@ Swetes FC (2nd)
G: Reece Christian
D: Terrence Lewis/Anderson Derrick/Kieran Chiddick/Lloyd Simon
M: Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin/Terrence Harriette/Junior Muhammed
S: Junior Edwards/Kelly Matthew/Victor Chiddick
62 -
Blackwood for
Harriette;
Challenger for
Matthew
72 -
Murtagh in for
Muhammed
A nothing burger game.
Anderson Derrick breaks his leg in training and is out 7-8 months - you know, the guy eating up most of our payroll with $12.5k a year.
@ Hoppers (11th)
G: Reece Christian
D: Terrence Lewis/Lawson Simon/Kieran Chiddick/Lloyd Simon
M: Hazeley Blackwood/Terrence Harriette/Junior Muhammed
S: Junior Edwards/Kelly Matthew/Bo Benjamin
They fired
Terrence Beckles, which I'm sad about.
2 -
Chiddick on the corner to
Harriette. It's headed away, but
Matthew has the distance shot on the rebound. Defender blocks it, and
Benjamin barges in to convert the third chance
1-0
14 -
Harriette clears a corner to
Matthew, who has to win a fight with the defender for the ball. Rocket into space for
Benjamin, who dribbles into the box. Doesn't like his shot, so he crosses where no one is. Here comes
Blackwood finally, and on the center,
Matthew nods the header in
2-0
22 -
Benjamin's corner connects with
Lawson Simon's head for his first ever Old Road goal! The loanee still hasn't convinced me to bring him on long-term, but he'll get his chance to prove it with
Derrick lost for the season.
3-0
39 -
Lloyd Simon charges to beat them to a clearance and passes to
Muhammed. Ball swings into box space, and
Matthew drifts right to dart the ball between two defenders and into the net. That's his 50th league goal!!!
4-0
58 - Merg.
4-1
62 -
Smith for
Chiddick;
Victor Chiddick on for
Edwards and switch with
Benjamin
All full-time starters except the keeper were 7.0 or better, the 8+ stars
Terrence Harriette with 8.2,
Bo Benjamin with 8.3, and PotM
Kelly Matthew with a 9.2.
vs Liberta FC (5th)
G: Reece Christian
D: Terrence Lewis/Lawson Simon/Kieran Chiddick/Lloyd Simon
M: Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin/Terrence Harriette/Junior Muhammed
S: Junior Edwards/Kelly Matthew/Bo Benjamin
46 - JFC
0-1
51 -
Smith for
Chiddick;
Chiddick for
Matthew
71 - It's like we're not even trying
0-2
And back down to 3rd we go.
vs Villa Lions (4th)
G: Reece Christian
D: Terrence Lewis/Lawson Simon/Kieran Chiddick/Lloyd Simon
M: Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin/Christopher Walsh/Junior Muhammed
S: Junior Edwards/Kelly Matthew/Bo Benjamin
A two month injury to
Terrence Harriette pretty much deep-sixes are hopes for auto-promotion.
7 - Sigh
0-1
46 -
Muhammed with the cross to
Edwards and of course it bounces off the bar.
Edwards does sink his own rebound tho
1-1
50 -
Victor Chiddick for
Benjamin;
Smith for
Lawson Simon
57 -
Jahraldo-Martin is dribbling down the left flank when he cracks a cross that fresh
Victor Chiddick rises up and smashes the header in on
2-1
It was a gnarly, choppy game, with
Christopher Walsh's 7.5 PotM and
Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin's 7.4 were our best showings.
vs Celtic (ATG) (11th)
G: Reece Christian
D: Hazeley Blackwood/Lawson Simon/Kieran Chiddick/Terrence Lewis
M: Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin/Christopher Walsh/Junior Muhammed
S: Junior Edwards/Kelly Matthew/Bo Benjamin
6 -
Walsh forward to
Edwards at the touchline, and on the cross, it's a
Benjamin bang-in.
1-0
8 -
Jahraldo-Martin at the touchline, and center to
Matthew. Shot staggers keeper, sliding tackle rebound makes him fall, and finally the third attempt by
Matthew goes in
2-0
20 -
Blackwood throws in to
Edwards for the kickback to
Jahraldo-Martin. Cross and
Benjamin buries it
3-0
30 - A fucking stupid own goal by
Christian. JHRC
3-1
30 -
Edwards with the booming flare to the right flank.
Muhammed shorts it to
Matthew, who needs time to trap and control before dribbling and firing the immediate answer
4-1
79 - We now have ZERO healthy true MCs, as
Walsh is out with injury.
Blackwood moves up and in,
Lewis switches to DL and
Smith comes in at DR. Like I said, every time I start doing well, this game fucks me in the ass.
Sure enough,
Christopher Walsh is out 5-6 months.
We clinched playoff play at least.
But
Terrence Lewis and
Lawson Simon are both out next game on yellows, which, combined with our other injuries, means our backline is just as fucked as our MC spot. I totally don't know what I'm going to do now.