INTERMENAN RETURNED TO ACTION AFTER A RECENT RUN OF DEFEATS AND NEW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ARDLEY, HARD WORKING DISCIPLINED, PLAY FOR THE 1 - 0 VICTORIES, BUT TONIGHT MENAN JUST DID NOT LET ARDLEY GET OUT THEIR TRAPS NEVER MIND HAVE A SHOT ON GOAL, WHICH SINGLETON ABSOLUTLY LOVED.
MENAN STARTED WELL AND BUT FOR TWO GOOD SAVES FROM ARDLEYS KEEPER MENAN COULD OF BEEN HEADING INTO HALF TIME WITH A COMFORTABLE LEAD, BUT AS MENAN FOLLOWERS WILL KNOW MENAN HAVE BEEN UNLUCKY INFRONT OF GOAL IN RECENT WEEKS AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TONIGHT THE MENAN TEAM DID NOT GET FRUSRATED AND GO ALL OUT ATTACK.
MENAN STUCK AT THEIR GAME AND THE RETURNING N.VINE ADDED STABILITY TO THE BACK TWO MUCH NEEDED IN RECENT WEEKS AND LOOKED LIKE HE HAD NEVER MISSED A GAME, ALTHOUGH WAS SPORTING A NICE TAN, HAS VINE BEEN ON HIS HOLS THE LAST FOUR WEEKS ONLY N.VINE CAN ANSWER THAT ONE?
I THINK IN THIS TIGHT ENCOUNTER MENAN PLAYERS BUT 100% EFFORT IN AND YOU COULD TELL THE GAFFER HAD THEM FIRED UP IN THE RIGHT WAY AS ARDLEY COULD NOT LIVE WITH MENANS DESISIVE PLAY, AND THE CONSTANT FOULS AND KICKS TO MENAN PLAYERS DURING THE GAME, DID DISRUPT THE FLOW OF MENAN AT TIMES, BUT HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT FROM THE LIKES OF A.VINE AND N.POWLEY, THIS WAS A GAME MENAN WERE NEVER GOING TO LET SLIP BY THE PALM OF THEIR HANDS.
MENAN AS THE HALF TIME WHISTLE WAS APPROACHING SLIPPED A NICE BALL INTO THE PATH OF J.DURHAM WHO CAUGHT ARDLEY SLEEPING AT THE BACK AND A SYNICAL FOUL LEAVING STUD MARKS ON DURHAM ACHILLIES PROVED VITAL ALLOWING MENAN A FREE SHOT ON GOAL, AND MENAN'S NUMBER 9 STEPPED UP AND FINISHED LOW INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER SENDING THE KEEPER THE WRONG WAY.
I WAS SUPRISED TO SEE A.VINE NOT STEP UP WITH HIS HOLIDAY ADVENTURE COMING UP AND NERVES ABOUT OTHER PLAYERS SCORING 8 GOALS AND CLAIMING HIS TOP GOAL SCORERS TITLE WITH THREE GAMES STILL TO GO. 6 IF WE MAKE THE FINAL.
IT MUST BE NOTED P.SINGLETON PUT IN A SOLID SHIFT AT THE BACK AND SAVED MENAN ON THE COUNTER WHEN LEFT IN A 3 ON 1 , A.SINGLETON WAS FEARING FOR ANOTHER POTENTIAL BROKEN NOSE AS THE RULE OF NO BLASTIES DOES NOT SEEM TO APPLY AT CHAMPION SOCCER AND YOU CAN SMASH IT FROM 5 YARDS NO MATTER WHAT. GOAL LINE TECHNOLOGY CAN SOD OFF NO BLASTIES NEEDS TO BE APPLIED, ASHELY YOUNG MAY LEARN FROM THIS, PRECISION IS THE KEY , TECHNICAL ABILITY, NOT THE HEAD DOWN SMASH IT APPROACH, PIRLO WILL TEACH YOU HOW, ANYWAY P.SINGLETON MISSED A GREAT CHANCE TO SCORE AND PROVE HE DOES NOT JUST SCORE AGAINST THE BOTTOM 2 TEAMS OF DIVISION 2, BUT TO BE HONEST IF HE PRODUCES CLEAN SHEETS AND SCORES THE WINNER IN THE CUP FINAL BEFORE MY LONG TERM BREAK FROM ACTION I COULD NOT GIVE TWO FLYING F**KS, BOYS I WANT THIS TROPHY AND A TOP THREE FINISH.
WELL TONIGHT WAS ALSO A SHOCK TO THE MASSIVE MENAN FAITHFUL THAT LONG SERVING PLAYER/MANAGER/CHAIRMAN,WEB ADMIN,TEXTER,NO SHOW SOCIAL SINGLETON IS TO STEP DOWN FROM HIS ROLE AND IS TAKING TIME OUT TO REFLECT ON HIS CAREER AND ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE TO STEP INTO HIS SHOES AND TAKE THE CLUB TO THE NEXT LEVEL. SINGLETON HAS OFFERED EVERYTHING AND MORE TO THIS CLUB, AND IS A CREDIT TO HAVE AROUND THE CAMP, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SINGLETON IS NOT RUNNING AWAY FROM THE CLUB AND WILL BE RETURNING TO THE HOT SEAT DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, BUT A MAJOR OPERATION IS TO BE CARRIED OUT FORCING SINGLETON TO REST UP FOR 8 WEEKS, BUT WILL RETURN STRONGER FITTER AND MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER, BECAUSE LETS FACE IT WHO CAN SURVICE AROUND WOMEN ON A TUESDAY WHEN THE FOOTY IS KICKING OFF AT 8PM AND ALL THE BOYS ARE PULLING ON THE FAMOUS BLUE AND BLACK JERSEY.
