Another game where we’ve dominated the first half but failed to capitalise and been pegged back. Friday night was a great performance in the first half, where we dominated the game despite the loss of key personnel in Ferguson, Orr and Osbourne. Despite plenty of probing, we didn’t really create that many chances, as we didn’t have that final ball when needed.
When the goal came, the incisive ball through was a header from Broadfoot, allowing Fuller to bear down on goal. He coolly drew Smithies, went round him and then left Clarke floundering on the line as he passed it into the unguarded net. A great finish. Despite continuing dominance we then failed to extend the lead and could have been punished only for the linesman’s flag to rescue us.
In the second half we were unable to maintain our dominance and seemed to start defending deeper. The Huddersfield substitutions also gave us more concern as they started finding space between defence and midfield. That brought dividends through a fine finish and equaliser. We were comfortably weathering the challenge though, until Huddersfield broke quickly and Scannell went down in the box for a penalty. From my perspective at the other end it looked like minimal or no contact as Robinson and Martinez tracked his run, but the referee saw enough to send off the latter. The second very harsh sending off against us recently. The delay seemed to affect Vaughan who blazed his penalty against the bar.
In the end, a decent point but I’d like to think that a little more ambition could see us winning these games. We had seven forwards on the bench. I’d like to see at least one of them start.
STARMAN: Ricardo Fuller
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