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Terras aim for Christmas number
one
By Paul Baker
Wednesday 30th November 2005
"MEN against boys"!
That's how Garry Hill described Weymouth's performance in
their 3-1 win at fellow Conference South promotion hopefuls
Cambridge City last night.
"I've got a lot of time and respect for Cambridge City,"
said the Terras boss after watching Chukki Eribenne fire a
hat trick at Milton Road, "but they got off very lightly
this evening.
"Our performance was both professional and clinical
and at times it was like men against boys out there.
"What is so pleasing at the moment is the strength in
depth at the club. We lost our captain Matt Bound late in
the day through illness and Brian Dutton with an injury, yet
it didn't disturb us at all. In came the likes of Ian Hutchinson,
Roy O'Brien and Darren Wheeler, and the three of them just
got on with their jobs with the minimum of fuss.
"It's a great position to be in as a manager where you
can chop and change things without having to worry and it
just underlines the professionalism that's now been installed
at the Wessex Stadium.
"My first away game as manager was at Cambridge City
last year and we lost 4-1. Six months later we've gone up
there and beaten them 3-1 and that shows how far this football
club has come in a very short space of time."
He added: "We're on a real roll now and we're enjoying
every moment of it. We're up to fifth in the table with games
in hand and the aim is certainly to keep on winning and get
that number one spot over the Christmas and New Year period.
"We've got a massive home game against Bognor on Saturday
and I again urge the crowd to turn out in force because, along
with the management staff and the players, they have a big
part to play in making this club successful and they really
do make a difference."
Eribenne's treble saw the Terras race into a 3-0 lead early
in the second period with City substitute Dave Sadler netting
a 64th minute consolation for the hosts.
But despite the ex-Bournemouth striker's hat trick, Hill
reckons the most in-form striker in the league was left on
the substitutes' bench last night.
"Chukki's taken all three goals superbly and he and
Kirk Jackson had a blinder up front," added the manager.
"But my point about how strong the squad is borne out
by the fact that Craig O'Connor was left on the bench and
didn't get a kick.
"He's got to be the Conference South in-form attacker
at the moment and yet he didn't even got on. But all three
lads are ultimate professionals and know that it's horses
for courses and that what makes my job so much easier at the
moment."
One player who did get a run out at Milton Road was defender
Dave Waterman - his first action since the tragic loss of
his young son Oakley to cancer earlier in the year.
Hill said: "Seeing Dave back on the park was the most
pleasing aspect of the game. He came on to do a job for the
last ten minutes or so and it was like he'd never been away."
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