WTFC 2 Chatham 1 - 09.04.2011
April 9, 2011
Report courtesy of R Austin 78
Well yes it was "Heart attack stuff", first half they took the game to us, had a shot come back out off the inside of the post, and (by now obviously) PK stupidly, and needlessly getting sent off after reacting to a challenge I wouldn't personally call X-rated. Second half, we came firing out of the blocks, ballooning a few shots over the bar, and putting them under the cosh for long periods, they scored first after a cross to the far post wickedly turned into the far-post top corner, your probably thinking it sounds a bit of a fluke goal?! and it certainly was, in my opinion goal keeper (Twyman) was unlucky not to get more on it to push it away, this silenced the fans, and got the few Chatham fans singing, after their goal they put us under a bit of preassure, at times I thought we looked like conceding a second, and in other games probably would have. In the last 20-25 minutes Cornhill got bought on, set off on some good runs, and eventually got us 1 goal back, a sweetly struck ball from the edge of the area that had a bit of curl on it, the other fans as well as myself went mad, and a few minutes later we scored a second, forget the work up to it, but remember their keeper almost getting to it but spilling it at the feet of, Pullman I think it was, and yeah then the fans went nuts! and for the last few minutes it was all hands to deck, and again of my opinion, the boys in red defended like their lives depended on it. Still safe to say a few more grey hairs in the crowd after today, but I don't think I'm alone in saying bring on Horsham YMCA in 2 weeks time, IF we continue playing like we did today (well as far as the second halfs concerned), I can't see us dropping too many points, if any, in the last few games, but then again we need consistancy, and as we all know, sounding harsh but consistancy is a word that seems to strike fear into the hearts of our players sometimes! But IF, and thats a big IF, we CAN be consistant in the last 4 games, it might give us something to build on to take into pre-season and beyond.
Please excuse the amatuerish highlighting of events
ed: Wisker scored the second goal after the Chatham keeper spilled it after Hawkins put him off.
Well yes it was "Heart attack stuff", first half they took the game to us, had a shot come back out off the inside of the post, and (by now obviously) PK stupidly, and needlessly getting sent off after reacting to a challenge I wouldn't personally call X-rated. Second half, we came firing out of the blocks, ballooning a few shots over the bar, and putting them under the cosh for long periods, they scored first after a cross to the far post wickedly turned into the far-post top corner, your probably thinking it sounds a bit of a fluke goal?! and it certainly was, in my opinion goal keeper (Twyman) was unlucky not to get more on it to push it away, this silenced the fans, and got the few Chatham fans singing, after their goal they put us under a bit of preassure, at times I thought we looked like conceding a second, and in other games probably would have. In the last 20-25 minutes Cornhill got bought on, set off on some good runs, and eventually got us 1 goal back, a sweetly struck ball from the edge of the area that had a bit of curl on it, the other fans as well as myself went mad, and a few minutes later we scored a second, forget the work up to it, but remember their keeper almost getting to it but spilling it at the feet of, Pullman I think it was, and yeah then the fans went nuts! and for the last few minutes it was all hands to deck, and again of my opinion, the boys in red defended like their lives depended on it. Still safe to say a few more grey hairs in the crowd after today, but I don't think I'm alone in saying bring on Horsham YMCA in 2 weeks time, IF we continue playing like we did today (well as far as the second halfs concerned), I can't see us dropping too many points, if any, in the last few games, but then again we need consistancy, and as we all know, sounding harsh but consistancy is a word that seems to strike fear into the hearts of our players sometimes! But IF, and thats a big IF, we CAN be consistant in the last 4 games, it might give us something to build on to take into pre-season and beyond.
Please excuse the amatuerish highlighting of events
ed: Wisker scored the second goal after the Chatham keeper spilled it after Hawkins put him off.
Posted by Per Laleng. Posted In : Ryman League
