vs Otto's Rangers (11th)
G: Reece Christian
D: Terrence Lewis/Anderson Derrick/Kieran Chiddick/Lawson Simon
M: Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin/Christopher Walsh/Terrence Harriette/Junior Muhammed
S: Bo Benjamin/Victor Chiddick
34 - We're backed up after a failed corner and
Simon has it on the right wing. He dribbles forward a bit, holds up, then cracks a longball cross to the left side, where
Jahraldo-Martin sinks his first Old Road goal!
1-0
60 -
Murtagh in at MR;
Blackwood for
Walsh
65 -
Benjamin draws the PK in the box, and
Victor Chiddick hammers it to score his first Old Road goal!
2-0
90 - Figures
2-1
We finally won, but we played like ass and were very lucky to get the 3 points to jump us up from 10th to 5th.
@ Urlings (7th)
G: Reece Christian
D: Terrence Lewis/Anderson Derrick/Kieran Chiddick/Lawson Simon
M: Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin/Terrence Harriette/Junior Muhammed
S: Junior Edwards/Kelly Matthew/Bo Benjamin
We *finally* get to use our preferred formation.
13 -
Matthew taps it left to
Jahraldo-Martin, who initially went forward too far and had to go back. Cross to
Harriette and the header bangs off the upper bar, but he gets his own rebound on the drop and walks it in for his first Old Road goal!!!!
1-0
29 -
Harriette passes up to
Benjamin for the quick give to
Matthew. He immediately passes it left in the box to
Edwards, and the first Old Road goals continue!
2-0
41 -
Harriette crosses right to
Muhammed for the dribble into the box and cross.
Edwards rushes in and knocks in his second score
3-0
44 - Our set piece defending is ass
3-1
62 -
Blackwood on for
Jahraldo-Martin
Matching 8.0s for
Junior Muhammed and
Terrence Harriette, but it was always going to be
Junior Edwards' 8.8 that was PotM.
vs Hoppers (10th)
G: Reece Christian
D: Terrence Lewis/Anderson Derrick/Kieran Chiddick/Lawson Simon
M: Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin/Terrence Harriette/Junior Muhammed
S: Junior Edwards/Kelly Matthew/Bo Benjamin
2 -
Lewis takes the safety valve pass from
Jahraldo-Martin, who was so fast on the counter,
Muhammed couldn't catch up on the cross and so we had to backtrack. Center to
Harriette for the box feed to
Benjamin, and just as the defender gets there, our striker buries the mid-range shot
1-0
21 -
Benjamin is tackled from behind in the box, drawing a PK, and he converts his own try. He already has 4 goals this season, which I believe equals the amount he had all of last year. Artemis bless the 4-3-3.
2-0
54 -
Victor Chiddick subs in for
Matthew
57 - And of course
Victor Chiddick is injured immediately after stepping on the field.
63 -
Murtagh for
Muhammed
74 -
Smith for
Derrick, who just missed a double yellow here.
75 - Eyeroll
2-1
We win, but we really were ass in the second half, despite my warnings not to get complacent.
Victor Chiddick will miss a couple weeks with a toe injury,
and of course our other backup striker, Kamali Abraham, goes out over a month a few days later. I hate this game because of how frequently it likes to injure my strikers.
@ Liberta FC (9th)
G: Mervyn Frederick
D: Terrence Lewis/Anderson Derrick/Lawson Simon/Lloyd Simon
M: Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin/Kieran Chiddick/Junior Muhammed
S: Junior Edwards/Kelly Matthew/Bo Benjamin
4 of our guys are still out on U-20 internationals duty, so we're having a less than ideal lineup for this game. It stinks because we finally have propelled our way up to 2nd and auto-promotion.
9 - Awful
0-1
12 -
Benjamin has heavy pressure so he crosses left to
Jahraldo-Martin. Our right winger dribbles towards the interior of the pitch, drawing the defense, then suddenly passes right to
Edwards just inside the box. The beautiful power stroke goes home
1-1
15 - We're just getting eaten alive out there
2-1
20 -
Chiddick to
Muhammed, but the attempted pass in to
Benjamin is kicked away. Ball sprawls left and
Jahraldo-Martin drills in the distance shot from outside the box!
2-2
33 - JFC
2-3
35 -
Jahraldo-Martin's cross is cleared, but
Muhammed beats them to the ball and hammers his own long-range shot from outside the box. It's just really that kind of game
3-3
49 -
Smith subs in for
Lawson Simon and
Lewis is yanked for
Blackwood
56 -
Edwards passes right to
Matthew for the box entry pass to
Benjamin. He fires in a gap between two defenders and we *finally* take the lead for the first time today
4-3
64 - HE WAS FUCKING OFFSIDES!!!!!!
4-4
70 -
Benjamin charges to recover a tackled loose ball and passes to
Chiddick for the first touch pass to
Matthew in the box. Midrange shot goes home, and we continue in this mad goalfest
5-4
76 -
Simon throws in to
Benjamin, gets it back, and slams a screaming cross into the box that hits
Edwards for the walk-in insurance goal!!!!
6-4
88 - FML we can not stop that one asshole no matter what we do. 4 goals he's scored, despite going in everything on him
6-5
Just to give you an indication of how lopsided the game was re: defense vs offense.
James Smith had a 6.6 off the bench;
Hazeley Blackwood an abysmal 6.2.
This win was vital because it gave us temporary possession of 1st place and ensured that we'll at least stay in the playoff spots despite having to do the same bullshit next game. That's what happens when your best MCs and your only good keeper keep getting called up to the U20s.
Edit: The game damn near ended in a tie, too. They got clear shots in stoppage time and frankly should have converted.