Back at Maes Tegid after dropping 2 points through a late Caersws equaliser last Saturday there was anticipation of a bounce back to winning ways as we welcomed Buckley Town on a cold Friday evening.
The excuse of the injury list is now monotonous but we still have 5 senior players missing from the starting line up and the squad must step up to the mark to start amassing a reasonable points total.
The home side started well with continuous pressure on the visitors goal but despite this the visitors created the best chance with a header cleared off the line by Ross White. And then in their only second attempt on goal a misjudged challenge by Will Bell sees Buckley awarded a penalty which is put away off the post. Bala replied with a missed opportunity by Ozzy Abadaki but then another breakaway by the visitors saw a right wing cross turned into his own net by Abadaki to double their lead. Bala then went close with a Will Bell header but half time saw Buckley commanding a 2-0 lead.
Bala began briskly again and a Simmonds shot rolled inches wide. Eventually the pressure told and a headed goal by Ross White got a goal back on 62 minutes. 2 minutes later and the comeback was completed when Simmonds bundled the ball over the line for the equaliser. It really seemed that there was only one winner from here but amazingly another defensive error resulted in another penalty award for the visitors and they retook the lead on 74 minutes.
Despite a whole host of substitutions Bala then achieved very little to worry the Buckley defence and the match ended in another dismal defeat.
The Management team have to go back to the drawing board to address this poor run of results and next Saturday sees us back at Maes Tegid for a hugely important Welsh Cup fixture against Holyhead Hotspur with a 2pm kick off.
Ar ôl colli dau bwynt yn sgil gôl gyfartal hwyr gan Caersws dydd Sadwrn diwethaf, roedd disgwyl i Bala ymateb yn gadarnhaol a dychwelyd at ennill gemau wrth groesawu Bwcle i Faes Tegid ar nos Wener oer.
Mae’r esgus ynghylch y rhestr anafiadau wedi mynd yn ddiflas erbyn hyn, ond mae gennym bum chwaraewr profiadol yn dal ar goll o’r tîm cyntaf, ac mae’n rhaid i’r garfan godi ei gêm er mwyn dechrau casglu cyfanswm rhesymol o bwyntiau.
Dechreuodd y tîm cartref yn dda, gan roi pwysau cyson ar gôl y tîm oddi cartref. Er hynny, y tîm ymwelwyr greodd y cyfle gorau cyntaf, gyda pheniad yn cael ei glirio oddi ar y llinell gan Ross White.
Yna, ar eu hail ymgais yn unig ar gôl, arweiniodd her a gamfarnwyd gan Will Bell at ddyfarnu cic gosb i Bwcle, a chafodd y bêl ei tharo i mewn oddi ar y postyn.
Ymatebodd y Bala gyda chyfle a gollwyd gan Ozzy Abadaki, ond yn dilyn ymosodiad cyflym arall gan y tîm ymwelwyr, croeswyd y bêl o’r asgell dde a throdd Abadaki hi i’w rwyd ei hun, gan ddyblu mantais Bwcle.
Daeth Bala yn agos eto gyda pheniad gan Will Bell, ond ar yr egwyl roedd Bwcle yn arwain 2–0.
Dechreuodd y Bala’r ail hanner yn gyflym unwaith eto, a rholiodd ergyd gan Simmonds ychydig fodfeddi heibio’r postyn. Yn y pen draw, talodd y pwysau ar ei ganfed pan sgoriodd Ross White gyda pheniad ar y 62ain munud, gan adennill gôl.
Dau funud yn ddiweddarach, cwblhawyd y dod yn ôl pan lwyddodd Simmonds i wthio’r bêl dros y llinell i sicrhau’r gôl gyfartal.
Roedd yn ymddangos mai dim ond un tîm fyddai’n ennill o’r pwynt hwn ymlaen, ond yn rhyfeddol, arweiniodd camgymeriad amddiffynnol arall at ddyfarnu cic gosb arall i’r ymwelwyr, ac aeth Bwcle ar y blaen unwaith eto ar y 74ain munud.
Er gwaethaf nifer o eilyddion, ychydig iawn a wnaeth y Bala wedyn i boeni amddiffyn Bwcle, a daeth y gêm i ben gyda threchu siomedig arall.
Mae’n rhaid i’r tîm rheoli fynd yn ôl at y bwrdd lluniadu i fynd i’r afael â’r gyfres wael hon o ganlyniadau. Dydd Sadwrn nesaf, byddwn yn ôl ym Maes Tegid ar gyfer gêm hynod bwysig yng Nghwpan Cymru yn erbyn Hotspur Caergybi, gyda’r gic gyntaf am 2 o’r gloch.
