He may of lost the toss but he made up for it ……

Today’s squad Frankie, Bucks, Morgan, Edonis, Jack, Jed, Tom, Connor, Joel, Bleets, Gabe, Theo, Louis & Saul

Lets start with basics, you are all big boys now so get your get your kit together the day/night before we play do not play in Astros on a wet pitch !!! no names mentioned.

First half started and my god were we slow, obviously the two weeks off had made you all use to having a lie in on a Sunday morning. We were under pressure from the start and a couple of clearances kept them out. After ten minutes the goal finally came. We had three or four chances to clear the ball but we didn’t Morgan finally got to the ball and it hit there player and ball flew into the net. 1.0. That was the wake up call we needed. Gabe was unlucky with a good run and shot. Connor tried his luck from 30 yards but the pressure was beginning to tell. You started to play some good one touch football and were starting to see the rewards. After 25 minutes Connor played the ball out to Tom who hit a first time ball with his left and Gabe rose excellently in the middle and placed the header in the top corner. 1.1 Rest of the first half we created a few half chances but nothing clear cut, Saul slipped over just when he was about to shoot so unlucky. 1.1 HT

Second half started this time we were back to ourselves, again we had the better play but found chances hard to come buy. We were unlucky from a few corners but nothing seemed to fall just right. Fifteen minutes into the second half Morgan saw the ball, a quick glance up and he saw the goalie too high up the pitch, Beckham esq he float the ball 40 yards in so it dips just under the bar but over the keeper 1.2 lets just keep it at that!! But well done Morgan it was the break we needed and deserved. Bucks was injured in the build up to the goal and unfortunately could take no further part. From then on we were the better team, Saul slipped just when he was put in, Tom was unlucky with a diving lunge, Joel was a played in and should of shot earlier but was tackled the last second. Last ten whist we had the possession they were always threat on the counter and it was from one on these that they equalized. The ball came down our left again we had a couple of chance to clear but didn’t take them. a shot hit Jack and deflected sending Frankie the wrong way 2.2

Soon after Frankie was called on again but saved well with legs. Last five it was all us, but could we get the chance, With two minutes to go the ball was switched from the right to the left and there was Bleets in acre’s of space and time to build a small settlement. I would of bet large on him to finish from here and mark a good debut….. But no he dwelled slightly too long and the defender slid in amd knocked the ball for a corner. Arrrgh.

So extra time Nick makes a big call, Takes off Gabe and puts Jed upfront. Within in one minutes the gamble paid off Connor won the ball in midfield played it up to Tom who quickly switched it out to Bleets who played it in first time. Jed with his back to goal turns and shoots the ball rolled into the bottom corner 2.3 A nice goal and fully deserved.

Overall i could see rustyness with not playing for two weeks. Defensively tacked really well but we struggled to clear the ball at times. Whist Nick and I like you to play football sometimes you need to go long or long and out for a throw so you can re-group and start again. Attacking still need to look at switching play a bit more.

MoTM Today i thought contenders were Louis, Worked hard in the middle the first half and also played well on the right in the second, Jed a great saving tackle in the first and scored the winner, but today i have gone for Gabe he held play up well when needed and brought others into the game. Other times he run in the channels to give people the option to knock it long. He worked backed to cover midfield when they got caught up front and lastly scored a really good header.

well done all see you at training.