STARLANDS LOST 2-1 LAST WEEK AT HOME TO LEA HALL .
THIS WEEK THEY TRAVELLED TO RUGELEY FOR THE RETURN LEG, ALBEIT A FEW PLAYERS LIGHT...WITH ZAK & JED AWAY
THE BOYS HAD A BRIGHT START.,...PROBABLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR NEW POSITIONS?....
JOSH WAS PLAYING RIGHT BACK AND KIERAN ON THE RIGHT WING...BOTH DID REALLY WELL, AND ARAN PLAYING IN A DZEKO TYPE ROLE ON HIS OWN UP FRONT.
THE FIRST HALF WAS VERY EVEN....IN FACT. STARLANDS WERE UNLUCKY NOT TO TAKE SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
THE BOYS WERE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT, AND ARAN SHOWED SOME LOVELY TOUCHES AND TURNS,...BUT JUST LET THE BALL RUN AWAY FROM HIM WHEN BEARING DOWN ON GOAL OR SEEMED AFRAID TO SHOOT !???.....BIZARRE????...... DONT WORRY ABOUT BLASTING IT OVER BOYS !...IF YOU DONT SHOOT YOU'LL NEVER SCORE !
BEN K WAS CALLED INTO ACTION EARLY DOORS SAVING BRAVELY RUSHING OFF HIS LINE !.....NICE TO SEE HIM REGAIN SOME CONFIDENCE.
JUST LIKE LAST WEEK STARLANDS TOOK THE LEAD.
IT FOLLOWED A CORNER EARNT BY SOME GOOD WORK FROM ARAN...AND JOSH SHOT BEING DEFELCTED OUT TOWARDS THE GOAL HUNGRY KIERAN WHO SMASHED IT INTO THE NET ! 1-0
STRANGE HOW 5 MINUTES EARLY A LITTLE WAGER ON THE SIDELINE INVOLVING A CAKE SEEMED TO HAVE INSPIRED THE LITTLE FELLA :) NICE TO SEE HIS BIG BEAMING GRIN :)
HOWEVER, JUST LIKE LAST WEEK, LEA HALL WENT STRAIGHT BACK UP THE OTHER END AND SCORED ! 1-1
THE HALF CONTINUED TO EBBB AND FLOW - WITH MARCUS AND THOMAS SOLID AT THE BACK...BEN K MAKING SOME FINE SAVES AND PUTTING IN SOME LOVELY LONG KICKS DOWN FIELD, BUT NO-ONE SEEMED TO TAKE A CHANCE AND RUN ONTO THE BALL...
THE ATTACKING OPTIONS OF KIERAN,OSCAR,ARAN AND CALLUM WERE PLAYING AT TIMES SOME NICE FOOTY.
LUKE CAME OFF WITH AN AGGRAVATED INJURY TO ALLOW BEN P TO MAKE AN IMPACT.....HOWEVER, PROBABLY NOT AT THE END HE WANTED....
LEA HALL BROKE QUICKLY AND CROSSED THE BALL AND BEN P WHO DID WELL TO TRACK BACK AND COVER WAS FORCED TO PUT THE BALL IN HIS OWN NET....SUCH A SHAME....BUT NO-ONES FAULT.
SO THE BOYS ENDED THE HALF 2-1 DOWN.
THE BOYS REVERTED TO THEIR USUAL POSITIONS FOR THE SECOND HALF, AND BEN P WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE AMMENDS, URGED ON BY MRS MOCHA HERSELF ;)
IF WE COULD BOTTLE SOME OF THE MOTHERS PASSION AND FEED IT TO THE BOYS, WE'D BE LAUGHING !
LEA HALL LOOKED THE MORE DANGEROUS ON THE BREAK, AND ONLY SOME GOOD DEFENSIVE LINES ALLOWED THEM TO STRAY OFFSIDE.....PHEW !
BEN K CONTINUED TO KICK OUT OF HAND WELL AND MADE SOME SAVES HERE AND THERE.
2-1 BECAME 3-1 WHEN A SHOT HIT THE POST AND DEFLECTED OUT TO THE LEA HALL PLAYER.
STARLANDS NEVER GAVE UP AND CALLUM MANAGED TO BREAK THROUGH AND SLOT HOME TO MAKE IT 3-2.
HOWEVER, THE FOURTH AND FINAL GOAL SOON FOLLOWED , AND A LOVELY GOAL FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX AGONISINGLY FINDING THE BOTTOM CORNER.
A GOOD GAME PLAYED IN THE RIGHT SPIRIT ON A LOVELY IF BLUSTERY DAY. WELL DONE BOYS !
LOTS OF WORK OVER THE SUMMER TO PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR..... FITNESS , PASSING,, AGGRESSION AND SHOOTING ARE MUSTS !
PARENTS PLAYER WAS KIERAN - WHO HUSTLED AND BUSTLED THROUGHOUT - MANAGERS PLAYER WENT TO CALLUM FOR.......YOU GUESSED IT !......RUNNING NON STOP !
SOLID GAMES FROM ALL THE BOYS... IF THEY WERE AS FAST TO THE BALL AS THEY WERE TO THE CAKES?!!!**^"$"$£$!!!
