Starlands played their second Cup Game in The Pool of Death.
Last week they managed to earn a draw v Colron having dominated the game...with Marcus scoring a 'worldy' to equalise late on.
This week once again Starlands dominated and had shot after shot saved by an inspired Brereton keeper....
On the other hand, Brereton scored with what few chances they had ! and took a 2 -0 lead against the run of play.
The good news was I won £10 on the scratch card which made up for my Paddy Power betting losses !
Anyway, The Brereton linesman had been wheeled out of the residential care home and was doing his best to keep up with play... unfortunately in all the excitement he raised his flag at EVERY opportunity and I mean every opportunity. Regardless of how many people were behind the ball or how far behind play he was !....However, you have got to play to the whistle and live with these things...
Unfortunately with this and the deliberate and repeated hacking down of some of our players it went towards our boys being distracted and not focusing on playing football.
When Starlands looked like coming back at 2-2 , Brereton shifted their hatchett man from right back to left back and once again Luke,Callum,Oscar and Co. found themselves face down.
Twice it looked very close to being a penalty...Anyway - I can't be bothered to go through the details of the game other than to describe out three goals.
The first was a lovely team move with Oscar passing to Azza who slotted the goal - a nice goal that got us back to 2-1
Our second was a real fizzer, blasted into the top corner on the angle by Last weeks Man of The Match Oscar who has been coming back to form in recent weeks. If we could just get another lad up front with a bit more presence who could put the effort in chasing the ball down , knocking the ball on for Azza and Oskar making runs off him...we may win a few more games... Food for thought next season?...Come on Rick & Rob get recruiting!
The third goal was when we were 4-2 down. We had a period when shot after shot after shot was saved by the Brereton keeper...Oscar,Kieran,Azza,Josh...all went close .
Finally Callum got his deserved goal when once again the keeper made an intial one on one save but Callum got the break and scored.
Boys, you will rarely come across a keeper that manages to save as many one on ones as he did today !...Dont be scared to shoot ! You can't walk the ball into the net.
It was yet again another highly entertaining game - and for all my moaning about physicality and linesman - The last two games have been enjoyable to watch...Close games that could go either way...and probably would on another day...and hopefully good fun !
Next week - we play STARLANDS METS o Mothers Day - Both teams at home. Again,,,,, It is all about the first goal !...You have won ALL but one of the games you take the lead !
Well done Brereton...We now need a WIN v Starlands and Four Oaks Falcons to stand ANY chance of progressing... COME ON BOYS ! YOU CAN DO IT!
Yet another MOM performance awarded to Oscar. (* The photo of Oscar shows him holding an imaginary MOM award so confident of winning it again he didnt bring it to the game !) Well done fella.
