Well I guess it was game of two halves but both were pretty rotten. The Celts got hit by a steam train on Sunday in the shape of the runaway Division 2 champions Fairfield. The less said about the first half the better as the Celts lost 7 goals to a relentless Fairfield attack. The second half was a much stronger performance by the Celts as they staunched the bleeding and allowed only 2 further goals. Believe it or not the defense played well under this hammering with both Jim and Tim holding off the masked raiders as best they could and the full backs trying they best to hold off the wing attacks. Dan was a stalwart in goal saving several shots that would have surely taken the visitors in to double figures. The midfielders tried hard but were over run by the fast moving opposition and the strikers were starved of any balls to them. We knew it would be a tough game but maybe not as bad as this. Watching most of it from the side I was struck by the simple way the Fairfield moved the ball. Pass and move, pass and move, pass and move....shoot. We tended to pass and stop or miss the pass under pressure. Anyway, we know that's all about fitness and match practice so if we ever want to play like Fairfield ( apart from signing a whole bunch of just turned 40 year olds ) that's what we would have to do.
On more cup game left before the season is over and then we switch to indoor!
MEN OF THE MATCH; They played under extreme pressure the whole game and tried their best to get a foot hold in the game so my men of the match goes to the whole defensive line that played during the game Flying Dan, Jim O, Tim, Kevin J, TomA, Johnny I and Tom P
Thanks to Annie for all the great pics!
What? 7 guys the one men of the match? really in a 9-0 lost game. So demagogic my dear manager, If you chose 7(midg,leprechauns) like me, well I will post ,,,jaja nice joke but them? they are big guys to make just one.
ReplyDeleteSorry J.H. but I'm not agree this time. Every one will agree if you chose Max as the MOM he was in the bench the whole game and he never said anything about time play and I bet you he probably will do the same or better than his owner.
Well Max who we are after all, he have the power we are just an entertainers. Next time my friend Max, next time, or the entire team will go on strike.
Fair point Tano. Max did not make a single mistake all game although he did pee on the field! Maybe the whole team gets MOM for entertainment
ReplyDeleteWell said Johnny except it felt like the Celts got hit by F-15 jet fighter instead of a steam train for the first half of the game. We knew it would be a tough game against a team with a perfect record and a Division 2 champion but honestly didn't realize they were this good. I realized most of their players were new except for few that I remembered from the past. I also remember, we used to beat the old Fairfield team when we were in second division. They definitely deserve to be in First division now.
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