SEASON 7 – 4TH OCT 2020 – GAMEWEEK 7

MATCH PREVIEW

Elliot and John are this weeks captains. Will John maintain his 100% record and take top spot or will Elliot widen the gap?

With a lot more attacking talent on show today will there be more goals than last weeks 4-3 classic?

Joel, Tony and Paul make their season debuts. Let me know your man of the match vote after the game 👍

See below for the teams and shirt colours. See you at 5:30! 🔵🔴🔵🔴

TEAMS

MATCH REPORT
Another game at goals, another cracking match!

8-4 to the Blues was the final score, but don’t let this fool you, it was a close game until the final 20 minutes!

Andy started off with a good save off a long range shot from Ryan but lost sight of where the ball went and accidentally bundled it into his own net. Reds went into the lead.

Balf, Tommy and Pete made a great start though for the Blues and were excellent in defence, especially Tommy who let nothing past him all game. Pete was making bombing runs forward all game but his shooting would have been better seen on a rugby pitch! 🙈 Although 1 of his 10 shots came off with a screamer! 🤣

Tony was dictating play in the middle for the Reds but was doubled up on everytime he got near the box and struggled to pull the trigger. However when he did find half a yard he found the corner twice to score for the Reds.

A few goals each way and it was 4 a piece. The Reds were probably starting to get on top in the match but found it difficult to find space to pull the trigger.

A critical moment in the match came when Tony finally managed to get past the Blues defence for a 1 on 1 but Andy redeemed his earlier mistake with a cracking save to keep it level.

Elliot wasn’t seeing much of the ball up front so made a switch with Balf and this seemed to work a treat for the Blues. Paul and Mike were starting to see more of the ball with Balf linking up well.

Despite a good performance from Ryan and Alan in defence the pace of El from defence started to cause serious problems as the Blues attackers started to find openings. A Balf hat trick (he reminded me several times to put this in) and a few goals from Mike, El and Paul throughout the game meant the Blues had a comfortable last 10 minutes and managed the game to a well earned 8-4 victory.

A close game and some really quality performances well done lads and especially the Blues! 🔵🔵🔵🔵

MAN OF THE MATCH

With 7 votes Andy gets MOTM this week. Despite an early mistake he grew throughout the game and made a match winning save when it was level along with some other decent saves. Thanks lads!

Remaining votes went to:

Balf with 2

Elliot with 2

Tony with 1

Tommy with 1

Pete with 1

KEY STATS

Andy and El have both received at least 1 MOTM every season. Both yet to convert into a title!

Elliot opens up a 6 point gap at the top, BUT, he’s away next week for his anniversary so a chance for everyone to catch him up!

2nd and 3rd placed John and Dim will be captains next week.

LEAGUE TABLE

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