5th May 2007 - Round 4: Scotch vs Rostrevor

A1: Scotch 2 - Rostrevor 5 B1: Scotch 0 - Rostrevor 5 A1 SUMMARY The opening home game for the year on a perfect surface started at a good pace and Scotch had most of the play and all of the shots in the opening 20 minutes. We welcomed into the A's toady another Norwegian superstriker, Baard Kristiansen, and Dave Lonardo had his first start in goal. defence with a great ground pass to Eirik and Dayne were looking menacing from the outset and stretching the Rostrevor defence, with good lead up play through central midfield. It was excellent to see how effective our possession game plan can be when we all work hard towards it. Our possession paid off at the 15 minute mark when Dayne sent a rocket into the top left corner of the onion bag following a good ball from Geordie on the right who found Eirik, who's one touch pass into Dayne's path created the opportunity. 1-0! It was just deserves. Five minutes later Fergie Ferg sliced the RostrevorEirik who was then clumsily brought down 22yards from goal by Rostrevor's last man when it was a 1-on-1 with the keeper. A red card was shown and Rostrevor were now down to 10 men. Eirik then stepped up and classily converted the resulting free kick with a thunderous shot to the keepers right, with thanks also going to Geordie for his bullying work on the end of the Rostrevor wall!! 2-0!! Things were looking good and we had complete control of the game. But oh how quick things can change! Another 5 minutes later, and quickly bringing them back into the game, Rostrevor scored following a poorly cleared corner that fell invitingly at the top of the box for a shot that somehow crept inside the far post. 2-1. The rest of the first half was quite even, with Rostrevor slowly taking assendency on the midfield. The game was marred by several sloppy challenges by the ROCSC boys and as many yellow cards. The score at half time was 2-1. Overall the 2nd half was a very poor midfield and defensive display by Scotch, who let in another 4 goals all through open play!! We were unable to keep meaningful possession and control the game with the extra man and lacked defensive and deep midfield shape. It was a disappointing way to finish a promising match, but we will work hard on our formation and game play. But chins-up!! There's much better to come!! 3 votes: Brendan Connelly 2 votes: Eirik Sandvik 1 vote: John McQueen B1 SUMMARY and What more do we need to do to score!!?? Today Scotchies B's came up against one of the strongest teams in the competition, and should hold their heads very high! Things may have been very different if one of a couple of early chances were taken by scotch, but again goals were very hard to score!! In an excellent overall effort, the very inexperienced and newly formed Scotch had much of the first half play, and had vast improvements from the previous game, especially defensively. New recruits to the days team included the dynamic Norwegian duo StigHavar, and Canadian Ruy. We really are multi-cultural now!!! The game was only killed off in the final 20 minutes when Scotch tired considerably due to some inexperience and weight of defensive duties throughout the day. Big improvers continue to be Josh and Jassa, and Andy Dean marshaled the troops at the back very well. Stig and Havar tired as expected but played very well, and we expect big things from them now!! Again overall the result was disappointing, but if we continue to improve the way we are and get a stable line-up, the goals and results will slowly come!! 3 votes: Andy Dean 2 votes: Havar Hauger 1 vote: Stigan Dersk