ENRAGED boss Tom Killick was left counting the cost of Poole Town’s progress in the Red Insure League Cup – despite another dominant derby triumph over Wimborne Town.

Goals from early substitute Carl Preston, Mark Jermyn and Dan Munday told an all-too-familiar tale at Tatnam as Dolphins crushed their old enemy 3-0.

But Killick looked like a man who had found a penny and lost his wallet at full-time after loan winger Mike Gosney was followed by Jermyn onto the treatment table during the meek, mismatched clash.

Gosney limped off and later attended hospital following a thundering fourth-minute challenge by Magpies youngster Franklyn Clarke, who received a yellow card from referee Chris Wade.

Having made all three permitted substitutions, Poole went down to 10 men with 11 minutes left when Marvin Brooks was taken off as a precaution and finished with nine players when Jermyn hobbled off in injury time.

While Killick was pleased with his team – which contained a smattering of youngsters – he felt aggrieved over the injury concerns and argued that rookie Clarke should have been instantly dismissed.

Killick told the Daily Echo: “The injury to Mike Gosney was a big setback for us. It was a completely unnecessary tackle and their lad should have received a red card.

“I thought there was malice in it and it shouldn’t matter whether he’s eight or 80, he might have badly injured one of my players. Hopefully he’ll learn from it.

“Those two injuries were a real cloud because certainly in one case it looks to have put one of our main players out of Saturday’s game with a serious question mark over the other.”

In response, Wimborne manager Steve Cuss said: “The referee gave him (Clarke) a yellow.”

Asked whether he agreed with the decision, Cuss added: “It’s a yellow card. The referee dealt with it very well.”

Meanwhile, Killick heaped praise on the Poole youngsters who were handed an opportunity to shine but questioned how much they got from the one-sided contest.

Killick added: “There were some exceptional performances from our younger players. I was very proud that we were still far superior despite having seven under-21s on the pitch at the end.

“We have been criticised in the past for not promoting younger players but we’ve now got the best youngsters in the area by a long way and that was proven.

“They did really well but you go away wondering how much we’ve learned about them at this level because of the manner in which the game was played.

“It did disappoint me. Both teams made changes but people paid money to watch a competitive match. I thought we would get that but we didn’t.”

Cuss added: “I thought we competed very well. We have a lot of young lads who are trying to find their way at a club that gives them an opportunity.

“We had four players playing their first 90 minutes for the first team and I’ve got to be pleased with their performances. They will learn from it and become better players. That’s what we do at our club, give opportunities to youngsters.

“I was a little disappointed we didn’t stay in the game a bit longer. With a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes Poole kept the ball well and made it a tough night for us.

“After that we showed a lot of character. We could have caved in and been on the end of a hammering but that didn’t happen.”

Dolphins: Manley, Dickson, Martin, Jermyn, Whisken (S Davidson, 66), Lindsay, Roberts, Lowes, Munday, Gosney (Preston, 8, Bayston, 60), Brooks. Unused subs: Burbidge, Hutchings (g/k).

Magpies: Field, Phelps, Maybury, Clarke, Costello, Brimson, Griffin (Burton-Hemmings, 59), J Davidson (Moore, 83), Lupton, Kemble, Webb. Unused subs: Arnold, Hessenden.