In the end, the Middx cup result against Bedfont Sports was probably one of our most convincing wins of the season so far. After a poor 1st half, which was echoed by all the players and management during our half time team talk, we came through very worthy winners.
The 1st half, was poor and did highlight how we need to work more on shape and pattern of play on the training pitch. We sat very deep and didn't press the play enough but still created some reasonable chances mainly due to Simon and Lee chancing every ball we played over the top.
The 2nd half was a different story, everything we didn't do in the first half was put right and even when we went down to 10 men (not mentioning any more about the sending off !!!) we still moved the ball well, our shape was good and looked fitter than Bedfont and personally I thought Lee Staples was outstanding, his work rate and attitude was spot on, he led by example and just showed what a very good player he is.
Credit must also go to Jeff and Joe in the middle of midfield for their 2nd half performance, they got it together and worked as a pair which they didn't do in the first half, also Jeff got the winning goal. Credit also goes the Ash Quashie, even though he came on late in the game his talking and encouragement to other players was excellent and he also paired up very nicely with Jamie Richards down that left hand side.
Difficult challenge this week, which I'm sure the lads are up for !!
Harps