Made to pay for a sloppy first half.

Todays’s squad Frankie, Jack, Edonis, Sonny, Louis, Tommy, Max, Jed, Harry, Arlind, Morris, Connor, Tom, Joey and Ollie

The first half was not your best, i think some of you turned up thinking this was a “Gimme” and that they were going to roll over. However they had other ideas.

In the first twenty minutes they went 2.0 up long balls either over the top or in the channels We did not follow our men or close them down early enough to prevent. Frankie then had to produce two good saves in succession to keeps us in the match.

Last twenty you started to play football and get involved in the game Louis had a great run down the left and cut inside and was very unlucky with his shot. Soon after Jed followed in on a opportunity but his shot with his right foot failed to hit the target, if only it fell on his left 😦

Morris hit a shot just outside the box that the keeper just about parried away. HT 2.0

Second half you started much better and we were in the front foot straight away piling up pressure on there defence. With ten minutes gone a quick clearance from Edonis found Jed free down the middle. His shot proved too difficult to hold and found the back of the net 2.1

We now had all the pressure Harry got played in similar to Jed however with not the same outcome as his shot was saved by the keeper.

More pressure down the left Jed ran into the channels and cut the ball back to Harry who could not turn the ball in and finally they cleared after the ball bounced around in the penalty area.

Finally the equalizer came after some good football up to the penalty box found Ollie coming in at the far post to smash the ball home 2.2 after 25 minutes.

Chances were now coming thick and fast, Morris smashed a header back across goal from a corner from Connor that i thought was certain to go in however the keeper made a fantastic save.

But again got sloopy and we got caught out by the long ball, Tom back pass got stuck in the grass , Frankie got to the ball only to see the kick hit the forwards knees and the ball fell kindly for him to run into a empty net 3.2

But no heads dropped and you put more pressure on them, Jed was unlucky again with a chip over the keeper that hit the cross bar. We had probably another three or four chances that i felt we should of scored from. Finally we did Another corner from Connor found Edonis who thumped the ball with his heat into the goal. Fifteen minutes to go 3.3

With ten minutes to go we got hit on the break our free kick into there box got cleared and smashed up field they broke and left Frankie found himself against two players. 4.3

Last ten we really now did push and left ourselves short at the back but this was now tactical. Still we had some half chances just could not find the goal you deserved FT 4.3

We had enough chances to take something from this game if not win it. It just shows take nothing for granted and nothing beats effort and right attitude from the start!!!!

MoTM : Not sure who Nick said but i thought Max had a really good first half, Frankie kept us in the match in the first half, But Jed was my MoTM worked hard all game and had a never say die attitude, He scored a good goal I believe he helped create the second and was unlucky not to score with his chip over the keeper. Well done  !!!

Training as usual Next Sunday Spring cup Away v Hinton and Finchley 11:30