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TUE JAN 20 21:00 NEW Boardeaux v Coffin Dodgers
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19-01-2009 1:01pm#1
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Frontier Psychiatrist wrote: »Wont be able to make this one. I have to stay in kilkenny overnight for work. Sorry (thats mainly aimed at martin
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I know the team can win this match though.
Don't worry about it Peter, can get the train right out to this place. Takes ages but it's the only one I can get to easy enough0 -
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So, strange game.
They turned up with 9 men, and we had a discussion, and had apparently decided to play a friendly if no more of them turned up, so I went with that.
then, just before kick off I got word that it was actually going to count as a league match, so I asked Gar if he fancied a run out with them, he agreed, and they upped to ten men. In fairness to Gar, he didn't do any messing, and got stuck in for them, I even think I saw him giving them some pointers. :P
We lined out 4-4-2
Daryl
Keith -- Dan -- Cathal -- Mick
Dave -- Martin -- Derek -- Gav
Art
Ciaran----
Jules and Eddie on the bench
I asked the lads at the back to play a high line, and for Daryl to deal with any long balls, which was done, apart from the fact that they left a hanger all night, but Dan and Cathal had that sorted after a minute or two.
going forward, I felt we should have been more clinical, in fact, I know we should have been. Sometimes I feel we try a pass or a touch too many, try to be too fancy.
Anyway, back to the game.
We took the lead with a bizarre goal, that I'm still not convinced actually went in, ciaran even said he turned away thinking it had been turned the other side of the post. i'm not one to argue with the ref though.
Ciaran scored again a while later, with a well placed shot into the bottom left corner.
Eddie came on for Derek midway through the first half, and then popped up with a 30 yard bending shot into the top corner, goal of the night.
then they had a shot from distance which looped over Daryl to make it 3-1 at ht
At half time I stuck Jules to LB in place of Mick, fair play to Mick, he had said to me before the game that he hadn't a problem with it. Good to see you back Jules
Art scored after a nice through ball put him one-on-one with the keeper, who initially blocked it, but typical Art determination kept him top of the scoring charts.
Then Gav got a shot away to make it 5, and then I decided to try and get more goals.
We went 3-4-3, and I think it stopped our flow a bit.
Crowded the last third too much or something, too many bodies.
Anyway, Dave put a nice ball accross, one all defenders hate for the very reason that it causes OG's, it's his second OG Assist of the season.
Last but not least, I should mention Daryl's excellent save at the end to turn that shot around the bottom of the post, keeping the score respectable.0 -
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Really enjoyed getting back into the action and this was pretty much the perfect game to do it. Happy enough with the reaction of the legs today, not normal but nowhere near what it was last time and given it looked in October that I mightn't ever play again without that pain I'll take it. Doesn't mean it's fully sorted as it gets worse the more you exert it, but I'll take it one game at a time and fingers crossed.
Lovely slick football played at times taking advantage of the extra space that would've troubled many teams, some lovely 6/7 pass moves were almost finished off beautifully. Their keeper was Jekyll & Hyde - pure muck first half throwin balls into the net all over the shop, then pure class second half touching everything onto or just around the posts.Crowded the last third too much or something, too many bodies.
Fully agree, we were cutting them to shreds out wide but always tried to play the ball in behind (tough with the speed of the surface) or whip it across into a box that was jammed when we had countless chances to cut it back for men in space at the edge of the box....would've easily hit those elusive double-digits if we'd done that more! But in fairness, at 6-1 lads are gonna try stuff to enjoy themselves so it's understandable.
Have to say the communication and organization is much improved, though again how much of it's hectic screaming at a fella versus calmly talking to each other to let him know you're there I'm not sure.....though that could just be my ears being dusty with the time off That said, that one shot I had from edge of the box was due to getting so many screamed roars for it that I couldn't make up my mind and just though 'f**k it' and had a pop! 0 -
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