MENAN HAD SELECTION PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO AN IMPORTANT WEEK IN THE CLUBS FIGHT FOR THEIR HIGHEST FINISH SINCE FINISHING SECOND IN 2006.
MENANS REGULAR NUMBER 1 ANDY SINGLETON WAS IN HOSPITAL BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY HAVING HIS FINGER ATTENDED TO AFTER BEING TO KEEN DOING SOME DIY TRYING TO OPEN A TIN OF PINEAPPLES. WOULD NOT MIND BUT DONT EVEN LIKE THEM. THE CUT TO HIS FINGER HAS PUT MENANS NUMBER 1 OUT OF ACTION UNTIL THE FLESH WOUND HEALS NICELY.
SINGLETON ALTHOUGH AFTER TONIGHTS PERFORMANCE WILL BE WORRIED FOR HIS NUMBER 1 SHIRT AFTER BOTH NATHAN VINE AND RYAN WARDLE PRODUCED SOME UNBELIEVABLE SAVES IN GOAL FOR MENAN.
NATHAN VINE IS AN ASSURED CENTRE HALF BOMBING ON WHEN NEEDS BE, BUT TONIGHT HE WAS THE CAT, I HAVE SEEN VINE MOVE IN GOAL IN PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS , BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE MAN ATHLETICALLY MOVE ACROSS HIS GOAL TO PRODUCE A QUITE WONDEROUS STOP, TIPPING THE BALL LOW DOWN AROUND THE POST.
VINE STUD UP AND COULD NOT QUITE BELIEVE WHAT HE HAD QUITE ACHIEVED AND CONTINUED TO ORDER MENAN AROUND VOCALLY IN THE HOPE HE WOULD NOT HAVE TO DIVE AGAIN AS IT DOES NOT DO HIS HIPS ANY GOOD.
WELL MENAN STARTED SLOW BUT STILL MANAGED TO GO ONE NIL UP ANDI VINE AGAIN BEING THE HERO IN FRONT OF GOAL, BUT THEIR WAS MASSES OF SPACE ON THE PITCH FOR A WEAK WEST KIRBY SIDE TO EXPLOIT AND THROUGH A WICKED DEFLECTION DREW THE SCORES LEVEL.
THINGS WERE STILL NOT FLOWING AS WOULD BE EXPECTED BUT CREDIT TO MENAN WHO KEPT PLUGGING AWAY AND GOT A CRUCIAL SECOND GOAL , AGAIN A.VINE PROFITING.
WEST KIRBY COLTS RESPONDED AGAIN AND HAD SOME DECENT ATTEMPTS ON GOAL THAT WARDLE IN GOAL DEALT COMFORTABLY WITH, ALTHOUGH HE DID HAVE A DODGY MOMENT RECENTLY SEEN BY BRAD JONES WHERE A HIGH BALL COULD OF CREPT UNDER THE CROSS BAR.
MENAN SECOND HALF MANAGED TO MAKE THE GAME COMFORTABLE WITH A.VINE MANAGING TO FINISH A ONE-ON-ONE, AND WARDLE WAS AN IMPORTANT CHANGE SECOND HALF AND STARTED TO GET MENAN PLAYING HIGHER UP THE PITCH AND HIS LINK UP PLAY BETWEEN DURHAM AND A.VINE MADE THE GAME NEVER IN DOUBT.
PHIL SINGLETON WILL BE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT HE IS NOW CAPABLE OF SCORING IN LEAGUE ACTION AGAINST PLAYERS OVER THE AGE OF 15, IT MUST BE NOTED AGAIN THESE PLAYERS ARE PROBABLY 16 - 18, SO PROGRESS IS BEING MADE BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY, AND I THINK IT WAS SHOWN IN HIS NONE CELEBRATION THAT HE HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE UP AND COMING GAME AGAINST WALCOTT IS HIS TARGET, FIRST AND FOREMOST A CLEAN SHEET AND SECONDLY A GOAL WERE HE HAS STATED HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO CONTAIN HIS EMOTION AND WILL APOLOGISE FOR ANY PENDING FINES RESULTING IN HIS CELEBRATION IF HE WAS TO NUTMEG TOMMY, PUT IT AROUND THE LEGS OF ONE EYE GINGER, AND FINISH IN THE TOP CORNER AGAINST THE BIG MAN. ONLY TIME WILL TELL IF HE CAN DELIVER, DELIVER AND ILL PAY THE FINE IF MENAN CAN PRODUCE 3 POINTS.
MAN OF THE MATCH HAS TO BE PHIL SINGLETON TONIGHT, THEIR WAS A NUMBER OF CONTENDERS A.VINE WITH HIS THREE GOALS BUT HE DELIVERS THAT EVERY WEEK NOW SO I DEMAND MORE, N.VINE OFFERED THE TEAM ALOT, KEPT US IN THE GAME AT CRUCIAL TIME WITH WONDEROUS SAVE, VINE WILL STATE THAT HE ENJOYS A CENTRE HALF POSITION MORE SO WILL WELCOME POWLEYS RETURN, RYAN WARDLE OFFERED HIS SERVICES AS A KEEPER AND PRODUCED SOME GOOD SAVES BUT SECOND HALF ADDED THAT EXTRA BITE IN MIDFIELD TO WRAP UP THE POINTS, BUT PHIL SINGLETON TAKES IT THIS WEEK, SOME GREAT DEFENDING BODY ON THE LINE , LOOKED AFTER HIS BRO AT THE BACK WHO HAD NOT PLAYED OUTFIELD SINCE SEPTEMBER AFTER TOMMY HOWARD CRACKED A BONE IN HIS HAND, AND ADDED A GOAL WITH SOME LATE DARTING RUNS SUPPORTING THE MENAN ATTACK. I COULD TELL VINE IN GOAL WAS KILLING TO MAKE THESE RUNS AS HE COMPETES TO FINISH THE SEASON SECOND TOP GOAL SCORER
ONTO NEXT WEEK AND A MASSIVE GAME V FC SOLLY, BEATING THEM EARLY IN THE SEASON MENAN NEED ANOTHER SOLID PERFORMANCE, SOLLY HAVE IMPROVED LATELY AND RECENTLY DREW WITH DRAW SPECIALISTS WALCOTT SO ITS IMPORTANT MENAN ARE UP FOR THIS ONE.
ENJOY THE WEEK AHEAD AND LETS MAKE SURE WE DELIVER AGAIN
GAFFER
