Beautiful day for a game of football, if not a little hot. But i will not complain…..

Todays squad Frankie, Morgan, Tom, Edonis, Harry, Saul, Louis, Ollie, Hyde, Gabe, Morris, Connor, Joey, Arlind and Reynolds.

We asked for you to bring all that we been working on in training and finally you all did.

You started well, closing, chasing whilst retaining the ball when you didnt have it and it paid off in the first five. The midfield closed and the ball was fed down the right to Morris who ran on to the ball and shot low and hard, the keeper parried it out and Saul had followed in to easy the ball into the goal. 0.1

The good start was followed up by soon after by a well taken goal by Ollie, Good work from Hyde and fed Ollie in on goal. He calmly slid the ball past the keeper as he came out to block 0.2

With twenty gone Saul won the ball in the middle , passed it to Louis who then did a 1-2 with Morris and shot well. Again the ball was cleared but again Saul was on hand to fire it into the net. 0.3

Fifteen minutes to go and Saul picks the ball up in the middle ran down the right and cut into the box, as he ran in the defender fouled him and penalty was given. Tom gave Saul the oppourtunity to complete his hat-trick which he did putting it low and hard to the keepers left. 0.4

Last ten we got a little sloppy and complacement. From our free kick we overplayed (ball should of gone in the box) it in our half and got caught up field. They broke and Morgan did well  to clear for a corner. However you were not switched on a unmarked player in the middle blasted it into the roof of the net 1.4

We created a few more chances before half time but could not add to the score line. The defence who had played well all half closed out any danger HT 1.4

Second half started and we picked our game up again. Soon creating a chance for Gabe as he ran in and shot into the side netting. We still had to watch them on the break and defend well as this game was not over.

Early in the half they broke and Frankie came out and made a fantastic one on one save and the ball was cleared between Tom, Morgan and Connor. Soon after they had another chance they broke again down the left and shot, which beat Frankie but Tom swept up at the back and cleared off the line.

A long ball out of their defence and Saul headed forward to Morris who headed on to Gabe and he smashed the ball home. Fantastic Goal ….. 1.5 with twenty to go

Whats the old addage “You’ll never more vunerable than after you score” Well unfortuanetly it was so true. The ball seemed to richocet and bounce off two defenders outside the box. The ball broke to the forward who was clean through and scored litterally 3 minutes after the goal 2.5

Too be honest the next ten minutes was  a little scrapy and i think the heat took the toll on both sides as tempers (mainly theres) flared. Highlight were Arlind picked the ball up and ran at the defence his through ball was just cut out by the defender. Harry had a really nice bit of skill, flicked it round the defender and then flicked it over his head as he tried to get back, ran on and put a good ball in. Saul i feel should of been awarded a second penalty but it was not to be

Last ten i think our better play and the extra subs paid divedend. A good free kick from Connor and the ball went just wide by Morris. Saul almost got a fourth coming in at the back post but the keeper palmed it away.

The game ended with us having the play and pressure on a very warm day. Well done Boys 2.5 FT

MoTM. I thought you all played well today and could mention you all. However easy one this week Saul, Hat-Trick worked his socks off in the middle and was all over the pitch. Well done Saul really great perormance. @Gabe more bets with Saul please if this is the performance he give 🙂 LOL…….

No Training this week or Game on Sunday

Happy Easter / Passover to you all

Nick & David

Today’s squad Frankie, Tom, Morgan, Edonis, Joey, Saul, Louis, Connor, Theo, Ollie, Gabe, Reynolds and Harry. Unfortuately Morris and Jed both were unable to play due to injuries picked up on International Duty (LOL)

For a change it was nice not to go down in the first five minutes. You all took on board our advice and started the game at a high tempo, closing and covering. An early corner gave us our first chance. Connor swung it in and Gabe nearly bundled it in the far post however it went just wide. This was followed soon after by corner to the opposition and the clearence fell to them and the shot went over the bar. With Ten minutes gone we won another corner this time ollie played it in and the ball was knocked down to Edonis who drilled it home from the six yard line. 1.0

Herts came back with pressure of there own but the back three were dealing well with the threats, but with twenty gone they broke down the left cut back inside and crossed the ball only for the player to have a free head and place it in the goal as Frankie came out. I know Frankie was upset with himself but he has had a blinder the last couple. 1.1

Chances came at both ends first Gabe won the ball and broke down left and crossed to Connor whos left foot volley went wide of the post. Herts attacked and hit our post, Ollie had the ball in the net but was correctly ruled for offside. Harry and Connor worked a opening for Gabe and his shot hit the side netting. Our best chance came at the end of the first half, good work by Joey down the left played the ball to Harry who ran in on goal, he took it past the keeper and hit the shot with his left, unfortuately the ball went wide. Harry had more time than he realised, he could stopped put on his right and pass it in. so so so unlucky 1.1 HT

At Half time we stressed again the importance to close down and stay with players for the first five, no silly chances or mistakes, unfortuately we sliiped into old habits. A run down our left and the player had time to pick out a cross for opposing wide player to run in and head home unmarked 1.2

Not out of this at all and five minutes later we had another great chance Reynolds won back the ball high up in the oppositions half, released the ball early to Gabe who ran on and shot. The ball smashed against the post rolled along the goal mouth and was cleared by a defender. Almost straight away Herts hit us on the attack down the right and the defence got caught ball watching and drifted over to leave a man free in the middle to head home. Games are one and lost on such fine margins so from what looked like us being level we were 1.3 down with twenty to play.

The last twenty were very frantic we had a couple of chances, Ollie was unlucky with a shot, Gabe was unlucky with a free kick, on the flip side Frankie saved well when on a One v One situation. We pushed more and more forward in hope to get at least the consolation goal the performance deserved so the last five we had only two defenders Morgan and Edonis in extra time we got punished and final score 1.4 FT

Apart from Ten minutes of the second half I was pleased with the performace. I thought we created chances and defended well. Another day and it could eaily been a different result. Two league games left let finish on a high !!!!

MoTM, I was pleased with you all today mentions to Joey who had a good game, Reynolds excllent 15 mins before half-time , Todays MoTM went to Theo who worked really hard down the right and created a couple of good chances whilst making a couple of important clearences in the first half. I told Theo the wing back role is a tough and unforgiving position but Nick can play a few player in that positions so if everyone works hard for twenty minutes then they can get a rest.

Training is on Tuesday 6.15Pm