Match v Warrington is ON

Ilkeston line up: 1 Dale Eve 2 Max Thornberry, 3  Charlie Scanlon,4 Jaylon Bather, 5 Matt Baker (c), 6 Dante Leverock, 7 Louis Rose, 8 Danny Gordon, 9 Anthony Dwyer, 10 Ben Morris, 11 Brandon Clarke Subs not used: Ryan Head, Reece Horne, Jamie Hannis, Dexter Atkinson and Tom Gamblenn

0-0 Rose with two good shots narrowly!

0-0 Shot by Gordon 30 yards out Good save by keeper! Clarke shot just over minutes later!

0-0 Half Time!

Ilkeston sub Atkinson for Morris Head for Dwyer

0-2 A depressing second half!

Having had a good hour to think about today's game has still not helped make sense of what was a very disturbing afternoon. Ilkeston started brightly enough and were matching Warrington in what was an uneventful first half. The Robins had the best of the chances with Danny Gordon had a long range effort which forced a good save out of the visitors keeper. The second half however turned on the hour when Max Thornberry was dismissed after bringing down a Warrington player and being the last man. The free kick was saved but McCarthy scored after a goalmouth scramble. The goal knocked the stuffing out of Ilkeston and they never looked like getting back into the game. Unsurprisingly Warrington got a second in the dying seconds when they virtually walked through the Ilkeston defence to enable McCarthy to get his second.
The defeat was depressing but what was worse for the first time this season the players seemed to throw in the towel. For the first time this season it appeared that the off the field problems had effected their performance. Rumours of players not being paid obviously leads to a belief that the Ilkeston dressing room might not be as happy as it should be. It is known the club has financial difficulties but the time has come for some action to be seen to be being taken to solve the issues the club have. If a change of ownership is the answer it appears that it needs to happen as soon as possible!
Surely things can only get better! Can't they?