After winning the local derby, phantoms were brought
down to earth by a team we knew well. This was our first match away
from home and the big slightly muddy pitch exposed some shortcomings
of the Phantoms, particularly in the first half. Playing 3-4-1, we
started well with a couple of very good moves, but it was clear that
CPR were dangerous on the counter, with some really quick and clever
passing. The oppositions intelligent passing exposed some of our lads
who were following the ball, something that wasn't a problem last
week. Cpr took the lead halfway through the first half and we were
hanging on for the rest of the half. Second half we switched to 3-3-2
which allowed us to get hold of the midfield. It was a frustrating second half for us, we produced very few structured goal
scoring opportunities from open play. There were some goal
scoring opportunities from corners, high quality crosses but 2-3
players are still make the wrong runs to attack the ball.
