Horsham 5 - 0 Corinthian-Casuals
Isthmian League Premier Division
Tuesday 16th August 2022
Report and Photos: Stuart Tree (pics here).
Horsham’s Camping World Community Stadium once again proved an unhappy hunting ground for Corinthian-Casuals as a dominant second half performance from the hosts saw them climb to the top of the table courtesy of a 5-0 drubbing.
It’s the second game in succession at Hop Oast that Casuals have lost 5-0 and thus has proven to be an incredibly hard place to earn anything from. In fact, Corinth have only gained one point in their four visits to the new stadium.
Horsham have made their intentions clear about title ambitions with a wealth of marque signings over the summer and it was one of their most prominent – Jack Mazzone who was the major cause of Casuals’ headaches on this evening, claiming a hat-trick in the process. Another of their new faces – Shamir Fenelon was also on the scoresheet, but it was an old face, Lee Harding, who opened the scoring, out-muscling Saidou Sanogo and firing into the opposite corner on 13 minutes.
Five-nil was never on the cards at half time as Casuals had been in the game for the whole of the first period. Reid’s side looked impressive on the counter and stretched Horsham’s full backs continually. Tayo Oyebola tested Mitchell Beeney with a curling shot, destined for the top corner and a threaded pass from Luke Stokoe saw Jack Knight through on goal with Beeney working hard to prevent the striker scoring. Fine margins. Had Casuals taken that chance…?
But the second half was a mess. Early cracks appeared in the very first minute when Sami Nabbad’s excellent reflex save was the only thing that prevented Horsham doubling their lead. But those cracks became chasms just minutes later when a free kick to the right of the penalty area was fizzed in low and hard, with Mazzone beating Knight to the punch and grabbing his first of the night. 2-0 down in front of a partisan crowd away from home is tough to recover from.
The game was put to bed six minutes later when Hakeem Adelakun sold a back pass short and Nabbad was unable to beat Mazzone to the ball, allowing the striker to tap in from a neat angle. Casuals contained for a while with Ben Cheklit, Erald Desa and Nat Pinney providing a few half chances until Fenelon got in on the act in the 83rd minute and Mazzone scoring his best of the evening in stoppage time.
It was a real comedown from the 4-1 win over Bowers and Pitsea at the weekend and a stark reminder that not all games will come as easy as that opener. Casuals will now travel to another away game, this time at Haringey with just one training session in between to lick their wounds.
“When you see things unravelling like that, it’s hard to swallow,” admitted Reid after the match.
“I’m embarrassed and shocked. Everything we worked on in pre-season went out of the window.
“We have to get your own house in order. We ran around like headless chickens. Yes, we started well enough and the first half hour we saw some good play, but the game is 90 minutes. I thought we made Horsham look good. 100% we could’ve had a different game if we had equalised when we had the opportunity.
“We have to take it on the chin. We will make changes, that’s for sure. I’m more disappointed that we didn’t put a shift.
“There’s areas that we need to be more savvy. They’ll need to learn how to play the game.
“I know we’ve got a good team. There’s some very good individuals. I know what I’ve got to do. Screaming and shouting at players won’t change anything and I'm calm about it. We have to be level-headed. Come Thursday in training, we know what we need to work on.”
Isthmian League Premier Division
Tuesday 16th August 2022
Report and Photos: Stuart Tree (pics here).
Horsham’s Camping World Community Stadium once again proved an unhappy hunting ground for Corinthian-Casuals as a dominant second half performance from the hosts saw them climb to the top of the table courtesy of a 5-0 drubbing.
It’s the second game in succession at Hop Oast that Casuals have lost 5-0 and thus has proven to be an incredibly hard place to earn anything from. In fact, Corinth have only gained one point in their four visits to the new stadium.
Horsham have made their intentions clear about title ambitions with a wealth of marque signings over the summer and it was one of their most prominent – Jack Mazzone who was the major cause of Casuals’ headaches on this evening, claiming a hat-trick in the process. Another of their new faces – Shamir Fenelon was also on the scoresheet, but it was an old face, Lee Harding, who opened the scoring, out-muscling Saidou Sanogo and firing into the opposite corner on 13 minutes.
Five-nil was never on the cards at half time as Casuals had been in the game for the whole of the first period. Reid’s side looked impressive on the counter and stretched Horsham’s full backs continually. Tayo Oyebola tested Mitchell Beeney with a curling shot, destined for the top corner and a threaded pass from Luke Stokoe saw Jack Knight through on goal with Beeney working hard to prevent the striker scoring. Fine margins. Had Casuals taken that chance…?
But the second half was a mess. Early cracks appeared in the very first minute when Sami Nabbad’s excellent reflex save was the only thing that prevented Horsham doubling their lead. But those cracks became chasms just minutes later when a free kick to the right of the penalty area was fizzed in low and hard, with Mazzone beating Knight to the punch and grabbing his first of the night. 2-0 down in front of a partisan crowd away from home is tough to recover from.
The game was put to bed six minutes later when Hakeem Adelakun sold a back pass short and Nabbad was unable to beat Mazzone to the ball, allowing the striker to tap in from a neat angle. Casuals contained for a while with Ben Cheklit, Erald Desa and Nat Pinney providing a few half chances until Fenelon got in on the act in the 83rd minute and Mazzone scoring his best of the evening in stoppage time.
It was a real comedown from the 4-1 win over Bowers and Pitsea at the weekend and a stark reminder that not all games will come as easy as that opener. Casuals will now travel to another away game, this time at Haringey with just one training session in between to lick their wounds.
“When you see things unravelling like that, it’s hard to swallow,” admitted Reid after the match.
“I’m embarrassed and shocked. Everything we worked on in pre-season went out of the window.
“We have to get your own house in order. We ran around like headless chickens. Yes, we started well enough and the first half hour we saw some good play, but the game is 90 minutes. I thought we made Horsham look good. 100% we could’ve had a different game if we had equalised when we had the opportunity.
“We have to take it on the chin. We will make changes, that’s for sure. I’m more disappointed that we didn’t put a shift.
“There’s areas that we need to be more savvy. They’ll need to learn how to play the game.
“I know we’ve got a good team. There’s some very good individuals. I know what I’ve got to do. Screaming and shouting at players won’t change anything and I'm calm about it. We have to be level-headed. Come Thursday in training, we know what we need to work on.”
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