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Thursday 10 May 2012

Day 26

Today was our last practice match before the season starts. We faced Championship side Doncaster Rovers.

We struggled to keep possession for the first twenty-five minutes, then managed to put them under a strong period of pressure...before they scored the opening goal with a fine strike from Bagayoko—in off the post.
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A comedy of errors kept us from equalising early in the second half, as my boys repeatedly mis-hit their shots into each other in a pinball play. Doncaster added a second goal from a corner shortly before the hour mark, thanks to non-existent marking. Then a third followed two minutes later—this time from a fine display of one-touch passing.

We were being totally outclassed. Koroma looked dangerous off the bench, while star men Olembé and Shuker were largely anonymous. The final score was 3-nil in favour of Doncaster. Not a performance to be proud of, even against clearly superior opposition.

I'm worried about the season opener next week.

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