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Just one of those games you get from time to time.
Opposition nicks a goal and hangs on surviving somehow. I was encouraged by the way we played and the new signings. Plenty more to come from Jay but you could see his quality

That’s a massive attendance figure. I’m assuming we must have given away quite a few complimentary tickets but still. I always have a little chuckle when I see the away portion of the attendance in brackets (）

The bottom line is you can play all the intricate fancy football as you like but it counts for nothing, if you can not score. Their keeper, on loan from Chelsea won the match for Hampton almost singlehanded.

We do not have any leaders, anybody to put their foot on the ball and and slow it down...we need a "thinking" midfielder and a talking captain.

Lovely football but no points is frustrating and must be remedied by Tuesday and beyond, we MUST find a way. As Paul Wotton said in his post match interview, we should of had nine points from our last three matches........but we have just TWO. We could of been well clear of the pack.

Fantastic crowd as usual, 4450 is outstanding, how that must of raised the players (unfortunately the opposition too).

The referee was a young newbie, with no experience. He let foul after foul go unpunished in the first half, then carded almost anyone who moved in the second.

Hoping for a response on Tuesday with a few away goals and three points.

COYY

Watching the game and the highlights just now
Jordan Young is an excellent player for us but what a one footed player he is, he really needs to work on his right foot , whereas Dylan Morgan has a very good strike with both feet.

We don’t want to return to hoof ball thanks.

Most non league sides know how to play against it, also we don’t want anyone to slow it down, Wotton wanted them to speed it up! Teams can cope with hoof ball and slow build up play as they have time to recover their shape. We have created so many chances the last few games because we’ve been playing it on the ground.

Wottons Truro side played high tempo passing football and the last time we played his Truro we (0-3) couldn’t cope with it.

The only composure needed is with the final pass or shot.

What a great spectacle! A match that will undoubtedly keep the turnstiles turning. A quality finish and top draw goalkeeping from the visitors ultimately denied us the victory (in my opinion). Despite the loss, it feels like the team's heading in the right direction; showcasing some great team play; creating chances throughout the entire 90 minutes; and demonstrating good squad strength.

One of the highlights for me? Hearing our manager afterwards praising the team. That level of respect and acknowledgment is refreshing, and it will resonate with the players and hopefully the fans. There's more than one way you can get players to run through brick walls for you. I’ve got a lot of time for that. Excited for what this team can do.

A nasty hard no nonsense central midfielder one straight from Warnock’s book of contacts would certainly not go amiss. Might be the difference in getting out of this bloody awful league. Winning this outright is there for the taking with a ball winning tackler. Just my opinion as we are far too nice.

We have been lacking midfield generalship all season so really need someone to put their foot on the ball and to direct play; but modern football seems to be all about going backwards as the default option - surely better communication would lead to carrying the ball forwards with purpose, and so maintaining tempo before the opposition have time to organise themselves in a solid defensive line(s).
It was interesting to see Hampton draw us into a 6-man press and then exploit the huge void in the centre of the park between our midfield and back line, which then gave their man in the centre circle at least 15 yards of space in which to control possession and to pass to supportive team-mates. That void was better managed when, particularly, Hasani was introduced as he actually got the ball down to play positively instead of going in reverse or casually sideways.