Hornchurch V Kidderminster
Our first game of the season was home to expected relegation battlers Kidderminster. I was hoping for a good performance my team.
I had everyone available. Simon Kelly started on the right wing and Gregory was on the bench raring to go.
The first half was encouraging but frustrating. We caught the visitors on the break many times but sadly Law’s and Wood’s finishing was not up to par. The amount of shots I saw go over was ridiculous. Law tended to blast the ball too hard whilst Woods shots were weak.
I had to take Woods off at half time. He had picked up an injury and hadn’t played too well anyway.
I went optimistically into the second half. Sadly we got off to an awful start in the second half. From a set piece Iyesden Christie headed into the net.
The rest of the game saw Kidderminster clam up. We failed to create in front of goal. I was very disappointed.
Phil Salt had a good game in central midfield. The rest of the team made no impact, Allaway carried on his indifferent form from last season.
Hornchurch 0) 0-1 (0 Kidderminster
Ben Woods is out for two weeks, it looks like Gregory will get his call up much earlier than expected.
Colchester Utd V Hornchurch
A difficult away game for us. I was forced to pair Kemp and Gregory in attack, due to Law being too tired to participate.
We got of to a very bright start, we had 3 good chances to score within the first 5 minutes. Gregory had a few good chances but his finishing was wayward.
Eventually Colchester were able to dictate the tempo though and they began to pressurize us. The last ten minutes were very torrid for us indeed and we were very lucky not to go behind. Things would have to improve for the second half.
Just like in the last game we lost our way in the second half, veteran Kevin Watson put Colchester ahead with a superb 30 yard strike. We proved unable to respond adequately. Colchester finished the game off with a rebound following a flowing Colchester move.
As I pushed more men into midfield our performance improved, however we were never equal to the task and were deserved losers.
Colchester Utd 0) 2-0 (0 Hornchurch
The Colchester manager Chris Kinnear decided to rub it in by stating that he expected Hornchurch to get relegated back to the conference. I was most unhappy with his statement but failed to find a sympathetic ear.
Hornchurch V Torquay
A game we really needed to win. Torquay are a mid table team and we need to arrest the awful start that we have made.
Gareth Law returns to the setup. I expect him to help our recovery.
A very tight game few on chances. We made most of the running, whilst Torquay tried to hit us on the break.
We made our breakthrough in the 32nd minute. Law was brought down in the area ad Burwood converted the penalty. We had taken a deserved lead.
Torquay failed to pose a threat to us. Anything they did get was contrived by our own players. Halfway through the second half they got their goal. Sean Allaway came rushing out of goal as a cross came in for Danny Haynes. Danny Haynes nodded the ball past the stranded Allaway and earnt Torquay an undeserved equalizer.
Our attempts to regain the initiative were thwarted by injuries to Gregory and Scharrenburg. We were unable to regain the advantage.
Hornchurch 1) 1-1 (0 Torquay
Very disappointing not to in this game. Sean Allaway is solely to blame for not picking up maximum points. He has made a very poor start to the season and finds himself relegated to the bench for the next game. I also gave him a verbal warning.
Just 1 point out off 9. I reckon we were worthy of wins for two of those games so it seems we were unlucky.
Our luck has to change otherwise Chris Kinnear’s prediction may come true!
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