We’ve experienced the highs of the Friday league and now we have the lows. Friday produced our first defeat of the season against a team who were previously in the Thursday League. Fielding some of their first team players we were always going to have tough game on our hands.
Jamie Donovan came in for me at the last moment and provided us with some Thursday team class at the back of the field. Scott MacDonald returned to the team after a few weeks out and demonstrated the commitment needed to drive this team forward, chasing every ball and making some key tackles. Idrees and Paul cameo’ed in goal and did the team proud, both having a keen eye to distribute the ball and acquitting themselves well when playing on pitch.
Salvatore came on in the second half and certainly made an impact, threading some good passes and making important runs up the left flank to support the boys up front. Jamie Goodwin as we’ve come to expect, put everything into the game and really kept the team moving forward.
On the day it was possibly a lack of cutting edge that left us empty handed. Against very good opposition the boys did the team proud and on another day we might have got something out of the game. We restricted them to very few attacks and looked the more likely to score as the game progressed – we are improving week on week. Well played boys and better luck next time.
Man of the match this week goes to Jamie Donovan for a master class in defending as the last man. Gimp of the game goes to Salvatore for his brilliant run down the left flank, playing a one-two to get himself in front of goal and to then swing and only hit air. DOH!
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