A Son of the Rock

Ochilview, 13/3/10

Normal service resumed. Happy hunting days at Ochilview over.

We were bright for the first ten minutes then fell out of it.

This was desperate. Two poor teams barely able to fashion a chance between them.

Our formation looked like 4-3-1-2 with Wyness in the hole behind Winters and Hunter but it morphed into 3-4-1-2 when we were going forward. We looked solid in midfield with Ross Clark and Andy Geggan anchoring things, and no Chaplain.

It hasn’t taken long, by the way, for Wyness and in particular Winters to descend to our level.

As time went by we resorted to hoofing the ball upfield. A masterly tactic when their defenders were winning everything in the air. This was made even more profound when Hunter and later Cook were replaced by midgets in Carcary and Murray. Murray and Dunlop did link up well down the left and as a result a great chance was created for Chaplain who had come on for Ross Clark. (Was he tiring? That’s the only reasonable excuse for such a change.) Chaplain blazed it over when it would have been easier to hit the target.

But of course we don’t keep clean sheets. Their sub scored with his second touch. He’d been left in acres of room.

The ref was woefully inconsistent in his decisions and stopped the game unnecessarily several times for injured players who promptly got up again.

Man of the match?

Chissie.

He barely put a foot wrong. If he’s not on the MOTM ballot for this game on the club website it’s a disgrace. He put in a great shift and saved the jerseys a few times. Their goal didn’t come from down his side either.

Due to work commitments I won’t be able to make Broadwood on Tuesday night. Probably just as well. Cowdenbeath on Saturday, though. Remind me. When did we last win there?