School Year 9/10 League

Toll Bar 7 Crow’s Nest Blue 3

With their greater experience Toll Bar should have made easier work of this game than they did.  For me Toll Bar have the ball in the air too often, it can be an advantage with tall players, but it can be overplayed.  99% of goals are scored by the team in possession, Toll Bar need to keep the ball longer.

Crow’s Nest was a big improvement on week one.  They had clearly learnt from their first experience, can they move on again?

Crowland Athletic 10 Crow’s Nests Red 8

Huge praise for Crowland coach Andy Burrow’s, most managers would have walked away after the teams opening results.  Disappointed he might have been, but he kept the team playing, even training weekly, they have a Face Book page and enough new players to enter a ‘B’ team.  They know they will never be Titans, but will Titan’s ever get the pleasure Crowland got from winning this match?  In fact both teams played a part in game that was first Crowland’s to win, and then as Crow’s fought back, became Crowland’s to lose.

With one minute left Crowland lead by one goal, Crow’s missed two chances before Crowland settled the game with a last kick goal.

FC United 3 Titans 12

Titans are just exceptional, add players, rest players the passing and movement continues Barcelona style.  What higher praise can you give a team?

FC United played their part; the game was played twenty minutes each way as we had time to utilise in the hall.  Five nil at half time meant that United had conceded a goal every four minutes, not bad against above average opponents.  That difference did not reflect a closer game, had chances been taken or had United opposed a lesser keeper they would have had goals to record.

The second half United reorganised and scored three against Titans seven, a one goal improvement compared to first half goal difference.

United need a player on the bench to share the work load, add continued thought on tactics and they will close the Titan’s gap.