BRNESC SUFFERED ANOTHER DEPRESSING DEFEAT 3 0 TO HIGH FLYING WEST EVERTON XAVS IN ICE COLD CONDITIONS AND THEIR DISPLAY WAS AS COLD AND DISMAL AS THE WEATHER,
A BARE BONES BRNESC ,ONLY 12 PLAYERS .WERE UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE START AS WEST EVERTON DOMINATED AND THEY HIT THE BAR AFTER 5 MINUTES AND THEN HIT A FREE KICK STRAIGHT AT MATTY NAGLE ,BRNESC WERE STRUGGLING TO GET INTO THE GGAME AND WERE GIVING THE BALL AWAY WITH REGULAR MONOTONY,
THE FIRST 15 MINS WAS ALL ONE WAY TRAFFIC AND WEST EVERTON THEN SHOT NARROWLY WIDE AFTER A FLOWING MOVE AND ON 18 MINS MATTY NAGLE HAD TO BE AT HIS BEST TO TIP OVER A GOALBOUND EFFORT FROMTHE ENSUING CORNER WEST WVERTON TOOK THE LEAD THE CENTREBACK HEADING HOME UNCHALLENGED 8 YDS OUT ,THEY HAD SCORED 2 FROM CORNERS IN THE PREVIOS GAME 3 IN ALL IN 2 GAMES!! 0 1
MATTY NAGLE WAS CALLED INTO ACYION ONCE AGAIN WITH A FINE ONE ON ONE SAVE WHEN A LONG BALL DOWN THE MIDDLE EVADED THE BRNESC DEFENCE AND LOOKED ODDS ON 0 2
CHRIS BELL THEN CLEARED OFF THE LINE IN THE 25 MIN AS THE PRESURE GREW MATTY NAGLE THEN PALMED AWAY A FEROCIOUS FREE KICK AS WEST EVERTON LOOKED FOR THE SECOND GOALMICK OBRIEN THEN CLEARED OFFTHE LINE AS BRNESC WERE DEFENDING DESPERATELYIN THE FACE OF A GROWING ONSLAUGHT FROM WEST EVERTON CHRIS BELL THEN MADE A LAST DITCH TACKLE ,NEARLY CONCEDING A OWN GOAL .TO PREVENT THE FORWARD GETTING A SHOT ON GOAL.
DANNY KEARNEY THEN MADE A FINE RUN DOWN THE RIGHT AND HIS CROSS WAS SCRABLED AWAY BY WEST EVERTON ,BRNESC FIRST MEANINGFUL ATTACK AFTER 38 MINS WEST EVWERTON THEN SHOT NARROWLY WIDE AND A SHOT THEN DEFLECTED OFF CHRIS BELL JUSTT WIDE OFF THE POST
JUST WHEN IT LOOKEDC AS THOUGH BRNESC WERE SOMEHOW GOING TO GETN TO HALF TIME ONLY 1 0 IN ARREARS ,FROM ANOTHER CORNER THE UNLUCKY CHRIS BELL IN ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE BALL COULD ONLY HELP IT INTO THE NET 0 2,
ONLY FOR MATTY NAGLE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE EMBARRASSING SCORE LINE ,THE TWO CENTRE BACKS ANDY WALSH AND THE EXCELLENT CHRIS BELL HAD PROVIDED STOUT RESISTANCE BUT A LOT OFF PLAYERS HAD HAD A MEDIOCRE FIRST HALF 0 2
THE SECOND HALF STARTED LIKE THE FIRST CONSTANT PRESSURE WITH BRNESC UNABLE TO STEM TJE FLOW AND MICK OBRIEN CLEARED A BALL OFF THE LINE FROM ANOTHER CORNER!!
THEN BRNESC HAD THEIR BEST SPELL OF THE GAME AND IN THE SPACE OF 7 MINS COULD HAVE SCORED THREE,IN THE 55 MIN JOE ASPINALL HEADED WIDE FOM THE SIX YARD BOX WITH THE GOAL AT HIS MERCY 2 MINUTES LATER FROM A CHRIS FAGAN FREE KICK DAVID WHITNEY WAS UNMARKED AT THE BACK POST AND LOOKED CERTAIN TO SCORE BUT SLICED HIS INTENDED VOLLEY WIDE 5 MINS LATER DANNY KEARNEY MADE A BRILLIANT WEAVING RUN TO THE BYELINE AND PULLED THE BALL BACK TO DAVID WHITNEY WHO ONCE AGAIN MISKICKED WITH THE DEFENCE IN DISSARAY
UNBELIEVABLY,AFTER BEING PUMMELLED FOR MOST OFF THE GAME BRNES C SHOULD HAVE BEEN A GOAL IN FRONT!!
JAY HULME THEN CLEARED FROM THE 6 YD BOX AS WEST EVERTON LOOKED LIKE SCORING THEIR THIRD
MATTY NAGLE THEN PULLED OFF ANOTHER BRILLIANT SAVE PALMIND A VICIOUS LONG RANGEEFFORT OVER THE BAR AND THEN PULLED OFF TWO MORE STUNNING SAVES TO KEEP BRNESC IN WITH A SHOUT.
BRNESC WERE PLAYING A WEE BIT BETTER IN THE SECOND HALF BUT FOR EVERY ATTACK BRNESC HAD WEST EVERTON HAD 3 OR FOUR IN REPLY ,BRNESC INABILITY TO KEEP POSSESSION WAS A MAYJOR FACTOR IN THIS GAME AND THEY HAD NO ANSWER TO THE MOVEMENT OFF THE OPPOSSING MIDFIELD WHO HAD DOMINATEDE THE GAME.
WITH 6 MINS TO GO WEST EVERTON MADE IT 0 3 WHEN A LONG BALL FROM THE RIGHT WAS HEADED IN AT THE LEFT HAND POST BY A COMPLETELY UNMARKED WEST EVERTOM PLAYER 0 3
ONLY FOR MATTY NAGLE IT COULD HAVE BEEN 6 OR 7 OR EVEN MORE!! BRNESC FAILED MISERABLY IN ALL AREAS ,GIVING POSSESSION AWAY ,NOT BEING TIGHT ENOUGH ON THEIR OPPOSTE NUMBER,NOT KEEPING THEIR SHAPE ,YOU NAME IT AND BRNESC NEVER DONE IT!!
A ABJECT PERFORMANCE WITH FEW COMING OUT WITH CREDIT AND WITHOUT MATTYS DISPLAY AND SOME DILIGENT DEFENSIVE DISPLAYS BY THE CENTRE BACKS IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. IT LOOKS LIKE ITS GOING TO BE A LONG WINTER UNLEES WE IMPROVE AND QUICKLY HOPEFULLY THE NEAXT TWO GAMES ,BOTH IN THE CUP WILL SEE A MARKED IMPROVEMENT
