we were completely outplayed until it was too late. the fact we only went in 1-0 down at half time was a footballing miracle of jimmy proportions. ingham made some great saves though was dodgy on crosses. brian atkinson had a terrible miss just before they scored. it made tony hopper's last minute miss at chester last season look like a difficult chance. the defence backed off gabbidini who sent russell? through to shoot low across the goal. one nil just before half time. baker hit the post with a header from a free kick just seconds later. gabbiadini scored another just after half time. you'd have thought we'd have learned from this but no they backed off the tubby get again and let him play someone through. clarke foul red card free kick goal three nil. thorpe came on for baker then prokas and harries came on for tracey and soley. we started to play a bit. prokas closed them down in the midfield (hello other midfielders prokas may not be the most skillful of midfielders but he closed them down and tackled well). carlisle scored when harries got the ball past the last defender and smacked it in. the away fans sang for the last twenty minutes like we won the game. it was not deserved. team ratings ingham great saves kept us from complete embarrasment bowman absolute crap (lets start the bring back darren campaign for real, posters, chants etc.) clarke sent off for a reckless challenge but wasn't too bad up till then brightwell kept them at bay to some extent but sorely missed the cover and pace of whitehead barr back to lasts seasons form, awful distribution poor positional play a clarke still useless. two crosses and one excellent tackle were his only contributions soley poor anthony did alright was the pick of a poor midfield. was tackling back too and made a goal saving tackle baker one header hit the post should have scored tracey awful dobie exempt from all criticism for his never say die effort and attitude. most dangerous player subs harries scored a goal and looked a bit sharper than he has been prokas in a game like this he should have started. excellent contribution thorpe as you would expect steady and unspectacular it comes to something when we are outclassed by darlington. Chris Kearton
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