to see especially as it has often been a weak link of his. Spillane played some nice cross field passes and was a little more direct than Simpson whilst Forster played a key part in the winning goal. Coming in from the left, he battled away with their right back, both seemingly losing the ball then fighting to win it back, eventually Forster got the better of him and chipped in a delightful cross for Alexander who buried the header although he could hardly miss. Great scenes and what relief around the ground at the final whistle.

It is these type of games we will need to win if we are going to achieve promotion. Dagenham and Redbridge had a lot of guile and fight about them but will probably be fighting a relegation battle for the rest of the season. It wasn't pretty but with the weather conditions like they were it was never going to be. Thought we really missed Bean in the middle and Saunders extra spark and creativity was sorely missed. Felt a bit sorry for Myles who had been out injured for a while and was probably only expecting a 20 minute cameo but because of Wood's injury (hope he's ok?) he had to play virtually a full game and looked rusty. Simpson got the goal and supported the attacks well but does frustrate with some loose touches here and there. Not sure about Wright at home, I prefer Spillane with his ability to overlap and join the attacks whereas Wright gives us more solidity tucking in with the centre backs but perhaps at home Spillane would be more effective?

Not pretty but after so long without a game it was all about the three points to keep the run going. Bournemouth will be one of the toughest games of the season and it will give us an insight into whether we really are promotion chasers in this ever so tight division.

Charlie Mac for man of the match.

Onwards and upwards :)
 

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Dour rather than dire. All shape was lost after Wood's injury, we had looked sharp until that point. Forster showed Weston a masterclass in dogged determination winning the ball twice and setting up the goal. It could have been the proverbial banana skin but three points is three points. A very happy new year.
 

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A good 3 points but was hard work and not very pretty. Anyone got the latest on Sam Saunders? Was a bit surprised he didn't appear today either in the team or on the bench. He's was in blinding form up to the Southampton game and we have missed his creativity. He had a hamstring problem but on Bees Player last week he sounded as though he was ready for the game.
 

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I think Sheff Utd's loss is our gain if it's a results business but to be honest it wasn't all that pretty to watch today. Fair play to whatever side AS puts out - they always fight to the end and we probably deserved our win. D&R weren't that bad - they were quick to break and used Savage to good effect and had some reasonable chances. Simpson was poor besides his goal and Weston clearly not match fit but it wasn't his fault he had to come on so early. Hope Wood isn't seriously injured but it was a stupid challenge in their half and needless.

Good 3 points, further up the table and a note to Andy Scott - if D&R go down at the end of the season put in a reasonable offer for their RB Ogogo as he was superb all afternoon and my MoM.
 

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Enjoy isn't really the word but it was good to be at GP again. I thought we would win by a canter with the way we started because it seemed that we could score from every attack. They scored a very good goal though and we lost our way. Defence was poor today, particularity Legge and Wright and they had some quick and strong players who luckily, lacked quality.

Just about deserved the win. Won't stay in the memory long but it was job done all round - 3 points and cleared my cotton wool head.
 

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As anyone could see it was a very rusty performance...

The first goal was a lovely move including both wingers and strikers, one of the best i've seen this year... ;)

Simpson had his worst performance in a Brentford shirt IMO and despite scoring the goal looked well off it as well as Weston who came on and got subbed, he didnt look fully fit and was no where near as fast as usual, although he did put a few good crosses in.

Both strikers worked non-stop as always and between them get better and better every game.

The midfield was strong in the middle and Dave and KOC had excellent games although we lacked something on both wings and I thought Saunders was dearly missed.

The defence + goalkeeper looked dodgy in patches, although KO had another super game and that tackle he made towards the end was superb.

All in all a well-earned 3 points but it could have been very different, not our best performance but a win is a win :)
 

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Got to give Daggers credit for their game plan. Close us down and chase everything, then hit Savage with the ball. Almost worked but eventually we dug out a class goal.

Games against Daggers have been like this so a good win in my book even if it was scrappy at times.This is a game we would have lost earlier in the season.
 

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Thought we were going to walk it after 15 minutes but we lost our way after that but no surprise really as weve had so little game time lately.Very impressed with the front two, Weston had the ignominy of a sub being subbed but he tried and looked usty but understandable, got better in the 2nd half.

Forster did well for the goal but I'm slightly concerned with our back 4 as Legge has not been on it the last 2 home games, too many hoofs and aimless headers and Wright is steady but no more.

At the end of the day a wins a win and we are now 9 points off relagation.
 

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Stanley said:
Games against Daggers have been like this so a good win in my book even if it was scrappy at times.This is a game we would have lost earlier in the season.
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Agreed. Our results against the likes of Orient, Hartlepool and Walsall amount to the only reason we are not chasing down Brighton in 2nd spot. Once we are able to grind teams like this down as well we're well on our way.

Sad to read that Weston had another quiet game. I just wonder how big the opposition club needs to be for him to put in a shift.
 

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We started well and with the front 2 linking up well but without any real support in the final 3rd from the anonymous midfield.
We could and should have been out of sight after getting a well worked goal and hitting the woodwork twice but they scored a cracking equaliser with their only serious venture into our half. A superb cross field pass to the excellent Danny Green was volleyed perfectly across the box to an onrushibg forward who couldn't miss.
1-1 and wasn't worried but after the break Still madexsure they got tighter to us and they battled away manfully with Green and the 37 both causing our defence concern when they ran at us. Thank God they have Big Bas Savage up front as he's worse than the Trolley in front of goal so nullified any threat. Nicky Forster demonstrated the need for never giving up to supply the excellent Gary Alexander to nod in.

All in all a just about deserved 3 points and more positives than negatives although Woods silly challenge, Wrights All round game, Myles failure to go past his man and Daves anonymous second half all worrying.

Positives included our first half tactic of playing football on the floor, Charlie Mac and Gary Alexanders link up play and excellent substitutions that had positive impact.

Thought the ref was poor throughout and the lino lost it and forgot the offside rule until the last 5 minutes.
I like Dagenham and John Still but suspect they'll do well to stay up without any firepower although both their sidemen looked decent.

I hope another forward and ball playing centre mid are top of AS' shopping list in transfer window.

Lee. 7 Virtually faultless although very little to do
Wright. 5 Had a mare with poor tackling and even worse distribution
Leon 6 OK, solid as ever in the air, average on the deck
Karleigh 7.5 Reliable week in week out this season and did everything required competently again
Craig W 7 Reliable defensively and great delivery on free kicks, having a great season
Simpson 6 Very good first half but tired after the break and first touch suffered
Kev O 6 Needs to get into the game more and lead but fairly anonymous
Dave 5 So frustrating, for first 30 minutes looked the complete centre mid, competing fir every ball and mixing up short and long passes but then disappeared with Kev O.
Sam W 5 Stupid indisciplined Rowlands type tackle that deserved a yellow and adversely affected the balance once Weston replaced him
Charlie Mac 8 As per usual worked his socks off and played well alongside Gary Alexander, would have been a goal of the season candidate if 2nd half volley had gone in
Gary A 8.5 Cracking target man performance, chased everything, held the ball up well with excellent delivery for first half goal and thoroughly deserved to nod the winner.

Subs

Myles 5 Not his day, but never hid and given games he'll find his form again I'm sure
Spillane 7 Did a good job and restored the balance when he came and linked up well with Charlue Mac
Nicky Forster Only on for 5 mins but his persistence seg up the winner
 

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Sweepy said:
Sad to read that Weston had another quiet game. I just wonder how big the opposition club needs to be for him to put in a shift.
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Don't worry, Weston put in a shift - it just didn't work out for him today. I wasn't happy with Myles in the league earlier in the season but today he probably tried too hard at times but was rusty and slow (for him) coming back from injury. Hopefully some time on the bench will be the kick up the arse Weston needs.
 

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We started well enough but after they equalised we were fecking dreadful summed up by westons awful performance(just didnt seem bothered and not for the first time this season).
Still we got lucky and 3 points is 3 points...
 

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Will Bee said:
Don't worry, Weston put in a shift - it just didn't work out for him today. I wasn't happy with Myles in the league earlier in the season but today he probably tried too hard at times but was rusty and slow (for him) coming back from injury. Hopefully some time on the bench will be the kick up the arse Weston needs.
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Cheers. It will probably come good for him in a crucial promotion six-pointer in the weeks ahead. :sorted:
 

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Not pretty on the eye, but a win is a win and it means that we are unbeaten this decade.

:sorted: :cool:
 

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Sorry to the Myles lovers but today summed him up for me. We've been on a good run without him in the side. Wood goes off injured after a bright start by the team today. MW is the sub brought on and we are suddenly a less effective unit. Until that is the sub is subbed by Forster who immediately shows he 'wants it' more than Myles did. NF's determination created Gazza's goal. Myles must learn he has to be effective consistently if he is going to be a regular in the starting eleven.
BTW the lino on NR was indescribably bad. Missed at least 4 clear offsides when D&R were attacking BR in the 2nd half.
 

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Happy with a win, but history has shown that we do tend to struggle against bottom feeders.
 

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Broken arm for woody, shame we are going to need reinforcements sooner rather than later.
 

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Sweepy said:
Agreed. Our results against the likes of Orient, Hartlepool and Walsall amount to the only reason we are not chasing down Brighton in 2nd spot. Once we are able to grind teams like this down as well we're well on our way.

Sad to read that Weston had another quiet game. I just wonder how big the opposition club needs to be for him to put in a shift.
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Dunno about lack of effort. He didn't look match fit to me.
 

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BedfontRed said:
We started well enough but after they equalised we were fecking dreadful summed up by westons awful performance(just didnt seem bothered and not for the first time this season).
Still we got lucky and 3 points is 3 points...
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I don't think Weston's "not bothered", I think his lack of games & fitness has affected his confidence and therefore the quality of his performances. There was one point today when he had s[pace to push and then take his FB on but he just didn't try to beat his man for pace...most unlike him, imo.
 

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He's just coming back from injury... A few games ago everyone was worried we were too reliant on him. It's a funny old game, saint
 

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Sweepy said:
Our results against the likes of Orient, Hartlepool and Walsall amount to the only reason we are not chasing down Brighton in 2nd spot.
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The Hartlepudlians are ahead of us in the table and closer to Brighton than the Bees are. They had a convincing four-two win over Oldham today and really shouldn't be bracketed with Orient and Walsall this season, at least so far.
 

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Thought it was a real game of huff and hoof from Brentford. The players weren't sticking to Scotts game plan and are the ones to blame for this poor footballing display. Thankfully in Scott we have a manager who is able to see our failings on the pitch and replaced Weston with Forster leading to the winning goal and improved play.
 

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We looked good early on but Woody going off unsettled us. It was a crazy ball to go for but he is so committed and just loves playing for us and i hope he makes a swift recovery. It was a poor game in which both teams looked rusty and Dagenham always seemed to win the second ball but we persevered and got the winner at just the right time. Two really good goals today.Its always good to win a game in which you dont hit the heights.
 

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Will Bee said:
it was VERY quiet today
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It was like a midday kickoff atmosphere, most people probably gave the pub a miss after guzzling last night.
I know I did after a 4.30 am finish. :yawn: :yuck:
 

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Ugly Match but a wins a win. I have to say however that our support today was woeful. I know the boys didn't give us a great deal to shout about but I just wish we could start making some noise from the off like we used to and whats happened to the old songs like "and if you know your history" ect. I am sick of the stupid "too big for this league" b**locks.
 

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AS definatly made the right choice taking Weston off for Nicky, and it paid dividends!
Players at fault today not AS tactics or anything just below par performance. But its a home win in the league so very good to grind out the win when they could have won the game with a few chances, just didnt see a second goal coming!
Wright was off his game today.
Best wishes to Sam Wood, the tackle would need to see again but from New Road it looked late by Wood and the ball looked like it was already out? But Wood is a battler and thats a good thing, would rather him chase down and keep doing what hes doing. Hes here, hes there, everywhere Sammy Wood!
Onwards to Bournemouth where i can feel a Brentford victory on the cards!
 

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oh yeah and its sad to see / hear 418 Dagenham fans outsing us :(
This season as been the worst ive seen and almost reminds me of the years of Fitz / Leroy, yeah at times its rocking, Everton etc.
It may well be the Wendy House echos more than Ealing Road
 

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Brentford_till_die said:
oh yeah and its sad to see / hear 418 Dagenham fans outsing us :(
This season as been the worst ive seen and almost reminds me of the years of Fitz / Leroy, yeah at times its rocking, Everton etc.
It may well be the Wendy House echos more than Ealing Road
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The Wendy House acoustics are streets ahead of Ealing Road where the sound drifts out into the open sky
 

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Ascot Bee said:
Piss poor away end though given that it's an hour in a Ford Fiesta. How many of them - 600?
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..............yep...............a proper non league turnout..................
 

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I know this gets repeated alot but dont some people think it looked more than 5,400 today I thought it was more 6k?
 

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Hullbee said:
Thought it was a real game of huff and hoof from Brentford. The players weren't sticking to Scotts game plan and are the ones to blame for this poor footballing display. Thankfully in Scott we have a manager who is able to see our failings on the pitch and replaced Weston with Forster leading to the winning goal and improved play.
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Best ironic post of the year! And it's, er the first of, er, the first!!! Top work!!!
 

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Tucking In to the chasing pack..

As the old year moved south, we continued our climb north up the table to the heights of the top 10. Start of our push towards some more important games:)

The Daggers are a weird team, they punch above their weight, and in their manager and the way they play they are likeable for no good reason and always present us with a tougher game than on paper it should.

The Bees started well in wet and soggy conditions, Simpson won headers galore over the vertically chalenged left back in the first 20 mins. Alexander and Mac linked well, 9 mins in, the centre half slipped when Charlie Mac received a cross, Charlie astutely passed sidewards to avoid the onrushing Roberts to Simpson who slid/lunged sidefooted the ball from 12 yards into the empty net. 1 nil and the Daggers defence was as secure as an Aussie batsman! :D

D&R then had a chance when the beanpole Savage (red hair, green kit :nono:)missed a clear header, this bloke moonwalks far better than he can play football! Wood injures himself on a late slide tackle, call it spirit or reckless, but result was yellow card and a broken arm for Sam, 6 weeks for Sam to think was it worth it!
D&R equalise, bish bash bosh, 40 yard ball to the impressive Green on the wing, first time cross, Vincelot connected in the middle past Lee's left hand. 1 all. :(

In truth the second half for 40 mins was a little dull, we kinda lost our purpose, D&R tightened up and squeezed us, KOC and Dave finished nearer to our back 4 than Mac and Alex. With Simpson tiring and Weston 'ring rusty' the wingers got isolated and Scotty's formation went a wandering.

Spillane came on for Robbie and brought in some link up play with the 2 lonesome forwards then Forster came on for the 'subbed sub' Weston. Forster had 4 minutes to make a mark and it was Nicky's best 4 minutes this season, he won us 2 points today by winning the ball back twice to send over a right footed cross from the left wing for Alexander to head home past the ex-ra ra Roberts. Sweet. :owusu:

You can analyse about the midfield sitting too deep and if Wright really is too defensive an option at home in place of Spillane but with the games hitting us thick and fast now, its right and quicker to say Scotty got the subs right today, however late it was, call it good management, call it lucky, but it matters not, its best to take the win and move on saying to ourselves quietly its 4 wins on the bounce and 3 points gained whilst not playing at our best. That'll do for today. On to Monday, start the Bees bandwagon. :sorted:
 

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Scotty is back, Scotty is back, 'ello 'ello :bound:

:thumbs:

Great goal by Simpson, good little ball from Alexander then an unselfish pass from Charlie and GOAL!! :bound: Then nothing :rolleyes: Daggers got a good goal, long diagonal pass, first time cross and nobody picking up the runner from midfield, goal :( then, scrappy, messy, ugly, rusty football :banghead:Didn't really think it was coming but great work from Nicky, finally got the ball in, Gary Alexander another tidy header and GOAL!!! :bound:

Still work in progress and few signings expected. ;)
 
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