16 Dec 2012 - Stratton Juniors Orange (A)

WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A HARD GAME DUE TO STRATTON ORANGE'S POSITION IN THE LEAGUE. HOWEVER THE ODDS WERE STACKED AGAINST US WITH SOME OF OUR DEFENCE PLAYERS UNABLE TO ATTEND.

STRATTON WERE STRONG FROM THE OFF AND WE WERE NOT AT OUR BEST. ROBBIE, RAISHAM AND CALLUM GAVE IT THEIR ALL RUNNING BACK AND FORTH, FROM UP FRONT TO DEFENCE, AS DID JAMES AND KAI.

MISAKI TOOK A WHILE TO SETTLE IN, WHICH WAS UNDERSTANDABLE AS IT WAS HIS DEBUT GAME, AND STRATTON WERE A ‘BIG' TEAM! HOWEVER HE BEGAN TO GET COMFORTABLE AND GET IN THE GAME.

LEWIS TODAY WAS FANTASTIC IN GOAL, HE HAD THE HARDEST GAME OF ALL, AS SHOTS WERE BEING FIRED AT HIM CONSTANTLY.

WE STRUGGLED TO GET THE BALL INTO THE GOAL AREA TODAY AS STRATTON HAD A SOLID WALL OF DEFENCE WHICH WE FOUND HARD TO BREAK DOWN.

STRATTON WERE 6-0 UP WITH LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO GO, WHEN MISAKI RECEIVED THE BALL AND IN TRUE DAVID AND GOLIATH STYLE RAN RINGS AROUND A MUCH TALLER PLAYER AND MADE A LOVELY PASS TO CALLUM WHO WITH THE TIP OF HIS BOOT SHOT IT PAST THE GOALIE.

THE END RESULT 6-1

ALTHOUGH THIS WAS A DISSPOINTING LOSS, THE LADS NEVER GAVE UP AND HELD THEIR HEADS HIGH, BATTLING TO THE END. THEY ALL HAD TURNS OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE, TO HELP IN DEFENCE, AND SHOWED A TRUE TEAM SPIRIT THROUGHOUT.

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