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Old 06-28-2011, 08:13 PM   #355
Radii
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-- Lynch, Nikolaou, Harsanyi and Constantino are all named to the League 2 team of the week this week!

September 29th, 2015

Woking(7-2-1, 1st) @ Droylsden(19th)


Droylsden won the BS Premier League last year, but they barely qualified for the playoffs at that level and seem like they're going to struggle to stay up. We're 4:6 favorites on the road, they're 7:2 dogs to get a win today and 9:4 to pull off a draw. This is our first ever meeting. After today we've got at least a little break as we don't play again til Oct 3rd, over half a week off!

GK: Lynch
D: Nikolaou/Smith/V Taylor/Ogogo
MC: Upson/Middleton
AM: Colin/N'Guessan
FC: D Taylor/Constantino

O'Sullivan and Paterson are both out today. The guys we rested last match (Colin/Middleton/Ogogo) are back in, and I'll give Harsanyi a day off and Dan Taylor gets another start today. We'll attack.

17': First two shots of the match to Droylsden, the most recent a pretty decent look after an attacker dodged a Vince Taylor tackle, Lynch makes the save though.

30': A long clearance of the defense by Colin... constantino runs onto it a little past midfield and turns on the speed, he gets into the penalty area, a defender is there, tries a slide tackle, Constantino keeps possession, cuts inside for a little better angle, and blasts a shot to the far post by the keeper!! 1-0

41': We fail a couple attempts to clear the ball out of our end and allow a corner kick, but they can't do anything with it...

HALF: Kinda boring half, neither team is really playing well, we just had the one long ball/individual effort by Constantino. We have 4 shots, they have 5. Its a very sloppy game, both teams are completing only 55% of their passes, making it very difficult to get anything built up.

50': A nice counter attack from Droylsden worries us a good bit, they are able to work the ball into the penalty area after a few passes foward, there's a quick shot from the left side of the area, its a tough angle but the shot hits the crossbar and bounces away... we clear it. That was a bit of a scare for us.

53': Yellow for defender Banali for a tackle on Constantino.

54': Another quick attack by Droylsden, they get a man running down the middle into the penalty area... Lynch comes out after a short pass, the ball is poked away and recovered by a Droylsden attacker and now Lynch is miles away from the net. They put it into the empty net and tie the game. I'm really not sure what Lynch was doing there. Poor decision. 1-1

60': Dan TAylor gets a bit of a braek and rushes down the left side with the ball, he tries to center it but they send it out for a throwin, we can't do anything with it. It seemed there was a really strong opening there, Taylor couldn't put his pass where it needed to go.

64': We earn a corner, its taken to the far edge of the 6 yard box, Vince Taylor gets his head to it, just barely over.

68': Harsanyi in for Dan Taylor, Ferry in for Middleton. Both are not playing that well and i'm worried they're just not trying vs a weaker opponent.

82': All the highlights are for Droysden now, they earn a couple corners, but they end up with a bad shot. We just aren't showing up today.

85': We get a quick counter attack... Ferry down the right side, passes ahead to N'Guessan, he's got a great look from 15 yards out... but its saved by the keeper.

89': Ferry with a 20 yard shot after a throwin, well over.

90': Harsanyi with good control in the middle.. sends it wide for n'Guessan, back in to Constantino, he makes one defender miss, gets close, fires a shot from 10 yards... saved. That was our second clear cut chance of the game.

91': They counter attack and Nikolaou brings his man down hard about 25 yards out, he gets a yellow. They shoot on the free kick... off the wall and out for a corner. We clear the corner.

92': Constantino plays a ball forward from the midfield on our own counterttack, they try to clear but we get it back into the area... very nice tackle by the defense before we get a shot.

Droyslden 1 : 1 Woking

I tell the team I'm disappointed in them. It seems like we only gave a full effort for the final 15 minutes of the game and were sleepwalking the rest of the way. Extremely poor.

Man of the Match: Constantino (8.4)
Goals: Constantino
Assist: Colin (8.2)
Notables: Nikolaou (7.1), V. Taylor (7.2), Upson (7.0)
Poor Performances: Lynch (5.8)
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