Half Time 0-0

Final Score Ilkeston 0 Rushall 2

Last nights loss will be disappointing one for Ilkeston FC. The Robins were the better side for at least an hour of the game. Unfortunately although they came close they could not convert their territorial advantage into goals. The inevitable happened and Rushall got a scrappy goal to take the lead. The second was again predictable as Ilkeston pushed hard for an equaliser with Durrant up for a corner Rushall cleverly capitalised with a well taken long range effort.
I felt that Lavelle Moore who had another excellent game lacked positional support and at times when Ilkeston had possession there was only Lavelle Moore in the box. I would like to have seen more Ilkeston players take a risk and get into dangerous positions nearer to goal. Perhaps this was the price to pay to having five in midfield. We did control the midfield but lacked punch upfront. We were more adventurous in the second half but Rushall sensed after an hour that they could get something more than a draw out of the game and pushed forward in numbers.
In the en d it was a game where the team played well but did not have the rub of the green when it came to scoring. Louis  Rose was very unlucky not to score just after the break when Lavelle Moore put him clean through. In the next few games Paul Holland will again have to wrestle with the option of playing two up front and bringing in Anthony Dwyer to support Lavelle Moore.