Rockford's Love Child
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- Joined
- 15 Mar 2010
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- Player
- Jason Koumas / John Morrissey
- Manager
- John King
It is difficult to comment on a game where we were effectively robbed of any chance of a result by the incompetence of the officials.
My view of the sending off incident was that it was probably a penalty, but never a red card, as we had four or five defenders in the vicinity and Ridehalgh was not the last man. Once Liam had been dismissed it was always going to be an uphill battle, but despite a spirited display in the seventy minutes that followed we did not help ourselves with the defending for their second, another routine corner which we failed to deal with.
In the circumstances, I thought we did well with ten men to stay in the game and restrict them to just the two goals, and we kept the ball really well in midfield at times. The spirit and character was there as always. That said, there was no quality in the final third at all and the service to the strikers was poor. Equally, Cole in particular did not do enough to make an impression on the game. Regardless of the circumstances of today's defeat, I think we have to bring in more creativity and quality in the attacking third in January.
I just hope the Northampton game goes ahead, as it is vital we pick up three points from that game.
My view of the sending off incident was that it was probably a penalty, but never a red card, as we had four or five defenders in the vicinity and Ridehalgh was not the last man. Once Liam had been dismissed it was always going to be an uphill battle, but despite a spirited display in the seventy minutes that followed we did not help ourselves with the defending for their second, another routine corner which we failed to deal with.
In the circumstances, I thought we did well with ten men to stay in the game and restrict them to just the two goals, and we kept the ball really well in midfield at times. The spirit and character was there as always. That said, there was no quality in the final third at all and the service to the strikers was poor. Equally, Cole in particular did not do enough to make an impression on the game. Regardless of the circumstances of today's defeat, I think we have to bring in more creativity and quality in the attacking third in January.
I just hope the Northampton game goes ahead, as it is vital we pick up three points from that game.