At a packed Bampton stadium where the away fans outnumbered the home fans by 2 to 1 a crowd of at least 20 watched quite a one sided match that the scoreline does not reflect.
Cumnor started off the pressure from the whistle and moved forward into the opositions half but unfortunately the right side of defense left some gaps and after some swinging to clear the ball was punished with an easy goal from Bampton after around 10 mins.
After this we moved up the pitch and camped out largely in their half. Near the end of the half Harry put another one of his excellent inswinging corners into the box only for the Bampton keeper to parry it into his own net. HT 1-1
The second half was mainly Cumnor with the odd break from a defending Bampton and the deadlock was broke when Elliot got hold of the ball deep in the Cumnor half did some skillful interplay between George D back to Elliott who then fed a through ball through the midfielders who then put another ball into Harry who clinically finished. It must not be coincidence that the bast bit of football was rewarded with a goal. FT 1-2.
Not as good a performance as last week, but a win is a win. They did not have many opportunities and the only ones were on the break. Cameron had quite a few opportunities but his 1st touch eluded him, he could have scored 3 or 4 on another day but well done to him for making those chances and being in the right place. However, after a frustrating time with the bar and keeper (or was it barkeeper as in the Rose and Crown) after those close chances had he been drinking! we asked him to tighten up the defense and move to right back. Within three seconds all of a sudden he appeared in the centre forward position trying to get the goal that had escaped him, we all know Cameron likes to be an attacking defender when playing in that position BUT........However, excellent interceptions!
Overall we looked slightly slower than the previous week to the ball but their were good improvements from all of the new players, Mason again tried hard and is looking fitter - I understand he spends his evenings jogging round Shippon - Gareth who works his socks off but needs to get in closer before making his shots - Mehmet who spent a lot of time closing down the opposition was a big improvement on last week and finally Elliott who made a big step forward and was accordingly rewarded with man of the match. This weeks man of the match award kindly sponsored by the old England player Chris Waddle who could always be relied on to score a goal in a World Cup.
We hope that the Bampton goalkeepers fingers are ok after shooting boots fairly challenged him in the box and wish a very nice group of parents the very best. We expect they will get some results as defensively they managed some how to keep the ball out. Good luck for the future and I also hope the fine for having players names on the back of shirts is kept to the minimum. A very good fair referee but we would like to see the game flow a little bit more
No comments:
Post a Comment