18 Nov 2012 - Stratton Youth (H)

A CONFIDENT START PUT STRATTON ON EDGE, AND WE IMMEDIATELY PUT PRESSURE ON WITH WELL TIMED PASSES AND GOOD RUNS. UNFORTUNATELY THESE WERE NOT CONVERTED INTO GOALS AND OUR FINISHES WERE NOT QUITE UP TO WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF. THIS DID NOT HOWEVER STOP US GIVING STRATTON A HARD TIME. CALLUM, ROBBIE, RAISHAM, JAMES AND KAI ALL MADE SOME EFFECTIVE RUNS, THEN CROSSES THAT SEEMED WASTED AS WE STRUGGLED TO ORGANISE OURSELVES, BUT OUR DETERMINATION TO DO WELL PAID OFF AS RAISHAM MADE A RUN AND A TIMELY CROSS TO CALLUM 1-0 STRATTON CAME BACK QUITE STRONG AND FOR A WHILE WE SEEMED A LITTLE OUT OF SORTS AGAIN, GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SHOTS. LUCKILY FOR US LEWIS WAS ON GREAT FORM TODAY SAVED EVERYTHING STRATTON SENT TO HIM! WE THEN REGAINED FORM AND BEGAN PASSING THE BALL BETTER. CALLUM PUT HIS HEAD TO A GREAT CORNER WHICH WAS TIPPED OVER THE POST. HALF TIME STRATTON NEVER SLACKED IN THEIR WILLINGNESS TO GET BACK IN THE GAME. THIS MEANT KORBEN AND NAV HAD TO WORK HARD AS WELL AS LEWIS. THEY DID SOME GREAT KICKS DOWN THE PITCH IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR GOAL END. THEIR COOL CALM READING OF THE GAME KEPT THEM IN CONTROL. LIAM'S CONFIDENCE IS GROWING EACH WEEK AND HIS STRENGTH CONTRIBUTED TO THE GREAT DEFENCE TODAY JAMES TOOK A LOVELY VOLLEY TOWARDS THE GOAL AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL GOAL ONLY IT WASN'T!! KAI THEN TOOK POSSESION AND CASUALLY SENT THE BALL OVER TO CALLUM WHO WITH THE HELP OF THE OPPOSISTION TOOK US TO 2-0 JAMES HAD A GREAT RUN AFTER A LOVELY PASS FROM LIAM GIVING HIM THE EDGE ON STRATTON DEFENDERS AND GETTING US OUR THIRD GOAL 3-0 CALLUM MIS JUDGED A SHOT AND GAVE US A SKIPPING DANCE OUT OF FRUSTRATION (THIS WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN WELL ON STRICTLY!!) THE WHISTLE BLEW AND WE HAD A GREAT WIN, AND EVEN BETTER A CLEAN SHEET – WELL DONE LEWIS.

Last modified on Monday 22nd June 2015 at 23:39