I have not a lot to add to the other reports -we nearly messed it up after we
should have been comfortable , a state of affairs that is starting to be a
worrying habit.
After an entertaining start by both sides in which Howson hit the bar with a
cracking long range effort we took the lead with a great goal - Becks laid it
off to Snoddy and carried on with his run, Snoddy put a beautiful ball back
through to him and he out muscled the defender and slotted it into the corner
of the net - Beckford is back !
not long after a hopeful punt from Douglas arrived at Kilkenny and he put it
through the keeper from a tight angle. And that should have been that - but
Sodje then headed it backwards without knowing where Casper was and it sailed
over Caspers head and despite his best efforts to scramble it away it crawled
into the net.For my money Sodje was to blame - he should have just headed it
into touch if he did not know where the keeper was. This let them back into the
game and they missed a couple of decent chances - one as Rich said was a
totally unmarked free header - I thought Naylor had been blocked off when
trying to run with the striker and certainly that is what he complained to the
ref about.
Second half was fairly even but the double save from Casper really kept us in
it without us ever really getting out of second gear. Our 3rd was a cross that
just hit Becchio on his knee without him knowing anything about it - but they
all count and according to one website that is a combined total of 49 for the
B&B partnership ! Say what you like about Becchio but, for me, he does better
for us than Kandol ever did. 3 -1 and game over.
Johnson came on and played one lovely ball but did not do enough to warrant a
starting place. Hughes and then Grella also got cameo roles as we ran the clock
down.
10 wins on the bounce - hard to criticise especially when you look at the teams
(in this Divison) who have been casualties - Peterboro, MK Dons , Millwall and
Scunthorpe.
One other thing yesterday was the absence of Dickinson - the boos boys got
their wish - lets hope we don't need him to score in the play offs.
One final word about Douglas the hero playing most of the game with a bandage
on his head - he has found his rightful place in the team and has turned into a
decent reliable right back
Dave
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