we lose 2-0 at home to Cefn Druids

29th August 2010

2-0 reverse at home to Druids

If we could take the first 10 minutes away, then this was a good performance and would have been a point, as it was we were two down in ten minutes and so it stayed to the end.

Missing Darren Gowans and Yws Gwynedd after the move from Friday to Saturday, our lineup was:

Williams, Jones, Austin, Gibbs, Kehoe, Hughes, Craven, Higham, Roberts, Thomas, Evans, subs: Williams, Aston, Hobson, Innes.

Kicking up towards the club house on a lot better surface and a warm, dryn day, we got off to a nightmare start, when on 5 minutes a wide right ball beat Steve Kehoe with the winger whipping a low cross into the 6 yard box to be met by Melia for a tap in and 5 minutes later a high ball in was touched onto the bar by Williams, but it dropped back for the incoming Hesp to smash it home from close range.

We regrouped and slowly got back into the game, some good work in the middle from Kev Roberts and some robust defending let us weather the storm and the game became more controlled with us playing some good football, but without making much impression against there big defenders. Williams defended a deep cross well with a long punch clear and on the break Kev Roberts appeared to be impeded in the box, but it was waved away. Some niggling tackles brought yellow cards from an over fussy official, late in th half a couple of half chances fell to Darren Thomas and Marc Evans, but keeper Mullock handled them well., 2-0 at half time.

2nd half was pretty much one way with the visitors rarely getting out of their own half; we pressed high and continuously, but the final ball eluded us. Austin had a good header kicked off the line on the hour, Marc Evans saw a close range header hit the keeper and the rebound was clawed clear. Aston, Williams and Wright came on for Craven, Hughes and Higham and we continued to press, but Mullock was in great form and blocked or saved everything and when he missed there was a defender to hack clear.

Overall there is not much wrong, some lapses in defence as they adjust to the new keeper who in turn is finding his feet, but compounded by a desertion of the finishing touch up front, both areas in which we were strong last season. No panic as yet but some points on the board would be most welcome.