Just Back - Leverstock Green Game

It was a truly awful match - the only excitement being Hashi's superb 25 yard lob after 5 minutes and then 2 huge brawls on the 98th minute and at the final whistle. The rest was a tale of dreadful defending, insipid attacking play, overhit and underhit passes,shanks and an amazing consistency to be unable to find a colleague with a pass or header.
It was a bitty first half, and we just got worse in the 2nd half BUT , thanks mainly to Hoppy, we hung on. LG will be desperately disappointed not to have gained a point.
There was a bizarre moment where our sub was subbed for the perpetually ineffectual Josh and then shortly after an incident where it appeared we seemed to have 3 players go down injured all at the same time.
I still don't know what all the brawls were about, but it did show something about the team spirit that nearly everyone piled in !

Motm definitely Hoppy. Woody tried to keep his head whilst all around him were losing theirs. Kamil battled manfully ,but nothing went his way, and I think that is probably true for many others (even the right back Liam, who I have really enjoyed watching so far, didn't seem quite at the same level).
Thought Kone when he came on provided a bit of vigour and enthusiasm n did some good things.

Anyway,they say the sign of a decent team is the ability to win when not playing well, so hopefully this bodes well!
5th in the league , which is a great start; a week off is probably not a bad thing, week to rest and recover from the injuries n a chance for this new team to get even more acquainted with each other

6/6 great start and credit to the management & players, we are going to have games where teams will be on top of us, and we will lose games too, but that’s 2 games now with 0 conceded which in any league is brilliant.

Think we missed Luqman & Tuttle last night, hoping there injuries aren’t too bad and having no game this weekend gives them more time to get back!

Think the team against Biggleswade is out strongest lineup, maybe bring in bewley for kian & that’s a very good side

Only negative thing I would say, we DESPERATELY need a back up striker, no disrespect to Josh, but we almost play with 10 when he comes on

First half we were good in spells and played some nice football. Leverstock looked like a team who clearly have their set style of play and didn't ever stray from that but I think they'll struggle this season.

As the second half went on we looked really leggy and they grew into the game. It was a resolute performance with some excellent performances at the back. Particularly from Hoppy and the two CBs. Thought Kian looked solid.

Last night will be remembered for Hashii's wonder goal and that we got the three points. You have to win ugly sometimes (a trait we lacked for most of last season).