As the magnificent Queen said “We are the Champions” (not that any of the boys know who Queen are) LOL

Today’s squad Frankie, Tom, Morgan, Edonis, Joel, Joey, Saul, Louis, Connor, Chris, Gabe, Arlind and Jack.

Slow slow start at first it felt like we were all out for a Sunday stroll, intensity was low and all very lethargic. Still as we expected we had the more possession but found it difficult to break them down. The strikers found it hard to get on the ball as they played Five at the back , sat very deep and the pitch was very small so little space to exploit. We had a couple of half chances but didn’t get our shots away. Again we guilty of holding the ball too long after we had beaten a player. As we seem to do so often we gave away the first goal. We got caught from our corner as they broke, they played it down the left and had a spare man at the back to tap it into a empty net 1.0

So that was 20 minutes to ago and we started to wake up , we started to play some nice passing and began to exert some real pressure. I thought we should of scored from the 6 or 7 corners we had in the first half.A quickly taken freekick from Connor to Tom ended up with Gabe being really unlucky not to score at the near post

With ten minutes to go Nick change it round a bit pushed Tom into midfield and paid dividends straight away. Tom ran on to a through ball and hit a scuffed shot on the turn but it fooled everyone himself included as it went. 1.1

From here it was one way traffic for the rest of the game. Arlind played some nice balls from the right which we were unlucky not to score from. Another corner and the ball was cleared however it came to Tom at the edge of the box and he shot into the far corner 1.2 HT

Second half started and we were back to our normal selves Joey was unlucky with a couple of runs but the pressure and very soon we got the goal our play deserved. Connor picked the ball up in midfield and as he drove forward the striker kicked his legs away. Tom took the free kick and lasted it into the corner 1.3

More chances were to come Gabe again was unlucky as he latched onto a long ball forward. Arlind played a good ball to Connor who’s shot hit the top of the cross bar. Frankie swept well at the back and i thought Morgan and Edonis started to control their forwards with ease.

Still the chances came Joey unlucky with a run and Shot, Tom just wide from another free kick, Chris went on a couple of cracking runs only to be thwarted by some last ditch tackles. Louis was unlucky with a shot that went just wide of the post. The last 10 minutes only had one real highlight Morgan had his heels clipped by the same forward who done it all game lost his rag a bit and pushed him. Nick was not impressed especially as he only did it because Morgan was dominating him and was the better player. Note to everyone keep your cool and let the referee deal with, even if he is as poor as as today’s one who was not very communicative.

Final whistle went and 1.3 not our best performance but not our worst however enough to WIN THE LEAGUE !!!!!

MoTM, A few contenders today Arlind played well on the wing he listened to our advice and played the ball a lot quicker today after he had beaten one player. Joel good game at left back still learning his trade but made a lot of tackles , Connor won a lot of tackles in midfield and his passing excellent to the forwards however today it goes to Tom a scored a hat trick played right back, right midfield, center midfield , strike and ended up at center half. worked hard for the team and scored some vital goals at the right time.

Well done everyone for winning the league it has been very much a team effort we haven’t relied on one single player you all have stepped up when needed. The reason we won was the work you all do for each other and the goals have been some fantastic team goals.

We still have two games to go and it would be great to win them both and finish as strong as we started

See you at training tomorrow 6.30PM Ashmole