Not the result we were hoping for but these thing happen …….

Today squad was Josh, Jack, Morgan, Edonis, Tom, Joey, Charney, Connor, Faizan, Louis, Kevin, Gabe, Theo and Reynolds

Game started after a short delay due to no corner flags and nets. It was a very wide pitch, big goals and very heavy in the middle of the park. We spoke before the game about playing into space behind the defence but unfortunately we couldn’t action the plan.

The first half was a very tight affair Faizan had a couple of chance to shoot but the ball got stuck under his feet. The best chance of the half fell to Kevin. The ball was played in from the right and Kevin was unmarked at the front post, however the ball came to at an awkward height and he hit it in his knee. The ball trickled agonizing wide of the post. The next few chances fell to the opposition who put a shot just over the top and hit the cross bar with another effort. After 25 Minutes Gabe broke down the left and cut in, the defender tripped him up in the box penalty. Tom took the penalty but it wasn’t one of his best and but it at a good height for the keeper. In the last minute we gave away a silly corner after a bit of confusion in defence and a good whipped in ball found their striker at the back post 1.0 half time blew.

Second half started but i felt we didn’t. We sat far to far back nearly all the second half and didn’t push them out enough.No real chances came about because you defended well but they kept coming back as we gave the ball away to them rather then putting it into space. “If you have no options play the ball down a wing, we may win a throw or create a throw, but either way we can push up and start from a higher position on the pitch”

You continued to battle but after 15 mins the pressure told a challenge by Morgan in the box and it was a penalty. The striker put it down the middle 2.0. From here Nick changed it to 4.4.2 to try and get some more options. We nearly broke a couple of times with Charney and Faizan, Gabe nearly profited from a mix up in there defence but it wasn’t to be. We had another shout for a penalty but the ref waved it away. Two minute to go the ball got crossed in and after a scramble they put it away 3.0 Game Over. They were a good team who had two or three good players, but on another day if we were in form in could of been different.

MoTM – No one stood out for me

I felt you all looked a bit out of sorts, I don’t think not playing and training this week has helped and we havent really got back to the football we were playing before Christmas. The pitch didn’t suit our normal passing game but we must all adapt.

I want heads back up we have four really winner-able games to come. Lets finish with 12 points, I want you all to go back to encouraging each other and work for each other !!!!!

Training tomorrow hopefully the weather will be kind. Lets take training serious and no messing around. Let Nick or myself know if you cant make it