Thats exactly my sentiment too Barclay, there is no justice in football. With City leading 2-0 after Tim Wooding`s freekick, the game was dead and buried. An ordinary Hednesford side had been comprehensively put to the sword and the points were in the bag, or so we thought.
What happened next was just like a piece of deja-vu. I`m thinking of the away game at Crawley last year , a very similar game where we managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
It was a traversty today that City didn`t even get a point from the game. The lads defended solidly, played some decent football all over the park, and were dangerous on the break. Leon Gutzmore and Darren Collins are shaping up well as a partnership. Collins had his best game so far and Leon is far removed from the player who finished last season. He`s aggressive and always looking to get on the end of things and his goal today was a classy finish after good work from Clements (they couldn`t catch him) The last 20 minutes or so today was nightmarish. Theres very little anyone can do when a beanpole striker (Francis) wafts his boot at the ball from outside the box and his potshot goes straight in the top corner, give him another 100 goes and he wouldn`t find the target. That turned the game although even at the death I thought we`d hand on for a deserved draw, but the ball had to fall straight onto the head of their 7ft6 striker, he didnt need to jump to convert it. It never rains but it pours !
Even though we`ve lost the first threee, its NOT a crisis by a long chalk, all the lads have to do is keep their heads, keep playing the way they are and the results will come. Today we were the controlling team for 70 of the 90 minutes , switched off and got stung.
Monday against Chelmsford, lets put one in the win column