Urgh probably a deserved equaliser on the balance of play but thought we’d done enough to scrape through. That goal changes the mood a lot! Couldn’t have been much worse than Boxing Day but credit to the men in yellow for showing some character and digging in. Unfortunately, the enforced changes really hurt us.
2025 has been pretty turgid all told, roll on 2026…and erm, more of the same?!
Never great when your goalkeeper falls over his own feet on the vital final corner. Impossible to tell from the TV angle if the ball had crossed the line. Really not much better than Doddsball at the moment. The Duff honeymoon is long over - he’s sleeping in the spare room after that.
He bumps into one of our players but the contact is minimal. No idea how or why he goes to ground. Awful goalkeeping, after such a good performance up to that point from him.
Herein lies the point though - the second that Henderson is out (much more important than Mullins imo) we’re stuffed. No one who can keep possession or pick a pass, and we don’t have a centre forward good or strong enough to hold onto the ball.
All we could do in that second half was block and tackle (which we did admirably) but when the ball is just coming back at you every time, it’s only a matter of time until a goal is going in. Lots of January business needed, in and out.
Sickener at the end, but that was a gutsy performance and a good reaction to the shambles on Boxing Day.
Casey was absolutely superb. Not convinced that was over the line at the end, but I guess the Lino would’ve had the best view. Impossible to tell on tv.