Monday, October 08, 2007

Sillsy it was excellent! We actually started quite poorly, too many players unable to get on their toes so they were winning all 50-50 balls and their movement and passing was good. We started having a bit more of the ball and it was looking quite nicely balanced but then they got a free kick and the guy had a free header at the far post, didn't even have to jump. (Ben held his hand up at half time and said that it was his man and he'd let him get away from him which was very honest of him to do, especially as we were still losing at that point).

One goal down wasn't such a problem, but within a minute the ball's come through heading back towards Smurf, Smurf's shouted for it but JT's headed it back to him anyway, the slight change of direction was enough for Smurf to have to stretch, couldn't gather it and their striker was able to walk it into the net. Really bad goal to concede at a really bad time to concede a goal.

They got a bit more vocal then, they could obviously sense that we were there for the taking. A couple of retards turned up to watch them too and were being all mouthy but, get this, the ref told them to shut up. And they pretty much did. Very strange, good ref.

Crabbeman worked really hard in the middle shouting at everyone to keep people's spirits up and you could begin to see us gradually getting back into the game til Ben's fired in a lovely cross pinpoint accurate for Miller to head in at the far post. Great goal and that was about a minute or two before half time. Made a massive difference cos we all spent half time fired up and looking forward to getting back at them but they went in quite deflated.

Second half was all us, totally different game. They were destroyed just by being pegged back to 2-1 and then they realised we'd just put Lewis on as well. Ben had been working hard down the right but suddenly he was getting past his man every time. Macca came into the game down the left and started getting past him too. Genghis was up supporting attacks. Dave Screw was winning everything in midfield and pinging balls all over the shop and they just didn't know what was going on.

Lewis fired in a great shot but it cannoned back off the bar, but Ben picked it up and hit it flying into the top corner, but it's come back of the post, off the keeper's face and into the net. It was a good combination of a quality goal and a comedy goal and everyone piled onto Ben cos it was also the equaliser.

Never looked back really, we spent most of the rest of the game in their half. Macca had a brilliant header at close range but their keeper pulled off and excellent save to tip it over the bar, but from the corner Screw's drilled it in and Chris Miller's stabbed it home to put us ahead. Then Miller's dinked himself round the last defender and placed the ball past the keeper to make it four. Then I got the ball just inside the box and could hear Lewis screaming for it. Looked up and he's on the edge of the D totally unmarked. Slid him the ball and he's placed it into the bottom corner to make it five.

All that and they didn't have a shot on target. From being a bit mouthy and confident at two up they just shrank and shrank, argued a bit with themselves and then went home.

They're three wins from three in the league too so not only was it their first defeat (it was a cup match) but it sends out a great message to the rest of the league that we're gonna be one of the teams to beat this season.

Really enjoyed it. I wanted to give myself the second half but Miller was having such a good game I couldn't take him off.

Then Crabbeman and I got pissed and went for a curry.