by Tippy Tappy Football » Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:46 pm
Mansfield played really well and could easily have been 3-0 up at half time. We could have scored 4 goals in the first 6 minutes. Lapslie and Swann had great chances to shoot and then Lucas Akins missed another open goal as the ball bounced down off the bar. Akins and Boateng then shot wide from good positions. Kellan Gordon and Elliott were getting forward and putting the balls across the area. Stephen Quinn had a great chance to make it 2-0 after a great move but Cameron Dawson saved at the near post.
George Lapslie shot over the bar at the start of the 2nd half and George Maris could have equalised at the end.
We were undone by Wednesday bringing on Michael Smith and Barry Bannon and two great pieces of play down our right. It looked like they got behind Kellan Gordon for the 1st goal and Harbottle and Hawkins could have done better to get blocks in. For the 2nd goal, it looked like Kellan Gordon lost his man and then Lucas Akins could have stopped the cross and Elliott Hewitt did not pick up Smith.
I thought George Maris , George Lapslie and Stephen Quinn played really well and Kellan Gordon and Elliott Hewitt were very good going forward especially in.the 1st half. The whole team played well. James Perch looked very slow when he came on.
The performance up to the first Wednesday goal was the best since Hartlepool at home and we have failed to win both games.