Originally Posted by
AlanOB
Janesboro 4-1 Regional
Cracking game, despite the misleadingly one-sided scoreline. Regional had the better of the opening exchanges only to go one down to a controversial goal that was more than likely offside. "Muzzy" was the scorer(!!), feeding off a headed flick from Conor Lynch. "Muzzy" was to make it two soon after, as he ghosted in unmarked at the near post to convert a free-kick that keeper Power probably should have come for. Meanwhile, Declan Nash was running the channels on the right, obviously under orders to take on left-full Aled Harkin, and eventually that approach bore fruit as Harkin hacked him down and instead of taking his booking, decided to kick out at the Regional striker. Red card.
Despite having the extra man, Regional huffed and puffed in the second half. Nash faded out of the game, and their other striker missed two glorious opportunities. Really they failed to use the width of the pitch and made it easy on Janesboro. They were also concerned about Boro's pace on the counter and overruled their manager's requests to push up on a few occasions for this reason. Janesboro were to make it 3-0 from a Tom Clarke free kick, that crept past the wall and into the far corner. Once again Power has to take criticism. He really had an uncharacteristically poor game.
Regional got one back, but Janesboro wrapped it up with a penalty soon after when Power took out Shane Waters who by that point was playing upfront. Power was sent off and Tom Clarke slotted it home past an outfield player to make it 4-1.
A closer game than the scoreline would suggest. Regional are a well organised outfit that maybe lack in cutting edge. Poor goalkeeping and basic defensive errors cost them today but they were more than a match for the league leaders at times.