Just a brief note to let people know that tomorrow night's game with Southside - Phil's work team - is now an official game in the MI Cup. Therefore selection will not follow the usual 'form, fitness etc' mantra, but will be a little more focused on winning the game. The squad will also only be 14 in number, and substitutes will not be made as freely as normal, but with the aim of winning the game. Ideally we will be 4-0 up after 20 minutes and we will all get plenty of football.
As for the game itself, well we all, of course, want to enjoy it, but i think a win is imperative. We have played some decent stuff in the last few weeks, even though we have been on the wrong end of results, so I see tomorrow night as a time to raise our levels, cut out any costly mistakes and win the game decisively. That's not to say we should approach the game complacently. We may well have beaten Southside 8-4 and 5-1 in our last two encounters, but i'm certain they will be sharper and more determined, and i have it on good authority, ie Phil, that they will be fielding a much stronger side. Therefore, to avoid the kind of disappointments we have had in this competition over the last couple of years, lets start strongly by playing the kind of quick, passing football we have shown in bursts over the last month or so, and keep playing that way for 90 minutes. I feel certain, if we do that, we will get a positive result from the game.
Oh, and one final thought. Any of you disappointed, either at being left out, or with the amount of football you get tomorrow night, will get plenty of football over the next couple of weeks. Hopefully you will use that playing time to prove to myself, or whoever else might be picking the team by that point, that i was wrong and you should have been playing a far more significant part in our next cup game.
Up the Accies.
Up the Accies.
1 comment:
Blimey!
SouthsideFC are sticking to the traditional , 'everyone gets a game even though that means we'll probably lose' policy - although we've agreed not to disrupt the game with too many substitutions.
Our best player's gone down with flu and he usually gives a lift to our second best player...usual story. We'll probably still have a biggish squad but any surplus Accies who want to show that it was a mistake to drop them - bring your boots and i'll fit you in if Southside are short.
Looking forward to a good game.
Elbows
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