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Guinan should have started
Hereford United's aspirations to get into a play-off place took another knock this afternoon with the defeat by Margate. Graham Turner opted to play his two new strikers and left Steve Guinan on the bench. He may now regret that decision as neither of the two signing seem as good as Guinan at collecting and holding the ball and so United were unable to keep possession from high balls.
When Guinan was eventually brought on it looked as through Hereford could win and after he equalised they were very unlucky to go down to a breakaway goal much like that scored by Barnet last week. By bringing virtually everyone up front the Bulls were left wide open for a break and that's exactly what happened when Margate scored the winner.
Ian Wright spoke about the defeat to BBC Hereford & Worcester after the game. "We came off the pitch and all the lads were absolutely gutted," he said. "We played really well, they scored a couple of fluky goals to go 2-0 up and I thought we came back really well. We showed a lot of character, got back to two each but they snatched it right at the end. It was very disappointing.
"We actually started very well. We had chances before they scored. The first time they got players into our box they got the first goal and then the second goal, I don't think you will ever see it again! The player just hooked it over his head about thirty-five to forty yards out, the wind got hold of it and caused Matt Baker all sorts of problems and it's dropped in."
Parry's goal just before half time was "a good strike that gave us a great opportunity to get back in the game".
Asked about the new players Wright thought they did well. "They held it up well and caused problems up-front so for a first game it was a good performance.
With four defeats in five games Wright said: "No it's not (play-off form).The last couple of games we have played reasonably well especially today. There are still 15 points to win."
Graham Turner was downcast after the game and told the press: "We have got to see the season out positively and see what that brings, but the second goal was one of the most freakish I've seen and to see the ball land in the net was a huge blow."
Several supporters noted that whilst both new strikers started well enough Albano Correia looked very tired towards the end and it was surprising that he was not subbed.