Nov 20, 2013 (afternoon)
Blyth (5-6-6, 11th BSBN) at Droylsden (7-6-4, 7th BSBN)
We're a tiny 5:4 favorite on the road. Stick with 4-4-2 Diamond Standard to open
GK: Dovey
D: Giddings, A.Jones, Williamson, Purvis
MF: Sawyer, Slaughter, Bembo-Leta, Moke
F: Lobjoit, Cofie
Available Subs: (Groves, Whitaker, Clarke-Harris, Davies,McDonald)
2' - Longball on a throw-in, Vickers grabbed it in the arc & drilled it home (0-1)
6' - Switch to Counter
24' - Switch to Standard
Halftime - Well that was bollocks. I assertively let them know I'm not happy. Who would be? 3 layers under 6.0, only 2 over 6.6
55' - Sub Whitaker (for Bembo-Leta, tired 6.2) ... move Moke to MR
55' - Sub Groves (for Purvis, tired 5.7) ... flip Giddings to ML/Slaughter to LD
64' - Switch to Attacking ... flip Lobjoit to STR and Cofie to STL
65' - Hague denied by the crossbar to keep it a one goal game
71' - Whitaker takes a shot but it's saved cleanly
84' - Vickers wins yet another battle in the midfield, feeds Hague on the opposite side ... (0-2)
84' - Sub Clarke-Harris (for Lobjoit, 5.8)
Fulltime: Droylsden 2 - Blyth 0
Nov 23, 2013 (postmatch)
Outshot 12-3, we put only one on target all day. Williamson (7.2) played well, hardly anyone else did. Purvis 5.7, Slaughter, 5.9, Lobjoit 5.7 in particular stood out in a negative way. First loss in four games.
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