The Sharks were returning after a confidence boasting comeback-victory last week that took courage, bravery and belief to achieve. We were now faced with another challenge, having to play our home fixture away from home, and with an early start and a fair distance to travel I want to say a big thank you to my parents for the great turn out, and to the opposition for allowing us to do this otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this match report but entering a postponement instead.
It is a rare event that we have every Shark available this weekend, so the starting lineup is as follows: the returning Dylan in goal (welcome back), Elliott, Jack, Giacomo, Jake, Freddie and Caleb, which means Liam, Josh, Harry and Aidan will be starting from the bench this week. I just want to stress, with the boys who start from the bench it isn’t that they are playing badly or not valued but it is an opportunity to have a strong bench that enables me to balance the team as best as I can.
With the wind blowing and a low sun, the Sharks kicked off the first half looking to extend their winning run, we were expecting a tough game as this was the first time that we were playing this team who had just moved into our league from the one above.
The game started well, with Giacomo being ‘work man like’ in the middle of the park, closing players down and creating space for others too. The Sharks were on top during the early exchanges creating good chances for Freddie, Jake and Giacomo; Jake and Elliott looking solid at the back; Jack was pushing forward supporting Giacomo well, filling in the gaps that were being left and tiding up if and when needed. Caleb was being disciplined, holding his position well and covering defensive duties when we had an attacking corner.
The Sharks took an early lead through Jake, it was smart play from Aidan that helped create this, he broke the play up well holding onto the ball before passing to Giacomo who created the space that Jake run onto before receiving his pass. He controlled the ball well before lashing the ball into the back on the net. A great start especially for Jake, as he really needed that goal to help his confidence.
As the game settled into a good pattern, the Sharks were becoming dominant making Dylan a spectator at points during the first half. The Sharks then doubled their lead through Aidan, I cannot tell you how happy it makes me that Aidan managed to score his second goal for the Sharks this season. He took it well. He won the ball fair and square via a 50/50 challenge, strided into the box before hitting a crisp shot that ended in the back of the net. This put the Sharks into a commanding position.
As the game continued, the same pattern was shaping up. I believe the boys sensed that there were goals to be scored and they began running with the ball rather than passing and moving into space as they should have been doing.
As the first half was coming to a close, the Sharks managed to triple their lead. This time it was a scrappy goal. This came about because the lads refused to let the opposition have time on the ball that they wanted, they fought for everything that became lose, and with that determination the ball broke to Laim who stabbed the ball home.
With seconds remaining of the first half, Giacomo burst through the middle of the park, he was bearing down on goal, and was just about to take his shot when his chance was snatched away from him by the half time whistle. This was a shame because I had no doubts that Giacomo would have extend our lead further.
With a quick pep talk, reminding them all to PASS the ball and not to just run with it the Sharks took to the field for the second half. As the second half begun, it was clear that the Sharks were too strong on this particular day, because within the first 5 minutes the Sharks managed to add another couple of goals making the score line look very one sided, these goals were added by Giacomo, and Freddie, both were scored from close range.
In an attempt to give some of the Sharks who it needed more playing time, I was able to reshape the team to give them a chance and also give some of the lad’s different roles so they could express themselves without having defensive responsibility.
Now with the team reshaped and still having a strong balance, the Sharks managed to add more goals to the score line. This time Jake scored another well taken goal. Then Aidan scored again, his second in the game, this came from a corner that the keeper failed to hold onto that Aidan was able to volley home from close range.
The opposition were trying extremely hard to get onto the score, and were starting to get some joy, but when they did breach our defensive line we were thankful for Dylan who managed to pull off a good save.
The Sharks then added another couple of goals, these were from Giacomo, his second of the game, and Freddie, once again scoring two within one game. So we had four players who had scored two goals each, Giacomo, Freddie, Aidan and Jake, but who would manage to get their hat trick.
With the result now safe and the game effectively over, I was able to make further changes to the team, still keeping a good balance. The opposition then managed to pull a goal back, with a good shot that Dylan managed to get a hand to but could not stop completely. The ref made the decision that the ball had crossed the line and gave the goal, if the ball crossed the line or not I am not 100% sure, but I was happy for the opposition who to their credit never gave up and deserved something from this game.
With the team, now reshaped, and Elliott playing in a more advanced role, the Sharks added another goal from the boot of Elliott, which was well laid on by Giacomo, Giacomo had a chance for the hat trick but was unselfish and played through to Elliot instead. Well done young man.
Then came the moment of the match, where poor Harry managed to do a Steven Gerrard: He was in complete control, but the vital moment when he was only a few yard off his attacker he turned sharply and slipped over allowing the attacker to race clean through in on goal to score. There was no doubting this time that the ball had crossed the line.
With the game coming to a close it was Jake that managed to claim the honor of scoring his third goal of the game. Jack broke play up again, and attempted a long range effort, with the wind holding the ball up, Jake stole in front of the goal keeper and got his head to the ball, this sent the ball up and over the goal keeper for a great goal.
The game closed with a convincing win, every lad played really well, Josh is starting to show signs that he is adjusting to a bigger pitch, Harry is improving week upon week. Well done to all of the lads that scored, but it was a team effort and without everybody involved this result could not have been achieved.
Thank you to all you parents once again for your support to the boys and myself, you are the people that make this team.
It is a rare event that we have every Shark available this weekend, so the starting lineup is as follows: the returning Dylan in goal (welcome back), Elliott, Jack, Giacomo, Jake, Freddie and Caleb, which means Liam, Josh, Harry and Aidan will be starting from the bench this week. I just want to stress, with the boys who start from the bench it isn’t that they are playing badly or not valued but it is an opportunity to have a strong bench that enables me to balance the team as best as I can.
With the wind blowing and a low sun, the Sharks kicked off the first half looking to extend their winning run, we were expecting a tough game as this was the first time that we were playing this team who had just moved into our league from the one above.
The game started well, with Giacomo being ‘work man like’ in the middle of the park, closing players down and creating space for others too. The Sharks were on top during the early exchanges creating good chances for Freddie, Jake and Giacomo; Jake and Elliott looking solid at the back; Jack was pushing forward supporting Giacomo well, filling in the gaps that were being left and tiding up if and when needed. Caleb was being disciplined, holding his position well and covering defensive duties when we had an attacking corner.
The Sharks took an early lead through Jake, it was smart play from Aidan that helped create this, he broke the play up well holding onto the ball before passing to Giacomo who created the space that Jake run onto before receiving his pass. He controlled the ball well before lashing the ball into the back on the net. A great start especially for Jake, as he really needed that goal to help his confidence.
As the game settled into a good pattern, the Sharks were becoming dominant making Dylan a spectator at points during the first half. The Sharks then doubled their lead through Aidan, I cannot tell you how happy it makes me that Aidan managed to score his second goal for the Sharks this season. He took it well. He won the ball fair and square via a 50/50 challenge, strided into the box before hitting a crisp shot that ended in the back of the net. This put the Sharks into a commanding position.
As the game continued, the same pattern was shaping up. I believe the boys sensed that there were goals to be scored and they began running with the ball rather than passing and moving into space as they should have been doing.
As the first half was coming to a close, the Sharks managed to triple their lead. This time it was a scrappy goal. This came about because the lads refused to let the opposition have time on the ball that they wanted, they fought for everything that became lose, and with that determination the ball broke to Laim who stabbed the ball home.
With seconds remaining of the first half, Giacomo burst through the middle of the park, he was bearing down on goal, and was just about to take his shot when his chance was snatched away from him by the half time whistle. This was a shame because I had no doubts that Giacomo would have extend our lead further.
With a quick pep talk, reminding them all to PASS the ball and not to just run with it the Sharks took to the field for the second half. As the second half begun, it was clear that the Sharks were too strong on this particular day, because within the first 5 minutes the Sharks managed to add another couple of goals making the score line look very one sided, these goals were added by Giacomo, and Freddie, both were scored from close range.
In an attempt to give some of the Sharks who it needed more playing time, I was able to reshape the team to give them a chance and also give some of the lad’s different roles so they could express themselves without having defensive responsibility.
Now with the team reshaped and still having a strong balance, the Sharks managed to add more goals to the score line. This time Jake scored another well taken goal. Then Aidan scored again, his second in the game, this came from a corner that the keeper failed to hold onto that Aidan was able to volley home from close range.
The opposition were trying extremely hard to get onto the score, and were starting to get some joy, but when they did breach our defensive line we were thankful for Dylan who managed to pull off a good save.
The Sharks then added another couple of goals, these were from Giacomo, his second of the game, and Freddie, once again scoring two within one game. So we had four players who had scored two goals each, Giacomo, Freddie, Aidan and Jake, but who would manage to get their hat trick.
With the result now safe and the game effectively over, I was able to make further changes to the team, still keeping a good balance. The opposition then managed to pull a goal back, with a good shot that Dylan managed to get a hand to but could not stop completely. The ref made the decision that the ball had crossed the line and gave the goal, if the ball crossed the line or not I am not 100% sure, but I was happy for the opposition who to their credit never gave up and deserved something from this game.
With the team, now reshaped, and Elliott playing in a more advanced role, the Sharks added another goal from the boot of Elliott, which was well laid on by Giacomo, Giacomo had a chance for the hat trick but was unselfish and played through to Elliot instead. Well done young man.
Then came the moment of the match, where poor Harry managed to do a Steven Gerrard: He was in complete control, but the vital moment when he was only a few yard off his attacker he turned sharply and slipped over allowing the attacker to race clean through in on goal to score. There was no doubting this time that the ball had crossed the line.
With the game coming to a close it was Jake that managed to claim the honor of scoring his third goal of the game. Jack broke play up again, and attempted a long range effort, with the wind holding the ball up, Jake stole in front of the goal keeper and got his head to the ball, this sent the ball up and over the goal keeper for a great goal.
The game closed with a convincing win, every lad played really well, Josh is starting to show signs that he is adjusting to a bigger pitch, Harry is improving week upon week. Well done to all of the lads that scored, but it was a team effort and without everybody involved this result could not have been achieved.
Thank you to all you parents once again for your support to the boys and myself, you are the people that make this team.
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