Lane Cove West vs Northbridge 1-4

Boys, the scoreline above doesn't look that pretty, but let that not deter us for next weeks agenda.

(Let's turn that score around!!)

This is how the game went in a nutshell.

A beautiful Saturday afternoon, persuaded the local Northbridge community to come out in droves in what would be a game remembered more for pushing, holding, swearing and trying to belittle the opponent than an actual soccer game. Nevertheless, the effort and aggression

displayed by Lane Cove in the 2nd half, defined us as a team more so than games past.

The first half was dominated by Northbridge, mainly for that fact that we struggled to win the ball, and when we did win it, we promptly gave it away.

Andrew and Nick provided good cover support in defense, but we were still lacking a mid field to control the ball and subsequently the game. Larry, aka(Bono) made some strong runs and a little support play could have created a myriad of potential goal scoring opportunities. Marc G, was putting his all up front, but unfortunately, the ball evaded him one time too many, again for the lack of creative passing in the mids. The only consolation to the first half in terms of results, was a

brilliant, did I say brilliant, goal by a mysterious, previous centre forward, who founds his old position once again. I forget his name!. In all seriousness, we were in the game at 2-1 down, but unfortunately, their aggressive forward play was too much for our defensive line. I feel we matched them head to head in the second half, as we controlled at least 60% of the ball, and it showed in our phase plays. The 2 goals scored against us in the second half, was in no way a reflection of our skill and efforts, and with a little luck, we could have edged the lead.

I feel it is also apt to introduce and congratulate BIG MIC, for his rugby style effort in instilling well deserved fear into the Northbridge camp, well done Mic, and keep up the effort.

I strongly believe if we play the way we did in the second half next week, we will be a dominant force in next weeks encounter. As a team, we are developing, even though the score can and often does affect morale, its time to focus on achieving personal goals within the team, which will hopefully translate into memorable performances as a defined and cohesive soccer team.

I look forward to seeing you all fired up for next weeks game.

Cheers,

Gav.