Tonight's was surely the most disappointing game of the season - not because we lost... not because of the performance... but because of the shameful behaviour of my players particularly in the second half when energies that should have been channelled into competing and challenging our opponents were expended in arguing with our team mates, abusing the referee and arguing with our coaches. As a result a match that we could have won went away from us and a club that prides itself on our fairness and friendliness has been let down by the very players that have so superbly represented it for a number of years now.Having written to all our players and parents about this there is no need to say more in this match report other than I expect a positive response in future matches.
As for the match itself we dominated possession in both halves but were unable to create much in the way of clear cut opportunities as frustratingly our final balls were misplaced or over hit and too often our players turned back into trouble rather than passing into space making it easy for a pedestrian Staines side to clear their decks. In the second half Staines counter attacked quickly twice and scored twice before our frustrations boiled over and we just disintegrated. We were fortunate then to keep it down to two and this was only in thanks to some resolute defending, a couple of good saves from Nathan and some poor finishing from Staines.
This really was a match thrown away. I thought Staines were very average and, although I accept that we were probably quite tired, in the end we beat ourselves with our indiscipline. A very disappointing day for me as a coach and for the players.
Man of the Match - Mike Bell
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