Round 14 Scotch vs Immanuel Saturday 2nd August 2008 A Grade Scotch 0 - 2 Immanuel For some reason Immanuel continue to be our bogey team, with two draws and two losses against them in the past two seasons. Credit to them where deserved though, they made the most of their limited chances and we were not clinical enough to find the back of the net. From the beginning of the day we knew and spoke about the fact it was going to be scrappy game due to the boggy pitch and our game history, as well as being forced into a few personnel changes due to injuries people away. On top of this two major injuries in the opening 15 minutes didn't help, but we still should have done better. Our nemesis of this year happened again where we hit the post, brought several great saves from the keeper and had a couple excellent chances in the opening 10 minutes but were unable to convert, then with Immanuel's first attack they went forward and scored. The remainder of the game had us creating most of the shooting, but not with our normal composure or conviction, and it was one of those days where it just wouldn't go in with goal line clearences, two major penalty claims denied and the woodwork getting a good workout. Credit though to Immanuels defensive effort getting numbers behind the ball, and to then catch us on the break with about 15 minutes to go as we were pushing hard. A big thankyou to Toby and Chan for playing a majority of the game when forced due to our injuries following a full game in the B's. The result definitely brings us back to reality after winning 7 in a row and will be a good wake up call leading into the cup quarter finals and the final run in for the league. Very exciting with the number of teams still in with a good chance!! 3 votes: Matty 2 votes: Geordie 1 vote: Maxie B Grade Scoch 2- 0 Immanuel Awesome result and thoroughly deserved boys!!! As we said when we get most of the first choice players on the pitch in the same day we have a very competitive team, and most pleasing of all was to see the fight we had as a team. The first half on the whole was fairly even, with Scotch having definitely the majority of the opening 20 minutes and Immanuel fighting back well to have the majority of the following 20 minutes. Our first goal came following a cracking run and shot from Catton that was well saved, with the ball falling to Marty, who coolly slotted it into the open net for his second for the year. We then gained a lot of confidence from that and continued to have the majority of chances in a game that was very open. It was pleasing to see that we didn't have our usual 20minutes lapse of concentration and concede a couple!! :o) The game was put to rest with a minute to play, when a penalty was awarded for deliberate hand ball on the line (very stiff to get sent off considering there was only a minute to go!!!) with Chan slotting the penalty to make it 2-0!!! Yeah!!!!! Well deserved guys, and its always a little easier to enjoy your saturday arvo's when you get on the winners sheet again!! 3 votes: Quento 2 votes: Catton 1 vote: Chan