NLS - Friday & Saturday 30 & 31 March 2018

[Dave Deacon]

Dartford	1	0	Hampton & Richmond Borough
	Havant & Waterlooville	2	0	Weston-super-Mare
	Truro City	3	3	Hemel Hempstead Town

Saturday 31st March 2018
NATS	Chippenham Town	4	0	Eastbourne Borough	0

[Dave Deacon]

Only three games completed in the NLS today!

Wins for the top two and Truro v HH (5th v 6th) ended all square, although City had to come back to level on three occasions, with the third occasion coming after almost 4 minutes of added on time when Tyler Harvey scored.

it leaves the top 9 positions looking like this before tomorrow's matches.....

		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Havant & Waterlooville	36	20	10	6	56	26	8	7	3	29	16	12	3	3	27	10	+30	70
2	Dartford	36	20	8	8	71	42	13	3	3	46	19	7	5	5	25	23	+29	68
3	Hampton & Richmond Borough	36	16	15	5	51	32	9	8	1	27	13	7	7	4	24	19	+19	63
4	St Albans City	35	17	8	10	61	44	10	4	4	37	21	7	4	6	24	23	+17	59
5	Truro City	35	17	8	10	62	47	8	4	5	33	24	9	4	5	29	23	+15	59
6	Hemel Hempstead Town	36	15	12	9	60	46	9	5	4	30	19	6	7	5	30	27	+14	57
7	Welling United	35	16	8	11	63	51	7	3	7	33	27	9	5	4	30	24	+12	56
8	Braintree Town	35	14	12	9	60	48	8	5	4	31	19	6	7	5	29	29	+12	54
9	Chelmsford City	34	14	11	9	50	38	6	6	4	27	19	8	5	5	23	19	+12	53

[Gazer]

I thought it was a good game end to end action truro played well dug in and got the 3 rd goal at the end to get the draw / hemel hempstead fault they did nt win wasting time so much 

[Gazer]

10 minutes ago, CornishRhino said:

For me there wasn't overly too much quality in the game. I get bored watching Truro at times because they just seem to play long ball football too often that clearly doesn't work. They definitely look a better team when Tyler Harvey is on the pitch. How or why he isn't starting slightly baffles me. But he makes a great impact coming off the bench so it's not all that bad. Hemel Hempstead for me were a better footballing side but, similar to Truro, made silly errors in crucial areas of the pitch.

Yes they do like the long ball football but when they do play it on the ground they can match any team / i also dnt no why tyler harvey does not start but has come on sub last two home games and saved the day /draw was a fair result to day / in a lot better postion this year then last year thats for sure 

[RAPPO]

Spoke to Hodgie quickly after the game and he think he saw it as a point gained. Agree with some of the above comments but I think you’ve got to take the positives out of the game. It was a difficult pitch to play any free flowing football or run with the ball so the more direct style probably suited today. City came back three times and scored the goals at great times even if they were under the cosh a bit first half so plenty of character and confidence in the side. Scored in 1st half injury time to make it 2-2 and a 94th minute equaliser for 3-3. Think the ref added a bit of extra time on for all the keepers time wasting so it came back to bite them in the bum in the end!! Full credit to Hodgie I thought who really went for it with his substitutions with three strikers on the pitch last 15 minutes and it paid off! 13 points from 15 in the last 5 games against top 6 teams in the main is great form heading towards the play offs. Plenty to be happy about if you support City I think. To be fair Hemel deserved to take a point back up the road, thought they were brave to come here and play 3 up front first half who caused all sorts of problems. City looked the better side after the break and I think if Jamie Richards chance had gone under the bar instead of over in the 87th minute Truro might have even gone on to win it? All in all not the best day at the office but sign of a good team to stay in the match and get something from the game ⚽️?

[Dave Deacon]

The style they are playing surely can’t be too bad if they have recorded 13 points from their last five games!