Dagenham and Redbridge, and Woking shared a point on Tuesday night in a match between 2 teams visibly lacking in confidence.
It was an uninspired affair which the Daggers deserved to win in terms of posession but they lacked the energy that has become their trademark in recent seasons.
Woking are also a team in poor form and it showed although they made an explosive start to the match when Barry Moore spectacularly volleyed into the top corner from 25 yards after just 2 minutes.
Anyone who thought that would set the pettern for the rest of the match were sadly mistaken. It was Woking's only shot of the match and although Daggers were hardly uninspired they did at least muster a few worhtwhile attempts on goal. The first came after 6 minutes when impressive captain Lee Matthews heading Janneys cross just past the post before Jenny supplied Stein with a good chance but he volleyed over at the far post.
In fact Daggers best monents came from Janney whose wing-play down the right offered the most enjoyable moments of the game . Desevedly he equalised for the home side after 36 minutes after Stein had brought the ball down amid a few appeals of handball and the Daggers striker cleverly played in Janney who raced into the right hand side of the box and hit the ball into the far hand corner of the net.
A Daggers deludge was predicted but it never arrived. Danny Hill didi force Juan Jatal into a great save from fully 30 yards as the ball was tipped round the post.
Dagenham & Redbridge, and Woking shared the points night in a match between two teams visibly lacking in confidence.
It was an uninspired affair which the Daggers deserved to win in terms of possession, but they lacked the energy that has become their trademark in recent seasons.
Woking are also a team in poor form and it showed although they made an explosive start to the match when Barry Moore spectacularly volleyed into the top corner from 25 yards after just two minutes.
Anyone who thought that would set the pattern for the rest of the match was sadly mistaken.
It was Woking's only shot of the match and although Daggers were hardly inspired they did at least muster a few worthwhile attempts on goal.
The first came after six minutes when captain Lee Matthews headed Mark Janney's cross just past the post before Janney supplied Mark Stein with a good chance, but he volleyed over at the far post.
In fact Daggers' best moments came from Janney whose wing-play down the right offered the most enjoyable moments of the game.
Deservedly he equalised for the home side after 26 minutes after Stein had brought the ball down amid a few appeals of handball and the Daggers striker cleverly played in Janney, who raced into the right side of the box and hit the ball into the far corner of the net.
A Daggers deluge was predicted but it never arrived. Danny Hill did force Shwan Jalal into a great save from fully 30 yards as the ball was tipped round the post.
The Daggers' lack of confidence had transcended into a lack of spirit and their final pass was often wayward despite them dominating possession.
This was not a terrible display by any means but it certainly wasn't vintage Daggers.
Substitute Paul Bruce came the closest in the second half when his shot was saved well before he was stretchered off late in the game.
The lively Ben Abbey was sent off just after the hour after trying to trick Steve Potts into giving away a penalty.
Daggers continued to throw everything forward and Woking continued to defend. Janney flashed a cross into the six-yard box, but no-one met the ball and Stein's header went past the post.
Both teams won a point apiece at the end, with Woking certainly the happier team