‘That’s as angry as I’ve ever been’
Moneyfields manager Glenn Turnbull fumed at the 'unacceptable' showing his side served up in their 1-1 Wessex League Premier Division draw at Portland.
He revealed he was the 'angriest he's ever been as a manager' in the immediate aftermath of the stalemate in Dorset.
James Franklyn, below, fired in his 13th goal of the season - taking him level with top scorer Steve Hutchings - to hand Moneyfields a third-minute advantage.
But Turnbull was at a loss to explain why his men 'completely dropped off' from the quarter-hour mark onwards.
They would be punished when Marcus Smith's deflected strike made it 1-1 on 52 minutes as it ended all square.
And Turnbull did not hold back with his assessment of his side’s display.
He fumed: ‘We only played for the first 15 minutes. We probably got more than we deserved, if I’m honest.
‘We just dropped off. The second half was as bad as I’ve seen us play.
‘There wasn’t any passion, it looked like people were just there going through the motions, really.
‘I can put up with people having bad games and making mistakes - there were plenty of them yesterday to get me annoyed at - but not giving their all and not trying, that’s unacceptable to me.
‘The club have put on a coach, we tried to do everything properly, we’ve looked after people.
‘Maybe too many were interested in having a jolly up on the coach than going there to do what we were trying to do. That’s as angry as I’ve ever been in a changing room afterwards. They let themselves down.
‘They’ve let me down and Fraser (Quirke, assistant manager) and Pete (Seiden, chairman) and the club. A few of them have really, really got to step up to the mark now and start delivering.’
Despite Turnbull's frustration at Moneyfields' showing, they would have claimed all three points but for an unbelievable save from Mike Edgar to keep out Dec Seiden's scuffed shot in second half stoppage-time.
To cap it all, the door on the baggage holding area of the coach Moneyfields were travelling in came open on the way home - meaning players and staff were left picking up their belongings roadside.
Turnbull added: ‘They (Portland) celebrated like they won the World Cup. Fair play to them, they’re on a run and a point against us they see as big, but they probably on the balance of things deserved it.
‘The positive out of all of it, we probably would have lost that game at the beginning of the season.
‘It’s a point gained based on that performance.’
Moneyfields don’t have a midweek game but the club’s reserves host US Portsmouth’s first team on Wednesday in the Portsmouth Senior Cup.