Sorry Town Slump Again

Monmouth Town 2 AFC Llwydcoed 3

It was case of after the Lord Mayor's show for Monmouth ‘s Kingfishers as last Wednesday's brave performance against Cwmbran Town was rendered null and void with a second half horror show against title challengers Llwydcoed.

Two nil up at the break courtesy of goals by Rogers and Palmer and facing the second half against a ten man Llwydcoed who had seen their keeper dismissed as early as the twenty fifth minute the home supporters could have been forgiven for expecting a mature performance to see off spirited by limited opponents.

What they got was a second half performance so lacking in discipline and heart that Llwydcoed simply blew them away with two goals in the final five minutes, the winner with the last kick of the game. For almost the entire second half Llwydcoed showed the necessary desire and commitment, constantly outnumbering a labouring midfield and overlapping at will to create panic every time they reached the Monmouth Town penalty area.

The Kingfishers simply had no answer to the barrage despite manful performances by Davies and Alderdice at the heart of the back four and plenty of attitude by Smith and Wookey.

Town Chairman Lee Robson didn't mince his words afterwards "To say I'm not happy at the moment is an understatement. Ok we played well against Cwmbran midweek and agreed that we have set a standard for ourselves. Then we just go through the motions. We simply cannot expect to compete at this level if we have no game plan and if we're happy for players to do as they please. Good as they are individually, too many went missing today and will shrug it off and expect to play next week. I hope that's not the case."

This Saturday Town are at home to fellow strugglers Seven Sisters.

27th September 2008