25 Nov 2007: Burgess Hill 4:1 Grasshoppers November 29, 2007
Posted by editor in : Uncategorized , trackbackThis was most definitely a game of two halves. In the first half, we created chances, worked hard and just about deserved our half time lead. In the second half, we were insecure and hesitant and Burgess Hill looked like they could score at will.
There were lots of positives in the first half. We played some nice football and didn’t panic at the back when under attack. JP scored a beauty from distance and we had more than our fair share of the ball and the attacking play. The defence dealt competently with anything which came their way and Josh made some decent saves.
There is no doubt that they were a good team, but we just didn’t seem to believe that we could match them for the whole match. This wasn’t helped when both Ben and JP had to come off injured. With Craig already missing, it was hardly surprising that these losses made it harder for us, so we shouldn’t be too down on ourselves.
What we must do though is to recapture that “never say die” spirit which used to run through this group- last seen when scoring 5 unanswered goals at
to come back from the dead. If we assume we are going to lose, then we will lose and people’s heads will go down. If we are playing tough opponents, we need to concentrate on our own individual performance- the next tackle, the next pass, the next run. Never mind about the score, just concentrate on your own game and keep everything positive. We have all made a conscious decision to be involved with this team and at times like this, when it all gets a bit hard, we all need to look at ourselves and commit to doing our best at all times and in all areas of the game, whether it be training, attitude or playing.
to come back from the dead.If we assume we are going to lose, then we will lose and people’s heads will go down.If we are playing tough opponents, we need to concentrate on our own individual performance- the next tackle, the next pass, the next run.Never mind about the score, just concentrate on your own game and keep everything positive.We have all made a conscious decision to be involved with this team and at times like this, when it all gets a bit hard, we all need to look at ourselves and commit to doing our best at all times and in all areas of the game, whether it be training, attitude or playing.
I’m not going to dwell on the second half, other than to say that both Tom and Harry were unlucky not to start after doing well last week and a number of players did well in a difficult situation. Ryan and Scott never stopped running and Tom added energy in the second half. JP worked hard until he had to go off. Callum gave his usual committed performance and crawled off the pitch having played the day before.
Congratulations to Callum, who can add the MoM award to the one he picked up the day before playing his first game for
We talked and worked through a few things in training on Tuesday and if we get the attitude right, I’m sure that an improvement in our fortunes is not far away!
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