Alex Worsfold continues impressing the hell out of everybody in training.
@Grimsby (17th)
GK Dereck Turner
DL Paul Weldon
DC Curtis Da Costa
DC Simon Walton
DR Danny Parslow
DM Alex Worsfold
ML Antonie Boland
MC Eddy Gnahore
MR Tom Knott
ST Zach Little
ST Kane Richards
37 -
Great pass to
Richards from
Da Costa and rather than take the shot himself, he slides it to
Little, who shanks it.
50 - Ugh.
0-1
52 - Immediate answer as
Boland hits
Little for the run, shoot, and score!
1-1 Subs in as
Knott to ML,
Richefond in at MR, and
Lippai replacing
Richards at striker.
We were heavy underdogs in this one, so to walk out with a point is okay, though I feel like we should have taken 3.
Bad Trains
Eddy Gnahore
Simon Walton
Good Train
Will Wilkins
Loss of $20.3k and board is satisfied.
vs Corby (20th)
GK Dereck Turner
DL Paul Weldon
DC Jimmy Tickle
DC Simon Walton
DR Danny Parslow
DM Alex Worsfold
ML Antonie Boland
MC Will Wilkins
MR Tom Knott
ST Zach Little
ST Kane Richards
33 - I thought
Richards tried to shoot it, but upon further review it's a pass forward where
Little literally steamrolls the opposing defender and goalie for the score.
1-0
47 - Now it's
Boland's turn for a wide open miss. I'm wondering if perhaps I should be finding a new ML. He isn't that great out there and is maddeningly inconsistent.
55 -
Fell in for
Boland,
Lippai on for
Richards
Not a great win, but one we'll take. I keep thinking about
Boland, who I've actually been training as a box-to-box center midfielder because I thought that's where he'd be playing this year before I re-signed
Gnahore and developed a strong liking for
Wilkins.
vs Kettering (8th)
GK Dereck Turner
DL Paul Weldon
DC Curtis Da Costa
DC Jimmy Tickle
DR Danny Parslow
DM Alex Worsfold
ML Antonie Boland
MC Eddy Gnahore
MR Tom Knott
ST Zach Little
ST Kane Richards
Their goalie does a beautiful job stopping a surefire
Gnahore goal in the first half, but otherwise it's defend, defend, defend for us.
As an experiment, I move
Gnahore to DM,
Boland to MC,
Knott to ML, and put
Richefond in at MR. Let's see how this goes.
70 - They score.
Lippai on for
Little,
Walton in for
Tickle.
0-1
82 -
Gnahore is forced off but it doesn't matter.
Tickle's fuckup cost us the game already anyway. Or maybe not.
Weldon hits a crazy shot that was supposed to be a pass I think, but it bounces off the woodwork, confusing the goalie, and
Richards nabs the equalizer!
1-1
They get their own woodwork bounce but no one's there to stick it in (That's what she said), so we escape with a draw.
Transfer In - ST Curtis Beasley (18)
Two year, $4.6k/year deal. Raw right now, but has BSP potential. Then again we've all heard *that* one before. But if he works at it, I think he can definitely be something.
vs Leamington (19th)
GK Dereck Turner
DL Paul Weldon
DC Curtis Da Costa
DC Simon Walton
DR Danny Parslow
DM Alex Worsfold
ML Antonie Boland
MC Eddy Gnahore
MR Tom Knott
ST Zach Little
ST Kane Richards
3 -
Gnahore to
Boland to
Worsfold as a 3 man triangle of passes culminating in the last's thundering kick for a score.
1-0
24 -
Boland on a free kick and a walk-in
Walton goal.
2-0
Could be leading by even more.
Wilkins in for
Gnahore and
Fell on for
Weldon at halftime.
66 - We suck at corner defense
2-1
7.9 for
Walton, 7.5 for
Worsfold, and
we're in 1st place, but we should have destroyed this team, not played down to its level.
vs Blyth (FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round)
GK Dereck Turner
DL Paul Weldon
DC Curtis Da Costa
DC Jimmy Tickle
DR Danny Parslow
DM Alex Worsfold
ML Liam Hubbard
MC Will Wilkins
MR Tom Knott
ST Gergo Lippai
ST Curtis Beasley
I would've put more second unit guys in, but most of them were still tired from the Reserves match three days prior, so we'll run with a mix of first teamers and reserves.
18 - Dafuq?
0-1
27 -
Beasley takes the pass from
Lippai, runs through a horde of Blyth defenders, and hook shots it in the goal!!
1-1
30 - Not a combo I expect, but
Wilkins' free kick hits
Tickle for a long header goal.
2-1
38 - Knock for
Lippai. He'll shake it off though.
[b]63[b/] -
Fell on for
Hubbard,
Argent in for
Wilkins
We win this one because PotM
Turner has the game of his life, racking up an 8.4. 7.6 from
Tickle didn't hurt either.
Lippai is out 9-12 days and we get $9.75k for the win.