Swifty Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 A real damp squib on Guy Fawkes weekend. It says a lot that we managed two more goals and a point from a tepid display. With Bitz out for the rest of the season, we were missing our other playmaker due to a weekend away - admittedly booked off and advised to the gaffer months ago - and our combative midfielder and a promising new lad were both suspended. To compound matters, James went off injured very early on and his replacement had an anonymous game, as did a number of our players, and another young prospect who came in today was peripheral to the action but will hopefully grow into the role when given a chance later. Bedford missed the opportunity to take an 18th minute lead when centre forward Bradley Woods-Garness made a complete dog's dinner of a penalty, hitting it wide of the post. We then received a penalty in first half stoppage time when Fish got a high boot to the face when stooping slightly to head the ball, and he calmly stroked the spot kick home to give us a completely undeserved lead. We doubled our score in the 49th when Bedford's keeper, who flapped so much from set pieces I thought he wanted to fly, dropped a Fish corner and Will eventually scrambled it home. Any hopes of securing the win were quashed, though, when first David Manu and then James Peters were given complete freedom to head home in the 55th and 76th minutes. For a while Bedford sensed the win, but we woke up near the end and had out best spell in the last 15 minutes, almost getting the winner on a couple of occasions. The draw was about right but the manner we managed it wasn't pretty. We certainly weren't helped, though, by our opponents or the ref and the lino on the Tangerine Terrace side. For a well known traditional non-League side, Bedford were horrible to watch. They committed loads of fouls and fell over easily when challenged. They also had two players booked for dissent and kicked at least seven balls out of the ground, all of which contributed to a game we wanted to finish early ending at five past five. The ref was shocking. Penalty apart, he gave Bedford the benefit virtually every time in the first hour, letting some 'old pro' fouls go unnoticed and giving them some very easily won free kicks. It was ironic that the one occasion an away player went down and got the bird he really was injured. I'm also not sure what the lino on my side of the pitch actually did to earn his money. With something resembling a full squad and more competent officials we would have done better. As it is, we've beaten some much more attractive sides this season. There was really only one player I felt deserved man of the match and that was Max, who was tenacious, got stuck in and encouraged / laid into his colleagues as appropriate several times. Possible captain material on this showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin1960 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 A very poor performance from Ashford, but they had several player's missing, but at least they got a point from the game. I felt Bedford seem to fall over very easy, and become injured a lot, unfortunately the Ref got conned several time giving fouls that wasn't. The player who took Bedford penalty reminded me of some body, and him reacting to the crowd late on into the game, it suddenly came to me, he looked like the famous Harlem Globetrotter play Meadowlark Lemon, and why this Bedford player wore a head band considering he was bald ? unless he had the same problem as Steve Foster (Brighton player from 1980's) he wore headband because of a old wound would open up if he headed the ball without any protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Dunno about Meadowlark Lemon. He acted a lemon! I liked the way a couple of fans reacted to his blah by asking for a mime of his penalty technique! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 We’ve got to man up and be stronger , Bedford were playing against a team who were 4th in the league and scoriing for fun . The players they had on Show were never going to give us a footballing lesson so they played to their strengths albeit not pretty on the eye. Flem/James need time away from the side to get fully fit as it’s not doing them or the team any favours , Jabir had a quiet game stuck out wide when his preferred position would be through the middle. I’m sure with Scott and Yahya back in the squad and the new confident Will Boye in the side things should go back to the way they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Will Boye number 9 and The Flying Ginge in goal. That's the way forward! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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