We went ; first time at DF park for us but a lovely wee ground to watch football at.
Team Welly had much the better of the first half I thought but didn't have a clear cut chance.Lots of good running down the left in particular but the final ball in was often lacking.I don't know too many of the Welly players yet but I thought that the 2 midfielders ,Eager and Haliakis ( sp?) were very good.
Second half started with Welly still in the dressing room and they were lucky not to concede very early on.For the first 20 minutes of the second half , I thought Auckland was much better and Welly was restricted to some quick breaks.I don't know if they were tired but some of the passing late in the second half was woeful.Mulligan got better and better as the game went on and , I thought , was the dominant figure ( other that that absolute cock of a referee).Still , the penalty was a fair enough call but great save from Imray.The other guy who impressed me a bit was a late sub for Welly ( ?Kain , no 24). Quick , keen and a good first touch.
All up , draw was fair enough and some of the passing , firat half especially , was really good to watch.We'll be back next week.
