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As i watched the first half
i thought my god - Chesterfield might just be the worst side i've seen at
the Bescot for quite some time. Little did i expect Walsall to surpass
there defensive incompetence.
We looked like world beaters
in the first half. They couldn't cope with the movement Wright,
Fryatt or Jorge. We could (and should) have gone in 3 or 4 up.
Chesterfield didn't make Gilmartin make one save. They had one good chance
that saw them volley the ball in to the side netting from an acute
near post angle.
At 2-0 it should have been a
case of shut up shop and see the game out. Well, we did manage to shut up
shop - but everyone went home and left the door wide open.
Little Mark Allott ripped us
to bits. He was popping up all over the place and spurred his team on to a
great victory.
At 2-0 we knew what we had
to do. It seemed like the players knew but they just didn't do it, and by
the time they realised they had a game on their hands again it was to
late. Chesterfield had there tails up and weren't going to relinquish
there hold on the game.
The mad spells of football
that had cost us the games against Swansea and Yeovil had struck again.
What hurts most about this
defeat is that we ran out of ideas after Chesterfield took the lead - and
we all knew it.
When the chips were down
Chesterfield had ideas - they changed the course of the game. We just
watched it slip through our fingers.
We're looking less and less
like a top 10 team. Chesterfield just baffle me. On the basis of the first
half they'll be the first team relegated this season. On the basis of the
second half they could turn a few heads come May. |
