We beat these 9 - 2 last time around, last night we should have won again. Reverting back to our halfway style, we stopped the easy & obvious through balls that haunted us last week. Having Graeme back in made a huge difference too, we can look for those long through balls and know he can get us on a quick break with an accurate throw out.
Unfortunately our counter attacks & through balls weren't as fruitful as they have been and the goals came from open play, passing down the line and then through the middle where the likes of Craig or myself would knock it in from 10 yards out. Davids goal was the only finish that came close to a one on one.
Defence was ok, still room for improvement with better use of zonal marking and the high defender doubling up when their sweeper is outta the picture. I know this can be a dangerous ploy sometimes but as long as you stay aware of their man over, you can add some pressure to their player on the ball and hopefully help your teammate.
We led the game until the final minute, when a shot from a tight angle deflected off my block and beat Gray at the near post. Was a gutting moment as I thought the angle was covered and so tried to cover any infield pass. 30 seconds later we had a great opportunity to win the game when I broke from defence, could have went all the way but instead a tired head made me pass the book & layed it off to Craig who didnt get the shot off. He says I passed it behind him - I think he should have done better but either way we were both tired and I should have buried the chance anyway.
Next week I'd like to see tighter & compact defending in the middle. Lets see if we can force them down the wings and look for counter's behind them.
Overall, much better performance than last week, we had Graeme back in goal and played halfway to try and keep the goals down. There's still a lot to do to get back to our normal standard but if we can keep the back tight and counter more effectively, hopefully we can start getting 3 points again.
Goals: Craig (3), David (1), Ste H (3)
Team: Burke, Craig, David, Graeme, Ken, Ste Foote, Ste H, Stimo
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