Manchester United NZ in the valley
After lunch the message came thru the game was still on, it was still raining outside as it had been for days, but the message was welcome as we hadn’t played any football for a couple of weeks. On arriving at the ground the rain stopped !
The numbers were low so everyone took the field except an ailing Steve Taylor.
Old Mike was in goal, James, Phil, Marc, Ken in defence, Rowan, Hayden, Rob, Jan in the middle with Wesley and Mike up front.
Norwest when they play it straight, try to play good football, ie, pass the ball around, run into space, etc .., but the Red Machine was in great heart especially the defence, with Phil and Marc in perfect harmony controlling the centre of the back line. The game was fast paced and not quite end to end as Norwest attacked strongly and more often but the d held and Rowan on the wing and Mike Tull showed some brilliant touches, but we couldn’t get one in. So we went to halftime at nil all and the talk was all positive.
In to the second half and it all turned to custard as a defensive change was soon exposed and Steve (Oxo) is way to good to let thru and finished superbly, sliding his shot under the keeper. He may look 8 months pregnant but class is forever and two minutes later they had another when their winger got past an awful tackle and smashed it into the net, a great goal. Heads were now dropping as Norwest upped the pressure, scoring two more before Mike Tull got released and showed his striking ability, sprinting past the defence and coolly slotting the ball past the Norwest keeper, who is a higher grade Saturday goalkeeper.
So we had played very well, especially in the first half and only faltered in the second due to the defensive change and overall it was probably that we missed Steve Taylor’s nous in the middle, that we didn’t do better.
But no worries, as one wise old sage said, its only a game and we look forward to taking on Onehunga at Waikaraka Park next Sunday.
Thanks also for the support, Carrie, Anamaya, Steve T, Pip and hopefully see you all next week.
The numbers were low so everyone took the field except an ailing Steve Taylor.
Old Mike was in goal, James, Phil, Marc, Ken in defence, Rowan, Hayden, Rob, Jan in the middle with Wesley and Mike up front.
Norwest when they play it straight, try to play good football, ie, pass the ball around, run into space, etc .., but the Red Machine was in great heart especially the defence, with Phil and Marc in perfect harmony controlling the centre of the back line. The game was fast paced and not quite end to end as Norwest attacked strongly and more often but the d held and Rowan on the wing and Mike Tull showed some brilliant touches, but we couldn’t get one in. So we went to halftime at nil all and the talk was all positive.
In to the second half and it all turned to custard as a defensive change was soon exposed and Steve (Oxo) is way to good to let thru and finished superbly, sliding his shot under the keeper. He may look 8 months pregnant but class is forever and two minutes later they had another when their winger got past an awful tackle and smashed it into the net, a great goal. Heads were now dropping as Norwest upped the pressure, scoring two more before Mike Tull got released and showed his striking ability, sprinting past the defence and coolly slotting the ball past the Norwest keeper, who is a higher grade Saturday goalkeeper.
So we had played very well, especially in the first half and only faltered in the second due to the defensive change and overall it was probably that we missed Steve Taylor’s nous in the middle, that we didn’t do better.
But no worries, as one wise old sage said, its only a game and we look forward to taking on Onehunga at Waikaraka Park next Sunday.
Thanks also for the support, Carrie, Anamaya, Steve T, Pip and hopefully see you all next week.
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