PIERCE SWEENEY IS THE CLUB CAPTAIN OF EXETER CITY FC
While we’re still looking for our first win since beating Cheltenham Town back in September, I’d like to think our 1-1 draw at Stevenage on Saturday will prove a turning point.
I appreciate that, having lost nine and drawn two of the 11 league games we’ve played since beating the Robins, it’s wins we need. However, Saturday’s point felt much bigger than those we picked up against Lincoln and Shrewsbury and has provided us with a real shot in the arm.
Given the run we’re on, it would have been all too easy for us to feel sorry for ourselves after Jack Aitchison was shown a red card in the 43rd minute, and to have concluded it wasn’t going to be our day, again, when Carl Piergianni headed the home side in front just before half-time.
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However, not a bit of it. The Gaffer switched things around at half-time and it produced an almost-instant return when second-half substitute Yanic Wilsdchut got on the end of a scintillating move, involving Reece Cole, Harry Kite, and Dion Rankine, to fire us level just after the restart.
As you’d expect, from thereon in the home side put us under some concerted pressure which required some real backs-to-the-wall defending. At the same time, such was our commitment and resolve, it always felt as if we could defy the odds and take something from the game. Indeed, even with just 10 men, we managed to create one or two chances........