Has the gaffer lost the plot or was I watching a different game.His kindness to you players is unbelievable.
Leading 2-0 after 5 minutes the mollies looked like causing an upset but fortunately they didn't let me down up until half time I had nothing to report or critises. The second half as Matt tenderly hints was a watching another team or dare I say match fixing springs to mind. Players forgot to man mark and on two occasions dead ball situation allowed them to take full advantage of slack defending.Oppositon players were allowed freedom that only the united nations can dream about,As Allan said after the match we ran alot however, as I said you did not pass the ball to each other and attacks broke when players tried to dribble through.Matt complains regarding the present system its only 5 a side.The main talking point after the match was how many goals did you score. Steve and Allan be proud to be defenders.When we had defenders thye team line up included.
Matt
Robbie Leo
Nathan Gareth
So whats changed ? Allan likes to forward to sit in the left corner then rushes back to witness the other team scoring.Steve doesn't like staying in defence and spent the second half letting opposition players too much room he drifted away from them leaving them space. What was most different between the two teams in the second half was their passing and finish ours was non-existent.
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Friday, 28 November 2008
Blast From The Past - Video Review 2/4/08
As promised 8 months ago, now that I have my new computer, here is the two part video review for The Molly Maguires versus The Entertainers on 2/4/08 - Part 1 (as seen only on Facebook) and the previously unseen Part 2.
Thursday, 27 November 2008
Gaffers Gob 26/11/08
Last nights match can be summed up by my newly made up saying "What a difference half time makes".
With renewed confidence bolstered by a very strong performance in the first 10 minutes of the match, the Mollie's entered half time, although one down, confident of pressing and gaining a lead in the second half. Indeed this happened with the Mollie's equalising at 5 -5 just after half time. Unfortunately, they went on to score a further ten goals to our one.
My experience in goal tells me that the Mollie's have developed a slightly more defensive and counter attacking system in the time that Gareth and Nathan have been absent. With Nathan playing up front and not tracking back as much as Mike or Alan, i felt busier in goal. It may be that we should play in a 2-1-1 instead of a 2-2 with Nathan kind of utilised as a goal hanger and making use of forward passes and runs from the back from Mike, Leo and Alan (until his lungs allow him to track back more) . It seems to me that the Mollie's did not adequately adapt to a more attacking minded player returning (a similar problem to when Carlos played). That's not to detract from the constant threat on goal that Nathan poses and his finishing will become more clinical as his fitness and timing return and the Mollie's adapt to having him back up front (and it was nice to have someone make use of a kick off and to aim at when throwing the ball out). Alan (another goal threat of an entirely different calibre) was likely disappointed as his well finished own goal was disallowed for being over head height when he deflected it into the corner. However, it was a deadly finish none the less and one that the gaffer should be aware of at all times should he wish to back pass.
These teething problems should not detract from what was a very good performance at the back with Leo and Steve putting in very good defensive displays and Mike and Alan carrying the ball forward well. Unfortunately the Mollie's were a bit profligate up front (although their keeper(s) had a very good performance) despite Leo's long range effort being the goal of the game. Should our striking tighten up a bit i can feel confident that we'll do very when in Div 1. I say that in light of The Elite and Best Since Best (our next two opponents) drawing 17 all last night hinting that i may be something of a dart board in the next two matches.
With renewed confidence bolstered by a very strong performance in the first 10 minutes of the match, the Mollie's entered half time, although one down, confident of pressing and gaining a lead in the second half. Indeed this happened with the Mollie's equalising at 5 -5 just after half time. Unfortunately, they went on to score a further ten goals to our one.
My experience in goal tells me that the Mollie's have developed a slightly more defensive and counter attacking system in the time that Gareth and Nathan have been absent. With Nathan playing up front and not tracking back as much as Mike or Alan, i felt busier in goal. It may be that we should play in a 2-1-1 instead of a 2-2 with Nathan kind of utilised as a goal hanger and making use of forward passes and runs from the back from Mike, Leo and Alan (until his lungs allow him to track back more) . It seems to me that the Mollie's did not adequately adapt to a more attacking minded player returning (a similar problem to when Carlos played). That's not to detract from the constant threat on goal that Nathan poses and his finishing will become more clinical as his fitness and timing return and the Mollie's adapt to having him back up front (and it was nice to have someone make use of a kick off and to aim at when throwing the ball out). Alan (another goal threat of an entirely different calibre) was likely disappointed as his well finished own goal was disallowed for being over head height when he deflected it into the corner. However, it was a deadly finish none the less and one that the gaffer should be aware of at all times should he wish to back pass.
These teething problems should not detract from what was a very good performance at the back with Leo and Steve putting in very good defensive displays and Mike and Alan carrying the ball forward well. Unfortunately the Mollie's were a bit profligate up front (although their keeper(s) had a very good performance) despite Leo's long range effort being the goal of the game. Should our striking tighten up a bit i can feel confident that we'll do very when in Div 1. I say that in light of The Elite and Best Since Best (our next two opponents) drawing 17 all last night hinting that i may be something of a dart board in the next two matches.
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Gaffers Gob
The Hurricanes seem to have decided that discretion is the better part of valour (or they just fancied watching the England match instead) this week and cancelled on us. Despite this being our first win of the season, Steve took the news badly and at lunch on Wednesday, was nigh on crying into his Americano coffee. Despite his defensive hard man status and Vinnie Jones like reputation, he really does take rejection badly. Anyway, kick off is 7pm next week and see's the return of one half of our strike force in Nathan. Gareth despite being advised to have another month lay off played through an 11 a side match during the week without issue so will hopefully return quickly.
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Gaffer's Gob (Athletico Becks 12/11/08)
A week is a long time in charge of the Mollie's neatly sums up my feelings following Wednesday nights performance against Athletico Becks. After the detritus that was our match against the Elite the return of Big Mike and Robbie injected some much needed defensive backbone into our aging line-up at the expense of any attack minded players. Therefore it was no surprise that we held up well only conceding 6 goals, equally it was no surprise we only scored 4. However, in terms of sheer performance and guts shown it was a marked improvement from the previous week. Steve continued to show that he is the dirtiest player in our league with cynical trips and defensive positioning offsetting a lack of speed. Robbie also showed natural athleticism in barely breaking a sweat following a lay of about 3 months.
What made this a much more pleasing performance was the passing and general skill shown by the Mollie's (except up front). The impending return of Nathan is a boost for next week, especially given the natural finishing of Mike (some 40 foot above the bar and counting) and Alan (great finish, wrong net). However, this small errors in front of goal aside, the team has shown a great return to form with the hope of three points next week against fellow relegation battlers The Hurricanes. They lost 20-7 against The Elite on Wednesday indicating that the ringer may be a somewhat more permanent problem than hoped. Equally, our net loss by 8 goals against their 13 goals indicates that we may have some hope for our first points of the season.
What made this a much more pleasing performance was the passing and general skill shown by the Mollie's (except up front). The impending return of Nathan is a boost for next week, especially given the natural finishing of Mike (some 40 foot above the bar and counting) and Alan (great finish, wrong net). However, this small errors in front of goal aside, the team has shown a great return to form with the hope of three points next week against fellow relegation battlers The Hurricanes. They lost 20-7 against The Elite on Wednesday indicating that the ringer may be a somewhat more permanent problem than hoped. Equally, our net loss by 8 goals against their 13 goals indicates that we may have some hope for our first points of the season.
Anonymous comments (Athletico Becks 12/11/08)
Worth the drag away from the fireplace on a cold and frosty night well it was cold.Mollies played as if they had some pride and would have like to have won if given the chance by the opposition.The long balls still gave Matt the idea he could win the game by scoring from a deflection, but at least this time we were giving 101% effort. Passing to each other was coming back into the game and rarely did Allan make the long runs into the corner. He seems to have readily accepted he plays better in defence and given a few more weeks in the role he will make the role his perminently.Leo played his usual role with determination and it would be remiss of me not to mention his three clear misses,I find it difficult to critise him as he himself is his biggest critic.The mollies would not be the mollies without him and you would not have your worthy cheerleader if he was dropped.Steve is finding the running after the young players difficult it maybe looking forward to his retirement do.We had some good news last night on the injury front Nathan maybe be coming back next week and hopefully it will be the end of the goal famine.Gareth 3 weeks time which will test theplayers for their places. When we play this team again in December we could hopefully be chosing from ,Matt, Leo, Mike,Nathan,Carlos?Gareth,little Mike, Steve, Allan, Robbie.
Thursday, 13 November 2008
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