As the title of this blog post suggests, the Green Briar made a hatrick of monumental (shot worthy) mistakes in this game, as they well and truly blew what seemed to be a comfortable 2-0 half time lead. Against a team that shouldn't even have been in the game by the second half, the Briar gifted their opponents two soft goals that they hardly deserved.
Starting brightly, the Greens rushed into a 2-0 lead through a pair of goals crafted by Brian McGuinness and finished with aplomb by Michael Graham and Leo O'Connor. Graham nodded home the first and also went close with a long range effort that seemed to catch the keeper napping. Honourary Captain Leo O'Connor finished crisply for the second, picking up a nice through ball from McGuinness following decent hold up play by Graham.
Honourary Captain Leo O'Connor
The second half was delporable however. Lacking shape, and general composure on the ball the Greens allowed Dover back into the game.
A round of "Slippery Nipples" is owed by Paul Glynn as he allowed himself to get involved in a tussle for position in the box resulting in a soft penalty.
Later on, the "Jager Bombs" came courtesy of Conor Hannick and Jason Sullo who got themselves in a right mess from a simple Dover clearance over the top. Hannick, under pressure and facing his own goal only succeeded in passing the ball back sharply, past an on rushing Sullo and into his own net. Lack of communication all around.
Finally, the "Kamikazee" David Coen received his marching orders after getting the final word in a midfield battle that had been going on all day. A straight red card for a scything challenge on his opposite number that was the culmination of a chippy affair between the pair.
Two points thrown away could prove costly, but with 6 games left the Briar have time to right the ship.
Line Up: Fallon, Glynn, Concagh, Hannick, Higgins, O'Donnell, Hall, Coen, McGuinness, Graham, O'Connor, J Nolan, P Nolan, Kilber-Stearns, McKenna, Daly, Mikaelian, McElwain, Goin
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