No Rammell, no Brissett, the continued absence of Viveash and we still managed to win.
Disappointment filled the air as Monsier Boli was absent injured (yeah right!) and delight replaced it as Darren Wrack righted all last seasons wrongs. Strangely the words 'disappointment', ''Boli' & 'Roger' have an eerily familiar ring to them. Which is quite a feat for such a talented marksman.
In the end this was very tight game of pretty high quality, punctuated by some wasteful finishing by the visitors and decided by a cracking Saddlers goal.
Platt and Watson came in for the suspended front two and Roper continued in the place of Ada. Platt had his best all-round game for the Saddlers and Roper continues to defy his critics with another performance that leaves the number six shirt up for grabs when Ada gets fit. He was superb and virtually eliminated a very tricky and irritating customer in Mark Stein.
Defence generally ruled and one goal was always looked likely win this and it duly did on 68 minutes. A great interchange between Marsh and Platt following a neat dummy by Wrack left Dazzer with a clear shooting chance. In a virtual carbon copy finish as the Blackpool winner he spotted the gap, chose his spot and drilled the ball in at the near post. His seventh of the season and he’d probably be in double figures had it not been for those earlier penalty abbohrations.
Strangely the Cherries fans were somewhat subdued on their return to their cars. Perhaps they’re only mouthy when there’s 9000 of them. I do hope they had a nice trip home.