M4 vs Newent 3 (H) Win 2-0
MOM: Ollie
DOD: Mark
This week … another win.
This week there was talk of frozen pitches and postponements. But Saturday arrived and it was the UK at it’s best. Cold (but not cold enough to freeze), damp – not wet, damp and grey. In fact, although we had an early game, light was poor and we asked for the lights on and with no fuss we had light.
Newent 3 were only one place above us in the table with similar wins and losses so we had a good chance to get a result.
We had starting 14, with Jonny arriving after dropping siblings off and me doing the coach thing as the lurgy stopped me taking a more active role.
We started brightly stringing passes together and threatening the opp. goal. Ollie, in 10 minutes in, had a shoot, saved then he gathered the rebound, slap in another shot and a slight deflection took the ball into the top of the net, 1-0. At the other end our defenders and Graham pulled off good saves, to make sure we kept our noises in-front. Newent did put the ball in the next after a shoot flicked up and lobbed Graham, however it was called back, and that’s how it finished at ½ time.
3 selections of sweets and oranges at ½ time, and again easy, just keep going, keep passing and we can get another goal. Left over sweets were hoovered up by the Ladies 5 who came out in the gloom to watch.
Same in the ½ half, both teams had chances and defended well, Jonny C put a rocket of short corner away only for the Bournside lines to deny the goal. Roaul score the much needed 2nd keeper committed and Roaul poked the ball underneath and then tapped in for the much needed 2nd goal.
It was a good game of hockey, much enjoyed by all.
MOM: Ollie – Scored and looks natural in CAM role.
Honourable mentions: Jonathan – Wonder Star returns, Graham – tidy and Bill – solid again.
DOD: Mark – running the team and supporting even though lurgy stopped playing.
Dis-honourable mentions: Justin – inability to stay upright and old man noises, Michiel – excessive mayo!, Jonny C – Jonny come lately and great short inside the D.
So Mark…..
‘I take this one as we all played really well so obvious this week I’ll get it’