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Old 04-21-2012, 12:45 AM   #265
JonInMiddleGA
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
Nov 10, 2012 (morning)
Our U18s went on the road to beat Hull 3-0. Laste Dombaxe put us in front at 26'. Rory McKeever added insurance at 64' and Dennis Robson got the capper with a penalty shot in extra time (95')

Nov 10, 2012 (afternoon)
Blyth (3-6-8, 22nd) at Tamworth (7-3-7, 10th)

Short turnaround before another league match on the road. The Lambs are led by do it all forward Jean-Paul Marna (16 goals) who is running away with the goal scoring chase in BSBP so far, leading the next closest scorers by 5 markers. If we can keep him off the scoresheet, we might have a chance. The oddsmakers think so too, with Tamworth as only a Pick 'Em favorite today. We gamble a bit, use McDonald in goal instead of the slumping Hartley. We also play a hunch & give the newly signed Peacock a start up front. 4-4-2 Standard, as I'm feeling froggy today, this might be a decent offensive lineup ... by our standards anyway. They play a 4-4-1-1 and we might end up switching to match them at some point.

And we just discovered that the dangerous Marna is not in their starting lineup, nor is he on their bench.

GK: McDonald
D: Martin, Jones, Breckin, Slaughter
MF: Matondo, Morrison, White, O'Connor
F: Peacock, Armstrong
Bench: (Groves, Wedderburn, Mole, Abraham, Hartley)

16:00 - Matondo sails a free kick horribly wide & high
19:00 - O'Connor misses from the edge of the area, also badly off target
34:00 - Morrison either missed horribly with a cross or a shot, so bad I couldn't really tell which
36:45 - St.Aimie suddenly shoots from 25 yards out ... and catch McDonald offguard (0-1)
39:19 - White spots Armstrong in the area, good chance denied by the keeper
Halftime - Outshot 6-4, not putting much on target. We're still in this match, they haven't looked gangbusters either.

57:30 - Sub Groves for Slaughter (6.2), Sub Abraham for Peacock, shift Matondo to F

64:00 - Abraham takes a knock and has to come out. Sub Mole in, move Matondo back to ML
73:00 - Switch to Attacking, we're doing nothing the entire half offensively
89:00 - 3mins of extra time ... switch to Overload

Fulltime - What an abysmal second half performance. We were outshot 10-0 in the final half, 16-4 for the match. Only 39% poss. Didn't complete a single cross all day. Couldn't pass (56%) from the back line. Conceded FOURTEEN CORNERS without getting a single one ourselves. And my coaching staff is telling me we should be pleased with the effort ! I just calmly acknowledge that they gave it their best & everyone is delighted. Unfortunately, days like today our best simply isn't very fucking good

McDonald (MOM) 8.1
Martin 6.1, Jones 7.1, Breckin 6.5, Slaughter 6.0
Matondo 6.6, Morrison 6.6, White 6.8, O'Connor 6.2
Peacock 5.9, Armstrong 6.4
Subs: Groves 6.4, Mole 6.4, Abraham N/A

Nov 10, 2012 (postmatch)
With the loss we actually moved up to 21, as Stockport now has a worse GD (-9 vs -8) than us. We're still a point behind Welling, just two behind Bath with a game in hand on them.

The injury to Jack Abraham is to his hip, and we'll spend the money ($1k) & send him to a specialist for treatment that should have him back in three months. Treatment by the club would have had him out 5-6 months.
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