Result - Loss - 1 - 0
Player of the day - Sam - for a awesome skills with positive passing and tackling.
Strengths - Some great movement out wide to get the ball up field & pressure on their goal.
Areas to develop - Positional play (again).
After today's game I got onto the whiteboard and have developed a better plan for subs and positions so players are more familiar with their positions each week.
My wife also thought I should read this clip from today's paper. As a coach I will take the article on board as I do find myself becoming a little too vocal from time to time.
There were a number of times where players seemed to forget what position they were in and the important links (particularly through midfield) to get the ball into an attacking position were simply missing. This meant there were players bunching together & when we got the ball would sometimes kick away possession.
We didn't have very many scoring opportunities, and the ones we did have weren't capitalised on. We didn't follow though on our attacks, which Lower Hutt did and were lucky to win the game by a goal scored in the 10th minute, but I guess they put themselves in the position so they could score.
Having said that there were many positives to take out of the game.
Player of the day, Sam, played positively and made some superb passes.
The AJ twins were busy attacking & defending (I'm sure there were 2 of them on the field again).
Andy made some decisive runs, carving up the opposition. They were obviously concerned and dealt to him with some physical defence which saw him carried off the pitch.
Liam was solid in defence and has a strong ability to read the game, getting the ball into attacking situations.
Amanda made some tackles and passed well to team mates. I was impressed when she fell back into the defensive line when defenders took the ball up.
Cody seemed to be frustrated in goal, because he made a huge contribution to the second half with skillful moves up the right hand side.
JD played up the front and looked like getting in a position to score a few times.
Bosco was captain for the day and proved solid in defence. His big kicks turned around the opposition more than a few times.
I was surprised Vinnie didn't score as he got past defenders time & time again.
Aaron looked dangerous on the left wing every time he got the ball and was unlucky not to score some goals.
Josh kept the opposition scoreless in the second half and was called on to make a number of saves which he handled easily.
Vincent was another player who seemed to be everywhere, from attacking to defending. He made some great probing runs and looking to attack from everywhere on the field.
Practice this week will focus on positional play and getting those shots into the goal!
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