HARRIERS 1, Forest Green Rovers 3

"THEY say you can't legislate for individual mistakes," observed Stuart Watkiss ruefully. "But if it continues like this we're going to have to score three goals to even draw a game.", writes Mat Kendrick

No disrespect to Abdou Sall, but Aggborough has come to expect defensive errors whenever the giant Senegalese stopper is around.

The fact that Sall was lining up for the opposition and was arguably the best defender on the park would have been ironic were it not so depressing.

Having heard his back four praised by player-coach Martin O'Connor in the build up to this match, boss Watkiss was far from pleased to see his rearguard commit Abdou-style abberations.

Although, Harriers fans don't mind giving Rovers Kidderminster cast-offs like Sall and Jon Beswetherick, they will be concerned at how they gifted their Gloucestershire rivals three goals and three points.

Harriers have still to beat Rovers in five Conference clashes and it is no wonder with defending like this.

Goal one came from the concession of a needless free kick on the edge of the box, and even if it had an enormous element of luck about it, Harriers only had themselves to blame.

Laurie Wilson's late challenge on Alex Meechan was as misguided as it was mistimed because there was no need to dive in when he had team-mates covering behind him.

That summed up a miserable afternoon for the youngster who was withdrawn at half-time after seemingly failing to find a team-mate with a single pass.

Paul Wanless took full advantage from the 20th minute free kick, firing in a free kick which took a massive deflection off the Harriers wall to wrongfoot John Danby and nestle in the bottom left hand corner.

The Kidderminster keeper must think the whole world is against him after last weekend's clanger against Grays Athletic, but it continued to go from bad to worse for Danby.

A floated left wing cross from Meechan on 34 minutes should have been a routine take for Danby, but with his confidence in tatters he somehow contrived to drop the ball at the feet of Zema Abbey who gratefully rolled a simple finish into the unguarded net.

Perhaps Danby could do with some catching tips from former England wicket-keeper and Forest Green fan Jack Russell who was watching from the stands.

Daryl Burgess, one of Kidderminster's most consistent performers, inexplicably got in on the act next with an uncharacteristic error which effectively killed off Kidderminster's threatened comeback.

The former Albion defender was caught dawdling on the edge of his own box on 74 minutes and was robbed of possession with Abbey chipping a sublime effort over Danby for his second and Rovers' third.

That was the final nail in the coffin for Harriers who just moments earlier had pulled a goal back when Iyseden Christie struck for the fourth time in three games by shuffling sideways across the six-yard box to find space to shoot.

But while Christie has suddenly found his scoring boots, his strike partner Taiwo Atieno has yet to notch with his feet from open play.

Atieno's four-goals have included two penalties and two headers and the on-loan Walsall forward needs to do better from one-on-one situations.

Twice Atieno was played through with only Rovers keeper Ryan Clarke to beat but from substitute Simon Heslop's exquisite pass his first touch let him down, while from a Christie through-ball he dragged a shot wide of the target.

Wayne Hatswell struck the bar and the post either side of half time, but ultimately Harriers got what they deserved against their bogey team, absolutely nothing.