DUNBAR 4 MYS BLACKS 3
I think we suffered in this game from a lack of regular matches, having lost 3 out of the last 4 Sundays due to a combination of bad weather, the September weekend and illness in an opposing team.
We were very slow off the mark against a very strong Dunbar team, who moved the ball around confidently. However, too often, we were second best to the ball and very tentative in the tackle. We gave away possession all over the pitch and defended poorly for the first 25 minutes, and paid the price as Dunbar took a deserved 2-0 lead.
Towards the end of the first half, we created our first real chances and Lloyd was unlucky to slide a left-foot shot across the face of goal and just wide.
Connor and Jason had been put under intense pressure in the first half and held things together well, while Cammy Brown made a couple of fine saves to keep the score down.
It is fair to say the boys got a bit of a rocket at half time for such a laklustre performance. Luckily, this seemed to work. With Jack moving into centre midfield to add some height and strength, Lloyd found much more space on the right side of midfield and had an excellent second half.
We were unlucky to go 3-0 down when a speculative flick from a Dunbar player looped high towards the top corner. Cammy got a hand on the ball and tipped it onto the bar but it fell right at the feet of a striker who couldn't miss from a yard out. At 3-0 down, we finally started to play and were starting to win far more tackles . When Jack picked up possesion in midfield and fired a high long-range shot into the net, we were back in contention. Brandon then showed superb technique to volley home from a corner at the back post to make it 3-2.
Dunbar were still creating chances and we were unlucky when a shot deflected off Jason and wrong-footed Cammy. However, Lloyd set up Seth to hammer another cracking goal into the corner and Lloyd twice came very close to equalising, while Scott also had a shot charged down late on. Right at the end, Callum almost curled a corner straight in to the back post, but it wasn't to be.
I praised the boys at the end for a superb second half display, which hopefully we can carry forward to next week. We scored three superb goals and played some excellent football when our backs were against the wall - we just gave Dunbar too much of a start.
Squad: Cammy, Connor, Jason, Jack, Lloyd, Seth, Callum, Brandon, Scott.
Scorers: Jack, Brandon, Seth
Man on the Match: Connor
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