BOSS Tom Killick bemoaned a “soft” performance from Poole Town as they lost 4-1 at home for the second time in four days.

Killick had called for a response against Truro City after falling to defeat at the hands of a clinical Hayes & Yeading side on Saturday, but instead Dolphins offered up more of the same.

The first half saw Poole control possession yet fail to break down Truro, before finding themselves two behind before the break after some sloppy mistakes at the back.

Both goals came from free-kicks, with Poole failing to clear the first, allowing Tyler Harvey space and time to rifle home for the opener.

Just before the break, a Mark Childs mistake allowed Cheick Diabete to head home and effectively seal the game in the first 45 minutes.

Killick told the Daily Echo: “Soft was the word I used in the dressing room. You can be quite pretty at times in how you play, and have quite a lot of possession, but when the ball comes into your box, you’ve got to defend it.

“It was ridiculous really – the first goal was bad, the second goal was even worse, and even in the second half we weren’t that much better. One of the goals, again, was quite poor.”

Chasing the game and committing men forward, Poole were vulnerable at the back, but Dolphins still offered little resistance to prevent Truro from scoring two more on the counter-attack via Ryan Brett and Ryan Dickson.

Josh Carmichael nodded home a barely-celebrated consolation goal right before the final whistle in what was another forgettable evening for Poole.

“I just feel for all the possession we had, it wasn’t as if we created a load of chances,” said Killick.

“It wasn’t a case of we missed three, four, five chances. I can’t really remember any real clear cut chances we had at all.

“You have to give credit to Truro – they conceded a lot of possession but they didn’t concede a lot of chances. They didn’t create that much themselves – I can’t think of any clear cut chances really.

“If you ignore the last two goals because they’ve done us on the break, the two goals aren’t even chances – they’re errors from us.”