Player/manager Peter Adeniyi has been ruing our wastefulness in front of goal ahead of an away trip to Chatham Town this weekend, writes James Barrett.
We drew 1-1 at home against
struggling Ramsgate last Saturday before crashing out of the FA Trophy on
Wednesday evening as Cray Wanderers hit three second-half goals without reply in our replay.
But Adeniyi feels we created more than
enough chances across each game to obtain two victories.
“It’s no secret that goals change games in football and that
has been proven twice this week, particularly the match against Cray,” he said.“That was a meeting between two good sides that play positively and create chances, the only difference was they took theirs.
“We could’ve been two or three goals ahead by half-time in
both games and so we’ve got to start finding the net with more regularity again.”
Our early season form sees us currently boast one
of the healthiest goal differences in the Ryman South (+16) but a slew of
injuries has perhaps seen us become more reliant on winger Ricky Korboa, whom has scored
five goals in our last seven games.
But Adeniyi is confident 10-goal Tommy Bradford, among
others, will be back to bolster the squad sooner rather than later.
“We had seven players aged 20 or under out against Cray and
yet, despite how the final result reads, we still performed well,” he added.
“We gave debuts to Harrison Street (17) and Jonathan Tadafe
(20) and I was pleased with their contributions, particularly Jonathan whom had
to deal with their tricky right winger all evening and was unlucky not to score in the second-half.
"But we hope to have Tommy and
(experienced defender) Kalvin Morath-Gibbs back from injury in about a week.
“Others like Sean O’Toole, Brendan Murphy-McVey, Bobby
Price, Mekhail McLaughlin and Jordan Hibbert should all be in contention for
the trip to Chatham too.”
Our game at Chatham Town is on Saturday 29th October (KO 3pm).
Our game at Chatham Town is on Saturday 29th October (KO 3pm).