[JonInMiddleGA]

Jan 1, 2013 (afternoon)

Blyth (5-7-13, 23rd) at Forest Green (8-5-11, 16th)

It's gotta get better, right? We played them to a 1-1 draw in the first encounter, I'd take that today on the road.

They're 1-2 favorites, we're 9-2 dogs. We'll start in 4-4-2 Defensive, then roll from there. Young Rhys Paul will make his 1st team debut today.

GK: Hartley
D: Martin, Jones, Paul, Pearson
MF: Phillips, White, Wedderburn, O'Connor
F: Mole, Lobjoit
Bench: (Purvis, Whiteley, Stamp, Slaughter, McDonald)

Halftime: Forest Green 3 Blyth 1
Quick counterattack, Kabba simply beats Hartley at 5'
Middleton gets free & clear down the left side inexplicably at 8'
Styche in the box to beat Hartley at 34'
Mole ends his drought after a nice long ball by Phillips at 36'

We outshot them 6-4, we simply gave them too many easy opportunities. Our passing is crap, our tackling is worse. I'd like to see something different in the second half.

Fulltime Forest Green 6 - Blyth 1
Styche scores easily off a corner at 60'
Rowe fires home a free kick at 81'
Bangura pots a rebound after Purvis missed an interception at 86'

Have I mentioned that I think our problem may simply be that we're not very good? Just awful beyond words today. We didn't even take a shot in the second half.

Subs: Purvis for Pearson at 53', Whiteley for Martin at 69', Slaughter for Paul at 75'

Hartley 5.9
Martin 5.9, Jones 5.4, Paul 5.3, Pearson 5.5
Phillips 6.8 & 1 assist, White 5.3, Wedderburn 5.5, O'Connor 5.7
Mole 7.1 & 1 goal, Lobjoit 5.6
Subs: Whiteley 6.5, Slaughter 6.4, Purvis 5.6

Jan 1, 2013 (postmatch)
Rhys Paul suffered a twisted knee & will miss a month for treatment. I'm honest at the presser & call today an embarassment.

Nathan McDonald wants to bitch about playing time. I'm not in the mood, he can go screw himself for all I care. I put him on reserve duty, he comes BACK to cry again. I tell him to shut up & prove himself.