26/11/06: Essex Wanderers 4 Vs Oaks Athletic 1

We scored early on in the game, against the run of play. A corner was swung into the far post by the outside of Jacko's right foot. This cross caused mass confusion in the box and I believe that the ball was eventually bundled into the net by Robo-Robin Lawrence. This goal came after the opposition had hit the woodwork twice from free-kicks around the edge of our penalty area. Parker was sent off for two bookable offences (from the Ref's point of view) and Jacko (who had already got booked for a late tackle) volunteered to mind the goal. This left Danny up front on his own, getting increasingly frustrated and eventually getting booked.
A number of things came to light whilst I was watching this weeks game (due to hamstring injury). As soon as we started yesterdays game, we seemed to forget how to make simple 10 yard passes to feet and also how to make space for your team-mates in order to receive the ball. This was partly due to another problem, some players did not even want the ball and didn't even seem interested. None of these problems were present in the way the opposition played and this made it glaringly obvious when Oaks had possession of the ball (albeit not for long). I don't remember seeing any one-two's performed by Oaks throughout the whole match.
One more pet-hate which was observed, was certain players leaving their position to chase lost causes and therefore leaving a bloody great hole in the defence. Lets communicate better with our team-mates to shift the midfield across to cope with extra players out wide. Basically, we need to work as a team better. I know it's easy to say all this from the sideline, but it is constructive criticism. We can work together, we've proved it before, and we can do it again. There's two games before Christmas, lets turn those into six points! Come On!