Semi Final Round 2 (9/8/08)
“Ouch”……..This was not the fairytale end we had planned for our season. After playing so well last week…it all fell apart today. However…all credit to our guys and girl….we went down fighting and put in a big effort even down to the last whistle. Nathaniel really went for everything today and didn’t pull out of one tackle and was hungry for the ball….it was really nice to see your commitment today. We had a big task ahead and we missed Charlie and Matt and even Dale was not his spritely self today…..but thanks to Harry, Liam and Kad for doing a great job filling these positions over the last couple of weeks. On the whole….we were still in this match with 15 to go……..but we lost some momentum after Dale’s goal and the Hawks swooped in for the kill with some soft goals in the dieing minutes.
Hold your heads high team…..if the competition finished on time like it should have (3 weeks ago) it would have been a very different result. All credit to the Hawks….they played great soccer today and really moved the ball up field and showed great control from their keeper to their strikers. Lets hope they can dish out the same stuff to North Epping next week. …but soccer’s a funny game…maybe this was just their day.????
A big thanks to the Mums (and Dads) who bought the kids along to training and the games each week…….Yes…..I wanted to stay in a warm bed plenty of times….but I wanted to win more. Thanks to Peter and Phil for helping with the trainings, thanks to Liz for her great management skills and for giving us a nice smooth year and finally…..the kids…thanks for giving us parents something to yell about every Saturday morning.
You have done your parents and the club proud and it has given us a great base to build a strong Division 1 side next season.