After going down 5-2 at Truro in the opening game of the season, this was always likely to be a hard ask for the Wings. As it was, the match was closer that I had feared, largely helped by the extra man for 25 minutes of the second-half before Bramble joined Truro's Matthews on the bench.
The first half was even-Stevens as both teams sought the advantage without seriously looking like scoring. The standout player was 19 year old Jephte Tanga on loan to Welling from Leyton Orient. His movement, ball control and pace had the visitors struggling but there was no striking threat ahead of him.
Adam Matthew's, former Wings player, managed to earn a second yellow on the stroke of half-time and you felt that would be enough to swing the game Welling's way. Hemel double-down though and soaked it up until Bramble saw red for the Wings. Within a few minutes Hemel were awarded a soft penalty when Antony Papadopolous, now pressed into right-back, was ruled to have fouled his man in the box.
Williams stepped up to notch the penalty and was pretty much that. Two straight defeats and a goal difference of minus 4 sees Welling propping up the table. New manager Danny Bloor has his work cut-out.
Meanwhile, the Addicks slipped to a 1-0 defeat at London Road. Panutsche Camara was caught in possession deep in his own half and Kyprianou skated in to score. Other than that, we were relatively competitive albeit powder-puff upfront. We have to recruit another striker this week. Someone fit enough to play and who can provide support for Alfie May.
More injuries yesterday mean we may be putting out a patched-up eleven on Tuesday evening when the Gas come to town.
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