Coventry Marconi Bench Talk

Welcome to everyone from Coventry Marconi for this afternoons game here at Tally Ho! Makes a pleasant change not to have a fixture that clashes with an England fixture. Mind you, many would say that it was a blessing in disguise that we were not able to see their efforts! Especially a 'Jock' like me who thanks England for giving everybody something to mock in place of Scotlands draw away to the Faroe Islands. Probably not a great deal in it as to which was the worst performance.

Having said that our midweek performance in the 1-0 defeat away to Nuneaton Griff last Wednesday was a pretty poor performance as we lost all shape and failed to play for each other. Having said that we should still probably have nicked a draw if we had managed to convert one of several very good chances.

Our performance was all the more disappointing in view of the solid performances in our previous three matches. Our draw at home against Pershore Town ten days ago was very encouraging following on from our 1-0 home win over Loughborough the Saturday before. Pershore had the better of the first period and we came out battling after the break and an equalising goal from a towering header by Lyndion Price midway through the half gave us that vital encouragement. Yes folks, I did say Lyndon Price. I am not sure that he has ever scored for us before! It was great to see the way that players threw themselves in front of the ball to defend the result in the closing stages of the match.

We followed that up with a creditable 1-1 draw away at Coleshill Town where we went a goal down immediately after the break and clawed our way back into the game with a Gavin Smith equaliser. Darren Carmell held onto our share of the points with another great penalty save in the dying minutes. He does it so often that I think we become a little blasé about his ability in that particular art.

As usual player availability is still unknown but here's hoping that we get back to the solid performances of the games prior to Nuneaton Griff. Enjoy the game and we look forward to seeing you down here on Tuesday when we take on Nuneaton Borough Reserves in the Midland Floodlit Cup.