Match report
A HASTY RETURN MATCH VERSUS LAST WEEKS OPPONENTS SAW A VERY SIMILAR MATCH OTHER THAN, THIS WEEK WE CONTROLLED ABOUT 95% OF THE POSSESSION.
THE FIRST HALF APPEARED AS IT WOULD END GOALLESS AFTER THE COLTS WERE DENIED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS BY MOLESEY'S USEFUL KEEPER. THE PLEASING THING IS THAT WE ARE NOW BEGINNING TO SEE THE TYPE OF FOOTBALL THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF, ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.
AMAZINGLY THOUGH, 2 MINUTES FROM HALF TIME, WE FELL NOT ONLY A GOAL DOWN BUT A MAN DOWN TOO. PARKER HAD COME OUT OF HIS GOAL AND WAS LOBBED INCH PERFECTLY AND AS IT WAS SAILING OVER COUCHY'S HEAD, HE PULLED OFF A SUPER TWO HANDED SAVE, THE REF RIGHTLY DISMISSED HIM AND GAVE THE P.K. IT WAS HARSH ON THE LADS AS THE GAME SHOULD HAVE BEEN OVER. H.T 0-1.
WE KNEW THE LADS WERE UP AGAINST IT BUT AFTER THE WAY THEY HAD DOMINATED THE GAME, THE REF WOULD HAVE HAD TO SEND OFF TWO MORE TO EVEN IT UP, WE KNEW WE COULD STILL WIN AND IT WAS A GREAT CHALLENGE TO THE BOYS. YOU PROBABLY GET BORED READING THIS BUT AGAIN THEY ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE.
FAGAN LEVELLED AFTER 41 AFTER WIDGET HAD FORCED THE ERROR WITH HIS PERSISTENCE, WIDGET WAS THEN FOULED IN THE AREA, HE PLAYED ON BEFORE DOING THE DYING SWAN AND FORTUNATELY THE REF BOUGHT IT AND GAVE THE KICK. GODFREY, PLAYING HIS LAST GAME BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO ONE OF THE PREMIER ELITE SIDES WAS FORCEFUL IN DECLARING HIMSELF THE TAKER BEFORE PLANTING IT FIRMLY PAST THE KEEPER. THERE WAS ONE SCARE BUT THE CAT GEROSVENOR TOED IT AWAY. IT WAS ALL LEFT FOR MAN OF THE MATCH JON FAGAN, WHO WAS CLASS TODAY TO STRIDE ONTO HILL'S PERFECT THROUGHBALL TO DO AS HE DID LAST WEEK AND BEAT THE KEEPER IN A ONE ON ONE. WELL DONE AFC!
PARKER: MUST HAVE BEEN BORED IN GOAL. WHEN OUT YOU DID OK TODAY, YOU MUST GET WIDE WHEN GOING FORWARD TO MAKE USE OF YOUR OWN SPACE OR MAKE MORE FOR THE STRIKERS.
COUCH: HAVING A GREAT GAME UNTIL DISMISSED. CHIN UP.
HILL: SOLID AS A ROCK AT THE BACK, KEEP IT UP. GOOD TALKING TODAY.
GROSVENOR: SOLID IN DEFENCE, THE CAT IN GOAL.
MOON: TOOK UP EXCELLENT POSITIONS, MAKE BETTER USE OF THEM WITH SOME END PRODUCT.
ASARE: USUAL STURDY PERFORMANCE, VERY RELIABLE. GOOD LUCK FOR THE FUTURE.
OAKLEY: GOOD ENERGY, DEFENCE AND MOVEMENT INTO SHOOTING POSITIONS. PASSING WAS THE ONLY PROBLEM TODAY. KEEP GOING.
GRIDLEY: HAD A GREAT GAME TODAY, LOOKED COMPOSED AND CLASSY WHEN IN POSSESSION AND WORKED HARD TOO. BRING YOUR SHOOTING BOOTS NEXT WEEK.
ILESANMI: FANTASTIC FIRST HALF ON THE LEFT, GAME CIRCUMSTANCES FORCED US TO DROP YOU BACK AND YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE IN DEFENCE TOO. BEST GAME FOR YOU THIS SEASON.
HENNESSY: GREAT WORKRATE AND PERSISTENCE. IF YOU HAVE TIME ON THE BALL, USE IT. (ONE ON ONE CHANCE) 2 ASSISTS, WELL DONE.
FAGAN: AWESOME TODAY. YOUR CHALLENGE IS TO PLAY LIKE THAT EVERY WEEK!
WINTERS: KEEP BATTLING, YOU DID WELL WHEN ON THE PITCH, THERE IS A BIG HOLE TO FILL IN GODFREYS POSITION NEXT WEEK AND YOU CAN DO IT.
SARAPONG: TOOK UP SOME GREAT POSITIONS GOING FORWARD AND THE BALL RARELY CAME, KEEP MAKING THE RUN! AGAIN, BE SHARPER IN GETTING BACK INTO DEFENSIVE SHAPE WHEN POSSESSION IS GONE.
BARRETT: NOT MUCH TIME ON THE PITCH DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES, JUST KEEP THE WORKRATE UP.
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