3 points from 3

Tough game today and I thought we battled well for that point. I thought it looked ominous when that huge striker found the net, but we defended well after that. Certainly the type of game which we have frequently lost in the past, proving that we are becoming tough to break down. A fine strike by Baldwin for our goal - what a pity Williams failed to connect properly for that chance at the end.

Patchy performance today. Few spells were we looked good but never really put them under a decent period of pressure.

Agree that we showed a resilience that has not always been evident in recent seasons, a lot which I put down down to Steve Phillips.

Probably would have been a bit of an injustice had Williams struck late on but one I could have coped with (like Pratt's miss at Weston)!

We are hard to beat ..........9 games unbeaten.

Very happy with where we are.

The next couple of games will hopefully see us finding the net again.

Hopefully we'll keep Baldwin - top lad

A bit worrying that todays attendance was 81 down on last week. Any thoughts as to why. I thought that the Dartford game, although goalless was decent entertainment but I fear that not winning that game may have put some "non hard core" supporters off.

No away support compared to last week?

Could well be. I thought that the away support seemed to be roughly the same today as last week, but I have no actual evidence, Hemel certainly brought some to the game.

3 Saturdays in a row? I nearly sacked it off today to see a friend I hadn't seen in ages.

miker wrote:Could well be. I thought that the away support seemed to be roughly the same today as last week, but I have no actual evidence, Hemel certainly brought some to the game.

The bar was packed before the game last week(sharp elbows required at the bar with there being no queuing). Not the case yesterday.

How did Hemel compare with Dartford on the pitch? I see that they have beaten them already. They looked a very strong, well organised team who had they concentrated on playing the football they looked capable of rather than gamesmanship may well have won the game. However this time last season we had lost at home to 3 of the teams who ended up in the play offs. I don't think we are going to be such push overs this time...

Yes, we won't be drawing Ferriby just yet! Must say I was most impressed with Davies in the first couple of games, but agree that he needs to do more to retain his place.

They were a hard, physical side and the ref didn't help city much. Thought big chas played better than previous games this season but he needs to add a bit more oomph to his game. Perhaps john holloway can give him some special coaching session...

Agree that the only real disappointment of the season so far has been the performances of Jon Davies. I thought pre-season he looked as good as anyone we've signed for while but he's the only new arrival who hasn't looked better than what we had.

Hopefully he's a goal away from recapturing the pre-season form and I'd still keep him in the starting XI for a while yet.

Hemel are the best team we have come up against, certainly defensively. They are organised and hard to break down. They have also 11 points and are unbeaten away from home so obviously play for draws and hit on the counterattack. Maybe it is that terrible kit dazzling home teams.

I didn't think that Chas had a great one yesterday particularly. I thought that we decided to have Pratt and Nick up front to bulldoze our way through them with longer balls which didn't work at all. I wonder whether they saw something in previous games that suggested that they would be susceptible to it. I wouldn't have minded seeing Watkins come on for someone else and had three up front for a bit but, again, McCootie may have been knackered.

One odd thing yesterday was that Pratt went through a period of really misplacing passes, almost like he was overcomplicating them. Not a worry at all but, for him, so out of character. Still, although we aren't top, 9 out of 9 unbeaten and I am not sure that Phillips had to make one of his game-saving stops.

its great - no team is ever unbeaten after 9 just down to luck, except maybe FGR! (only joking..)