Melksham Town v MERTHYR

Updates here!

Perry, Williams, Newall, Andrew Thomas, Jamie Thomas, Dorrian, Leek, Griffiths, Prosser, Stiens, Armitage.

Subs: Jenkins, Smith & Harris.

Melksham 1 up 30mins

H/t Melksham 1-0 Merthyr

is matty harris injured for him to be on the bench.

He did not play against t wells in the week though he was at pp

60min sub: Harris replaces Prosser

must be carrying a injury they can hardly be resting him they havent been playing much of late.

67mins sub: Jenkins replaces Dorrian

Matthew was rested Thursday to protect a suspected ankle problem, which has presumably improved.

thank you john.

83mins sub: Smith replaces Leek

F/t lost 1-0. Not our greatest performance by all accounts; had the majority of the ball, but out-fought & lacking a cutting edge.

Thanks for the updates.

Disappointing result. First time we've failed to score in a league game.

Disappointing . May be three games in five days to much after such a long layoff. Bring on Hengrove hopefully at Penydarren Park next Saturday.

GordonTheGopher wrote:Disappointing . May be three games in five days to much after such a long layoff. Bring on Hengrove hopefully at Penydarren Park next Saturday.

When can you expect to hear of the decision by the Western League ?

cliffyboy wrote:

GordonTheGopher wrote:Disappointing . May be three games in five days to much after such a long layoff. Bring on Hengrove hopefully at Penydarren Park next Saturday.

When can you expect to hear of the decision by the Western League ?

I read somewhere that the decision will be given on Monday. What I don't know is on what grounds was the clubs request to return to Peny Park refused by the Western league?

We don't know when we will get a decision after Monday's hearing. Watch this space.

We had most of the play yesterday but lacked a cutting edge. Melksham scored from virtually their only chance and defended very well with their 2 centre halves mopping up everything either in the air or on the ground. Their defending was a bit desperate towards the end making good blocks and the ball never seemed to bounce well for us.

There was acres of space out wide, but for once we failed to take advantage of it. The pitch was like a gluepot and not conducive to our passing game and we looked off the pace at times. It seems that certain players are taking longer to recover from our enforced layoff than others and I'm pleased we have another game on Tuesday to improve match fitness and sharpness.

A MOTM from yesterday is a difficult choice because no-one really played at the top of their game but if I did have to make a choice it'd probably be Leekie as he was at the heart of anything half decent we tried.