Romulus Bench Talk
Saturday 5 April 2003

Welcome to everyone for this afternoon’s game at Tally Ho. My article today is all about the ‘sublime to the ridiculous’ and after ‘The Lord Mayor’s Show.’ Confused. You are not the only one!

Two weeks ago we played a confident Fernhill County outfit who were playing us off the back of a 2-1 win they achieved at Alvechurch. What was our response? We go out and totally nullify them from start to finish and deservedly grab the three points through that very rare occurrence - a Lyndon Price goal. From 1 to 14 the whole team performed.

Last Saturday we went to Castle Vale KH. I know that because the fixture list tells me that was where we were playing. We got stuffed 4-1 and with a couple of exceptions the team did not perform or turn up. What totally baffles me is how virtually the same 14 players can put in performances so dramatically contrasting in terms of effort. I’m not sure the player’s understood either.

We have to get our chins off the ground and stop feeling sorry for ourselves, roll our sleeves up as we did two weeks ago and go out and battle and scrap for each other. Confidence is obviously brittle but the performance of two weeks ago tells me that if we can do it once, we can do it twice providing we show the correct attitude. Romulus are one of the form teams in the league and we are clearly going to have to be up for it from the off if we are to get some much needed points.

Darren Wilkinson and Ian Millward join Andy Reece on the injured list whilst Mark Langley and Pete Lee are away for the week-end with Mike Mason missing because he is working the Villa/Arsenal match. Back in the frame come Keiron McDade and Gavin Smith.

We hope that you enjoy the game and look forward to seeing you here for our next home game against Leamington on Tuesday 22nd. That could be quite a game. They usually bring a crowd of at least 100-150 and since they are still likely to be challenging for the title then we will both be scrapping furiously for the points.