NL: Boreham Wood v Torquay United 7:45pm 5th October 2021

link - Not surprisingly same team as on Saturday starts although Chiori replaces Rogers on the bench.

No sign of Addai. Injured or gone?

Sounds like we had that coming.

Let's hope GJ shakes them up at half-time.

Normal service resumed - one goal just before and one just after half time ☹️

2 nil down ⚽️⚽️

Overall I still think that was a better performance than the previous ones I have witnessed v Altrincham, Woking and Grimsby. But we are some way short of a playoff team, and given that we played 3-5-2 yet were consistently overpowered in midfield something went wrong with the tactics. At least this time players seemed to know where each other would be for a pass.

After the Solihull game I presumed that the players GK thought were not up to this level were the new recruits. I'm not sure now. Based on last night's performance I have reconsidered my view of Dan Martin - I thought he had a good game.

Lapslie was the best Gull on the park, although Holman also impressed me with his nippiness, layoffs and close control. He didn't have many chances in the box due to us still playing too many long-balls rather than playing along the ground which we did more of in the second half.

O'Connell concerns me at right wing/midfield. Although his defending has improved he offers very little going forward, or certainly didn't last night. Whitfield may be an unfair comparison, yet Whitfield frightened defences whereas I don't think they are too bothered by O'Connell.

The player I thought gave the worst performance was CLE. A peripheral figure in the first half, except when he swung one leg and booted the ball out with his other foot when in a god position inside the penalty box, he came more into the game in the second half but failed to create very much at all. Most of his actions were to fall over at the first sign of contact. His tumblings are becoming embarrassing, so if a rose-tinted Gulls fan can see that what must refs be thinking? From one of our best players last season to the opposite this season something more fundamental than fitness must be the cause.

Chiori Johnson was alright when he came on but didn't offer much threat to the opposition. That said he was often in fairly open positions waiting for a pass that never arrived, mostly because Little decided to hold the ball too long rather than move it forward at speed. I don't know what to think about Little. Whenever I've had enough of his wasted play, he has a blinder of a game that reminds me what he is capable of. So far, he has been too inconsistent to be effective for us this season.

We played some lovely football in the second half, just not enough of it. I couldn't really work out if a 2-0 win flattered Boreham Wood or if they were playing in second gear for most of the second half. They had enough chances to score five or six, but their shooting was horribly wayward. We had fewer chances with equally wayward finishing. At half time I though both sides were even, with just one moment of great skill separating them. That all went horribly wrong almost immediately after the start of the second half. It wasn't an exciting game and we were never really out of it; how much that is down to BW not having to try too hard to keep a two-goal lead we will never know. Would two very late goals in Gary-Time have papered over the cracks in the same way as the Chesterfield game?

Ben Wynter had a good game, and Moxey was a class (or two) above. Good to see Andrews on the bench although we could do with him on the pitch, if only for corners and free kicks...