ANYBODY with a decent cure for travel sickness should contact Jan Molby because Kidderminster's away form is becoming a serious complaint.

Harriers have lost their last seven Coca-Cola League Two games on the road and at Chester City last night it was the same old sorry story as they lost 3-0.

They enjoyed plenty of possession and looked neat and tidy on the ball but they still lack a killer instinct.

Wayne Hatswell's controversial sending off just after half-time for allegedly denying Michael Branch a clear goal-scoring opportunity ended any hope of Harriers adding to their solitary away point this season.

The former Chester man can feel a little hard done by because he seemed to get a bit of the ball and, with covering defenders closing in, Branch would still have had some work to do to put the ball in the net.

That decision, described by Molby as "harsh", put Chester comfortably in control but in truth Ian Rush's side would have probably gone on to win anyway.

Even before Hatswell was given his marching orders, Harriers already found themselves a goal down.

Ex-Everton and Wolves front man Branch was given the freedom of the penalty box to get on the end of Ben Davies's 21st-minute corner and clinically head it past John Danby.

The most Kidderminster could muster in response was a couple of specualtive efforts from Abdou Sall and an over-head kick by James Keene which cannoned to safety off a Chester defender.

As soon as Hatswell disappeared down the tunnel, Harriers' hopes of avoiding defeat went with him.

Kevin Ellison doubled Chester's lead from the resulting free kick, teased round the wall and into the net with his sweet left foot.

And midfielder Davies, who spent two seasons at Kidderminster under Molby, made sure of the result with an assured finish from just inside the box on 64 minutes after Harriers failed to clear another set-piece.

A rare bright spot was a good display from full-back Shaun Cooper who has extended his loan spell from Portsmouth into a second month.

Along the way, Molby made a couple of changes with young Chris McHale coming on to shore up the defence.

Ian Foster and Yossou Diop, back from another injury absence, arrived to increase their attacking options but they made little impact.

That in itself highlights Molby's biggest problem in lifting Harriers off the foot of the table.

With many of his 'big' players sidelined, including Hatswell, who now serves an automatic three-match ban, the Kidderminster director of football is stuck with what he's got.

Harriers: Danby 7, *Cooper 8, Burton 6, Sall 6, Hatswell 7, Advice-Desruisseaux 6 (McHale 53, 6), Christiansen 6, Keates 6, Jenkins 6, Langmead 6 (Diop 60, 6), Keene 6 (Foster 60, 6). Subs not used: Lewis, McMahon.

Attendance: 2,968.