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Ibis FC 4's Match report
A tough start to the season was underlined by the punishment of mistakes by our opposition this week. We did have a late dropout & a couple of late arrivals but we also had a late addition in goal so a bit of rejigging was done on the starting 11. After a good warm up my first game as Ibis 4’s captain got underway and with Boney on the sideline helping us with instructions We did go 1-0 up during a very positive first 20-25 minutes as Pete Snell’s speculative effort ended up as a Goal of the week contender as it was a fantastic strike. But after that we did sit back and start overplaying the ball and we conceded somewhat of a sloppy goal, against the run of play it must be said. One of the goals we conceded I (SSLJA) have to say I was directly culpable for, I got the ball & came in from the left when I should have turned out, I lost the ball and we got instantly punished for it, captains log? More like captains botch on that one. So we ended up 3-1 down at half time and it has to be mentioned that during the 1st half after the 3rd goal we conceded we had to make a quick substitution as frustration began to rear it’s head when one of our players stormed off.
Half time came and we tried to keep our heads up and with Nhamo & Boney on for Kendal & Jordan in a move I made to try and get more of the ball we started the 2nd half we just couldn’t keep hold of the ball for any extended period of time (especially in midfield) with eventually became out undoing as our back 4 was under constant pressure. We did get it back to 3-2 with Jon East getting himself onto the score sheet with a low place effort into the bottom left hand corner but the joy from that was short lived as we ended up conceding another 2 and in the aftermath of the 5th goal we conceded I had to come off injured after landing awkwardly on my back.
So, from the side lines I tried to survey the game and get things going after getting Kendal back on at left back after Nhamo had earlier been switched to left mid to get Furness in the middle for a bit more control of the middle of the park the guys carried on and ended up conceding one more goal to make it 6, but oddly enough for the last 15-20minutes or so we actually played like we did in the 1st 20mintes with some nice possession play and keeping the ball well but the damage had already been done so we ended up seeing out the game with no more than 6 conceded. An honourable mention to Gavin Henry aka Da Gman who came on for Pete Snell and put in a good shift, but for a somewhat disjointed team there were positives to take, but one thing that was underlined is that this season will be a challenge, but challenges are there to be overcome & promotion is the aim!!!
I’m Straight Shootin’ LJA and that’s my take on the match
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