A 6.30 start for the trip to Somerset though that was far from the
earliest in the branch. Still it meant we were in a nice country pub on the
edge of Yeovil by 10.30 with time for beer and bacon sarnies before heading off
for the game. The landlord even offered to drive our minibus to the ground and
drop as off to save us the bother of parking and come back and pick us up later.
A sunny day, which was a good job on the open terrace and there seemed to
be plenty of room in both ours and the Yeovil ends, no chance of a record
attendance this year.
Becchio was upfront for Enoch, otherwise same team as usual.
Virtually straight from kick-off Marques knocked a ball forward into space,
Becchio got there first and looked like he scuffed his shot across the face of
goal, but it trickled into the far corner and we were one up before most people
had woken up. We started reasonably well and Beckford also shot across the face
of the goal early on but this one went wide. However, this soon petered out and
most of the first half was pretty dull, Yeovil were no better with only one
soft header into Caspers arms to show for it and we looked largely in control
without really threatening to score. A fractious game as well, Schofield limped
off for them after jumping in a bit on Sheehan and Snodgrass got booked for
diving and Becchio for retaliation.
Second half it was all change, suddenly we had no possession and Yeovil
were getting it forward to Owosu and causing some problems. However, a goal
still seemed unlikely until from another ball pumped forward, the ref gave a
penalty for god knows what. A couple more bookings for dissent, before Casper
saved Owusus penalty but then couldnt find the ball and Owusu put the rebound
in. We actually got worse for the next ten minutes and could easily have gone
behind, in about 30 minutes in the second half our only opportunity came from a
long range shot from Snodgrass that was straight at the keeper who spilled it
and was relieved to watch it trickle past the post.
Macca made a couple of changes, taking off both wide players and bringing
on Showomni and Douglas, unlikely as it seemed this actually improved the
situation and we began to hold onto possession better and exert some pressure.
Becchio shot at the keeper from outside the box, Beckford flashed one across
the face of goal from a narrow angle and a promising opportunity was denied
when another ball appeared on the pitch, when we were in possession close to
goal.
Still it would be wrong to pretend we were the better team and the closest
to a winner there was, game from a cross from our right which Sheehan somehow
headed to safety from underneath his own bar. A draw was just about deserved if
only because Yeovil werent great either but a desperately disappointing
performance.
Scores
Casper 7 Not a lot to do, saved a penalty (sort of).
Richardson 5 Very poor with distribution. Not sure the new respect thing is
helping him, with Beckford and Becchio engaged in a running argument with the
ref, he was constantly made to run 50 yards forward to listen to them being
told off.
Sheehan 7 Solid enough, extra mark for great clearing header.
Rui / Huntingdon 6 I think they are both good enough individually but not
gelling as a pair.
Snodgrass 5 Anonymous
Prutton 6 Tried hard but little impact
Howson 6 Tidy with ball but looks like he is trying to do too much and was
lucky to get away with a couple of lunging tackles.
Robinson 4 I know hes never going to be Usian Bolt but does look like he
could lose a few pounds.
Becchio 7 - Looks good at times but needs to be in box more. Gives away too
many free-kicks.
Beckford 6 Another one of those looks dangerous but ultimately petulant
performances.
Subs
Douglas 6 Seemed to steady the ship
Showumni 5 Only bloke I know who appears to get shorter when he jumps.
Delph 7 Added a bit of much needed life.
Ref was shocking, Leeds fans were quiet.
A worrying moment afterwards when the bloke with the minibus failed to turn
up and we wondered whether he was really the landlord or had we just given our
keys to a random bloke in the pub, but we found him round the corner as the
police had blocked the road off. A long way home in bank holiday traffic jams.
Hello Highways Agency can you built a dual carriageway through Stonehenge
its rubbish anyway.
Matt
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