Swifty Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 First of all, well played to Windsor. They deserved to win tonight. For us, a really disappointing game. Having got into a two goal lead (even then a bit luckily), we let Windsor get at us from the half hour mark onwards and we hung on to go in at the break still two ahead. Warning signs weren't heeded, two goals were conceded within ten minutes of the restart, and we just didn't perform in the second half. Even going into the last minute of the game. 2-2 would have been an honourable result. Instead, another lapse cost us in the final minute of normal time. In the second half, our heads seemed to be down and we looked aimless. I don't know what's happened. Maybe you can point the finger at the draw away to Spelthorne Sports as the start of the poor run, and also injuries to Elz and Bitz have hampered us. Woking apart, our results since then haven't been as good. I make it we've only won two of the last eight league and cup games in normal time. More worrying, we've gone from an almost impenetrable team to one shipping close on three goals a game on average. Glad to see Elz back and he took his goal well, as did Dan, though maybe we need to play another spearhead up front with him. it would help with all the high crosses which Windsor's back four lapped up. Worrying that Big Phil wasn't in the squad tonight. The lad can mix it a bit. No-one came out of the second half with huge marks out of ten but, in the first half, Russ was like a sponge, mopping up everything thrown at him. Don't get me wrong, though, even though this spell's frustrating, it's still far better than what we endured this time last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rother Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Thanks Swifty. To be honest, we've shown a bit of frailty at times and I didn't see us turning that around at HT. Others amongst the Windsor fans did, which was unusual as I'm normally the optimistic one! Switching to 4-4-2 made a huge difference. We don't have any big boys up front and I have long wondered about the tactic of playing 1 up front. Maybe we'll switch back to 2 now after that. What a terrific game of football though given the conditions, and huge kudos to the young referee who was the best I've seen in ages - I really thought he was excellent. Good luck for the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 No probs, Rother. I agree that I admitted to say the game was played in very good spirit and both teams did well in what must have been testing conditions, and the ref was almost conspicuous by his absence, which is usually a good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoking-gun Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Hi Swifty, just read your post and I agree 100% with you, having watched the boys on Saturday I was hoping for a better performance against Windsor, and when we went 2 -0 up I thought we were playing well , but in stead of pushing on we sat back and allowed Windsor to come at us relentlessly and at times I wondered who was the home team. From the start of the 2nd half it was all one way traffic and only a matter of time before Windsor scored and two goals in quick succession took away any hope we had of winning and leaving us hanging on in the hope of a draw ,but it was not to be with Windsor scoring a 3rd right at the death did for us. Ashford where shown a lesson last night ,on how to dig in when things are not going to plan Windsor never let their heads drop even after going 2-0 and had believe in their ability to pull the game round and it showed, because when that 2nd goal went in Ashford seemed to loose heart and there was going to be only one winner. Like you Swifty I`m at a loss to understand why we are playing so poorly at the moment I just hope that this run of poor form will end soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Glad you agree, smoking-gun. Bearing in mind some of the flak I got for my comments after the Spelthorne Sports game, you may all like to see this report of the Windsor game put on the Kempster forum by a hopper watching no less than his 78th game of the season. While I agree we were lacklustre, does anyone else find some of the comments astonishing? Tuesday 25 November 2014 - Combined Counties Premier - Attendance: 100 approx Ashford Town (Middlesex) (tangerine & white & black) 2-3 Windsor (all red) Scorers: Ashford Town (Middlesex) (Flemming 6, Jones 24) Windsor (Brown 49, R Lazarczuk 54, Dunbar 89) Pitch: excellent, well prepared - Weather: heavy rain, light rain, non-stop I think Ashford Town (Middlesex) thought the game was won at 2-0 and a very complacent opening to the second-half helped get Windsor going. The home team slowed right down and Windsor caught them hook, line and sinker. They were very lucky not to have had dismissals for several bouts of petulance and tantrums and seemingly lost concentration. Windsor deserved their victory for playing 90 minutes and delivered a perfect response to their disrespectful opponents, who would have probably won comfortably if they had only got on with the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoking-gun Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Hello again Swifty , just read the hoppers report on last nights match , not sure about the dismissals but otherwise an accurate report on the game. Read Springett`s report from the home page , good news about Bitz , I will look forward to when he returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Twat springs to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy Sod Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 It was me that told Rother we were not out of this one. It seemed to me as if your lot stopped playing after you went 2 up. I am still at a loss why we had a goal disallowed as it looked to me as if the keeper got caught out of position and the ball slipped through his grasp. Credit to the Ashford fans after the game for being extremely gracious and honest in defeat. And there must have been well more than 100 there on the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big J R Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 It was me that told Rother we were not out of this one. It seemed to me as if your lot stopped playing after you went 2 up. I am still at a loss why we had a goal disallowed as it looked to me as if the keeper got caught out of position and the ball slipped through his grasp. Credit to the Ashford fans after the game for being extremely gracious and honest in defeat. And there must have been well more than 100 there on the night, Nice to hear. but surely this is what lower league football is all about ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 We congregate in the corner where the players and officials enter and leave the pitch and applaud our lads, our opponents and the officials off when we think they deserve it, which is more often than not. We're committed and passionate but not too biased. If, like against Windsor or Loxwood, we feel the better team deservedly won, we'll let them know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B378 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I was informed Friday that the attendance for the game against Windsor was 130. Which is quite good considering the weather that night, plus Champions League football was on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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