ROCKETS 1 - 4 NEWTON
After a really good training session where we worked on first touch, pass and move and then painstakingly on defence to midfield we could see that our defenders all tried to pass and more importantly our midfielders were dropping off, moving and showing.
Some of our football this morning was superb and we scored a goal which came from Hugo and through the thirds before a killer ball to George who slotted home - that against a very good Newton side. We could have had other similar goals and whilst the score-line is emphatic the game was good to watch and we were not camped in our half.
Having gone 0-1 down we had our usual second quarter wobble to go into half-time at 0-3. That said, we talked about the next goal, got our heads back up and we got back into it from George.
The final 25 minutes of play ended 1-1 and we played some lovely stuff with a calmness and confidence sweeping though the team.
Speaking for myself, I've been worried if our Cup run would have a positive or negative effect on the rest of the season but if we can play like we did today then we have got a lot to look forward to when we get back to the league and tournaments. If we can match patient, calm build up play to our dynamism and speed from the early season we will be really good and should be able to control games more easily and see out tough moments.
We've one more Cup match to go against a Malpas team who will give us half a chance so hopefully we can play with the same belief and passing. We have told all the boys that we don't mind if we make mistakes or concede but we have to play football - the days of us punting it long ball into an oncoming midfield or running head down into trouble have to be put to bed.
Well done boys. Great performance.
MOTM went to Alex who like all the players took the training session into the match.
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