U14s were up against the 'giants' of the U14 league, WWS, a team bred on raw steak and egg nog, or seemingly so due to the size of them! We had lost our last meeting 0-18, and WWS beat Crewe Shooters by a similar margin last week, so the omens were bad.
However, 20 minutes in and the score 0-0, the teachings of new defensive coach Rob seemed to be working - WWS had 90% of the possession but were unabale to find a way through.
Inevitably, the goals came with the score 0-5 at half time, and 0-9 by the end. Everyone got a game, Mike Reece had to go off injured after head butting the floor in a desperate attempt to keep out the 9th goal. All in all, despite the result, another improved performance.
Learning points - please, please, PLEASE clear the ball at the first opportunity - at least 5 of their goals were caused in part by messing about with the ball in our own area. If the ball isn't near our goal, they can't score! Also, some of us need to get an early night on Saturday night if we are not to spend most of the game looking half asleep ;-)
Two weeks off now - next game is another potentially tricky encounter with Crewe Terriers on November 5th.
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