And that is the End of the Spring Cup !!!!

Today’s squad Frankie, Hyde, Edonis, Tom, Joel, Ollie, Louis, Saul, Joey, Arlind, Morris, Connor, Jed, Jack and Reynolds.

Afternoon kick off and would you believe it you were still all in bed !! We were 1.0 Down in around 45 seconds. no tackle no blocks they walked through the middle and scored. 1.0

It was still lethargic and slow but suddenly we got a break a long goal kick from Frankie bounced through to Arlind after the defender missed timed the bounce. The keeper came out pushed Arlind and the referee gave a penalty. Tom took the penalty but unfortunately put it too close to the keeper. Frankie made a good save after the forward was put in straight from the clearance of the penalty.

Our first chance came from a well taken corner by Ollie and the drifted over the penalty spot then past the post slightest touch from anyone and it would of been a goal. We still kept giving the ball away , not clearing and inviting the pressure on eventually it told and they broke forward and scored again 2.0

With twenty minutes gone another attack, people not tracking players and Tom cleared the ball too quickly (No one called that he had time) it fell to the forward and the scored 3.0

The last twenty we started to get back in the game Joey played well creating a couple half chances and best chance of the half fell to Morris the ball was laid back to from a corner scramble and the defender threw himself at the ball to deflect it for a corner. Morris then soon forced a good save from the keeper as he dived to his left. In the dying minutes of the half a corner to the opposition and player rose unchallenged to thump the ball home with his head. HT 4.0

So Nick asked for more passion, quicker closing, work for each other in the second half and you did that even though the game was lost. You started the half well and on the attack in fact creating a chance in the first minute that the keeper saved well. However you got punished again not outting a challenge in and they scored 5.0

The last 35 minutes were much even as a contest but we just didnt get any luck, Connor picked the ball up in midfield, spread it wide to Joey who took it forward then swung it in to Morris who i thought was going to smash it home but it drifited wide.

Soon after Morris got played in again and the ball hit the Cross bar bounced on the line and then was cleared. Frankie made a fantastic double save as they hit us in the break with four men against two when it looked like odds on they would score.

Ollie had the ball in the net but it was correctly ruled out for offside. Saul had a good header cleared off the line. No matter what we did we just got no luck in and around the penalty area. FT 5.0

MoTM: Noted performances from Jack and Arlind who had good spells, But todays MoTM is a easy one for me. Frankie made three or four fantastics saves in the first half when you were all over the shop. He is came off his line well to sweep behind the back four then finally a fantastic double save at the end of the second half. To be honest he was a lot less busy in the second half as the rest of the teams performance improved. Well done Frankie !

Overall boys you need to work harder and work harder from the start. You cannot give teams 2/3 goal head starts. You must work with high intensity and it starts from the forwards to midfielders to the defenders. You should not be strolling back ever, always jogging at least. If players go past you the work to get back to help the next player. Close players near to you so they dont have time to shoot or pass. This has to be the same in training, come with right attitude, work hard, try you best and then bring this attitude to the game on Sunday ! Remember on Sundays we have 3 or 4 subs so you should put such a shift in that you are glad for a fifteen minute rest so you can go again.

No match Sunday and then four league games that are all winnerable.

Well done on the second half

See you Tuesday for Training