7th July 2007 - Round 12: Scotch vs Mercedes

Sorry again boys for the very late and very short match reports.....still having computer troubles at home so this is another rush job from work!!! A1: Scotch 1 - 6 Mercedes B1: Scotch 0 - 9 Mercedes A1 Summary Well, let me start by saying that I don't think the score line is not a totally accurate indication of the game!! Mercedes definitely outplayed us and deserved a win, but the 6-1 score line was certainly flattering to them! We welcomed back into the A's side week Mr Scotch Old Scholar himself Quentino Croucho to play at centre-half with Chris. It was a bit of a baptism of fire for you sorry mate!! :o) We started the game very poorly by conceding 3 goals in the opening 15 minutes, two from very poor defending as a team and the other from an unnecessary penalty. From this point on however, once we had finally woken-up, the game was a lot more even. Mercedes had the bulk of the attacking chances throughout the game with Dietmar getting another good work-out in goals, with midfield possession quite evenly shared throughout the match with Scotch definitely holding their own and looking dangerous throughout. Things may have been a little different if we had made the most of a couple of good chances, one in the opening minute when Jordan had a 1-on-1 with their keeper who pulled off a great save, a couple of other poorly-timed shots from Paps and Fergie from inside the box that should have been better, and a footy tackle on Paps that surely MUST!!!??? :o) have been inside the box that was given as a free kick to be taken actually on the 18 yard line!!! and the player went unpunished somehow!! Anyway the free kick was very poor in the end anyway!!! :o) The highlight of the day came halfway into the 2nd half when out of the sleeting rain and hurricane winds, Mr Nick Ferguson (yes... Fergie himself, not his butler!!!!) ran onto a bouncing ball from about 25 yards and sent a stunning strike off of the right hand post, onto the keeper then into the net!!!! Very nice goal mate, sweetly struck!! We have been continuing to improve weekly (except for this week!!) but we are our own worst enemy due to having such an unsettled line-up due to such regularly changing personnel. we have Rostrevor this week who we can definitely take points from with the team we have, then a run of teams following our bye we definitely need to take 3 points from if we are to look as respectable in the league by the end of the season as we should be. Keep working hard and keep our social side going as strong as it has been also!!!! 3 votes: Jordan Byron 2 votes: Max Adams 1 vote: Nick Ferguson B1 Summary We welcomed back our B's coach and player Mr Al "I'm a hamstring calamity"Rodgers, following weeks out with.... you guessed it.... hamstring problems!! :o) Was a tough game to come back to!! We were unfortunately outplayed throughout the whole match today by a very talented and experienced Mercedes B's side. We also weren't helped by several key players missing, another two being forced off with injury at half time and others carrying injuries for the majority of the game!! But it was very pleasing how much fight we continued to show for our team-mates playing next to us and were always looking to create more scoring chances, and had a couple that we should have taken!! 3 votes: Dayne McClure-Thomas 2 votes: James Catton 1 vote: Andy Dean