Thursday, 20 May 2010

Effra 0 Sporting Brixton 2

A belated, and brief, match report from last Saturday's game against The Herbert and Sporting Brixton.
Our first half performance was arguably our worst 45 minutes of the year. We lacked any real cohesion, as well as a complete lack of ability to string more than two passes together. It was extremely frustrating to see, as I know we are capable of much better. We headed in to the half-time break only 1-0 down, goodness knows how.
We started with a 4-4-2. However it became apparent that Brixton were flooding the midfield, so a quick re-shuffle saw Bobby Rauchenberg go off (much to his clear annoyance - incredibly Bobby later came on for the opposition), and he was replaced by Dave Rudd who put in a sterling shift as the holding midfield man in a 4-1-4-1. Of course this change meant we were less of a threat up front, but defensively we looked much tighter.
There were some harsh words at half-time. They had some effect, as we came flying out of the blocks in the second period. Suddenly we were playing like a team again, enjoying possession of the ball, playing simple give-and-gos, and at times matching Brixton (who, lest we forget, are an extremely good footballing side).
We were unlucky not to claim at least a consolation goal. We conceded only one more goal in the second-half, and everybody involved should take a great deal of pride from that second half performance. It was a drastic improvement on the first 45, and I hope that we can carry that battling spirit in to tonight's game, straight from the kick-off.
The MOTM went to Lee Clifford, who again made a string of crucial saves.
Keep the faith!

1 comment:

bobby said...

In my defence, I have played for Brixton for the last 2 seasons (when not injured), so I did have divided loyalties from the start.