I agree with most of White Squaddie's comments above. We lost the game in the first half today, where seven or eight players did not turn up. The major problem was that the turnover of possession was far too quick: we either hit nothing long balls or misplaced passes in midfield, which was always going to cause problems against a team that pass and move as well as Boreham Wood. Our midfield quartet were all poor today, particularly in the first half.
Say what you like about BW as a club, but I was really impressed with them today. Their front three of Ferrier, Andrade, and Balanta are as good as anything in the division and caused us all sorts of problems, particularly Andrade. What is worrying for me is that we have again really struggled against a team that tries to play football and has decent movement: think of Aldershot, Fylde and Macclesfield. That does not bode well for the play-offs and our poor form against the top teams continues.
Defensively we were also poor today. Wood's movement up front dragged McNulty out of his comfort zone into the wide areas where he does not want to go, and Ridehalgh was awful, both defensively and in terms of his delivery. I have no idea why Clarke has disappeared altogether. Monthe was again a mixture of good and bad, showing good pace and strength on occasions, but also getting too tight to Ferrier and being easily turned at times. I still think Sutton is a safer pair of hands.
My man of the match was Ben Tollitt, who put in his best display since returning in the second half and looks ready to start now. He also brought the best out of Adam Buxton.
The saving grace is that we are still in with a good chance of finishing in the top three with the way other results went, and we only have two really difficult (on paper) fixtures remaining, against Dover and Aldershot.
As for the title, forget about it. We just have not been good enough when it has really mattered this season.