Result - Loss - 3 - 1
Player of the day - Aaron- for positive positional play.
Strengths - Strong defence.
Areas to develop - Positional play. Coach not to get frustrated!
A very early morning start caught us one player short at kick off and Stokes Valley capitalised with 2 goals scored in the first 5 minutes. They didn't score again until the final whistle.
Although we had chances to score we only put it through the goal once, after solid defence and some good passes, Bosco was able to direct it in.
I was disappointed with the loss because our team is better than the final score would indicate.
The highlights for me were:
- Aaron staying on his wing.
- Bosco's goal after great team play.
- AJ playing a solid all round game.
- Vincent's attacking prowess from the back.
- Caleb "The Rock" in defence.
- Vinnie attacking the wing.
- Cody turning defence into attack.
- Andy making some great tackles.
- JD looking for scoring opportunities at the front.
- Amanda looking for opportunities on the wing.
- Josh's magnificent goalkeeping.
- Liam centering the midfield.
I asked the players to focus on fitness, ball skills and positional awareness during the week. Darryn also reminded them to practice throw in's without lifting their feet.
Things I learnt was to get the players warmed up better, with their minds on the job from the first whistle. I will come up with some ideas to assist them at practice.
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Great work.
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