TRAINING & MATCH - 15 & 16 MAY

Hi all 

Training is ON at Waverton pitches 17:30 on Friday 15^th May.

Saturday 16^th May – Match V Ellesmere Port Rangers

KO 09:00 (08:30 arrival)

Waverton Pitches (home)

Team:

Will B (G)
Alex
Lewis
Joshua
Bailey
Finlay
William

Please advise if NOT available.

Training with Robbie is on at 10:30 at Duck Pond.

Thanks

MATCH REPORT - FRI 8 MAY

Rockets 9 - 1 Dev Squad

A really useful and enjoyable friendly against a Waverton Development team who have really come on under Robbie's training.

The Rockets started very fast with goals coming from across the team. In the second quarter we swapped players about with Hugo, Harry, Charlie, Will B and William all taking turns playing for the Dev team which evened up the play with the Dev team winning the third quarter 1-0 with a great goal from Theo.

Rockets improved in the final quarter to score a couple more goals and keep a clean sheet.

Thanks to everyone who played in atrocious conditions!

The following day the Dev team boys went on to beat Upton 8-3 !!

MATCH REPORT - SAT 2 MAY

Rockets 5 : 6 Ellesmere Port 'A'

A really great effort against a strong Ellesmere Port team playing a league higher than our boys. Ellesmere Port took a 2-0 lead early on but we fought back well to go 2-1, 3-2, 5-3, 6-4 and eventually we nearly levelled getting back to 6-5.

We were unlucky on two occasions with a deflected own goal and a very direct throw-in which just clipped Hugo before going over the line. In fairness to Ellesmere Port they had one outstanding Academy player who was a constant threat.

Highlight of the game for the Rockets was Finlay's 'Gareth Bale' goal when he took the ball from defence, ran down the wing with pace before slotting in the finish.

We used all our available players and probably suffered a bit through too many changes but it was a good exercise for the lads against a decent team.

Well done to everyone.

Saughall Match Cancelled

Saughall have cancelled Saturday's game....

MATCH REPORT - SAT 25 APRIL

Barcelona 4 - 3 Real Madrid

An 'El Classico' friendly amongst the lads showed how far we have come in terms of finding space, positions and some passing. Lots of what we are practising at training in now evident in the matches.
 Barca went two up early on through Josh before Real Madrid got going and drew level. Some 'Xavi' like passes were finding Josh in lots of space but Real Madrid got much tighter and more organised in the second part of the game. William put Barca back in the lead with an instinctive Suarez type effort before Real Madrid equalised again through Finlay (2).
 In the final five minutes Barca scored again, Josh's hat-trick, and held on with some good saves from Hugo. Lewis, Wills, Rory and Charlie all piled on the pressure for Madrid in the final moments. Bailey, Rory and Alex worked very hard in the Barca midfield and defence.

TRAINING & MATCH - FRI 24 and SAT 25 APRIL

Hi all

Training is on at Waverton pitches on Friday at 17:30. Can all the boys please have drinks and shin-pads please. Shin-pads are needed (under our insurance rules) even at training.

We don't have a league match this Saturday and Blacon just cancelled our friendly (!!!) so as everyone is fit and available we will run a practise game 6v6, 4 x 10m quarters amongst our 12 lads. This will be at 09:00 KO at Waverton pitches (so arrival around 08:40).

The idea will be to run some technical training on Friday (so passing, moving, positions, drills from goal kicks and small sided games) and then see if it transpires through to the practise game on Saturday morning!!

See you all tomorrow. Any help with set-up and putting away always gratefully received.

Thanks
Rob & Paul

MATCH REPORT - SAT 18 APRIL

Vicars Cross 6 - 4 Rockets

A great performance from our lads against a strong team which previously beat Waverton 9 - 0 in October.

We showed great spirit in getting back into the game when several times it looked to be drifting away, and even at the very end we nearly got another with a great breakaway by Finlay who was still recovering from a sore foot after another bruising tackle!

Joshua and George continue to develop as forwards and are appreciating the need to be patient, find the space and wait for the ball to come to them. The ball didn't bounce right for George in this game but Josh managed to get three - our first and no doubt not our last hat-trick hero. Unfortunately the opposing coach did not let him keep the match ball! Lewis scored the other with a cracking strike.

Hugo once again drew the applause several times from both our and the opposition parents with some great saves and also demonstrated his kicking practice is clearly paying dividends.

Alex, Finlay and Charlie matched a physical opposition tackle for tackle and continue to show improved positional play and decision making at the back. Lewis, Wills and Rory worked hard in midfield and are clearly starting to understand the demands of playing in midfield mean you have to attack and defend, with Rory in particular showing a fearlessness in the tackle which was great to see.

Training is once again on Friday at 5.30. We are trying to get the boys to start passing more, look for space and not all go to the ball at the same time when the opposition have the ball. It will take time to get there but this result shows how well they are developing against teams that as a group have been together far longer than us.

There is no league match at the weekend but we are trying to arrange a friendly.