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That was a reality check. Bringing us down to earth with a massive bump. We were all getting a bit carried away dreaming of the play offs and even beyond.
Lets just hope we get a positive reaction for the next batch of games. And that Heath is available next week along with Daldy finishing his suspension.
One loss, however shocking, has not completely derailed us we are still very much on track.

As it’s been said many times before, if you do not play anywhere near your level in this division you can struggle against any team and that was evident yesterday. Even though we were dominant first half I thought we were very average and never got out of 3rd gear. Just looked so off it all over the pitch. Second half was just a shocker, as soon as the penalty was given (never a penalty) we went downhill. Every team has a blip so hopefully this was ours. Need to be beating teams like Boldmere (who were average) though.

Football comes with emotions, it's easy to say he should know better etc etc But when the guy in the middle is absolutely terrible (both teams) arrogant it's difficult not to lose you s++t. But in terms of performance 2nd half we was poor but thats football, felt the ball came back far to easily at times & we didn't go with BSM runners which caused problems. But ultimately the pen decision is a massive turning point, ref got it completely wrong (shock) so no wonder DJ has lost his s++t. Credit to BSM who was energetic, there 9 done what a 9 should be doing Holding the ball up & bringing others into play, you can see how they've been on a good run themselves. BUT let's not get to down beat as Ells - Jim and all the lads have got themselves in great position and let's be honest blew away everyone's expectations, so let's remain positive and see where it takes us. Also to put things into perspective just 4 miles up the road are spending probably double the amount we are so again shows what a great season we're having. Up the

With the amount of bookings you would think it was a dirty game .In fact Boldmere were one of the cleaner sides we have faced this season , the majority were down to the ref completley loosing the plot