We started yesterdays game with only one change from the side which were unlucky not to get a point at Harrowby last week, it was a big change though- Pat Diamond missed out through injury and young Massimo Colucci had to deputise.
I guess most people would think it unwise to openly speak on here about our weaknesses but lets face it, we are going to concede corners anyway and it won't take long for the opposition to notice................ WE CAN'T DEFEND SET PIECES. In truth Eynesbury had a lot of chances in open play too but they either wasted them or the very busy Carl Knox pulled off great saves in goal, with an average age of about 19 I think our back line can be forgiven for a bit of inexperience but if we don't learn to deal with corners and free kicks coming into our box soon it will be a very long season.
We were hamstrung by the concession of an early goal from an Eynesbury corner, with fragile confidence and a young side, conceding early will always lead to a dip in performance and we duly dipped as Eynesbury added a second from another corner and then a third as we were dispossessed in a dangerous area and allowed their midfielder to run through unopposed and beat Carl Knox, were it not for Carl the scoreline could have been much worse. 0-3 at halftime.
We spoke about not giving up and showing more fight and pride at halftime and things looked on the up as Kyle Stimpson headed in from a Nick Bines cross early in the 2nd half 1-3. Sadly, our inability to defend set pieces cost us dearly again just as we were looking dangerous. A left wing freekick floated in to our box found three unmarked players at the far post, one of whom headed down for another unmarked player to score, 1-4 and game over.
At 1-4 we started to play our best football of the match (too late!) with Nick Bines spraying passes around and the full backs overlapping the wingers and getting crosses into the box, Kyle Stimpson grabbed his second goal after taking the ball off of their keeper and slotting into an empty net. We committed men forward in search of a third with an improbable comeback on the cards at 2-4 but Eynesbury caught us with a sucker punch goal as they counter attacked down the left, 2-5 and thats how it ended.
Lessons to be learned and quickly, away at Rushden & Higham this Tuesday night.
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