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Re: Daggers Thread...
The lads did well to salvage a point. First half was even, but the opening bit of the second half was all Daggers, and their goal on the hour had been coming.
Cooky quickly changed things - Linfield on for Deano to provide some thrust down the right; Schofield on for Miller in the engine room; Sheppard on for Hatfield up front. Initially it gave us a lift, but no equaliser. Dagenham then came back at us and did a good spoiling job for 10-15 mins when we struggled to make headway. But in the last 10 minutes the lads turned it round. The biggest impact, for me, came from Sheppard, who made a real nuisance of himself, popping up all over the place to receive the ball from midfield, giving Joyce some options, linking up well with Schofield and Rommy, and creating space for others.
When it arrived, the Stanley goal was notable for a beauty of a cross from the left which found Murphy at the back post and he could hardly miss, although what he was doing there in the first place is anyone's guess. There was only one team in it after that, testament to the lads, who looked fit and hungry even in the latter stages of the game.
Positives: a decent point against a side who looked anything but relegation candidates for most of the game; another solid display from Bavs; another feather in the tactical cap for Cooky and Leam, who found a solution as time was running out.
A final word for poor Deano. I was saying to Camden Steve that if Cooky had found a specialist right-back pre-season, I reckon that Deano would have got the centre-half gig with Toto. As it is, he's now behind Murphs, and was taken off today as Cooky re-adjusted. He seems to have been a bit unlucky the way the cards have fallen. I hope that this doesn't affect his thinking about the future, as for me he's a stalwart now despite his youth and it would be a big blow to lose him.
Phil
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