Get through and we are ball number 77 for the live draw on itv1 Sunday at 2.30

Nice to have a game with no pressure in a way.  Dartford we had to perform and put in a shift due to it being a local derby and recent poor results there and with Gosport we had the pressure on us to win being the higher team, despite them being at home, good form and top.  At least Boreham Wood have it on them this time.  

Will be hard today but three away draws to tough sides would mean we would merit a first round tie.  

Jimmie wrote:

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Great game, both teams are quite low in the tables, so the FA Cup is a welcome chance to shine, and both sides really raised their game. The Boreham Wood owner had not too subtly put pressure on their manager by saying he keeps losing by playing the same players in the same formation, and the manager was slagging off his own team saying they just played one way - a long ball to the striker. Watching their recent highlights it wasnt a surprise they are having a poor season as they were very slow to close down, so gave the opposition too much time on the ball. Unfortunately for Welling they got that right today.

But they only got their winning goal five minutes from the end of normal time, and we had lots of chances, hit the post and outplayed them in the second half, so at least deserved a draw, which was great bearing in mind they play a division above us. I was really proud of our guys, and our fans.

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 Both sides really raised their games?  If that's a national league team raising their game then we'd have nothing to fear from promotion 

I had seen their previous highlights, and was struck by how they didn't close down opponents or fight to win games. I think that is because they are used to winning in recent seasons, so aren't used to scrapping for points. But against us they got that basic right, not giving us lots of time on the ball, so that is what I meant about them raising their game. They have reached the Third round for the last 3 seasons, so clearly were determined to try to do that again this season, especially as their league position suggests promotion is not likely.

When we played National League Woking in a preseason game I was impressed how we matched them all over the pitch, and said that to one of our important club figures who said he was disappointed by our individual errors (which if memory serves were mostly Taofiq). Against National League Boreham Wood we also matched them all over the pitch, but have improved, so we have stopped making individual errors that lead to goals as the players that made them have moved on, and it is pleasing they didn't score any goals from open play, just from a free kick, and we will never know if our regular keeper would have saved that free kick if he had still been on the pitch. Losing Lewis to injury was a real shame, I dont have stats but feel we do much better when he is on the pitch.

Looking back, trying to work out what we could have done better to get a better result, a reason we started the season so poorly results wise was we didn't get enough guys into the box, so it was easy for opposition to mark our one or two players in attacking positions. Since then we have improved and now get lots more players forward and into the opposition box. But against Boreham Wood it felt to me we didn't get enough guys in the box in this particular match, so had more long range shots, rather than playing our new normal game of 3 or 4 in the box. But this team has still played less than 20 games together, and we are constantly improving, so no doubt lessons will be learned.

But looking forward to November, as in our 6 games that month we will be playing 5 of the 6 bottom teams in the table, so finally some easier games.

J wrote:

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Ah **** - not sure what is meant above so will wait for tge match reports as nd comments from people there

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Sure I didn't have that many beers yesterday

Anyway I'll watch the highlights if they show up - standard bad refs as always - bring in VAR...oh wait that's just as bad 

We had ****ty draws in the cup again and a shame we didn't make it to the 1st round 

Jimmie wrote:

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The highlights from both clubs show different perspectives, our highlights edited out Antony's silly tackle to concede the free kick they scored from, whereas that is in Boreham Woods highlights, and ours show the totally blatant assault in front of the weak ref that should have been a red card that they omitted from their highlights. If one of us did that to someone on the street we would be arrested for assault, yet to him it was just a minor yellow card.

As the dust settles on the match our quality shows all the clearer. When we played a division down Gosport they faded as games went on, as they train less than us, so our better fitness showed. I wondered if we would fade in the same way against higher opposition, as those Boreham Wood bastards are full time, and we only train three times a week, yet we were miles better and fitter in the second half, and that is something to be so proud of, and hasnt been mentioned. I can't stand them, they only let visiting fans in an hour and a quarter before kick off, which is unfriendly and dumb, as they could make money from early arrivals buying food and drink except they are so inhospitable they dont have a bar available to visiting fans, and they banned Radio Wings, so I hope they get relegated so we can finish our business with them next season.

I would love to know what our half time team talk said, as we were transformed in the second half. Some who didnt watch the match say here it is the same old story, another bad luck story against a higher team, but it wasn't, it was a totally even match where you couldn't tell who the higher league team was, and we were focused on playing football, they only cared about getting through, so were determined to get through any way possible, including thuggery. I just wish we had a replay so more Welling fans could have seen what a special team we are.

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 'Antony's silly tackle' should read 'Antony's tired tackle'. Amadou Kassarate was almost out on his feet having made his first start for months but, because of the two first half injuries, Danny Bloor couldn't freshen the team up. Having TJ Bramble and James Vaughan absent was also a handicap.

'we only train three times a week' should read 'we only train twice a week' to the best of my knowledge.

'I hope they get relegated so we can finish our business with them next season.' Do you really want to go back there next year?