on lyne 08-03-10
Every week manager Andy Lyne will write a set of notes exclusively for the website with latest goings on at The Polythene UK Stadium.
Saturday proved to be every bit as tough a game as I expected it would. We made it harder for ourselves through a momentary lapse in concentration just before half time and once we had given Carterton something to hang in to they were always going to fight tooth and nail to maintain it.
In fairness I thought we had the better of the game for most of the ninety minutes but that of course counts for nothing if you don’t score. There was a lot of huff and puff from both sides but very few saves for either keeper to make. Thus I guess it was inevitable that it was going to be a “worldie” that won it, Dean Smith “take a bow son”
Tomorrow night we face a resurgent Flackwell, who everyone knows are a real handful for anyone when at full strength. At the moment we are planning from game to game, as we don’t have the squad to afford anyone a rest ahead of Thursday and Saturday’s games. Skipper John McMahon makes his long awaited reappearance after suspension tomorrow but we will again be without keeper Paul Tassell, who joins Jamie Mills, Ben Thompson and John Okole on the injured list.
Young striker Chris Zoldan is the subject of an approach from Carterton and one suspects that he may well move on. It’s a great shame and huge dissapointment as Chris has done well in the game time he’s had this season but at the end of the day when you have established strikers of the quality of Thompson, Wickens, Odihambo, Harper and Younie ahead of you, its always going to be hard to break through.
