Another good squad of players took on one of the 'new boys' in the league, Tower Hamlets. They have been playing for a number of years in a different church league and they turned out to be a tough nut to crack.
Dave Hambridge returned to the team for his first appearance of the season; with Dan Ong and Jessie Middleweek in line for their debuts also.
However, after letting them have a goal in the first few minutes, it was always going to be an uphill task. As the first half spanned out we began to get into the game, resulting in a nice slid rule pass from Frankie through to Gareth, who calmly guided the ball into the net for his 2nd in two matches.
But we again allowed them to have a number of chances in the first half, and but for some outstanding saves from Steve, last ditch tackles from David and a clearance of the line from Sam Ranthe (from his own back pass!) we would have gone in at half time more than 2 v 1.
After wise words from the manager, coach and our unofficial 'asst manager' Trevor and various comments from players, the thought of the second half was look forward too.
However we seemed to loose the plot with Tower Hamlets ploughing 3 and sometimes 4 forward. Attack after attack was only going to end up with one result... more goals for them.
As we failed to play the ball on the floor as much as we did in the 1st game of the season we found it difficult to supply Gareth & Ferris with anything that might end up being a half chance. Nick managed a great long range shot which just missed the angle of the bar and post late on, however on the whole we battled well but without any real success. Tower Hamlets managed to take over the game as the 3rd then the 4th (a possible pen) went in. The pen was almost saved well by Steve, yet the power of the shot sent it into the top corner via Steve's valiant effort.
Jesse our new signing who has just turned 16 made his debut and slotted in well at left back; Dan Ong also came on to make his first start.
At least one of Tower's goals ought to have been called offside, yet by know we were very bruised not only by the score but also by a strong Tower Hamlets team, who will do well this season I am sure.
However, as the heading of this blog suggests we may be bruised by such a scoreline, yet we are not - and should not - feel crushed.
It must be a game 'we learn from' as our coach mentioned after the game. We have experienced a high and a low this season and we know how hard we need to work for the highs in future. But they will be worth it!
Team:
S. Speroni;
D. Mitchell (D. Passfield), D. Hambridge, R. Clift, S. Ranthe (J. Middleweek);
F. Dooknah (D. Spinola), N. Field, N. Speroni (c), C. Lindsay (D. Ong);
G. Goodhew (1) (S. Balogun), F. Lindsay;
Blog Writers Man of the Match:
Steve Speroni - Hands down the best performance on the pitch. But for him the score would of been double figures. But alongside this, 2 games in and his stature in goal, his talking and his distribution have come on leaps and bounds from last season already.
Writer: Ian Howard
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