An improved second half and a streaky win with a squeaky bum ending.
We started off ok but it went down hill from there. It really was a missable first half and my good friend heh-now said at half time you’re not going to write about this later are you. It was poor, lacked passion and drive, had a decent shot from Leonard on the burst and a couple of saves from Long. That really was about it and they passed the ball around fairly well but we just sat off them a bit and it was really boring.
Half time could not come soon enough and things could only get better second half.
GR had clearly given them all a kick up the pants and told them they just had to be quicker on the pass, tighter in the press and more forceful going forward. It didn’t take long before we had our noses in front. A long throw from the right by Leonard caused panic in their box. It bobbled about a bit and fell to Cresswell. He hit it firmly from ten yards out through a crowd of legs and the keeper tried in vain to keep it out. A sigh of relief rang out around the ground and we did think that we were on the right road. They were a bit crestfallen as they had managed a lot of possession in the first half and suddenly they were a goal behind. Things were likely to get a whole lot worse quickly. A decent ball out to the left was well kept in and managed by Flem. He charged forward and found Honeyman near the edge of their box. He just got a toe to it and pushed it right to Vogi on the edge of the box. He swept a left footed curler towards goal which their keeper made a complete mess of and it squirmed by him for 2-0. We were all smiles and thought we had it all home and hosed. They had other ideas and pressed forward. The ref was poor and inconsistent….what’s new?…..and a firm challenge from Danny was punished with a yellow card. There really wasn’t any malice in it. Their 10 rolled around holding his leg as if he had a double fracture. When the card came out he jumped up and ran off like a greyhound. He got dogs abuse for the rest of the game. They pressed hard and their goal had a touch of good fortune in it. A corner bobbled in our box, Creswell half cleared it to the edge and their defender gave it a whack and it was deflected past Long who was stranded. They ran back as if they had won the World Cup. They pressed hard and Long made a couple of decent stops but we were not helping by giving the ball away frequently. Bradshaw and Sav were on their knees and finally GR made a triple sub. Off went to two mentioned above with Vogi and on came Burke, Watmore and Shack. We now had energy and renewed resolve and two decent saves from Long and an inspired performance from Murray kept us in it. Their 12 had a right go at Cresswell near the end but the big man laughed it off which really riled their attacker. We saw the game out well despite five added minutes and then Rockin’ All Over the World rang out loud and proud.
Long had a decent game with some decent saves. Danny was aggressive and resilent and Cresswell and Cooper were very solid. MOM though was Murray with an excellent display at LB. One Roberto Carlos moment late in the second half had the crowd on their feet. Sav worked tirelessly and Leonard was very reliable. Vogi took his goal well, Flem had some moments and Honeyman was busy. Tom worked hard with little reward. Burke and Watmore ran hard and Shack added energy to the middle, Hutch had a seven minute cameo when he shouted loudly and bottled it up.
Three points at this stage of the season is gold dust and we worked hard for them. The pack are chasing us but we are keeping our noses in front and hope to do similar on Saturday against Colin Wanker and Co. I really hope we can keep this run going and it shall be there to cheer them on. COYL.
We started off ok but it went down hill from there. It really was a missable first half and my good friend heh-now said at half time you’re not going to write about this later are you. It was poor, lacked passion and drive, had a decent shot from Leonard on the burst and a couple of saves from Long. That really was about it and they passed the ball around fairly well but we just sat off them a bit and it was really boring.
Half time could not come soon enough and things could only get better second half.
GR had clearly given them all a kick up the pants and told them they just had to be quicker on the pass, tighter in the press and more forceful going forward. It didn’t take long before we had our noses in front. A long throw from the right by Leonard caused panic in their box. It bobbled about a bit and fell to Cresswell. He hit it firmly from ten yards out through a crowd of legs and the keeper tried in vain to keep it out. A sigh of relief rang out around the ground and we did think that we were on the right road. They were a bit crestfallen as they had managed a lot of possession in the first half and suddenly they were a goal behind. Things were likely to get a whole lot worse quickly. A decent ball out to the left was well kept in and managed by Flem. He charged forward and found Honeyman near the edge of their box. He just got a toe to it and pushed it right to Vogi on the edge of the box. He swept a left footed curler towards goal which their keeper made a complete mess of and it squirmed by him for 2-0. We were all smiles and thought we had it all home and hosed. They had other ideas and pressed forward. The ref was poor and inconsistent….what’s new?…..and a firm challenge from Danny was punished with a yellow card. There really wasn’t any malice in it. Their 10 rolled around holding his leg as if he had a double fracture. When the card came out he jumped up and ran off like a greyhound. He got dogs abuse for the rest of the game. They pressed hard and their goal had a touch of good fortune in it. A corner bobbled in our box, Creswell half cleared it to the edge and their defender gave it a whack and it was deflected past Long who was stranded. They ran back as if they had won the World Cup. They pressed hard and Long made a couple of decent stops but we were not helping by giving the ball away frequently. Bradshaw and Sav were on their knees and finally GR made a triple sub. Off went to two mentioned above with Vogi and on came Burke, Watmore and Shack. We now had energy and renewed resolve and two decent saves from Long and an inspired performance from Murray kept us in it. Their 12 had a right go at Cresswell near the end but the big man laughed it off which really riled their attacker. We saw the game out well despite five added minutes and then Rockin’ All Over the World rang out loud and proud.
Long had a decent game with some decent saves. Danny was aggressive and resilent and Cresswell and Cooper were very solid. MOM though was Murray with an excellent display at LB. One Roberto Carlos moment late in the second half had the crowd on their feet. Sav worked tirelessly and Leonard was very reliable. Vogi took his goal well, Flem had some moments and Honeyman was busy. Tom worked hard with little reward. Burke and Watmore ran hard and Shack added energy to the middle, Hutch had a seven minute cameo when he shouted loudly and bottled it up.
Three points at this stage of the season is gold dust and we worked hard for them. The pack are chasing us but we are keeping our noses in front and hope to do similar on Saturday against Colin Wanker and Co. I really hope we can keep this run going and it shall be there to cheer them on. COYL.