Pretty much spot on summary. In all honesty we looked comfortable in the first half without really playing well but we might as well have stayed in the dressing room after half time. Disappointingly today I thought we let ourselves get bullied by Solihull a little and they "managed" the referee very well especially skipper Darren Carter who himself could have been sent off twice and was constantly backchatting to the officials. He did however lead his side tremendously well in the face of adversity. Contrast that to Asa Hall who was yet again invisible and I saw none of the qualities an on-field leader needs. Heads went down following the red card and first Solihull goal and the body language from most was appalling.Suffolk Blue wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:46 am Two freak goals. Dunne loses plot; Second half capitulation. Back four ripped apart. Utterly useless Solihull keeper survives second half without single shot on goal from open play; Solihull dominate battle in the air,Jordan White and Asa Hall go missing; injured Yusseff replaced by palpably unfit Cockerline. Gomis immense again; Fears that novice referee would do us no favours proved positive as Solihull play him like a fiddle; Repeated rolling of two balls onto the pitch at throw-ins used in bizarre time wasting tactic by the "Mighty Moors"; Claims that referee is a homer dashed in favour of referee is just plain useless after extremely dubious penalty awarded to save blushes in 96th minute. Moussa Diarra nominated for freedom of Barrow for refusing to relinquish possession whilst charging into opposition penalty area before collapsing like shot giraffe (NB. He did exactly the same in virtually the same spot last season with the same outcome). Rather angry scenes at full-time whistle between fans questions wisdom of no segregation; Cox embraced in passionate post-match clinch by irate fans.
Just about sums it up.
Moussa an absolute hero till the end and single handedly battled through 4 challenges to win the penalty - he would just not give up. Gomis not far behind in his superhuman efforts again with Harvey also excellent until he was inexplicably hooked. Elsewhere Jones (superb free-kick aside) was given a torrid time by a talented Moors winger and Barthram fared little better. Nieskens looked shaky at times and Dunne seemingly let himself get wound up by the amount of holding, elbows and other shenanigans that the officials let go at corners - he needs to learn quickly. White almost as ineffective as Hall and Cockerline at least a yard off the pace. As others have said well done to Harry P for a calmly taken penalty.
Never a dull moment at Damson Lane and if my maths is correct then that is 19 goals I have seen there in our last 3 visits. Make no mistake though that this was a poor quality game and I suspect we are finding our level in mid table having just played two teams I expect to be in the bottom half and possible relegation scrap come April. We need Yussuf back for Saturday v Dover and we need to revert to 4-4-2 or maybe even 4-5-1. The quicker we unite Yussuf and Harrison the better but it won't be until next month at least I am guessing. I fear a heavy beating at Dover but at least the pubs there are good.
