Disappointing game really, Milnes had an early half chance well over and then they hit the post after Haystead (who had a reasonable game) made a good save. Then both sides struggle to get on top of eachother and Milnes misses a 1 on 1 when he should score, Newsh hits the post from a header at a tight angle and Stainfield goes close with a back stick header, then we concede, not a great goal to give away.
2nd half we start bright and Newsh has one disallowed for offside, Foster hits a great shot well saved by their goalie, who then makes a worldie from a Newsham header and we can't scramble the rebound in. They hit the post too after lobbing Haystead from well out.
Overall, we definately didn't do enough to win but a draw would have been the right result, just they got given a goal and we didn't.
Not too many of us- maybe 70 or 80- apparently 46 on the coach, Hoping Drury has decided to do as little as posdsible to stay in the league (budget-wise) and save that budget for next season so we have a bit more to spend.
Paul Holden was speaking to a few of us before the game- he was looking forwards to preseason, hoping to have the fittest pre season team ever and looking at bringing in a few- the Derby area was mentioned for players. He said they'll fight particularly hard to keep Newsh (we really need to, some fans wouldn't be surprised to see him snapped up).
as for performances, Haystead steady, defence looked comfortable generally but would then slip in a silly error, Mayo had his worst game for us after he impressed me in his other games. SWD looked more of a threat than recent games (not hard though). Lacked real presence up front- Newsh struggled to get into shooting positions though he almost scored with that header. Midfield did OK first half, we made some good moves but lacked a killer edge or a good final ball but they got on top of us for spells in the 2nd half.
