THERE were no tea-cups being thrown around the Bashley dressing room in the wake of Saturday's nerve-jangling FA Cup win over Camberley Town.

Although the Foresters almost contrived to throw away a two-goal lead, manager Geoff Butler kept the lid tightly on his anger afterwards.

For the second time in six days, he had watched on in despair as Bashley followed a pleasing first-half performance with one of ineptitude after the break.

Emerging almost instantly from the dressing room, he sighed: "I haven't said a dickybird to anyone after the game because I can't see the point. They did exactly the same thing on Monday and I said what I needed to say then, but it doesn't look as though they listened.

"It's frightening to think I could have taken a tape recording of last week and played exactly the same thing to them again today. I wonder if they're ever going to learn."

The Foresters couldn't have asked for a better start.

There were only three minutes and four seconds on the clock when Richard Gillespie claimed his sixth goal of the season.

Man-of-the-match Andy Culliford forced a corner on the left and Dave Wakefield played it short to Chris Ferrett, whose precision cross was headed in by the 19-year-old Romsey lad from point-blank range.

For a while Camberley gave almost as good as they got, but it was Bashley who took the game by the scruff of the neck around the half-hour mark.

First Gillespie drove dangerously across the face of goal, then the tenacious number ten showed superb reactions after his initial header from Wakefield's cross was parried by keeper Edgar Pestana.

As the ball came back to him, he unleashed a thumping, first-time shot which rebounded off the post.

It was only going to be a matter of time for Gillespie and five minutes later he got the goal he craved.

Having been fed by Andrew Julius down the right, he unleashed a shot which Pestana couldn't hold and the ball dribbled free to Culliford who unselfishly squared it back across goal for an easy finish.

Whether the soaring temperatures sapped Bashley's strength or they merely ran out of ideas, they were not the same team in the second half.

Julius, Ferrett and Danny Gibbons all had half chances, but there were worrying gaps appearing at the other end. It needed quick thinking by Ferrett to keep out Robbie Burns after keeper David Elm had charged outside his area.

But on 78 minutes, Burns pulled one back to set up a nervy finale.

"We know how to win, but we can't win well or with any style," summed up Butler. "The lads took their foot off the gas and became complacent.

"We're not doing the simple things well. I saw lads out there today trying to pull balls down that internationals wouldn't attempt.

"We've got great commitment but we don't make the right decisions and that's the second time we've gone out and made chumps of ourselves.

"Football's a simple game - it's the players that make it difficult."

Bashley, who now travel to Middlesex outfit Ashford Town on Saturday week, are still confident of signing experienced Navy defender Steve Riley.

They had hoped to have him signed on for the Camberley game, but he had a prior agreement to play for US Portsmouth.