Waterford signed off or the mid-season break with another evening of frustration at the Carlisle Grounds. The Blues have now dropped four points at the Co. Wicklow venue and their grip on third spot loosened slightly due to their failure to break Br
Waterford signed off or the mid-season break with another evening of frustration at the Carlisle Grounds.
The Blues have now dropped four points at the Co. Wicklow venue and their grip on third spot loosened slightly due to their failure to break Bray down.
Matthew Connor was forced into the first save of the evening on 18 minutes. Galvin allowed Lynch's throw-in to roll across his body and he caught it sweetly on the half-volley but Connor leapt to his right and he turned it behind.
There was a nervy moment for Evan Moran when he declined to clear and instead tried to pass to a colleague. His attempt only find Akinade who squared it for Duffus but he was denied by a brilliant block from Rhys Gorman.
Waterford's defence failed to spot the run of Craig Walsh on the stroke of half time but McKenna noticed and picked him out. Walsh side-stepped Connor in the six-yard box but the angle was so tight that he couldn't shoot. Waterford survived that moment but from the next phase, Ronan Coughlan's cross was deflected by Bastien Hery and very nearly flew into the Waterford net.
Duffus stung Moran's fingertips when he cut in off the left and let fly. Moran spilled the strike but a defender hacked clear before Akinade could pounce. Both sides spurned their best chances of the tie within 60 seconds of each other. Dan Kelly galloped clear down the right for Bray and knocked it into the middle for Coughlan but he fired meekly straight at Connor.
At the other end, John Martin released Akinade who had a defender breathing down his neck and perhaps that played a part as he drilled over.
