On a day when neither side had league commitments, this friendly was arranged for two reasons – firstly for Bishops Cannings to check their progress after a narrow defeat against us a couple of weeks ago and secondly for Worton to prove that the result a couple of weeks ago was a ‘blip’.
The result proved one sided, but the match did not go without chances being created by Bishops Cannings.
A strong line up returned the convincing score – 4 more goals by Charlie and another by Harry meant Worton came out victors but there were some parts of the game that showed good and poor aspects.
Good – when we adopted short passing, almost 3 touch as we do in training, we were able to pass our way quickly through and past a congested midfield and defence. We created many chances and shots on goal and could have had a few more goals but for some good goalkeeping and poor finishing.
Poor – on two occasions their player picked up the ball and strolled past 3 or 4 Worton players without a substantial tackle being made – this cannot be allowed to happen – they must be stopped!! Additionally when we tried to dribble past too many players or did not look for the pass we often lost possession – once again some teams will punish us for this.
We did some good work in formations – starting 3-5-2, moving to 4-4-2 and a short spell at 3-4-3 – really dependant on who we had on the field at the time. Well done to all who moved positions during the game – especially to Alfie Miles-Hobbs who after 45 minutes on the wing swapped positions with James Black who had done very little in goal all game.
Overall, comfortable victory, good team work all around and a reasonably good warm-up for the cup match at Bishops Cannings on Saturday where I expect BC to have a couple of capable players back in their ranks.
Meanwhile, Derry Hill were unable to prevent Warminster Highbury winning their last league match. We now need to win our outstanding match to force a championship playoff with Warminster – I am still awaiting a League decision on when this match will be.
Once again a Man of the Match poll for players to complete (Coaches not on this one!!)
