Ise Lodge Eagles 1 v Thrapston Town
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The pre match warning of this potential banana skin of a match was “a game we should win, but a game we could lose”; oh if only my soothsaying skills were as keen on the Friday night Euro millions Rollover I’d have had 95 million consolations which may have just about comforted me after this display.
0-0 at half time mainly thanks to some fine saves by Luke O’Dell and desperate defending (desperate as controlled had taken the weekend off) meant that with wise words at half time we could turn it around. Stick to what you are good at - play football, work for each other and width to stretch play on a postage stamp of a pitch.
Yes we upped the tempo and looked as though we could boss the game going forward but by heck our normally rock solid central defenders looked shaky on the counter attack. And as the game wore on another prediction was made that will haunt me “a single goal will win this” – and with 10 minutes to go it came when the Thrapston defence was caught square and paid the ultimate price.
Tough enough for the team to respond to in this mind set, but a real Everest to climb when your leading goal scorer was already “having an early bath” for turning a deserved yellow card into a childish red for back chat to the ref.
Credit to the committed team players who responded, none more so than Cameron Glynn who epitomized skill and commitment to salsa half the length of the pitch through the Eagles defence and deliver a far post cross that begged for the equalizing touch – on any other day, but not today.
I’m sure it is an age thing; I sincerely hope it is because the mood/performance swings can only be diagnosed by the amounts of hormonal changes the players are going through. This match will be filed under X where only Fox Mulder and Dana Scully can dig up the truth … it’s out there you know!
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