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| Wrexham Walsh McGregor Brace Barrett (Thomas 86) Ridler Carey Chalk (Rush 78) Elliott Connolly Spink Owen Sub not used |
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City Loveless O'Sullivan Cadette (Roberts 71) Phillips Jarman Skelly Fowler Carpenter Thomas Bowen Hill (Earnshaw 88) Sub not used |
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| Report by
the Rev. FAW Cup Semi Final First Leg Wrexham 3 Cardiff City 1 City goal Christian Roberts A typical welcome for the forty or so travelling fans last night at the Racecourse: Police Video Surveillance cameras, police helicopter flying overhead and drowning out what little atmosphere the 1500 crowd generated, more police than City fans and more stewards again! Are they real? The CCSC took one minibus, a few other stragglers and Sully's Mum & Dad don't exactly make up a serious threat to national secuirity, do they? Anyway, rant over, the game was interestingly unbalanced, Wrexham had a novice keeper as did we, Ian Loveless, but their attack was full strength, Spink & Connolly, with Rush on the bench, whereas City fielded the sorriest excuse for a back three you'll ever see! Jarman, Philips & Skelly. The latter to be fair got into it late on: he had to due to the awfulness of the other two. Wingbacks were Sully on the left and Cadette on the right, with Dai Thomas & Jason Bowen up front, and a marvellous midfield of Hill, Fowler & Carpenter. So you can almost predict how it went: City were great going forward, with the passing and movement of Bowen & the midfield quite superb, but looked dreadful in defence. Remember Barnet? Remember the performance of Lee Phillips that day, well sorry to say, this was worse..we're talking about a second year professional here! He completely missed a header for Wrexhams first, and fell over leaving them with a free header for their third. Coupled with Ian Loveless being nutmegged for their second, you can see how the game went beyond us. Robbo poached one to make it 2-1 in the second half & Dai, to be fair, looked strong and willing, but just as we seemed to be heading for a draw or a slender defeat with an away goal scored, another defensive blunder cost us the matach & the FAW cash!! With a strong defence we would have murdered Wrexham, so there is still hope, but our strength in depth is non- existent at the back! The Rev. |
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