15-04-2015, 15:55
282 fans I was heavily surprised by. Pity they were all London exiles or old folk with most having no intention to give it the big un. Tried chatting to a few folk with my old man not being present and an old dear who was knowledgeable on the game had a chat with me throughout the game but the rest weren't up to much. Could have been a library in our stand. Awful game apart from when we were defibriliated (not a word I don't think) into life in the 82nd minute when we decided to want to win the game as we looked like we just wanted a point for the rest of it. First half nakhi and miller both had good chances on another day would have gone in but they didn't. Midfield non-existent. Don't think I've seen coady have a worse game and butts was bad for his usual high standards. Every time we play them all their work comes from Bruno their fullback who despite being a cheat is a class act and the whole game we just decided to back off him, let him ping a pass or play someone through. Gobern solid, and probably the best performer out of our midfield. Nakhi had probably his worst game in a town shirt that I've seen, missed a sitter, didn't look interested. Looked like he had played with Miller for the first time who battled hard, tried to hold it up and link up play with absolutely no support. Sandals well and truly out. My MOTM probably lynch. Rock, solid, cleared well, blocked well and made some vital tackles. Finally looks like the player we all thought he could be. Nakhi's sitter just summed up the night and performance. They passed the ball well brighton but they have let most of their quality players go. Buckley, Ulloa, Barnes, Bridcutt, Bennett all gone. Mackail-Smith came on and I thought 'here we go hes bound to score' but he looked a shadow of his former self. If we had shown any form of aggression from the off, imposed ourselves and pressed them we would have won that game easy. They were there for the taking. We should have realised that. Decent point but should have thumped them 3-0 to be perfectly honest. Powell's lack of any substitutions to try and win the game baffling, maybe he had no options from the bench or just over-cautious but was dissapointing to see.