VNL#43 - Daggers 1 Wrexham AFC 1
Another season has drawn to a close, and that it concluded with a last-minute equaliser being conceded is quite an apt reflection of how it's gone for us overall throughout the past few months. However, despite it taking the gloss off what was a commanding performance, I doubt there was anyone within Victoria Road who was overly bothered when the ball hit the net. It did underline our ongoing weakness of not being able to kill teams off. We seemed to develop that knack during our impressive unbeaten run, yet it resurfaced today and ultimately cost us the three points we deserved. That Wrexham had ten men only furthers the sense that it should never have happened. However, win, lose or draw, today was always about enjoying being back in the ground. The players produced a performance that justified the anticipation, largely dominating the game and playing some really entertaining football. It was about as much of a stark contrast as comprehensible from the last time fans were present, a drab 1-0 defeat to Altrincham, after which the tier 3 announcement came as quite a relief. There was a brilliant intensity today and the supporters fed off it. Every single player did themselves proud and anyone watching the game with no prior knowledge of the context surrounding it would have been surprised to discover that it was Wrexham pursuing a play-off spot rather than us. Considering their permutations, Wrexham's display was astoundingly bad. We limited them impressively, but they were still dreadfully poor in most departments, and the eventual scoreline doesn't do justice to what was largely a one-sided contest at Victoria Road. We were excellent defensively, with Reynolds, Clark and Wright all impressing - the latter bagging a ninth assist of the season too. At the other end of the pitch, Weston, Balanta and McCallum excelled, while Robinson's industrious display in the middle earned him the BT Sport 'Man of the Match' award. His performance complimented that of Saidou Khan, who continues to demonstrate why there is such a ferocious desire amongst the fanbase for us to sign him permanently. There are definitely foundations for next season and an important summer now awaits, but if we manage to pick up in August where we've left off now, we'll certainly be a force to contend with.
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Peter King
1/6/2021 01:39:13 pm
Hi Joel
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