No training this week

***Match Info***….Sunday 19th Feb Away to Albrighton in Minton Cup ko 11.00am

The game got started with our kick off, and from the very first minute we attacked, closed down and tackled for the whole of the first half. It was end to end and very exciting. The performance and work rate from the team was first class. We hit the post and narrowly missed a chance before we were dealt a blow as we gave away a penalty as one of the lads handled the ball in the penalty box. Up stepped there player who struck the ball cleanly, but Joshua not only saved the initial kick, but kept the ball out another two times. Absolutely brilliant from our keeper. Amazingly the half finished 0-0.

The second half was just like the first with some excellent football played by both teams. It was a joy to watch.

Finally we broke the deadlock. With some good play from Brayden and Logan enabled Adam to be unmarked and from a tight angle beat the keeper at his near post. 1-0 to Wrekin.

However, this was short lived, as Shifnal immediately levelled with a great solo goal.

Both teams kept attacking, looking for the winner but i felt it was heading for a draw, till Logan managed to beat several players in and around the box, got his shot away, but an excellent save from there keeper kept it at 1-1 to the final whistle.

Todays performance was excellent. The whole team battled and played good football for the entire game.  Chris nor I could fault the teams commitment. WELL DONE !!!!!

Well today we put all the problems of the past few weeks behind us. On Saturday we had an extremely good training session and this showed on the pitch today.

We got off to a bit of a shakey start as we were caught with a long ball over the top; resulting with the defence being caught flat footed and Wellington taking a very quick lead. 0-1 to Wellington. We then seemed to wake up and play some good football with some tidy passes and surging runs down the wing. The pressure was mounting and we were soon level with Aaron, Vince and Kaleem pressuring the Wellington defence; the ball fell to Kaleem who slotted the ball into the net. 1-1. It soon became 2-1 to us as we broke down an attack from Wellington on our penalty box. The counter attack was swift as Vince broke free down the wing and scored from the resulting cross. 2-1 at Half time.

The second half was even between the two sides. We made a couple of changes after five minutes and the impact was immediate. Again we pressurised Wellingtons back line, Daniel and Brayden combined and supplied Logan with the ball, whom cooly slotted the ball past the keeper. 3-1.

We then made a double change to stop Wellington getting back into the game. Again we never allowed Wellingtons defence to rest and we were getting plenty of chances, then Logan won the ball and again scored. 4-1 and game over. We still pushed for more and we could have had more. Full time 4-1.

Today we were excellent all over the pitch with everyone battling for the ball and not allowing Wellington to play. Lets now carry this on and push up the league table.

The second half was completely different. We seemed to loose our way and we were not getting the tackles in as much. Our general play was good but once again lady luck was against us. We made some changes early in the second half to try and attack more. I don’t know whether this was an error on my behalf, but the first goal soon arrived.

The first goal came from a deflection of one of our own players and unfortunately Josh was unable to stop the goal. 1-0 to BNSB.

The team tried to get back into the game but our passing was a bit slack and we were giving the ball back to the opposition to easily. BNSB got there second goal from a good strike from outside the box. Josh was unsighted by his defence and had no chance in preventing the goal. 2-0 to BNSB.

With nothing to lose, the team tried to get something out of the game but it was not to be our day. We seem to be in a bit of a slump at the moment and all the hard work in training just isn’t filtering through to match day. We must stay positive though, as i believe the team can turn the latest results around and get back to winning ways.