Alumni 3 vs 0 BRNESC FC First XI

<p>BRNESC WENT DOWN 3 NIL IN A DISAPPOINTING DISPLAY AT A BLEAK WINDSWEPT JERICHO LANE AND THEIR PERFORMANCE WAS ON PAR WITH THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS <p>BRNESC STARTED THE BETTER AND FOR THE FIRST 10 MINS KNOCKED THE BALL AROUND DEFYING THE HEAVY PITCH AND PAUL FINNAN WAS JUST SHORT OF REACHING A THROUGH BALL IN THE 5TH MINUTE AND COLLIDED WITH THE KEEPER IN A RACE FOR THE BALL AND DANNY KEARNEY THEN SPED DOWN THE RIGHT AND PLAYED A BALL INTO THE SIX YARD BOX WHICH WAS SCRAMBLED AWAY BY THE ALUMNI DEFENCE <p>BRNESC S GAME HAD STARTED TO GO SCRAPPY AND ALUMNI WERE HAVING MORE OF THE GAME AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE BRNESC DEFENCE ALL THE EARLY COMPOSURE HAD GONE AND THE ALUMNI MIDFIELD WERE DOMINATING AND THE BRNESC DEFENCE WAS LOOKING ILL AT EASE AS THE BALL WAS GIVEN AWAY TIME AFTER TIME <p>ON THE 30 MINUTE MARK BRNESC PAID THE PENALTY FOR MORE SLOPPY PLAY WHEN LEFT BACK MICK OBRIEN WITH TIME TO CONTROL A THROUGH BALL JUST OUTSIDE THE BRNESC BOX ELECTED TO CLEAR FIRST TIME HE MISKICKED THE BALL WENT STRAIGHT TO A ALUMNI FORWARD HIS SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX WAS PARRIED BY JOE MCNALLY THE BALL WAQS RAMMED INTO THE NET BY THE FORWARD TO MAKE IT 1 0 A POOR GOAL , <p>BRNESC THEN REPLIED WITH A HEADER FROM PAUL FINNAN ,CLUTCHED UNDER THE BAR BY THE KEEPER ,FROM A CHRIS FAGAN CROSS <p>IN THE 40THY MINUTE ALUMNI MADE IT 2 0 WHEN FROM A CORNER FROM THE RIGHT&nbsp; A RUN FROM THE EDGE IF THE BOX BY THE ALUMNI FORWAED WAS NOT TRACKED BY ANY BRNEASC PLAYER AND AS JOE MCNALLY WAS WAITING FOR THE BALL TO DROP INTO HIS ARMS THE FORWARD GOT HIS TOE TO THE BALL TO FLICK IT INTO THE CORNER OF THE NET ANOTHER PREVENTABLE GOAL <p>THE FIRST HALF WAS POOR PASSES GOING ASTRAY,PEOPLE UNMARKED ,NO COMMUNICATION ,NOT ENOUGH MOVEMENT DEPRESSING TO SAY THE LEAST <p>ROBBIE WHITE MADE TWO CHANGES AT HALF TIME RITCHIE CAMPELL REPLACED THE OUT OF SORTS JOE PARLE.WHO WAS&nbsp; FEELING UNWELL AND TONY MCDERMOTT REPLACED MATTY PARLE WHO HAD FADED AFTER A BRIGHT START AS BRNESC ATTEMPTED TO GET BACK INTO THE GAM,E EARLY DOORS <p>BUT AS SO OFTEN HAPPENS THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MAN AND BEAST OFT GO ASASTRAY AND ANOTHER POOR GOAL MADE IT 3 0 ,DANNY KEARNEY GAVE THE BALL AWAY ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX THE COVERING TONY MCDERMOTT MISCONTROLLED THE BALL THE FORWARD NIPPED IN TOOK IT ROUND JOE MCNALLY AND TAPPEDIT INTO THE EMPTY NET <p>DANNY KEARNEY NEARLY MADE AMENDS WHEN A SNAP SHOT WENT NARROWLY WIDE WITH THE KEEPER BEATEN IN&nbsp; THE 52 ND MINUTE <p>JOE MCNALLY THEN SAVED AT THE FEET OF A ALUMNI FORWARD TO PREVENT ANOTHER GOAL <p>RITCHIE CAMPBELL MADE ONE OF HIS TRADEMARK RUNS THROUGH THE ALUMNI DEFENCE AND THE KEEPER PULLED OF A FINE SAVE AT THE FOOT OFTHE POST TO DENY HIM A GOAL CENTRE BACK PAUL TRIGGS THEN HAD A SHOT JUST WIDE AS BRNESC CRANKED UP THE PRESSURE,BRNESCMADE THEIR THIRD AND FINAL SUB WHEN JAY HULME REPLACED THE TIRING DAVE DEMP <p>BRNESC THEN HAD A GREAT OPPURTUNITY TO REDUCE THE DEFECIT WHEN THEY WERE AWARDED A PENALTY BUT IN KEEPING WITH THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE CHRIS FAGANS EFFORT WAS POOR AND EASILY SAVED BY THE KEEPER ,DANNT KEARNEY THEN HAD A SHOT WIDE FOLLOWED BY RITCHIE CAMPBELL HITTING THE SIDE NETTING FROM CLOSE RANGE AND THEN PUTTING ANOTHER EFFORT OVER THE BAR. <p>PARADOXICALLY SINCE GOING 3 0 DOWN BRNESC WERE HAVING ALL THE GAME BUT IN TRUTH IT WAS HUFF AND PUFF FOOTBALL, PASSES WERE STILL GOING ASTRAY CLEAR CUT CHANCES WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN AND THE WHOLE TEAM LOOKED UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNSURE OF THEMSELVES AND MADE ALUMNI LOOK A FAR TEAM THAN THEY ARE <p>ALL THE GOOD VIBES AROUND THE TEAM IN RECENT WEEKS WITH THE INFLUX OF NEW PLAYERS DISSAPATED IN 90 MINUTES I BELIEVE IT WAS A ONE OF PERFORMANCE IF NOT THE REBUILDING WORK HAS ONLY JUST STARTED <p>THE LESSON ALLUDED TO IN THE HEADLINES IS A SIMPLE ONE IF YOU KEEP GIVING THE BALL AWAY TO YOUR OPPONENTS THEY WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE YOU PAY FOR IT ,2 OFF THEIR GOALS WE GAVE THE BALL TO THEM AND THEY PUNISHED US WE MUST LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES OTHERWISE WE WILL KEEP GETTING RESULTS LIKE THIS ONE