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Bedworth United FC @bedworth_united
Full time Ilkeston Town 3 Bedworth United 1. A poor showing by the Greenbacks today after their recent performances this was by far the worst of the season so far. Thankyou Ilkeston for great hospitality 4:52 PM · Aug 28, 2021
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Andy Beechey @AndyBeech43.20h    Replying to@bedworth_united
Losing 3-1 to 10 players isn’t good, hopefully see an improvement on Monday at home to Chasetown


 

Not sure we learnt too much from this game; Bedworth were poor and we're still a work in progress. 
 
I've always championed Reid, a good technician with good creative ability. But you just have to question his temperament. When things don't go his way he gets frustrated and tetchy and sees red. What he did (and it's not the first time) was very ill-disciplined, and had we been playing a better team could have cost us points. It's ok saying it was a poor decision from the referee, but why do something that puts it into the referee's hands, that makes the referee make a decision? The ball wasn't in a danger area and what he did was just bonkers.
 
Our defence continues to look shaky for me. I get worried every time a ball comes into our box. Is it that one or two are not good enough, or that they're not gelling together as a unit, or they're not getting enough protection from those in front of them? With the ball at his feet, Fenton's a very good footballer (what a terrific strike for his goal by the way) but he lacks pace and he isn't commanding in the air. Is he good enough to play centre back in a promotion winning side? Not sure, time will tell I guess. Having said that I thought the defence did well in the second half yesterday and showed good game management. A good team effort all around.
 
Good to see Brown-Hill getting some more game time and he worked hard and looked sharper. Paddy Webb worked hard and showed promise; he looks to be a different type of forward to Campbell, who’s more of a finisher.
 
We've got a gem in Charlie Wakefield. I'd be tempted to give him MOM, but for the second half performance I think I'd give a collective MOM to the defence.
 
I think the Belper game tomorrow will give us a better idea as to how our team/squad stacks up.
 
Early days, but a bit disappointed with the crowd figure - 414 yesterday, I'd have hoped for 500+. It's interesting looking at the player stats; only 4 of our squad have played more than 20 times for Ilkeston. Billy Bennett the only one who's survived all the regime changes in recent years.

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After Reid’s sending off I thought we would be lucky to get a point.  Fortunately we scored quickly at the start of the second half which gave us belief that we could avoid defeat. Our third goal gave us belief that we could win the game. Bedworth lacked urgency and failed to make their extra player count. I kept thinking that if they got one goal they would then get more but it didn’t happen. We defended well and they only created a few real opportunities. I think we would have took a point at half time so the win was a real bonus and the sort of result you need when going for promotion.  Zak Goodson was outstanding in the second half and his threat down the right caused Bedworth massive problems and relieved the pressure on Ilkeston’s defence.