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The playoffs begin as we face Maidenhead United at Meadowbank under the lights on Wednesday. The Magpies were able to sneak in to the final playoff spot after a 0-0 draw at home to Hornchurch on Saturday. The Berkshire side are also unbeaten in their last 6 games.
No injury news from Marc in the update but he did mention some key players returning, although this could just be a reference to Muitt and McShane being in the squad at Weston. Knight and Pinchard were both withdrawn with problems on Saturday, and Marc also mentioned that Carter rolled his ankle so their fitness will remain to be seen.
Predictions:
Dorking 2-1 Maidenhead (Rutherford, Camp)
2,688 att.
Foulkes
Camp Francomb L.Vincent
Enslin Sidwell F.Vincent Lewis
Carter
Prior Rutherford
Subs: Knight, Sullivan, Moore, Muitt, McShane, Pearson, McCallum
Very dominant and deserved win. Glad we got the 2 goals we deserved in first half, based on our excellent performance . All players played very well and should give them confidence for Saturday. 2 good goals especially Sidwell's.
Great game. So pleased Mooro came on for one minute. George Knight, Punchy and Dennon were particularly good, but no one let us down. Not sure how Prior was made Man of the Match.
Best we have played for a long time I thought and finally got the goals that first half domination deserved. That second goal - what a strike! - must have been at the end of a 30 pass move. I thought Maidenhead came to play and helped to produce a cracking first half. What made the difference this week was the aggression in defence and all over the pitch - second balls won and no quarter given, right from the start.
Agree with others that everyone played well, but my MoM was Charlie Carter by a long chalk. Looked to get on the ball in the middle of the pitch and always used it well. Won everything in the air too. If we can produce another performance like that, we will be hard to beat for sure.
Prior and Rutherford were fantastic 1st half
Brennan Camp my mom, he puts himself through it doesn't he!!!
Good late subs to ease the minutes off a few legs
See they are travelling down on Friday and staying in Paignton.
"Why would I leave to join a League Two club? We're going there anyway!" - Marc White
So many MOM performances. I thought Pinch was fantastic, love the way he carries the ball.
Also good we seemed to come through the match unscathed injury wise- which was surprising considering some of the tackles they were putting in.
Can’t wait to get down to Torquay Saturday, my first visit.
Solid win.
Best we've seen out of Jason Prior in a long time, got himself about, defensively and up top - agree though not sure how he got MOM over others... Thought Sidwell, Pinch Denon Lewis & the back 3 were all fantastic.
George Knight did a great job, and under the circumstances has been a god send, he does sometimes seem rather erratic though and gets himself into some strange positions which could hurt us against more drilled teams. I hope not though...
Also didn't have to make any hard saves, but Foulkes seemed to grow another 30cm and was absolutely dominant in the air which helped massively relieve the pressure.
Some stats from Maidenhead:
Possession: Dorking 50% - 50% Maidenhead
Shots (OT): Dorking 17 (8) - 9 (4) Maidenhead
xG: Dorking 2.25 - 0.38 Maidenhead
Duels: Dorking 47% - 53% Maidenhead
Top Performer: Harrison Foulkes / Dennon Lewis [8.0]
