BEES FAIL TO BLOOM AS WANDS SPOIL TIM'S DEBUT

TIM FLOWERS’ debut as Bar-net boss ended in defeat at Dorking and a swift Trophy exit, as the Bees finished the tie with ten men.

- Les Freeland

The Bees were well beaten as the Wands picked up where they left off in the previous round in midweek.

But Flowers appreciated his new sides’ endeavour, in the circumstances.

He told The NLP: “Bearing in mind we’ve only been together two days, I wanted them to work hard so that we would have to peel them off the pitch at the end, and I believe they did that.

“But we were too frantic in the first half, which stems from a lack of confidence. The goals they scored in the first half were carbon copies- that’s our Achilles heel and we need to work on it.”’