BBC nonsense

[Stu M]

Omome Sodje grabbed an 83rd-minute winner for Gravesend as Rushden dominated but still left empty-handed.

 

 

Rushden dominated? You are having a major laugh...

[Richard C]

Possession stats seem to show them dominating - but they were far from dominant! In fact we looked like creating much more. Think their poss was taken up by the number 8 hoofing aimlessly onwards when he had the ball thus using up time!!

 

We deserved it - We got it!

[David Holden]

They did have the two best chances, but both times decided to roll it into Lance's arms rather than shoot.

[Slartibartfast]

Both of those still register as shots on target, so better than Rob Quinns effort then.

[Alan W (GNFC)]

The BBC report is summed up even better by the fact that they call Lance "Glenn" !!

 

To say Rushden dominated is clearly wrong but as Dave says, they had 2 clear chances, one of which could not have been a neater backpass if the guy had tried, together with the good low save by Lance in the second half. By comparison, we had a couple of decent efforts by Sodje (one deflected wide & one turned over the bar by the keeper(although I'm not convinced the latter was meant as a shot anyway)) and the awful slice by Rob Quinn (for whom goalscoring is clearly never going to be a strong point to say the least!).

 

Its probably fair to say that , ironically, both halves were "won" by the side playing against the wind.

 

We definitely looked a better side once De Bolla and Keeling came on though and the goal was a real case of keeping the ball on the ground and spreading the play - probably the classiest move (and certainly finish) of the day.

 

A shame if Keeling is out injured again now - both today & tuesday showed how the width he provides is so very useful. I only hope that , if we're struggling in future games that Purcell (or Anderson) is given a chance to play the role, probably from the subs bench.