With the cricket I had in mind being washed out I decided to go to this, I won't be rushing back in a hurry!
This match was awful with neither side very good and the pitch had a lot to do with that I think. I don't know if 3G pitches always play like this but if they do i'll give them a miss, brown dirt leaping up every time the ball bounced.
Sutton went 1-0 up when Coleman and the defender where within a yard of the ball and almost allowed the striker to take it off them, it got to ramsey-dickson who seemed to fall over and the ball was placed into the net. Ramsey-dickson equalised with a goalmouth scramble, then we went 2-1 up with a bizare own goal at the start of the second half before giving away a penalty, the way the match had gone I half expected him to put it about 10 yards over the bar, but it went straight into the top corner, probably the best bit of play in the match!
The defending was ropey at times and without Benbow there was no threat up front. Thought Rock did oaky when he came on and and most players put shifts in, but I have to say this match will not live in the memory at all! and to think we have to do it all over again next week, playing on that again won't do the players much good.
I know friendlys are treated as a bit of a joke these days with the constant changing of players, but it comes to something when the officials use it as pre season trianing too, the linesman from the first half refereed the second and vice versa!