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Dave and Ben are joined by Chris Fox to talk about the 2-0 loss against Grimsby.

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It was another tough afternoon for the Glovers on home soil, with Yeovil falling to a 2-0 defeat against play-off pushing Grimsby Town. Here are BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins‘ conclusions from the match.
It has been glaringly obvious the issues for the Glovers but the pressure on not being able to score means defensive errors are creeping in. When you know your strength isn’t up top, there is only so long you can be so impressive defensively. The defenders this season have certainly earnt their money and have done more defending than most teams – and eventually something has to give with the reliance on a strong back four becoming too much. Both goals were avoidable, with the second the most disappointing from a corner. There is no doubt if the team were able to find the back of the net, the defensive line would be a lot more comfortable – it is a team game after all.
The players are putting their bodies on the line. Reminiscent of last season when Lawson D’Ath played a full 90 when he really shouldn’t have, players are entering the business end of the season with a whole heap of minutes behind them and bodies which could do with a rest. Charlie Wakefield – for example – has racked up considerably more minutes than his last few seasons combined but must play every week. It cannot be an excuse, of course, but Grimsby were able to make five changes and keep their usual system – this is not possible for Yeovil and the manager knows they are putting everything in when their bodies are screaming at them. That commitment doesn’t equal points, but it explains why fans are still so fond of this team, despite the form.
Lawson D’Ath. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

I think it is fair to say there are few midfielders better with the ball to feet in the National League than Lawson D’Ath and it was a masterstroke to keep him around the club and support his recovery. His delivery from corners was just what Yeovil had been missing and his ball retention is unbelievable. Another 60 minutes in the tank yesterday and I hope we continue to see him shine in the next few weeks. There may be little to play for now, but for the purists watching him play is a joy – his anger at referees et al.

Yeovil are now solidly midtable and so Darren Sarll can and will mix it up. I liked the impact of the diamond early on and the back three was something we haven’t seen since the opening day. It might be something that can impact us and as the manager said after the match, if you keep things the same, the same things could keep happening. I will – of course – be at the games for the rest of the season and I would like to see us go for it, take games to teams and impact other team’s seasons. We had more possession than so many games this season against Grimsby and I enjoyed seeing Yeovil with the ball – but the key is punishing teams when we do. I expect a raft of changes over the next few weeks (within the constraints of the small squad of course).
Lastly, Huish Park has such potential but needs more. The Her Game Too dedicated fixture meant a lot to me personally and the players embraced what it meant, while young girls’ teams took to the pitch before kick-off and at half time. This is something the club need to do more of as it is so important – but the place needs some love. The staff are working as hard as they can, but they can’t do it all. As Geoff Twentyman said yesterday, BBC Bristol/Somerset are trying to talk to the hierarchy but to no avail. Certainty is needed for future fans, current fans and the players, manager, and staff. But, I am so proud the club has embraced the Her Game Too campaign so brilliantly – there are so many amazing women at the club working so hard and they deserve to be celebrated. I am sure I echo everyone’s views when I say seeing Pat Custard being on the front of the programme was a joy.

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Sarll chats to BT Sport

It was another case of all bark, no bite at Huish Park yesterday as the goalless run at home extended to three games. Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins after the match, Darren Sarll talked about the struggle to score goals, again.

“I think its a true reflection of what we are and where we are in this moment in time. I think good sides in any division can score really bad goals, really poor goals, where it makes it look too easy. Look we try really hard every week and we really struggle to score goals. I think that’s an art in itself.

“We had two really good chances from four yards today and I think we’ve had the ball in the box more times than we have in recent weeks. It’ll turn,” he said.

The manager was pleased with the first half performances, but was disappointed with how his side executed their tactics in the second half.

He said: “I was really pleased in the first half. I thought we utilised the assets of Wakefield and Olomola very very well. I was pleased with how Lawson and Dale were feeding [the forwards, I guess?]. I was disappointed in second half, because even though the wind was quite strong against us, I thought that should have played in to our hands – being able to play harder, faster, longer passes into good positions and using the athleticism of Olomola and Wakefield.

That was my biggest disappointment of the game tactically; that we didn’t carry those instructions through and those encouraging signs through from the first half to the second. Again, we could have easily been three or four up, but it’s very hard to keep justifying that when it’s week in – week out.”

Asked about the mistakes that were creeping in over the course of the last couple of matches, Sarll said that’s where the team are in their development, but added that Luke Wilkinson and Josh Staunton have been playing injured for a couple of weeks and that others are putting their bodies on the lines at the moment.

As for the rest of the season and beyond, the manager said he might a bit experimental to avoid dying ‘the same death every week.’ 

“I think with the position we’re in, I think we’ve probably got enough grace and we’ve got enough time where we can probably be a little bit more experimental now. Otherwise, I think we might die the same death every week and we might see the same mistakes every week.”

He added that the injuries to players “might be the acceleration that we need in order to try something new until the end of the season. There’s nothing to lose. All of these things that we put into the players, even if we change shape, they’re all good learnings for next season.”

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Sarll chats to BT Sport

Darren Sarll has spoken about the need to provide his players with consistency as they grow as a group.

Speaking ahead of today’s match against Grimsby Town, the manager admitted the results have been poor, but the performances (bar Tuesday night’s defeat to Dagenham) have been good.

He said: “With this type of make up of a squad you have to be consistent. You have to be steady and consistent through it all. They need to see an authenticity to what they’re doing. The form we’ve had in terms of outcome has been poor, but in terms of performances and development they’ve still been very good.

“One thing that a lot of these players have never had in their career is a steady hand [and] consistency. Normally at this stage of a run like ours, some of these lads would have been turfed out and sent to other clubs, and they need to know that that’s not going to happen here.”

“What we said at the beginning of the season is that you’re going to get a home, you’re going to an opportunity to play and you’re going to get an opportunity to develop and create a better chance for a stronger career for yourself,” he added.

Speaking about Tuesday’s defeat, he cited the fatigue as a big reason for the side’s uncharacteristic performance. He also said that the club had tried to get the fixture moved due to the rigours of the recent away travel but that National League refused.

“I thought [on] Tuesday we were poor. I don’t want to give the players an excuse but when I watched the game back, the behaviour is completely different to Saturday’s and that only happens when fatigue hits.”

Wakefield and Knowles didn’t have the same thrust. Barnett didn’t have the same dynamic. Wilkinson definitely struggled with the two games in three days. I thought Staunton looked leggy, Gorman looked leggy, all of them did,” Sarll said.

He also spoke about the future of Yeovil Town, and how he believes the club moves forward: “this club only moves forward if it keeps a steady team. Irregardless of who owns this club, who’s going to come in and put a £3m budget, or £2m budget or £1.5m budget? No one. The club has to grow organically, there’s no other way.”

  • Luke Wilkinson was struggling at Tuesday night and his fitness was going to be assessed after Friday’s training. Sonny Blu Lo-Everton might be back in the squad after illness and Jack Robinson is back, fully fit and just missed out on the squad on Tuesday.
  • When asked about the relationship between the club and supporters post-covid, Sarll said: “there are bridges to be built between our supporters and the football club.” Does anyone know a decent structural engineer?

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Ian and Dave are joined Sheridan Robins to talk about our double header at Huish Park. Apologies in advance for talking about Dagenham, but we talked about HerGameToo and the visit of Grimsby on Saturday. We also welcome @DN35 Podcast to tell us all about the Mariners and, of course, the quiz.

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It was another disappointing night at Huish Park as Yeovil Town collapsed to a 3-0 defeat against Dagenham & Redbridge to leave them third from bottom of the home form table over the last six National League games.

Ian was on BBC Somerset co-commentary duty for the evening and here’s how he saw it…

We were masters of our own downfall. The positive of our season so far has our security at the back and the strength of our defence. We let an in-form Paul McCallum have freedom of the six yard box and didn’t close down the cross with any determination after just 6 minutes of the match. That’s not a character-trait of this side so it was unusual. To then concede a 2nd goal and in such ridiculously poor circumstances quarter of an hour later meant the game was over before half time. We know we have issues in the final third, and we haven’t scored two goals in a game since November. We shot ourselves in the foot and it felt like the players on the pitch knew the game was gone.

Striker Olufela Olomola.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

We struggled going forward again. We welcomed Olufela Olomola back to the starting line-up, but it was that familiar story of a lack of service. Conceding so early meant we were chasing the game but we never seemed to have cohesion going forward. Charlie Wakefield and Tom Knowles seemed out of sync (and totally exhausted), the midfield trio of Josh Staunton, Dale Gorman and Alex Bradley looked like the new combination that it is and never really clicked. We brought Lawson D’Ath on at 2-0 to bridge that gap between the midfield and the attack and attempt to claw back the deficit. Unfortunately, three minutes later we’re asleep on a quick throw and Dagenham put the game beyond doubt, although it was already.

Dagenham & Redbridge nailed it tactically. From kick off they applied pressure to our defenders whenever we had the ball. It took us quite a few goal kicks to cotton on to the fact that they weren’t going to let us play out from the back. Every time Josh Staunton picked up the ball from a defender there we two red-shirts on him looking to force the mistake, and they did repeatedly. At 2-0 they knew their work was done and when we did have the ball in their half, they let us keep it, perhaps knowing that we’d struggle to break their solid back line down. All in all, it was a comfortable night for Dagenham.

I’m not sure where we go from here. The last three results have cemented that we’re definitely mid-table and any run on the playoffs would need a miraculous set of circumstances. A couple of weeks ago Darren Sarll said his side’s seasons don’t peter out, last night was the epitome of a team petering out though. Unfortunately it’s entirely understandable. This squad is slap bang in the middle, most of them are out of contract at the end of the season and the vision from the boss at the top of the club is non-existent. 

I’m not sure if we ever totally freed ourselves from it, but apathy has set in again. The early goal sucked any life the supporters at Huish Park might have had, but there was a real flatness last night. Like the players, the crowd never got going and were given very little to get going about. We slept walk out of the Football League, and if we don’t drastically improve in front of the home fans on Saturday against Grimsby, there will be a perception that we’re sleepwalking to the end of the season and after that who knows what? A statement in ‘due course’ means nothing. Seven day deadlines mean nothing. If the plan to be so distant and become so unaccountable that supporters just give up, we could be close to that point. We’ll continue to clamour for clarity and at this point we need it either way.

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Another Saturday, another draw. Here to brighten up your Monday are Ian, Ben and Dave (who made the trip to Meadow Lane).

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On today’s episode Ian, Ben and Dave talk about the SSDC, update from the Glovers Trust and build up to Notts County with a chat with The Magpie Circle’s Paul Mace.

 

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Ben, Dave and Ian are back to chat about the defeat at Chesterfield and discuss if the season is over…

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Venue: Technique Stadium
Saturday 26 February, 17:20 kick-off

Conditions: A cold breeze
Pitch: Well worn, especially around the edges. Looked atrociously bobbly on the telly

Attendance: 5371 (128 away)

Scorers: Kellerman 45

Bookings: Barclay 31, Kellerman 57,

Referee: Thomas Parsons


Yeovil Town : (4-3-3)

Grant Smith

Mark Little, Luke Wilkinson, Ben Barclay, Morgan Williams

Matt Worthington (Lawson D’Ath 68) Josh Staunton Jordan Barnett (Lo Everton 77)

Charlie Wakefield, Adi Yussuf (Reuben Reid 82), Tom Knowles

Substitutes: Max Evans, Alex Bradley

Chesterfield: Loach, Miller, Whittle, Maguire, Grimes, King, Kellerman, Whelan, Mandeville, Quigley (Denton), Asante (Khan)

Subs: Williams, Rowley, Kerr

Match Report

Yeovil Town fell to a 1-0 defeat on the road at promotion chasing Chesterfield this evening with a stunning first half goal from James Kellerman settling the game.

The Glovers had the best of the first half, and could have been 2-0 up had efforts from Luke Wilkinson and Tom Knowles been centimetres in different directions.

Two out of form sides cancelled each other out in a largely uneventful and scrappy second half as the Glovers finished the day 14 points away from the playoffs.

Here’s how Ian saw the game, from the comfort of his living room…

First half

It all got a bit hairy at the back for Chesterfield in the 5th minute. Jordan Barnett’s lofted hopeful ball was chased down by Charlie Wakefield who beat Scott Loach to the ball and headed towards goal. The ball didn’t carry, though and was cleared off the line as Tom Knowles bared down on the Spireites defender.

Chesterfield’s first sniff at goal came 5 minutes later, through a left-footed shot from Akwasi Asante. The striker’s effort, from the left side of Yeovil’s penalty box flew wide of Grant Smith’s right hand post.

Luke Wilkinson should have put the Glovers ahead after quarter of an hour. Barnett’s delicious freekick fell to the skipper just outside the six-yard box with the whole goal to aim at, but centre back bobbled his shot into the ground straight at Loach, who got a smidgen of a touch on it to help it over the bar.

Grant Smith was at full stretch minutes later, as Grimes leapt above everyone in the box to head towards the top right corner.

On a bobbly surface, the Glovers certainly tried to play more than their opponents and were unfortunate not to go into the break 1-0 up through a wonderful strike from Tom Knowles that rebounded off of the bar.

In typical Yeovil fashion though, after having the better of the first half, they fell behind in stoppage time at the hands of a brilliant strike from James KELLERMAN. Ben Barclay cleared a Chesterfield cross which landed nicely at the feet of an unmarked Kellerman who seemed to slow time down to unleash an unsaveable effort into the corner of Smith’s goal. 0-1

After a strong first half performance, Yeovil could feel aggrieved to go in behind.

Half time: Chesterfield 0 Yeovil Town 1

Second half

Chesterfield, buoyed by their goal, came out the much stronger of the two sides in the second half applying plenty of pressure to the Glovers.

Yeovil had one of those ‘what could have been’ moments in the 52nd minute, where had Adi Yussuf made the right pass, he could have put Charlie Wakefield in on goal. As it was, the cohesion was totlly lacking and Yussuf conceded possession to Chesterfield.

Yeovil had another opportunity to counter moments later and Wakefield was cynically fouled by Kellerman. Luke Wilkinson lined up the resultant free kick, but could only find the side netting.

Yussuf should have pulled Yeovil level in the 65th minute. Josh Staunton flicked Knowles long throw into the heart of Chesterfield’s 6 yard box and the Yeovil striker’s contact wasn’t good enough to beat Loach, depite the appeals of some Yeovil players.

The quality of the game deteriorated through the second half and Chesterfield kept Yeovil at arms length, without creating anything for themselves, other than a header for Grimes in stoppage time.

Full time: Chesterfield 0 Yeovil Town 1