Boss faces press after Whizzers up to 3rd
Billy Whizz's Wonderboys boss Billy Whizz spoke to the press for the first time in a fortnight after last nights thrilling 4-3 win over Bohos B at Shitters Palace. It wasn't his longest, or his most eloquent, but fans will be hoping that it marks the beginning of a 'back to normality' state of affairs at the club.
His team seemed visibly nervous in the closing stages, yet they scraped through to get the 3 points, and as Whizz pointed out, it's starting to get to the point in the season where results are more important than performances.
Thats not to say the Wonderboys didn't have their moments though - some scintilating attacking football was played at times, and in balance, they deserved the win. After an entertaining, but goalless, opening 20 minutes, the Whizzers took the lead through Konz, who struck the ball sweetly into the corner from inside the box. The first half meandered past after that, with both teams seemingly content to go into the interval with the current scoreline.
The second half began disasterously for the hosts, as both bin Whizzer and Konz were taken off injured, and they conceded shortly afterwards. Turner beat Thorpe, and volleyed home beautifully from 25 yards. The Wonderboys pushed to retake the lead, with Grove missing 2 golden opportunities. The goal eventually came on 71 minutes, but lasted a mere 50 seconds. Maurice Meredith showed once more how much he will be missed next season, with a beautiful pass to Mick Richards, who had more than enough time to find the net, however straight from kickoff, Bohos scramled the ball into the net, with Gallacher finishing off great work from Turner.
However, the Wonderboys support still seemed buoyed from their team's temporary lead, and the hosts kept the pressure on, with Fribo and O'Reilly both denied by Pitman. The Wonderboys took the lead for the third time in the match when substitute Cort produced a wonderful cross for Luke Grove to head home, and Shitters Palace exploded. 3 minutes later - the Whizzers scored their 4th for the 2nd game running - O'Reilly getting on the end of a Fribo corner. There was yet more drama to come, however, as Walker powered home for Bohos on the 87 minutes. Then, in the 93rd minute, Prada pulled off a wonder save to stop a certain goal from Turner to give the Whizzers a crucial 3 points.
"It's been a difficult week" said Whizz, "but I'm delighted that we've managed to keep the good form going on the pitch. There's been a lot of things said by a lot of different people, and I think it's a real credit to the players and staff that they've been able to ignore a lot of the stick the club has got, and ensure they're producing some great football and good results."
"We've had a hell of a lot of injuries as well this season, and when you're consistently missing 2 or 3 players it's easy to lie down and give in, but we've never done that, nobody has. We'll be missing 5 when we play on Sunday, but we'll name a team and go to win."
"Behind the scenes, there's still a lot of things we need to work out, myself, the chairman and the rest of the board, but where it matters, we've done extremely well, and something everybody wants is promotion, which is why the results on the pitch are the pinnacle of all things at the club"