Yeading V Eastliegh
Again, this is a cracking bet from the Conference South. I've just decided on upgrading my stake from 5 points to 10 points after doing the research for this post....
Promoted Ryman Champions Yeading are going well and are a respectable 10th in the league. Unbeaten away they have gone down 3 times at home to three of the section's form teams - Lewes, Sutton and Cambridge.
However, home form is starting to pick up and this has probably tied into the recruitement of a number of new players.
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Ding manager Johnson Hippolyte has made a major coup ahead of his side's league game with Havant & Waterlooville. Joining the Ding striking ranks is Manny Williams. The 23 year old signs from Leyton where he was regularly on the scoresheet in the Ryman League and has been watched by a number of clubs in recent months. A former England Schoolboy, Manny has also netted for Concord Rangers, Bowers United, Notts County and Millwall.
Also signing in time for the weekend are two more defensive players. Nineteen year-old Ben Hudell is an attacking left back released by Premiership Chelsea over the summer, for whom he featured ten times last season in theReserves.
After a spell with the Ding pre-season, former Hayes defender Adam Everitt has signed Conference forms for Yeading. Always strong in the tackle, Adam has also played for Harrow Borough, Hemel Hempstead Town and had a spell with Luton Town.
The new attacker seems to be quite the boy:
From Maidenhead match report:
http://www.yeadingfc.co.uk/matchdetails.asp?mid=141
On for Yeading Gavin Tomlin and Manny Williams. The latter having scored last week with his very first touch in a Yeading shirt, netted with almost his first contribution in cup football.
They beat Havant 2-0 in their last league game (who spanked Eastleigh 4-1 on Monday) and beat Maidenhead 3-0 at home in the cup. so it's 3 wins on the bounce for Yeading and a credible away draw to Weymouth.
And what of Eastliegh? Well, the home draw with in form Havant doesn't appear too bad but their league form is diabolical:
Last five in the league:
A Thurrock Conference South 1 - 3
H Bishop's Stortford Conference Sout 0 - 1
A Bognor Regis Town Conference South 0 - 2
H Welling United Conference South 1 - 3
A Histon Conference South 0 - 1
This is their away form to date:
P4 W0 D0 L4 F1 A7.....
Not counting the 4-1 at Havant, which their "Director of Football" described as "The worst performance that I've seen for a year..."
http://www.thisissouthampton.co.uk/h...FOOTBALL8.html
Well Done
If you've perserved with another AMP 10 page essay you deserve a prize:
Eastleigh have mounting frontline problems with Andy Forbes (calf), Barry Mason (calf) and fill-in forward Martin Thomas (hamstring) all injured.
Yabadabadoo!!!!! That's the reason for my upgrading of the stakes. Forbes has 3 of the 6 goals that Eastleigh have scored
in total in their 8 league games and scored the consolation on Monday.....
This is from their forum:
The lack of strength in depth cost us last night. Some (most) of our players looked like they didn't want to be there. That coupled with the fact that we were playing with a defender up front and a midfielder at left back meant there was always only going to be one winner. We need to take a good look at ourselves and get back to playing football with players in the correct positions. Why when we've got Forbes and Mason carrying injuries
Yeading -
Bet 365 go 11/10...Skybet 10/11
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