Ilderton Wanderer
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Back to earth with a bump. Rowett kept faith with the starting eleven from last week and it seemed like we could keep our run going against the side occupying bottom place but as we know Millwall never work like that. We took the kick off and immediately played the ball back to Cooper who took a long hopeful punt which Huddersfield easily dealt with and promptly launched a counter attack with pace and that set the tone for the rest of the first half. We made our familiar cold start while they attacked at will, our midfield was getting out muscled while McNamara and Malone were given a torrid time down the wings.
It wasn’t long before they broke the deadlock with a long cross/shot which caught Long off his line. It was no more than Huddersfield deserved and instead of sparking us into life it only served to encourage Huddersfield to come at us more. Corner after corner followed and it seemed a matter of time before they increased their lead. Half time couldn’t come quick enough.
At the break we perhaps surprisingly made no changes and although we looked a bit more settled in the second half we still came nowhere near creating a decent chance. A triple substitution introduced Burey, Honeyman and Afobe and straight away finally we began to take the game to Huddersfield. Burey in particular was a focal point and while he willingly ran at their defence he couldn’t make that telling pass.
Our delivery into the box was a real problem today and when we did manage to get into decent areas our final ball was severely lacking in quality with McNamara the main culprit although he was not alone. Our only real effort came after some smart play between substitute Bennett and Honeyman with the latter chipping a decent ball to the back post where the onrushing Burey managed to poke the ball towards goal and although it looked like for a split second it was going to trickle in the Town keeper managed to scramble back in time.
Our quest for a equaliser wasn’t helped by the ref who constantly blew up in favour of the home team although we hardly helped ourselves by giving away some silly unnecessary fouls. As the time ticked away we became more desperate and played with an urgency that was sadly lacking for most of the game and even though there was eight minutes added time we just couldn’t break through and Huddersfield held on for a deserved win.
Nobody really covered themselves in glory today but I would give MoM to Mitchell purely for his hard work and endeavour, he really was trying to make something happen to no avail. On to another away game at Birmingham and Rowett again finds himself with selection headache. Does he give todays side a chance to make amends or will he ring the changes?
It wasn’t long before they broke the deadlock with a long cross/shot which caught Long off his line. It was no more than Huddersfield deserved and instead of sparking us into life it only served to encourage Huddersfield to come at us more. Corner after corner followed and it seemed a matter of time before they increased their lead. Half time couldn’t come quick enough.
At the break we perhaps surprisingly made no changes and although we looked a bit more settled in the second half we still came nowhere near creating a decent chance. A triple substitution introduced Burey, Honeyman and Afobe and straight away finally we began to take the game to Huddersfield. Burey in particular was a focal point and while he willingly ran at their defence he couldn’t make that telling pass.
Our delivery into the box was a real problem today and when we did manage to get into decent areas our final ball was severely lacking in quality with McNamara the main culprit although he was not alone. Our only real effort came after some smart play between substitute Bennett and Honeyman with the latter chipping a decent ball to the back post where the onrushing Burey managed to poke the ball towards goal and although it looked like for a split second it was going to trickle in the Town keeper managed to scramble back in time.
Our quest for a equaliser wasn’t helped by the ref who constantly blew up in favour of the home team although we hardly helped ourselves by giving away some silly unnecessary fouls. As the time ticked away we became more desperate and played with an urgency that was sadly lacking for most of the game and even though there was eight minutes added time we just couldn’t break through and Huddersfield held on for a deserved win.
Nobody really covered themselves in glory today but I would give MoM to Mitchell purely for his hard work and endeavour, he really was trying to make something happen to no avail. On to another away game at Birmingham and Rowett again finds himself with selection headache. Does he give todays side a chance to make amends or will he ring the changes?
All that standing around, pwoper ugly.