Kings Langley manager Paul Hobbs says he was content with a 1-1 draw against Weymouth, despite his side playing against 10-men for much of the match.

Weymouth’s keeper was sent off for a last man foul on the stroke of half-time, meaning Saturday’s visitors played the remainder of the match with an outfield player in goal.

Nonetheless, they took the lead through Chris Shephard’s penalty before Dean Hitchcock scored a 72nd minute leveller.

Hobbs accepted Kings could have done more to test Weymouth’s emergency stopper, but insisted he was still satisfied with an important point.

“It was a good point against a good side and I think their league position is a bit false,” he explained.

“It is hard to play against 10 men for such a long period of time and once they took the lead they just sat men behind the ball.

“I am disappointed that we didn’t test the outfield player enough. We had one or two shots and one went in. We were just throwing the ball in and he dealt with it easily because he was a big lump.

“The positive for us is it is another point towards safety against a good side where we have gone behind and done well to get back in it.”

Any momentum Kings hoped to gain from their numerical advantage was halted five minutes into the second half.

A driving run from Shephard drew a clumsy challenge from a Kings defender in the box and he calmly converted the resulting spot kick.

Hobbs questioned the decision to award the penalty and felt his side would have gone on to win the game had they not conceded.

“The penalty was more clumsy than anything and I think it could have been given either way,” he said.

“It is one of those where we are disappointed to have given it away and I think if we had kept a clean sheet we would have gone on to win.”

Kings have looked shaky in defence in recent weeks and shipped 12 goals in the four games prior to Weymouth’s visit.

Hobbs therefore opted to change formation and employed a back three in an attempt to tighten things up at the back.

He was pleased with what he saw and claims the hard-earned point is evidence of his squad’s ability to adapt.

He said: “We felt we needed to keep it a little bit tighter as we have been conceding silly goals. We wanted to go two up top as well and felt the formation was the best way to do that.

“It allowed us to push more people forward with the personnel we had and shows we can change formation and still get good results.”

Kings were missing a number of key players including David Hutton and Lewis Toomey who are suffering from respective calf and hamstring injuries.

The duo are expected to miss tomorrow’s clash with Merthyr Town but Hobbs is hopeful they will return for a busy festive schedule, which sees Kings play four times in 14 days.

“David Hutton will not be available this weekend but will hopefully be back for the Christmas period,” he said.

“Lewis will be available after Saturday. He’s our prime striker and having him back will be a big plus for us.”