We Are The Stags Online

Stamford hit four goals against an out of sorts Waltham Forest side but the match could ultimately be seen as quite a boring affair in which the home side had control for all but 20 minutes of the game but really looked nothing special.
The game started in the worst possible way for the Stags when Gareth Pritchard opened up the Stags’ defence which looked rather ragged already. His pass found Martin Wormall, in acres of space, who had the simplest of shots for the first goal.
For the next 20 minutes it was the Stags who looked the better side as they began to push forward. Both down the right wing and through the centre the Stags looked the better team. However, it took until the 20^th minute for the Stags to have their first meaningful shot on goal, this from Mas Jallow after some good work by Orolionishe on the left.
On the 25^th minute Stamford had their second shot on goal after a weak punch out from Hasler. The Stags had enough men back to smother the attempt. But the tide had begun to change and Pritchard headed over from a free kick.
The game swung out of the Stags’ reach after only 32 minutes when, after five minutes of sustained pressure from Stamford, Forest broke out and mounted a good attack but they were not quick enough back having once lost the ball and the Wormall – Pritchard combination opened up the shallow Stags defence for Pritchard to score. Within two minutes they’d found the net for a third time for Mark Foster to score from 20 yards.
With only 11 minutes of the second half gone, goal number 4 fell to Angel this time assisted by Pritchard and Wormall.
The Stags could find no way back into the game and became increasingly frustrated by the “professional” attitude adopted by some Stamford players. Half way through the second half, Marc Ward was sent off for getting a second yellow card.  To be fair, he had been warned by the referee on a number of occasions.
Stamford took all three points with nothing more than a workmanlike display, and that is the problem for the Stags at the moment: getting beaten by average sides who know how to remain solid and use every “professional” trick in the book, experience won over raw talent!