A drastic improvement was required in our effort following last weeks performance, and we certainly provided that. Suddenly, we all wanted the ball again, and when we didn't have it, we bloody well chased after it, and won it back. I saw this happening all over the pitch tonight, and for that I congratulate each and every one of you. We came off knowing we had deserved more, and what a contrast to last week. I daresay some people will feel some aches and pains over the next couple of days, and I am positive this is in contrast to last week too. I said before the game, the only way to reverse our losing streak was to go out and work harder, we did tonight, and we deserved a draw at least for our hard work and determination.
MHP seem like a decent bunch of lads in my opinion, and so I don't think a single one of them would say they deserved to be 2-1 ahead of us at half-time. We switched off for one, and the other was hard on us, as the ball took a couple of ricochets on it's way past stand-in keeper Phil Caldwell. We, on the other hand, deserved at least the one goal we managed to pull back. A scrappy tussle for the ball inside the box led to Simon managing to turn and cross it, it took a couple of bobbles along it's way, and after Perre had managed to get something on it, the ball fell at the feet of Joe Bowkett, who slotted home from close range.
We all knew at half-time that there were more goals to come from us. Unfortunately, we were lacking a touch of composure in the final third, and managed to only claw back one more goal during the second period when Simon Mesner slotted home a penalty awarded to us for a foul on Phil Caldwell. By this stage we were 3-1 down, and it was, sadly, a case of too little too late as only a few minutes later Palace did what they do best, and switched the lights off before 10pm.
There were some terrific performances all over the pitch tonight. Joe B scored a well deserved goal, Luis Sandoval made a storming come back to the team with a stint as the holding midfielder in a 4-1-4-1. Sam Herbert and Skipper Thornes ran themselves to a virtual standstill in central midfield, but nobody personified the guts and glory attitude we had tonight more so than Man-Of-The-Match Perre Heath in his best performance in an Accies shirt this year.
I'd like to send a blog-asphere pat on the back to everybody who played their part in a terrific team performance tonight. The level of running, chasing, tackling and challenging we put in tonight will reap rewards in the future if we manage to maintain it at a consistent level.
Keep the faith!
Joe
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I thought the pen was for a Rugby tackle on me by the big bloke in the RUGBY shirt. Mind you , me and Thorney are often mistaken for each other.
It's the hair
Apologies Phil, I've updated it accordingly!
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