ECHO LEAGUE A DIVISION DAGENHAM UTD BLUES 4 SANTOS 0

Santos FC have today suffered their third defeat on the trot including the last two league games and have continued the worst run of form ever suffered by the club and which has seen them concede 26 goals in four league and cup outings.
There has to be sympathy for Manager Steve Shefford as yet again he was unable to pick his strongest side due to long term injuries and player absences.
Although starting brightly Santos were soon again on the back foot and their overworked defence was yet again under increasing pressure as Dagenham took hold of central midfield passing their way through with ease and pressure duly told with a three goal salvo which saw the home team go in at the break three gosls to the good.

Manager Steve Shefford made changes at half time and although the second half was a lot better in terms of effort there was still no end product with the home keeper not having one shot to save all afternoon,fifteen minutes from the end a breakaway down the Santos left flank saw a cross field pass easily tapped into the Santos net with no defenders in site,more evidence of the continuing sloppy play by Santos this season.

Again this season the man of the match award went to another defender,this time the recipient was Jamie Wilkinson for his battling performance,the whole defence including the ever more impressive goal keeper worked hard with little or no support from midfield.A mention also for Louis Burton whos tireless contribution did not go unnoticed as he was forced to drop deaper to find the ball as the match progressed.All in all another below par performance from an out of form Santos FC side who will find their first ever season in this division a tough one if they do not show a marked improvement soon.

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