Billericay 4 Tilbury 3

[jl]

Not too sure what to say about this one.

 

Positives we finally managed to fall over the finishing line and win a game. Hat-trick for Andy Jones should give him some confidence and hopefully take some of the weight off Hockton's shoulders. Thought Leon had another decent game since being restored to the starting XI.

 

Having said that we were often second best against a team towards the bottom of div 1 who played with 10 men for an hour.

 

The referee was a disgrace who obviously thought everyone had paid to come and watch him for the afternoon.

 

But the main thing is we won the game picked up a little bit of cash and have a good chance of getting a little unbeaten run going on Tuesday night.

[c'mon ricay]

I thought that was very concerning as we may have won but we struggled against inferior oppostion who played most of the game with 10 men. I think Andy will deftinely grow in confidencce from that and hopefully will stop getting caught offside so much. I think we were very lucky to escape with the win as I didnt think it was a penatly. Hopefully we can build on this with a good morale boosting win at Standsted. How much cash did we make from that one.

[Simon BTFC]

Well my nerves have just about settled down...

 

Strange game... Thought the sending off didn't really help us until the final 20 minutes when their forwards started to look a little tired. Our attacking play looked quite useful and the quality of the delivery from the midfield was a touch better than in recent weeks. We struggled to cope with their wide men though, which is a concern, and our back 4 isn't playing as a unit yet. As JL said it's important that somebody other than Danny Hockton showed some goalscoring ability, with AJ's 3rd goal particularly well taken.

 

Obviously the vital thing is that we won, we're in the hat for the next round and the team will take confidence from the result.

 

Quick trivia question: Who was the last player to score a hat-trick for us?

[c'mon ricay]

Colin Simpson (probably wrong). Does anyone know how much cash we got for the win.

[Urchin fan]

all winning teams pick up £1800...........

[Simon BTFC]

Colin Simpson is wrong...

[BTFC Norway]

 

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Quick trivia question: Who was the last player to score a hat-trick for us?

 

Probably Adekola or Gutzmore?

 

Per-Helge

[Simon BTFC]

It wasn't that long ago! 2 years, almost to the day...

 

[BTFC Norway]

Didn't Mooro score three goals in a cup-game or something? I probably got these stats at home, but I'm at work now...

 

Per-Helge

[Paul S]

martin carthy vs rothwell in the trophy, score was 5-3 aet!!!

[Andy Walsh]

The result is encouraging, but still plenty of worries. Good we scored a few, but at times we were poor against 10 men. Shame Polston didn't come on.

 

Leon Hunter is supposed to be our playmaker, but was poor and didn't really have an impact on the game. We still need some one more creative to get hold of the game in midfield. Ansell is deservedly captain and he looks like he is desperate to win every game.

 

I thought both the Jones's were excellent particularly in the second half. Thomas did well, but I still think Penn is a liability at the back and is better at right back or central midfield.

 

Does anyone think Dormer should be in the starting 11? I thought he was good when in defence.

 

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[Simon BTFC]

I think dormer will be in the starting line up, when he's fit. He did his ankle at Thurrock, and was expected to be out for 6 weeks. Surprised to see him on the bench on sat, not surprised he didn't come on.