@ Celtic (ATG) (5th)
G: Lloyd George
D: Brentton Kirwan/Molvin Hughes-Mason/Marc Jarvis/Janiel Santiago
M: Luke Simon/Anton Farrell/Elvis Williams
S: Chesley Willett/Kelly Matthew/Kelly Nesbitt
23 - HE WAS FUCKING OFFSIDES!!! HOW CAN YOU NOT CALL TAHT SHIT?!
0-1
27 -
Farrell wings right to
Williams for the box entry pass to
Matthew. Shot. Deflected. Rebound shot. Deflected. Finally
Matthew is able to sink the third attempt and get the debut goal but JFC!
1-1
46 -
Farrell charges down a sloppy pass deep in their half and intercepts, spraying left and up for
Willett to run down. Dribble and daring cross to the opposite side, and
Nesbitt has the opener netter for his own debut goal
2-1
49 -
Farrell goes long down the pitch. Defender steals it, but
Nesbitt pressures and strips the ball. He dribbles into the half-circle with two guys on him, and calmly slots the long-range into the net, erupting the stands into pandemonium!
3-1
67 -
Lloyd Simon is in for
Kirwan;
Junior Cochrane for
Matthew
Obvious 9.0 and PotM for
Kelly Nesbitt, with a 7.7 for
Anton Farrell, one of last year's two youth pulls, and a 7.5 by
Chelsey Willett. Looks like the wide 4-3-3 is meant to be a counterattacking formation.
vs Empire FC (9th)
G: Lloyd George
D: Brentton Kirwan/Molvin Hughes-Mason/Marc Jarvis/Janiel Santiago
M: Luke Simon/Anton Farrell/Elvis Williams
S: Chesley Willett/Kelly Matthew/Kelly Nesbitt
31 - Our finishing has been dreadful, but in the confusion of a corner kick, they give us an own goal
1-0
65 -
Matthew slides over to the AF role and
Junior Cochrane comes in as the Poacher.
Abraham replaces tiring
Farrell at MC
82 -
Hughes-Mason comes up with the critical stop deep in our half and launches a longball down to
Simon on the left flank. He dribbles, centers it to
Willett for the box feed to
Cochrane, and there's the latter's first Fort Road goal, giving us the insurance we needed!!! Out goes tired
Santiago with
Lloyd Simon taking his spot for the closing minutes
2-0
It's the kind of game where
Chesley Willett's 7.4 is good enough for PotM,
Luke Simon's 7.3 our second best. Hat tip to
Junior Cochrane for the 7.1 showing.
Rowan Jahlando-Martin gets hurt again and is out 2-3 months. Those fucking injuries, tho.
@ Otto's Rangers (11th)
G: Lloyd George
D: Brentton Kirwan/Molvin Hughes-Mason/Marc Jarvis/Janiel Santiago
M: Luke Simon/Anton Farrell/Elvis Williams
S: Chesley Willett/Kelly Matthew/Kelly Nesbitt
44 -
Kirwan takes the give back and cracks the ball all the way down to the left touchline, where
Simon gets it and centers to
Matthew for the snipe strike just before half
1-0
66 -
Matthew goes to AF,
Cochrane at Poacher.
Lloyd Simon steps in for
Santiago
Most of our full-time starters were 7 or better in this strong all-around victory. Player of the Match goes to
Kelly Matthew with a 7.6,
Anton Farrell is second with 7.4, and rounding out in third is
Brentton Kirwan at 7.3.
We're temporarily in 2nd, but the 3rd place team has a game in hand, and we get raided by U20 callups.
Brentton Kirwan becomes callup #6 after an injury.
And we play the 3rd place team on short rest. With 6 of our players out on international duty.
Even when we win, this game comes back round to fuck me.