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Not a pretty game, but then it was never going to be. The referee made some very strange decisions, but he was probably confused by the constant nagging from the players in the marker pen shirts. On one occasion, a Hungerford player made three fouls in very quick succession on the same Dartford player. The referee booked the Dartford player and awarded a free kick to Hungerford. Not sure what that decision was based upon.

To their credit, the Dartford players did not rise to the bait and Hungerford's antics were in vain. Great three points, but this match will not live long in the memory.

Whether it was a crap game or not, it’s another 3 points and the season is looking much better now eh.

Need to keep the momentum going as Beckenham was a disaster for all concerned but we have moved on and responded with the wins.

Keep going is all I can say!

Pleased with the 3 points against Hungerford . Thats 2 starts and 2 goals for Herschel, this time chasing down the keeper , robbing him and cooly finishing . Very pleased with Alex Wall getting on the score sheet , he is looking like his old self and his celebration I think was a message to his doubters .

Herschel opens the scoring for Dartford V Hungerford

Alex Wall scores Dartford’s 2nd b Hungerford

Happy with that today.

While we were sloppy at times with misplaced passes overall I felt like we controlled the game, I don't recall Hungerford having any clear chances to score, aside from their long throws which always worry me.

Well done to the defence in keeping a clean sheet as well. Joe in goal is getting more comfortable game by game and the things he did need to do today he did well.

A shame to see Coulson go off injured again, I hope it's not too serious

Nice to see Alex come on and score a goal, hopefully gives him a bit of confidence.

I want to give praise to Davide, while he didn't score today I thought his work rate was immense and his ability to challenge for and win aerial duels against their massive defenders really helped the team today. He also made some very good runs where we couldnt for whatever reason pick him out. For that reason I'm giving him my MOTM vote. I love players that give their all for the team and Davide definitely falls into that category.

Table is looking good now, and we seem to be going in the right direction. Up the Dowse.

Glad we got that one out of the way and three points to boot. Team hopefully are growing in confidence as we had no Samir running the show.
Well done the lads, well done Dowse.
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Pleased we got 3pts today but as Grassbank said a " game to quickly forget " and I accept that ALL of the players put in a very good shift but this level of performance will get us found out by the better teams in the league .I agree that Davide put in a really great shift but he spends far too much time nowhere near the goal , very often in midfield or wide left , good for the team but he wont get goals from there .The other thing that amazed us behind the goal is for an opponents corner we pull ALL 11 back and then there is " no out ball " so its immediately returned and puts the pressure back on the defence , surely 1 or 2 should be on half way line ????????????

I am genuinely pleased we are [ currently] 3rd in the table , I think we are getting "the rub of the green " at present and still would like to see a couple coming in

Glad Alex Wall got his goal, shame about his reaction to the fans !!!!!!!!

My MOTM was Luke Allen

Regulation win against a potential banana skin.
Good to see us in 3rd place after an excellent run.
Not the most riveting game but 3 points are always welcome.

I wasn’t able to make it today
But agree 100% with Duke. I have been saying for weeks that it is suicide having all the team in thd penalty area to defend corners and free kicks
If we win the ball and knock it forward surprise surprise it comes back
Let’s work this out please

I watched Chatham Town's FA Cup replay with Walton & Hersham. Both sides contributed to an excellent game of football. Ball on the deck with the pass rate from both teams being high. Total football and thoroughly enjoyable to watch. Tackles were hard but fair with no nancy boys rolling around on the ground like they've been shot to get an opponent booked.
In recent seasons the quality in steps 3 and 4 have improved.
I saw more football played in that game than I've seen at Princes Park this season.

The standard in this season's National League South has been dreadful. Ebbsfleet will never get a better chance than now to win the league. From the officials to the way the teams play, the standard is poor and the South is going backwards.
Too many misplaced passes and kick and hope balls into space.
The play acting from the opposition, mugging the referee
off in the process, is a joke.
Hoof, hoof, hoof and we all fall down.
Atleast we won today without Carruthers, who should never have been sent off in the first place.

On a positive note Hershel continues to perform like a breath of fresh air. Not only did he block the Hungerford keeper for the opening goal but followed that up with two quick fire defensive blocks at the other end of the field.

And for once we never had to endure a nervy end to the game. The second goal put paid to that.

Vintage Wall!

Looking up the result today on FlashScore it said our second was scored by Jon Wallis! Very confused until I realised it was a typo haha!

another home game we’ve won that I missed! I think I should give up my season ticket! C’mon boys - keep the great trend growing.

Ajaxman DFC wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:39 pm
Atleast we won today without Carruthers, who should never have been sent off in the first place.

Carruthers didn’t get sent off, his suspension is for 5 yellow cards which gives him a one match ban.

It was the loanee Frimpong from AFC Dons that got sent off.

Ajaxman DFC wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:39 pm Atleast we won today without Carruthers, who should never have been sent off in the first place.

He missed the game because of 5 yellows.

Scrappy game ref fell for there antics from the 1st minute how the he'll did Tom get booked for he was being pinned down and luke Allen booked for winning the ball after the ref had given us a free kick my m.o.m goes to essam who had there number 25 tank in his pocket on most free kicks and corners hoping culsens injury isn't to serious and good to see Alex wall score onto next week to face a few familiar faces at dulwich up the darts in dowse we believe

Scrappy win against the most anti-football side in the division “aided” by another inept referee!!

Couldn’t be happier for Alex getting his goal. His “celebration” was a reaction to the “criticism” he’s received on here and elsewhere week after week and hopefully he’ll go on and completely silence his critics.

Agree with others about Davides high work rate yesterday and, for that, he gets my MoM vote.

rick wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 11:53 pm

Ajaxman DFC wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:39 pm Atleast we won today without Carruthers, who should never have been sent off in the first place.

He missed the game because of 5 yellows.

Ah yes, ofcourse it was. Thanks for pointing that out Rick and 5th Searcher.
I think I did comment on Frimpong's brilliant tackle at the time. The sending off was a dreadful decision.

Just a note on the crowd, that’s really down on last season, almost like the hardcore are there at the moment, last weeks gate was increased because of the international break.

Keep going lads, win those missing fans back, although a small group will be no doubt going to Gloucester to see their pin up boy again.

Re: Post-match interview
Very well said Mr Tyler . Trust in Dowse! We’re grinding out results now, and imo that 3rd position in the League isn’t false but, there’s so long to go in this season and some big games to play. We are starting to gel as a squad though, as others have said, 2-3 more quality players would be good.

Would seriously like to see Dan Roberts back with us to cover for Luke out wide (not sure of the extent of his injury yesterday - a recurrence of his hamstring pull?) or to play off Charlie or Alex in a no.10 role.

Onto Dulwich next Saturday then and with both Charlie and Samir back we should be strong.

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