Divison 3 - RESERVE GRADE - MATCH REPORT

UTS 2 - 1 Lane Cove West

The trip to the UTS Enormobowl saw more beach weather and the biggest crowd of the season packed in to watch us take on a team with 
an average age 10 years below ourselves.  Chopper and Ed up front had a chance early on, but with 5 minutes gone a mix up at the back 
saw us go 1 - 0 down to a sloppy goal.  As with most grounds this year the pitch was like concrete and around 15 minutes in Chopper 
fell awkwardly and was taken off with a twisted knee. 

Thankfully JP had already got the beers in, so all was not lost for Chop. They had 2 or 3 good players who pushed forward at every 
opportunity and we were struggling to settle down into our new 3/5/2 formation.  Bruce, Willie and Ritchie were at the back, JP, 
Mulv, Warren, Joe and Hank across the middle with Rod and Ed up front.  A breeze picked up into our faces and another attack by UTS 
saw us go 2 - 0 down.

Mulv rang the changes at half time and we switched back to 4/4/2 with Sean, Brian and Al coming on.  With the wind, down the slope 
and in our more familiar formation we immediately got back into the match and a cross (or maybe shot - who knows?) from Mulv on the 
right was steered in by Ed. The last 30 minutes saw us camped in their half and applying real pressure, but it wasn't to be and we 
lost the match 2-1 when really we should have won. We know we can play better than we did today.

Author: HANK