Tooley's Take

17/04/2024 14:07

Phil Tooley takes a look at the game and its context   Gateshead 2 Chesterfield 1 National League Game #45 How do you feel now? All a bit strange! Result? gutted; performance? Solid, very solid; emotion? frustration. We can all pick out key elements when one of our guys should have done better, that's wouldn't be too difficult, but the number of times the lads gave their all and did the right things, unlike Saturday's disaster against Wealdstone, dwarfed the number of times they erred. Four defeats on the trot after the joy, and those opening words wereexactly the same words (Saturday and Wealdstone apart, they replaced Tuesday and Woking) I used after our last LLLL sequence, when Notts left the SMH with a 2-1 win against a ten-man Town in February last year. Things don't change a deal. Like the Magpies match, the performance was there. Like the Magpies match, refereeing calls didn't help Chesterfield's cause. Unlike the Magpies match, despite the result being disappointing, it hasn't defined the season. And don't let it slip your mind, we'll renew our battle with Notts next season. Great start, good tempo, crisp passing, massive chance but Dobra's shot was brilliantly saved. […]