I thought it was Walker who scored, but having not seen either of them play before and there being no team info anywhere, it could well have been Simmonds. Or A.Trialist.
A short-ish report:
I missed the 1st 10 minutes due to the game kicking off 15 minutes early and Nuneaton's ground being a bit of a joke of closed turnstyles and portacabins. The first half was a bit of a scrappy, disjointed affair with both teams suffering with the gusts of wind making long passes near impossible to judge. Our best attacks came from the wings, with Walker (or whoever it was I thought was Walker) being the pick of the bunch, always looking a danger when he could run at them, and producing several good crosses. Thirty seconds before nuneaton scored Southwell hit the bar when one on one with the keeper from an angle. Their goal was an unmarked volley in the box from a cross. Maybe should've been headed clear by someone, but I don't know how much the wind changed the path of the ball on the cross.
In the 2nd half we looked a bit better, creating some good passing moves and always attempting something slightly creative in the final third, even though just hitting it might've sometimes been the better option. But I understand Nuneaton's side was mainly trialists and people not playing much, so it wasn't the most organised of defences. Our goal came from one of the several decent throughballs onto someone making a diagonal run. We could've/possibly should've scored another one or two in the second half. One move late one came close after substitue McGhee (I think - I'm notoriously rubbish at identifying players from distance) played a perfectly weighted ball earlier in the move. Louis Saebe and a Youth team (I think) Defender came on as subs for 20 mins and both looked ok, but not quite good enough to challenge the first team this season. Saebe had a decent header saved at the near post right at the end.
A decent run-out, but I'm glad they didn't charge an entry fee for standing around in the freezing wind.
I'm guessing on Tuesday's game against Lincoln, Garner, Steer, Felix, Hollingsworth and Jones will play, as they didn't today. But then judging by their thrashing, most of Lincoln didn't play today either.
