1st September 2007 - Round 20: Scotch vs Pembroke

A1: Scotch 1 - 2 Pembroke B1: Scotch 0 - 5 Pembroke Firstly, a massive thankyou to everyone that came out to be part of the Family and Friends day for Scotch, we all really appreciated the number of people that made the effort to come and support the boys. Apart from the results on the pitch, it was a great day and I hope everyone enjoyed the food, drinks and music!! It was awesome to have so many people out watching. Please feel welcome any stage to come out and watch the boys and show your support again. Many thanks!!! A1 Summary Everyone that watched the game would agree that we definitely shouldn't have lost the match and Pembroke were very lucky to win, however they are not 4th for no reason. Scotch definitely held the majority of posession and had easily the bulk of scoring chances over the course of the day but were denied by the frame a couple of times and by some unlucky finishing in general. We went down 1-0 about 30 minutes in following holding all of the play, when a long free kick into the box took a wicked bounce off of the hard surface and wrong footed Dietmar in goals, who saw the ball bounce over his shoulder in to the back of the net. The game stayed at 1-0 for the majority of the match until Paps found the net with a long range effort about 20 minutes from time that beat the keeoper to his right. With the scores at 1-1 Fergie hit the bar, Clop had a diving header that somehow didn't go in, Waz squandered a 1 on 1 with the keeper, Paps hit the post and Paul had a couple of chanmces that just didn't sit right for him. What could have been!! :o) Following all of this and from another free kick at the other end that was well kept out by Dietmar, the ball unfortunately fell to the feet of a Pembroke player who tapped it in from a few yards to make it 2-1. Dietmar was strong again, Geordie was chopped and changed several times at the back but had a very good, solid game, Eirik was creative as usual, with Clop and Fergie controlling the ball in the middle of the park with out much haassle for most of the game. Chris unfortunately sustained what looks like a serious aknle injury early into the first half and this will leave a big hole in our defence to cover if he can't play the remaining games. Paul was in the mix all day up front but unfortunately couldn't quite find that killer punch to finish today. Max had a great game out wide and was a large contributer to the dominance our midfield had. Our next two games against Grads Red and Immanuel are must wins if we are to grab another spot on the ladder. Well done today though, it was an enjoyable game on a great day, and all I can say is that the score could have been much different! B1 Summary Today we were beaten quite convincingly by a quicker and more experienced team, although we showed great fight as usual and created some good chances we unfortunately couldn't make the most of. It didn't make it easy missing our two regular centrebacks and our two regular centre midfielders through injury and other commitments, so credit needs to go to everyone for the display you put on. Notable mentions need to go to Nathan Pana for the work he has done since only coming out a few weeks ago and being thrown in the deeop end!!! Wellk done mate! And to Jassa and Josh for their continual leadership and commitment to the boys when the going gets tough and in setting up creative plays. It was also great to see Alastair finally get through a full game without injury!!! :o) Well done boys.