Hastings Supporters Forum - 100% Unofficial!

First the good news, which should take about 30 seconds. First half we played okay without ever setting the world on fire. We played some nice neat football, probably shaded the possession, and in my view, deservedly led 1-0 after 40 minutes through another super finish from Tyrell, although there were not a lot of other chances or saves to report. Then on 42 minutes, Sam Crabb, who was poor all night yet again, failed to control a long ball, was outmuscled and out paced by Stuart King, who then easily beat Ollie Rowe and rifled in a great finish off the far post. Half time whistle went and we all felt a little aggrieved at being all square but surely we would be in the ascendency once again. How wrong we all were as 2nd half was absolute rubbish, some would call it a disgrace.

Second half Faversham were out nice and early as a team and you could tell how much they were up for this. Five minutes later out came Hastings in dribs and drabs and the performance that followed was unacceptable and back to the old Hastings we all thought we had seen the back off. No shape to the team, constant long balls, dreadful set pieces (Faversham hit the target with everyone of theirs), unable to pass the ball 10 yards and substitutions that were way too late in the game. Medlock and Vickers are either fit or they are not. All four goals were gifts from us whilst at the other end we barely had a shot on goal as the service to Tyrell and Jack consisted of mainly balls hoofed long. Josh will get stick for the third goal but I would be asking why their left back was able to run that far without any kind of challenge. I know Sam Crutwell has a lot of fans, including me, and he has been great recently, but second half he had a real stinker, constantly giving the ball away and I saw Razor go absolutely mental at him towards the end. And poor old Cumming Bart, ill let someone else comment on his performance but I would be more concerned as to why Gary and Danny decided to keep him on the pitch until the 80th minute.

So a really poor night after 5 back to back wins and would love to know what was said at half time. We were pitiful 2nd half and just had no answer or plan when we went behind, not for the first time this season. But well done to Faversham, they looked a decent, solid outfit and in King had the best player on the pitch by a mile. And wasn't the night just summed up beautifully when Josh pulled off a cracking penalty save right at the end only to see about three Faversham players following up whilst Hastings players looked on.

Interesting comments from Gary Wilson in today's Observer. "You will see some lacklustre performances because you will not get that perfect performance every Saturday and Tuesday". Well I am not sure if he has been misquoted but I am not sure us supporters have to accept lacklustre performances ever (Lacklustre - lacking liveliness, vitality, spirit or enthusiasm). We can accept poor performances but lacklustre......not acceptable I'm afraid.