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Sunday 17th January 2010
Pevensey 5 v Dynamo GFC 1
Despite the bad weather of the previous week, it was a relief
to get a match under our belts. Unfortunately a New Year didn’t
mean a new start for the girls and it was extremely frustrating
that many players arrived late to the ground hampering the
opportunity for a decent warm-up.
With two players out on the morning of the game it also meant
just having 9 players for what was on paper a winnable fixture.
Despite the lack of a warm-up for some of the girls, they
started well and for the first 15 minutes or so the game was
extremely even with both teams competing well. Pevensey were
first to break the deadlock and went on to finish the first
half 3-0 up.
For the second half some of the players swapped positions
and again we started brightly then conceded another goal whilst
Ruby was off with an injury. Charly scored a superb goal from
a corner and we had other opportunities to get back into the
match but a handball lead to a penalty and game over.
In my view we lost the game from a failure to prepare rather
then being outclassed on the pitch. Again I must remind parents
that players really need to be at the ground a good 45 minutes
before kick off to enable them to warm-up and prepare for
the match. Had we done so on this occasion I think the result
would have been vastly different.
Overall all the girls contributed but I must highlight above
average performances from Ellen who played upfront in the
first half and midfield for the second. Her corners were superb.
Jasmine really battled in the right back and right midfield
position and I look forward to seeing her improvements continue
as she gains more match practice. Finally our birthday girl
in goal. Abbie is a cracking goalkeeper (though needs to still
shout at her defence a la Almunia!) and made a couple of cracking
saves to keep the score line credible.
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