Clocktower had a few better results in recent games - considering we haven't played them yet we'll need to make sure we don't take them for granted just because (at the moment) they're below us.
A draw between Herm Res and Q would probably be a better result for us. I think there'll be a few twists and turns before the season's out - all seems to be who does what on the day. Nobody's gonna run away with it. If we can get our heads focussed it's all there.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
We're sneaking up the league, but it's bloody close! Hermitage Res are in the same position as us, although they might have played this Sunday and their result hasn't been recorded yet.
A lot of hard work ahead...
http://www.football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=2479&LeagueCode=NDSFL2007
A lot of hard work ahead...
http://www.football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=2479&LeagueCode=NDSFL2007
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Just thinking Smurfy - you now face something of a dilemma.
We play The Swan next and you have pretty much everyone except Screw available. So do you go with the team that whacked em 5 - 0 before Christmas or do you go with the team that didn't allow Berks Arms a shot on target 2 days ago? Those were our last 2 clean sheets.
Haha - glad I'm not manager anymore :-)
I won't be there by the way, I'm afraid I'm away for the next 2 weekends. Though after my performance on Sunday I don't think you'll exactly miss me on the pitch. Big games too. Lots of pressure. Make or break the season.
We play The Swan next and you have pretty much everyone except Screw available. So do you go with the team that whacked em 5 - 0 before Christmas or do you go with the team that didn't allow Berks Arms a shot on target 2 days ago? Those were our last 2 clean sheets.
Haha - glad I'm not manager anymore :-)
I won't be there by the way, I'm afraid I'm away for the next 2 weekends. Though after my performance on Sunday I don't think you'll exactly miss me on the pitch. Big games too. Lots of pressure. Make or break the season.
Monday, January 28, 2008
For the eyes of John Sills.
Shefford took to the pitch in the early morning sunlight, their bright yellow kit clashing horribly with the tangerine orange of Berkshire Arms. What a bunch of uneducated morons those people really are.
A rare start for Bellers up front had got the crowd eager to see what delights he could conjur up. Some of them are still there waiting. Shefford started brightly with most of the posession and all of the early chances. When Berks Arms did venture forward, they didn't kick the ball properly and were shit.
Bellers got an early touch and played a simple ball to Lewis a few metres away. This was arguably the highlight of his appearance, as with the following sprint he realised just how useless gym-work is for match fitness and felt a bit sick.
A hand ball shout in the box was waved away by the ref but minutes later a second one resulted in the ref shaking his head to say no and then blowing his whistle and pointing to the spot. Up stepped Lewis keen to restore his confidence after seeing his last penalty saved, to see his penalty saved.
Shefford didn't let their heads drop and continued to press forward. Soon enough, Withers jinks inside and is felled inside the box again. Everyone was keen for Lewis to step up again and he rewarded himself by absolutely spanking the ball into the top right corner.
Within minutes good work from Genghis put Withers in position to cross the ball and Atkins was waiting at the far post. One touch to control and one touch to score.
2 up at half time and Smurf hadn't had a save to make. Been a long time since we mentioned him, so it's important to know that Bellers is still on the pitch at this point.
2nd half kicks off and begins much the same way. Shefford with most of the play, not playing brilliantly, but Berks Arms are pretty much beaten. A corner to Shefford and as Chris Miller knocks it short to Withers, you can hear Asst Manager Bellers moaning that we shouldn't do short corners because they never work, as the ball is crossed over and Atkins heads in from a tight angle at the far post. With that, Bellers is off the pitch.
After that the game really petered out. A few chances for Shefford but the goal mouth is in a bad condition so lots of miss-hit shots - pick of the bunch was a quality through ball from Ads but Browny couldn't steer it in past the advancing keeper. But lots of hard work from everyone and good discipline at the back means a clean sheet is kept and Smurfy a full 90 minutes without having a save to make.
A healthy 3 - 0 win which hopefully can kick start Shefford onto a strong run to make the most of their games in hand.
Shefford took to the pitch in the early morning sunlight, their bright yellow kit clashing horribly with the tangerine orange of Berkshire Arms. What a bunch of uneducated morons those people really are.
A rare start for Bellers up front had got the crowd eager to see what delights he could conjur up. Some of them are still there waiting. Shefford started brightly with most of the posession and all of the early chances. When Berks Arms did venture forward, they didn't kick the ball properly and were shit.
Bellers got an early touch and played a simple ball to Lewis a few metres away. This was arguably the highlight of his appearance, as with the following sprint he realised just how useless gym-work is for match fitness and felt a bit sick.
A hand ball shout in the box was waved away by the ref but minutes later a second one resulted in the ref shaking his head to say no and then blowing his whistle and pointing to the spot. Up stepped Lewis keen to restore his confidence after seeing his last penalty saved, to see his penalty saved.
Shefford didn't let their heads drop and continued to press forward. Soon enough, Withers jinks inside and is felled inside the box again. Everyone was keen for Lewis to step up again and he rewarded himself by absolutely spanking the ball into the top right corner.
Within minutes good work from Genghis put Withers in position to cross the ball and Atkins was waiting at the far post. One touch to control and one touch to score.
2 up at half time and Smurf hadn't had a save to make. Been a long time since we mentioned him, so it's important to know that Bellers is still on the pitch at this point.
2nd half kicks off and begins much the same way. Shefford with most of the play, not playing brilliantly, but Berks Arms are pretty much beaten. A corner to Shefford and as Chris Miller knocks it short to Withers, you can hear Asst Manager Bellers moaning that we shouldn't do short corners because they never work, as the ball is crossed over and Atkins heads in from a tight angle at the far post. With that, Bellers is off the pitch.
After that the game really petered out. A few chances for Shefford but the goal mouth is in a bad condition so lots of miss-hit shots - pick of the bunch was a quality through ball from Ads but Browny couldn't steer it in past the advancing keeper. But lots of hard work from everyone and good discipline at the back means a clean sheet is kept and Smurfy a full 90 minutes without having a save to make.
A healthy 3 - 0 win which hopefully can kick start Shefford onto a strong run to make the most of their games in hand.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Good stuff, means everybody is there for the taking. To be honest, when we were sweeping past The Swan I remember at the time thinking that they weren't that bad a side, particularly the quality of some of their play in the final third. We rode our luck but we also defended well and played with such enthusiasm and energy that we took the game to them to the point where they almost expected to lose.
We need to be setting that sort of performance as our minimum standard though, because anything less than that and we open ourselves up to dropping points. I have no doubt that there was a link between the fact that we kept a clean sheet and the fact that we scored 5 goals. It wasn't because The Swan were rubbish because they weren't.
We need to be setting that sort of performance as our minimum standard though, because anything less than that and we open ourselves up to dropping points. I have no doubt that there was a link between the fact that we kept a clean sheet and the fact that we scored 5 goals. It wasn't because The Swan were rubbish because they weren't.
http://www.football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=2479&LeagueCode=NDSFL2007
Q Ass lost their first game of the season last Sunday to The Swan (2-1). All other games were cancelled.
We're at a really important stage of the season now where all games are 'must wins' as our games in hand only move us around the 2nd and 3rd mark.
Hopefully the games will be on this week as the rain has been light if at all.
Dickhead Arms will be well up for it against us so the fact they're bottom counts for nout.
Q Ass lost their first game of the season last Sunday to The Swan (2-1). All other games were cancelled.
We're at a really important stage of the season now where all games are 'must wins' as our games in hand only move us around the 2nd and 3rd mark.
Hopefully the games will be on this week as the rain has been light if at all.
Dickhead Arms will be well up for it against us so the fact they're bottom counts for nout.
Monday, January 07, 2008
http://www.football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=2479&LeagueCode=NDSFL2007
Latest league table following yesterday's results of
Berks Arms 2 - 1 Turnpike
Clocktower 2 - 3 Swan
Hogs Head Res 1 - 1 Kennet
PO 0 - 4 Q Ass
Leaves us 9 points behind the leaders (Q Ass) with 1 game in hand.
But...
Q Ass have played all the shit teams. From the teams in the top half of the table, they've only played Swan (and won 2-1) and Kennet (and drew 1-1). We have to play them twice in the league, and rolled them over 5-2 in the cup.
Our 2 biggest wins of the season have come against Q Ass in the cup and Swan in the league. Q are top, Swan are 3rd.
What this shows is that the league is still wide open and if we can continue putting in performances like yesterday where everyone worked very hard, then it doesn't take much for us to be up there. A little bit more luck in front of goal and little bit more concentration and better decision making at the back and we'll be a difficult side to beat.
I thought we worked hard yesterday and while both goalkeepers made excellent saves and both teams saw shots come back off the woodwork, their keeper was far busier than ours. The goals we conceded showed how a tiny lapse of concentration can cost us, and we need to improve on that. Always better to just deal with the ball and then have people tell you that you didn't need to. But Bucklebury aren't a bad side at all and we played some good stuff, particularly all across the midfield they struggled to cope with us when we were on the ball.
Overall I thought it was a good return after the break, the result was fair enough. But we've only taken 1 point out of a possible 6 from them, despite being the better team on both occasions, and that's not the sort of numbers that get you up the table, so we need to start digging out those wins next Sunday against Turnpike.
Latest league table following yesterday's results of
Berks Arms 2 - 1 Turnpike
Clocktower 2 - 3 Swan
Hogs Head Res 1 - 1 Kennet
PO 0 - 4 Q Ass
Leaves us 9 points behind the leaders (Q Ass) with 1 game in hand.
But...
Q Ass have played all the shit teams. From the teams in the top half of the table, they've only played Swan (and won 2-1) and Kennet (and drew 1-1). We have to play them twice in the league, and rolled them over 5-2 in the cup.
Our 2 biggest wins of the season have come against Q Ass in the cup and Swan in the league. Q are top, Swan are 3rd.
What this shows is that the league is still wide open and if we can continue putting in performances like yesterday where everyone worked very hard, then it doesn't take much for us to be up there. A little bit more luck in front of goal and little bit more concentration and better decision making at the back and we'll be a difficult side to beat.
I thought we worked hard yesterday and while both goalkeepers made excellent saves and both teams saw shots come back off the woodwork, their keeper was far busier than ours. The goals we conceded showed how a tiny lapse of concentration can cost us, and we need to improve on that. Always better to just deal with the ball and then have people tell you that you didn't need to. But Bucklebury aren't a bad side at all and we played some good stuff, particularly all across the midfield they struggled to cope with us when we were on the ball.
Overall I thought it was a good return after the break, the result was fair enough. But we've only taken 1 point out of a possible 6 from them, despite being the better team on both occasions, and that's not the sort of numbers that get you up the table, so we need to start digging out those wins next Sunday against Turnpike.
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