Dameerto wrote:Less than ten minutes to go for the U18's and they've let a 3-1 lead slip by conceding 2 goals in eight minutes to make it 3-3.
Hell maybe some of you don't actually know that WBA scored again in the 4th minute of injury time to beat us 4.3!!! So that's 3.1 up with about 15 minutes to go and we lost.
Silly silly game.It started slowly with us having the ball and doing not much and WBA happy to get 10 or 11 behind the ball.Then we started to play and created a few things before Vasi the left back was fouled and we got a pen. maybe a dodgy one but 6 goons who came in late decided at the wrong moment to push along my row and I missed it.We were miles the better side and apart from one decent attack our keeper wasn't involved for ages.
Then early 2nd half they got a free kick which the keeper came for and got nowhere near and then watched a nothing header bounce into the net. We scored with a shocking keeper error at the other end and then a 3rd from Fernandez. This was a gem as he ran across from the right side, took a great pass from Wood on his chest and smashed the ball under the keeper after it bounced once.From there it should have been a win but Boadu got injured and although I haven't mentioned his name by now he was the star player on the pitch for me.
He got no protection from the ref was was a joke but he was the one who moved forward with the ball with his great feet and ability to turn defenders and good pace too.He commits players and can dribble and is a very talented lad. Whether him going off was a real reason we conceded 3 goals I doubt it but it happened.
WBA were actually a decent attacking side when they had a go and it showed up our defensive weaknesses. Like the first team we had a few today who were not really very helpful in team defending. The striker Buckley ( who played well) did some good defending from the front but obviously when the real defending was needed. It was the same also with Garcia and Fernandez and most of the time with Dilrosun so we defended with about 6 defenders.That might not be so bad if they defended well but they didn't when under pressure.
Humphreys is ok at centre back but he isn;t that tall and can be beaten in the air but as I have said before he isn't a full back.When he gets out in wide positions he is easily beaten and was again today. Similarly Charlie Oliver the other center back and from one cross that was too easily made they scored their second.The 3rd came when a guy was allowed an easy 20 yard shot.It hit the bar but was headed home by their full back.Their center back scored the 2nd.
God knows what happened on their winner but suffice to say we were defending desperately and just seemed to be outnumbered which is a little wrong.
So not a great day for the 18's.Quite good for Fernandez who scored 2 and looks a tricky customer and he is either 16 or just 17 but a slip of a lad.Boadu as I said was quality, Wood had some good moments but some mares as well. Dilrosun was supposed to be sub but I think Nemane dropped out during the warm up. Shame that as I like Nemane and I think Dilrosun is very very average.I thought he was below average today.