I hope you can forgive me for keeping this short and to the
point, as there are lots of things I would rather be doing instead of dwelling
on another defeat that brings to an end a miserable January (results
wise). Despite having a number of key
players missing again we were genuinely in with a good chance of getting
something from this game for 75 minutes.
In fact, we were only one nil down going into the last 15 minutes
because of an early, and rare error from Robin when he headed the ball out of
Liam’s hands (it’s OK, he was in goal) and into the grateful path of a waiting
opposition player, despite a loud shout of “Keeper’s.” We therefore have to
take our hats off to our opponents, who turned the screw and punished us for
the smallest of errors in the last 15 minutes, despite having their keeper sent
off. As we faded due to the significant
exertions in the opening three quarters of the match, they grew stronger and
finished every half chance we presented – well played sirs, and I have to eat
humble pie and say you deserved the victory.
Prior to the keeper being sent off we were on top and, as we know,
Sharpy’s bets don’t always pay off, and he held his hand up to admit that the
gamble he took in changing the formation following the sending off didn’t work. Still we live and learn by our mistakes, and
we still should have done better despite of this.
Today’s line up
Subs: Alex, Dale(2), Sharpy
It wasn’t all doom and gloom, as we created good chances,
with the most memorable ones being H being denied by a brilliant save when
latching on at the back post from Dale’s low cross, the through-ball from Dale(2)
(who looks like a great addition to the squad) to Dale which lead to the keeper
handling outside his area, and a neat interplay between Dale(2), Jake and
Eye-Ball which lead to a cross from the left back that was headed over by Dale.
And despite the score line looking worse than last week, I
would say we collectively played much better, with every player showing good
moments during the game. Therefore MoTM
was widely contested with some of the players nominated including Johnny (a
solid and composed display at right back), Foggy (was up and down the whole
game as he tried to rally his troops), Dale (played the thankless role of loan
striker superbly and without complaint), Liam (was outstanding in goal, and
took one for the team in taking the gloves when Foggy turned up with a wrist
injury) and Rob, who gave a masterclass in positioning and reading of the game
at the back, with a few well timed and crunching tackles thrown into the
mix. In the end Rob just piped Foggy,
but in honesty I could make an argument for all 14 players who took the
field.
Robin (going a little deaf in his old age) and Foggy (“wah! My
wrist hurts”) received nominations for DoTD, but the award went to H for his
vein popping reaction to the referee pulling him up for a (supposedly high
foot). Perhaps he just didn’t like you
call him shit last time he refereed us H.
We all know this result puts a big dent in our chances of
winning the league, but let’s now just take each game as it comes, enjoy
ourselves, and keep the pressure on the other challengers so that they know we will
be chomping at their heels should they slip up.
Eye-Ball
Next game: Sunday 1st February – Away @ Lakeside.
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