A big thanks to Keith for writing this weeks report

Today , we played Omonia, in what should have been our home fixture. Unfortunately, the appointed ref couldn’t make the match, as we had to switch venues to their ground, as ours was unplayable. So we had to put up with their lovely lady ref! Who we have encountered several times in the past.

The game began well, with herons having a fair share of possession, but omonias first real break resulted in their one, talented player scoring their opener. Archie then had a chance, but it fell unfortunately to his weaker left foot, and he skewed it wide.
Omonia broke again, this time from our corner! And scored a second.
Their third, before half time , was unfortunately a far too regular occurrence, being straight from a corner, which we just didn’t defend properly.
Credit to the boys though, they all battled well and plays some very nice football at times.
Defensively , Kevin ,besides moaning too much, did a creditable job as centre half replacement for Patrick who was ill. Thomas, was asked to man mark their danger man, and he did this extremely well. The look of joy on his face when that player was subbed, was worth coming out for! Morgan did a sound job as right back. And Frankie continued to show improvement game on game .
Unfortunately despite a strong start to the second half, we again conceded a couple of soft goals, and before we got back into the game we were 6..0 down. Again the boys didn’t give up ,and Archie managed to net one to make the score a little more respectable.
All in all, their one star player was a level up on all, and made the difference, plus the useless refereeing from the lady, who doesn’t know what a foul is, but really knows what a foul throw is. Priorities!! Poor result, flattering to them, I thought, and the match ruined by the ref, yet again!
Still man of match goes to Kevin, and we look forward to the next match vs Hendon
Keith

Yesterday morning i was think what a great day, really looking forward to football on Sunday. Who would of thought that 24 hours later we would be facing a frozen pitch.

So i thought i would start with some key performers. Big Nick Rember was a colossus in that midfield. He “Dug” himself in the middle and filled all the “holes”. He was fetching and carrying all game (his bucket). While David “Messi” Vince was all over the pitch, hugging every line and even sweeping up at the back. What these two wouldn’t do to get the game on, but sadley to no avail. LOL

So what ended up with was six five-a-side games against Ominia, who unlike us had one very strong team and two lesser teams. whilst we had three evenly spread teams. On my pitch we had a 6.0 loss, 3.0 loss and a 3.2 Win. On Nicks pitch 3.2 Win 6.2 Loss and a 4.1 Win

Im not going to go through each game but rather just put some general observations:

5-a-side is all about pass and move. Too often when we had the ball i could see 3 or 4 players within 6 feet of each other.

Tracking back go with the runners, if the opposition break and you see its 3 on 1 dont stand and pray get back and help. If the defender can hold them up, it gives time for you to help.

Control is so important in 5 side and also you must ensure the pass reaches the player.

Use your goalie to help defend. Pass back move into space look for the return and then move forward.

Keiths Men of the Match : Nick & David

Anyway training tomorrow night on the astro FUSBUL 6.30 till 7.30 and then normal

Wrap up warm bring gloves!!!!!!