Sad, no pathetic such was our performance today against a side who we should easily have seen off had we shown the same enthusiasm and commitment that we had for the first five games.
Sittingbourne hit the post in the first half and had several shots on target but Kevin was up to the job, whilst we had one chance which fell to Eddie, as he broke through, was then obstructed/fouled by the last defender, but kept on his feet, the referee played the advantage and Eddie who was by then slightly off balance could only curl the ball onto the post and out of play.
The referee indicated a goal kick and only spoke to the defender, whilst pointing to our protesting forwards that he allowed the advantage to be played and had the ball gone in we would have been happy.
Second half was more of the same although we did put a bit more pressure on Sittingbourne, but only after we had conceded a goal from a shot which was hit hard and low and took a deflection past Kevin.
We were vunerable down our left hand side where Tom McGowan was constantly exposed, lacking pace to get back or losing out with soft tackling, plus when he did have possession he more often than not gave the ball away to the opposition.
Not that he was entirely to blame as the rest of the team were not much better and it was only in the last 10 minutes after Dave Martin came on that we pushed forward to try and get an equalizer, hitting the post in the last minute (was it Dave Martin?) from our best move of the game.
This is definitely not good enough as Sittingbourne were by far the weakest side we have had to play to date and we are gradually lowering our standards, just as we have seen in previous seasons, losing to the teams who we should be beating and gradually slipping down the table.
I'm not sure if I will make Tuesdays game as I should be working at head office in Gloucester, but I was thinking of switching days until I watched todays match, why should I show commitment and enthusiasm by putting myself out, only to see the players letting themselves down by playing at such an unacceptable standard when we know they can preform so much better.
We knew we would lose games that's not a problem, but it's how you lose that counts, at least lets go down fighting, just as Enfield did against us or as we did at Boreham Wood or when dropping two points at home to Waltham Forest.
It appears it is almost too much trouble for the players to talk to each other never mind passing to each other or playing as a team.
Get your act together Darts because I don't suppose Tuesdays match will be easy and I would expect the gate to be lower than we would normally expect.
But after this rant I will still try to make the game Tuesday, as I like so many of the Darts fans are gluttons for punishment.
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