Fairford Match

Well done to the 6 players that played today. Get well soon to James, Harry, Keiran and Thomas. Always sensible to rest up if you are not well.

A very exciting match . Wanborough who played extremely well as a team and had a few bits of bad luck. Particularly well done as we had no substitutes, so all had to play the entire match.

Man of the match went to Joe  for some skillfull defending and passing. Excellent goalie work from Aaron and Toby, who were both excellent in defence and I was very impressed by your willingness to take on these roles, even though you are often keener to be forward. A very mature attitude, thank you. Without good defence we would have had a much higher score line.

Jesse (fresh from his sick bed) showed real guts (and I hope you are having a nice rest now.) Rudran as ever was Mr Focused, really working hard on tackles and bringing the ball forward. In spite of a late arrival Daniel soon got into mode in midfield. With some nice clearing and good passing.

In general passing was at some moments really quite excellent. You were all looking for each other.  Some lovely defensive work and good tackles

Learning points: Try to decide on a player from the other team who you are going to try and keep with and prevent getting the ball. If I shout ‘[Mark Up’ this is what I mean. Especially if the other team are throwing on, have a free kick or have a corner.

                           If Wanborough are throwing on the person throwing needs to be quite quick, so that the other team have less time to get marking. They need to throw ‘down the line’. This means throwing it, in the direction of the opposition goal, along the side of the pitch, keeping it away from the centre.

                            If you are receiving a throw on, make sure you are positioned towards the opposition goal. Don’t stand too close to the person throwing on. Move around to make yourself hard to mark, and shout out ‘pass’ to the person throwing down.

                            If you are in defence. It’s fine to come forward sometimes. Many a good goal is scored by a skilled defender. However, If both defenders come too far forward then we make our goal easy for the other team. At least one of you will stay back. If the other team leave an attacker near the goal, someone must stay with them

                            If you are in attack you need to make sure that you are glued to the ball or ahead of the ball when it comes into our scoring half. This will mean running like mad once you see a team mate bringing it up towards our scoring end as they will need someone to pass to.

Maybe have a look at these with your parents and pick one that you think you would like to work on in the next match. You can’t do everything!

NEWS:

George has decided to have a break in his footballing career. We may see him again in the future, big thanks for his and the his family’s contribution this season.

Welcome to Luca who will be joining us as soon as he is over the ‘Lurgie’ that is afflicting Year 2 at the moment

See you at Training