At least it's early in the season and we don't need to worry too much about this defeat at Salisbury. We have plenty of time available to us.
What we do need to worry about though is the fact that we failed to get a single shot on target throughout the entire ninety minutes of this game and that the defence made so many mistakes that City really should have scored more that the solitary goal that they did produce. It was thanks to a secure display from the much maligned Dean Coleman and a top class penalty save early on that kept the Harriers from going down to an even worse defeat.
That penalty came just five minutes in when Duane Courtney went across Rob Sinclair in the area and bought the long maned one down. Matt Tubbs stepped up to take it but a brilliant first stop by Coleman pushed it out and then the new number one keeper made another great save from the follow up.
Tubbs had another chance to score soon after but his long range shot went well wide of its intended target. Tubbs was playing tonight without his usual strike partner Robbie Matthews after the big man phoned in sick. Then again it could have something to do with not playing against his new club. Allegedly!
Tubbs, again, came close to scoring when this time Coleman wasn't too hot with a cross and dropped the ball at the feet of the City striker. Luckily Tubbs was slow to react and Coleman dropped quickly down on it to smother it.
Apart from a couple of hair raising corners that got cleared away neither side did very little to score and they went into the break on equal terms.
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