Well apparently, the team are getting better, but are they?
The midweek draw against Sutton was slated by Martin Allen as being awful, but
at least we got a point through virtually our only clear-cut chance of the
match thanks to Jonathan Smith scoring. On Saturday we got a one all draw
thanks to Jonathan Smith scoring with virtually our only clear-cut chance of
the match. Mind you we had lots of chances against Wrexham in the one apiece
result; good job Jonathan Smith grabbed our late equaliser in that one.
Having said that the team is improving is OK but more than
one point a game is needed otherwise relegation and the end of the club as we
know it looms large. I think in the last 3 league matches we have seen players
give it all they have got it’s not as if they aren’t trying, I think we have to
be honest and say that one or two of the side haven’t really got it. We’ve
played “top” teams in this division and they are hard-working and well
organised and that’s about it, there’s no outstanding teams, but on Saturday we
should have won.
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| Plastic Pitch at Harrogate |
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| We who wait |
For me the turning point of the game against mighty Harrogate,
was Martin Allen making substitutions straight after we’d scored and
Chesterfield went from an attempt to play a passing game to a long ball hit and
hope. Doing that handed the initiative to the opposition, I hate to say it but
putting Binnon-Williams in front of Muggleton made our left side an easy option
for Harrogate,
meaning our opponents were firing in crosses every time they got
the ball into that area of the pitch.
Sorry but Sam Muggleton getting a game must be the most glaring example of "Jobs for the Boys" that we have ever seen on the pitch at the club, sorry but he's got a long throw and that's it, if his dad wasn't on the sidelines he would never have been signed.
he could not stop Harrogate from getting crosses in, and that's what he is there to do, Binnon-Williams wasn't good enough defensively either and neither of them could get to the ball to stop the ball coming over..
Lee Shaw who we signed from Grantham Town has not scored yet and doesn't look like doing so either, he's got some pace but that's about it.
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| Stadium Approach |
The referee found 7 minutes of injury time which wasn’t
unfair as 30 seconds are added on for every sub, there were injuries and our
keeper decided to have a sit down and a rest to slow things up, however since Harrogate
scored in the 98th minute and then the ref immediately blew for
time, one would have to question his timekeeping.
For many fans of the Blues the long throw from Muggleton
routine has passed it’s sell by date, every team in the league knows what is
coming and the ball virtually never goes to a Chesterfield shirt. So it’s really
a dilemma that the manager has placed himself into, with player selections and
purchases, which type of game does he go for? It’s also not great to hear an opposition
manager such as Paul Doswell on Tuesday at Sutton saying that frankly our
tactics are poor and they were by far the better side. Oh well onto the magic of the FA Cup, who
knows if we can fashion a couple of chances against Billericay?
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