BIRD BREAKS DUCK AS CHAPLINS STORM OVER THE SANDHILLS!
LINEUP= KEEPER KIERON WAS BACK IN GOAL AFTER OPERATION FOR MISSING HAYES ,MANAGER PAUL VAUDREY HAD TO START AT RIGHT BACK AS DOUGLAS FAILED LATE FITNESS TEST , BIG CHANGES IN DEFENCE WITH MCDONALD SUSPENDED AND DUGS INJURY SO SPOORS AND FARRELL WENT INTO THE CENTRE , BURNS KEPT HIS LEFT BACK SPOT- LEFT AND RIGHT MIDFIELD STOPPED THE SAME FROM LAST WEEKÂ WITH HOWE AND BURGIN ,JOHNSON TOOK THE ARMABAND AND A SPOT IN CENTRE MID. ALONG SIDE FIT AGAIN STOTT , BIRD AND GRAINGER REMAINED UP FRONT.
-REPORT BY STEVE BREWSTER-
WITH SO MANY ENFORCED CHANGES FORCED UPON US IT WAS A PERFORMANCE OF GRIT AND DETERMINATION THAT SAW OFF THE SANDHILLS TODAY...WITH KIERON BACK FROM SURGERY AND A STRENGTHENED MIDFIELD WITH JOHNSON AND STOTT RETURNING THERE WAS NO TIME TO DWELL ON THE ABSENCES OF MACDONALD AND DOUGLAS, SO SPOORS AND FARRELL WERE ASKED TO PLAY AS CENTRE BACKS....LETS START AT THE BACK AND SAY WHAT A BOOST IT WAS TO HAVE THE RELIABLE BIG MAN BETWEEN THE STICKS.KIERON IS AN ASSET TO THE TEAM AND INSTALLS MASSIVE CONFIDENCE THROUGHOUT THE TEAM..HE WAS NOT CALLED UPON TOO OFTEN BUT HIS VERY PRESENCE IS ENOUGH TO SHOW THE OPPOSITION THAT HE IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE.DEFENCE NEXT,BURNS WAS RELIABLE AND GETS BETTER EVERY GAME AND VAUDREY SHOWED THAT WHEN HE IS CALLED UPON TO DEPUTISE HE IS VERY ABLE AND GIVES ONE HUNDRED PER CENT.SPOORS AND FARRELL IMPROVED THROUGHOUT THE GAME AND PROVED HOW ADEPT THEY BOTH ARE,WITH SPOORS BEING MR.CONSISTENT WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT AND TOM GETTING HIS HEAD AND BOOT ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY THREW AT US ,THEY BOTH SHOWED WHAT VALUABLE TEAM MEMBERS THEY ARE.MIDFIELD WAS AWESOME I THOUGHT.BURGIN,A HONEST AND RELIABLE TYPE IMPROVED ON LAST WEEKS PERFORMANCE AND HIS WORKRATE IS INVALUABLE ON THE RIGHT.ON THE LEFT,MR.HOWE.WHAT CAN I SAY.... A COOL PLAYER WITH A COOL HEAD.A GREAT OUTLET TODAY AND NEVER WASTES THE BALL.GREAT THROWS AND GOOD DEAD BALL KICKER.IN THE MIDDLE WAS STOTT AND JOHNSON AND A COMBINATION THAT IS BETTER THAN FRUIT AND NUT!.HAHA.I AM A WRITERBY TRADE AND THAT WAS GOOD,HAHA.JOHNSON AND STOTT,BEST I CAN SAY IS GLADIATORS IN THE MIDDLE TODAY,STRENGTH AND HONOUR!UPFRONT WE HAVE MATTY AND BIRDY AND THEY WILL DEVELOP INTO A POTENT STRIKEFORCE NEXT SEASON.MATTY IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT HEART AND SOUL OFF THE TEAM AND PRODUCES PIECES OF MAGIC TO TURN DEFENDERS AS HE PROVED YET AGAIN TODAY.THE BIRDMAN IS AWESOME NOW THAT HE IS FIT AND HIS WORKRATE CAN AND NEVER WILL BE CRITICISED HE SCORED A PENALTY AND A SECOND TO KICKSTART HIS GOAL TALLY,ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE HIS WORKRATE IS INVALUABLE TO THE TEAM I WILL SEE HIM SCORE 30 NEXT SEASON WHEN HE BECOMES TOP LEAGUE SCORER...AND LASTLY THE BENCH TODAY WAS FIRST CLASS.GOOD IMPUTS AS USUAL FROM KENCO MCKENNA ,HE LOVES IT,ALEX AND STU GOOD ATTITUDES,AND FROM FERGUS,HIS USUAL COMMITMENT.LASTLY FROM MYSELF,YOU WILL ALWAYS GET MY EXPERIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO HELPING YOU TRY TO IMPROVE.BACK AT THE PUB WE ALL WENT AND IT WAS CLASS,WITH EVERYONE BUZZING....WHAT A DIFFERENCE WE ARE STARTING TO SEE AND WE NEED TO TAKE THIS INTO THE REMAINING GAMES AND COME OUT OFF THE BLOCKS NEXT SEASON WITH ALL GUNS FIRING...WE HAVE NOW PROVED THAT SANDHILLS AND THE LIKES ARE NOT TO BE FEARED,BUT WE HAD BEST NOT DROP OUR GUARD AND UNDERESTIMATE THE LAST LEAGUE MATCH OR OUR SEMI FINAL..
MAGIC NUMBER - (16) - BIRDYS 16TH GAME FOR CLUB AS HE GETS HIS GOALS HE HAS WELL DESERVED.
MEN OF THE WEEK- BIRDY AGAIN AND SKIPPER MARK JOHNSON LEAD IN STYLE WITH WINNING GOAL AND ALSO WINNING THE FOOTY CARD IN THE BOOZER AND GETTING THE ROUND IN FOR THE LADS.
GAMEPOINTERS - TEAMS BELIEF TO COME BACK AND WIN , THE SIDELINE BANTER , HOWES SETPIECES , JOHNSON'S LEADERSHIP AND THE BIRDMAN SHOW.
