Round 13 Scotch vs CBC Saturday 26th July 2008 A Grade Scotch 3 - 2 CBC Again we found a way to make it hard for ourselves, but as they say, a wins a win as long as you score more times than you opposition!! And must I say it was an ugly win at that! :o) CBC were a much tougher opponent than expected over the 90 minutes and were physical and fought hard all day and made the most of their chances. We were also lucky on a couple of occasions, when if it wasn't for the quick reflexes of Gazza in goals we could have been under even more scoring pressure. With a different lineup to last week forced upon us we took a little too long to get comfortable, but when we did (2nd half!!) we looked much more in control and could easily have put a few more goals on the board as we squandered several golden chances. We were incredibly flat and unusually unorganized as a whole group in the first half and CBC made the most of this going 1-0 up then 2-1, keeping us chasing for the 1st 45 minutes to find equalising goals. It was 2-2 at the break. When we got our normal organization and work ethic back we flowed better and the front 3 began to look very menacing again. Fergie and Chrissa worked incredibly hard all day in the middle, with Ferg creating many of our forward thrusts and offering of the ball continuously, and often unrewarded. Brent had much more impact on the game when he joined them in the middle of the park and troubled the keeper with several cracking shots. Our defence was much more on top in the 2nd half when they got themselves sorted, and let nothing get through them. Overall an important win to keep us on top, and a good hard scruffy game to get out under our belt. 3 votes: Fergie Ferg 2 votes: Brent 1 vote: Welly B Grade Scotch 1 - 3 CBC At 1-1 with 20 minutes to go it was very disappointing to end up loosing by three. I do however commend the fight that we continued to show and chances we continued to create, however we did not quite have the sharpness to finish enough of them off. Whether it is a fitness issue, a mental issue or an attitude issue, we continue to go to sleep for 15 to 20 minute periods in each game which ends up being our downfall. With a few more A's players returning to the top team in the next couple of weeks, this should strengthen up the B's considerably and if we can keep this team consistent for the remaining 5 rounds we should see some results. Keep the positiveness, support and sociality a major factor at trainings and off of the pitch, and especially on the pitch between each other. There is no room for negativeness, especially in a social club like ours, so for a couple select boys who have shown this and a lack of support for their peers there is no room for this. Results will change when we get our consistency with team selection happening. 3 votes: Toby 2 votes: Paul 1 vote: Stig