You all put up a good fight today against table toppers Bideford Blues and I couldn't have asked for much more. It was a superb effort and you should be proud that you gave them such a competitive game - I think they were a tad concerned at the 0-0 half-time scoreline.
Their Manager paid you high praise at the end of the game and said how impressed he was at how much you have improved since the 14-0 defeat to them earlier in the season.
As expected Bideford were quick out of the traps and were looking to shoot at any opportunity. Ollie made some excellent saves and some good closing down forced other shots to go wayward. We grew more confident as the game went on and started to create chances of our own, a particularly good one created from a great Zak Milling cross that we just couldn't get across the line.
The start of the second half was much the same, lots of Bideford pressure but we stood firm until conceding a pretty soft goal from close range. Seemingly stunned by this we let in an almost identical goal straight after putting us 2-0 down, which was so disappointing after how well we defended up until this point.
Credit to you all, despite being very tired, you kept going and whilst Bideford did get 2 more before the end we had good spells of possession and made opportunities to score.
Joseph gets the captains armband for his solid performance both at right and left back and a great goal line clearance in the first half.
Worth a mention
George and Zak Burnard formed a good partnership in the centre of defence and made some excellent strong tackles. Asher and Sean showed improvement in their defending too.
This game goes to show that you have nothing to fear playing any team. Well done boys and see you Monday at training for some more shooting - think we need to practice our kick offs too by the way! ;-)
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