14/3 Home to Broad Oak & Horam March 21, 2008
Posted by editor in : Uncategorized , trackbackA hastily arranged friendly saw us take on Broad Oak in our second 11 a side outing.
The coaches certainly enjoyed the fact that there were only two goals to put up rather than four and that the store cupboard hadn’t had more locks added!!
On a lovely morning for football it was great to see the squad continue to grow with quality players……following on from Cameron we know have Toby, Daniel and Carl and they all played their part.
The match was played in the right spirit and was a close run game throughout. It was good to see the players generally stick to their positions within the team and work well as a team.Broad Oak were the first on the scoresheet and probable shaded the opening exchanges. We seemed to struggle to get our passing going and a lot of possession came to little as we kept losing control of the ball. Plenty to work on in training here!!
In a game of few attempts on goal, it was Joshua that pulled us level with a fierce shot into the top corner as he continued his impressive form of late. We must get him to sign a long term contract before Man Utd come in for him!!
The team was chopped and changed to make sure that everyone got a good share of match time and could get to grips with the requirements of the 11 a side game.
Broad Oak took the lead in the third quarter and were enjoying more of the ball through midfield . However, we came back into the game and in the final quarter grabbed a well deserved equaliser as Tom made a strong run down the right and got the ball accross for Harry to get in behind the defence to score.
As I said earlier, a good learning experience but we do need to work hard on ’ pass and move’ to create more dynamic play.
The highlights for me from the morning included seeing all bar one of the growing squad taking part and enjoying their football: the sportsmanship and good behaviour and for a well earned result . I also enjoyed Callum’s step overs down the right wing…….needs a bit of work but great to see!! Well done to new players Daniel and Carl.
Hailsham up next……it would be great to give them a better game after they thrashed us earlier in the season
Gary
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