Post by Dean on Sept 7, 2021 21:13:46 GMT
Copied from the Facebook thread…. (Used a lot now)
Well what can you say. Not quite the proverbial ‘game of 2 halves’ (although 1st half dull, 2nd half superb for the neutral) but more a ‘game of 83mins and another game of 9mins’.
We were cruising at 2-0 up on 84mins. Great performance up until then, but unbelievably lost the game 3-2
Nice finish from Cameron Johnson for the first. Neat cut inside and curled into the far corner. Then Cosmos scored the 2nd after a cracking pull back from Tendai and an arrowed volley with the outside of Cosmos’ boot into the top corner.
At that point Slapding had no answers. Hopeful long balls into nowhere and it seemed that 3 pts were secure. Drury thought so too it seemed, with a raft of changes (Cosmos, Cook and Johnson all off) which obviously upset the rhythm of the side.
Before long Slapding started to make in roads, and after a peppering of the goal they pulled one back after 84mins, but surely just a consolation goal…?? Then Asombalonga scored a 2nd to equalise in the 90th minute which was absolutely gutting, but then everyone just stunned into silence as they scored a winner in late stoppage time. Even a pitch invasion and a bit of noise, at spalding?! Not sure I’ve seen more than 50 home fans there before. Where did they get a crowd from?!
Worth noting as well before a ball was kicked that Drury and Gregg Smith were red carded for a tunnel altercation! They could replace him though with another player, so started with 11 still. Wonder what all that was about? Maybe a discussion about Smith’s red card and subsequent nothing ness in his big comeback game the other year?!
Gutting. Big result that.
Well what can you say. Not quite the proverbial ‘game of 2 halves’ (although 1st half dull, 2nd half superb for the neutral) but more a ‘game of 83mins and another game of 9mins’.
We were cruising at 2-0 up on 84mins. Great performance up until then, but unbelievably lost the game 3-2
Nice finish from Cameron Johnson for the first. Neat cut inside and curled into the far corner. Then Cosmos scored the 2nd after a cracking pull back from Tendai and an arrowed volley with the outside of Cosmos’ boot into the top corner.
At that point Slapding had no answers. Hopeful long balls into nowhere and it seemed that 3 pts were secure. Drury thought so too it seemed, with a raft of changes (Cosmos, Cook and Johnson all off) which obviously upset the rhythm of the side.
Before long Slapding started to make in roads, and after a peppering of the goal they pulled one back after 84mins, but surely just a consolation goal…?? Then Asombalonga scored a 2nd to equalise in the 90th minute which was absolutely gutting, but then everyone just stunned into silence as they scored a winner in late stoppage time. Even a pitch invasion and a bit of noise, at spalding?! Not sure I’ve seen more than 50 home fans there before. Where did they get a crowd from?!
Worth noting as well before a ball was kicked that Drury and Gregg Smith were red carded for a tunnel altercation! They could replace him though with another player, so started with 11 still. Wonder what all that was about? Maybe a discussion about Smith’s red card and subsequent nothing ness in his big comeback game the other year?!
Gutting. Big result that.
