Hyde played well and deserved their point. At times you just couldn't tell they had a man less.
Our pen - Yatesy has been known to take a dive but the lack of protests from their players/bench suggests it was as clear cut as it looked. Their pen - shame for Austin who was a MOM contender until then; with hindsight Bazza should have knocked it into the stand rather than trying to control it. I'm not convinced it was a pen, but having given it, it surely should have been a red card - a big, big let off for us, because that could have meant Bazza missing play off games.
Felt sorry for Cully as he got very little support against their No 10 who was clearly their best player. Frost did nothing defensively first half and Yates is not a natural defender. Canners was inside Cully but is still clearly not fully fit and playing central defence highlighted this. Cully couldn't commit himself to an early challenge because there was no cover behind him. In the first few minutes there was a long ball over the top and Canners looked as if he was running through treacle.
At 2-1, we committed too many men forward from midfield and fullback, too often - why were our full backs going on long runs forward with the ball on such a hot day? Surely against 10 men you need to make the ball do the work? There should always be a spare man to pass to. We seemed to tire ourselves out and play into their hands.
With Semple and Dudfield being ill, presumably we had to make late changes to the team, which never helps the players as they have prepared for the game in a certain way, so it's harsh to judge too much on this performance. For me, Newsham and SWD together up front never seems to work - it has to be one of them plus a target man.
Frost looked completely off the pace, but he wouldn't have been expecting to play, and it was his debut in front of an expectant and unforgiving crowd!
Our main weakness this season - other than 3 or 4 games, we have not been able to put any team away. It might cost us over a 2 legged play off if we can't score goals when we are on top. We might win 1-0 on aggregate, but it would be agonising to watch!