SEASON 4 – 6TH OCTOBER 2019 – GAMEWEEK 3

Welcome to Sunday League Football.

MATCH PREVIEW

A few missing and a few returning this week! Last game for Mike too before he goes off to start a league in the Congo…..😂 All the best Mike!

It promises to be another fantastic game, Andy and Elliot are this weeks captains after their great starts, see teams below. A lot of defenders on show this week expect a low scoring game?? 🤔

Let’s having a cracking game lads 👊

TEAMS

MATCH REPORT

This game was a bit of a slow burner. Both teams put 6 men behind the ball when the opposition had possession and with a lot of defenders on show, goals were proving difficult to come by.

The Blues broke the deadlock after 15 minutes and then a few more goals followed. Mike, Andy and John were seeing more of the ball and playing some nice 1-2’s to give their team a nice couple of goals lead. The Reds then got themselves into the game with Balf and Elliot working some lovely interplay.

Both teams then scored a few goals between them and it was a decent, close, tactical match.

In truth, the defences were well on top for both teams, in particular Tony G, Ste and Pete for the Reds.

Then the Blues had a mad 15 minutes which ultimately cost them the game. The Blues were being forced to pass around their defence with Elliot and Balf pressing high, then the mistakes started to flow. The Blues gave sloppy passes away, got caught taking too long in possession and were just making wrong decisions. Elliot and Balf took full advantage with some lethal finishing. Throw in the mix an own goal from Andy and the Reds found themselves 6 goals ahead. The Blues heads dropped and were stunned.

The Reds then put men behind the ball again and you could see they were trying to manage the game and see it out. This allowed the Blues to pull a few back with some tenacious play, but it was too little too late. The Reds take home the spoils and just about deserved it with some solid play throughout their team. Ultimately too many mistakes cost a frustrated Blues. Nevertheless another interesting game! Well played lads.

MAN OF THE MATCH

A close one this week but Elliot just takes it with 4 votes!

Elliot was quick to capitalise on the mistakes with some excellent finising again and his high pressing caused problems for the opposition. Another good performance which takes him top of the league, well played Elliot!

Remaining votes went to:

Balf with 3

Ste with 2

Andy with 1

Tony Gwith 1

Mike with 1

KEY STATS

Elliot becomes the first player in League history to win 2 MOTM’s on the bounce!

Tony G has played well in recent weeks and has 2 wins out of 2 this season.

LEAGUE TABLE