Saturday, January 24, 2009
Poor Twenty Minutes Costs Old Boys Dear
BGSOB 1-2 Didsbury VI
Hillary
A poor twenty minute spell in the first half saw the Old Boys concede two goals which ultimately cost them the game, in this close encounter.
The game started with both teams looking to attack, playing neat passing hockey. With ten minutes gone Sameer Sheikh won the ball on the edge of his own ‘D’ and started a six man move that lead to the opening goal. Lowe, Berry, Matthews, Cooke and Waywell combined down the left flank to slice open the Didsbury defence. The final cross was turned in by Hillary from close range, to put Bury in the driving seat.
What followed however was a very poor spell for the Old Boys. Passes were not accurate enough and the basics of pressure, closing down and movement all vanished. Didsbury took full advantage and scored two quick goals. The first saw Sameer Sheikh lose his man at the far post, resulting in an easy tap in, whilst the second came as the Didsbury striker narrowly beat the Bury defence to a low cross. The deflection of a defender’s stick took the ball out of keeper Heaton’s reach as it found the side netting.
Didsbury were denied two further goals as Heaton and Tariq Sheikh combined to keep out further efforts. In the final five minutes of the half, Bury remembered that they were playing hockey and began to apply themselves again. The resultant pressure saw the ball camped in the Didsbury half. Two short corners came close before Waywell, looked set to level the scores. The striker burst clear with one defender to beat, and neatly moved the ball past him. However before he could set his sights on goal, Waywell was abruptly stopped in his tracks and the chance was gone.
A fiery team talk saw Bury start the second half as they ended the first. In fact, as they were now doing the basics right again they dominated the second thirty five minutes. Didsbury were only able to mount two attacks of note. One ended with a short corner being easily cleared and the other saw a cross fly out of the ‘D’, to start another Bury attack.
Waywell, Cooke, Berry, Matthews, Hillary, Sameer Sheikh, Foster, Fernando and Tariq Sheikh all had chances as shot after shot, long corner after long corner peppered the Didsbury goal. However some fine goalkeeping and errant finishing ensured that the Old Boys could grab the equaliser their second half efforts merited.
The Old Boys will be hoping that one twenty minute period will not prove to be a major slip up as the season nears its end. With a week off to reflect, Bury will know that the next game at Prescot will need a full seventy minute performance, not the fifty of this week.
Squad: Heaton, T. Sheikh, Lowe, S. Sheikh, Berry, Foster, Hillary, Matthews, McManus, Waywell, Cooke, Dowd, Fernando, Robinson, Wright, Todd.
MOM: Heaton
Hillary
A poor twenty minute spell in the first half saw the Old Boys concede two goals which ultimately cost them the game, in this close encounter.
The game started with both teams looking to attack, playing neat passing hockey. With ten minutes gone Sameer Sheikh won the ball on the edge of his own ‘D’ and started a six man move that lead to the opening goal. Lowe, Berry, Matthews, Cooke and Waywell combined down the left flank to slice open the Didsbury defence. The final cross was turned in by Hillary from close range, to put Bury in the driving seat.
What followed however was a very poor spell for the Old Boys. Passes were not accurate enough and the basics of pressure, closing down and movement all vanished. Didsbury took full advantage and scored two quick goals. The first saw Sameer Sheikh lose his man at the far post, resulting in an easy tap in, whilst the second came as the Didsbury striker narrowly beat the Bury defence to a low cross. The deflection of a defender’s stick took the ball out of keeper Heaton’s reach as it found the side netting.
Didsbury were denied two further goals as Heaton and Tariq Sheikh combined to keep out further efforts. In the final five minutes of the half, Bury remembered that they were playing hockey and began to apply themselves again. The resultant pressure saw the ball camped in the Didsbury half. Two short corners came close before Waywell, looked set to level the scores. The striker burst clear with one defender to beat, and neatly moved the ball past him. However before he could set his sights on goal, Waywell was abruptly stopped in his tracks and the chance was gone.
A fiery team talk saw Bury start the second half as they ended the first. In fact, as they were now doing the basics right again they dominated the second thirty five minutes. Didsbury were only able to mount two attacks of note. One ended with a short corner being easily cleared and the other saw a cross fly out of the ‘D’, to start another Bury attack.
Waywell, Cooke, Berry, Matthews, Hillary, Sameer Sheikh, Foster, Fernando and Tariq Sheikh all had chances as shot after shot, long corner after long corner peppered the Didsbury goal. However some fine goalkeeping and errant finishing ensured that the Old Boys could grab the equaliser their second half efforts merited.
The Old Boys will be hoping that one twenty minute period will not prove to be a major slip up as the season nears its end. With a week off to reflect, Bury will know that the next game at Prescot will need a full seventy minute performance, not the fifty of this week.
Squad: Heaton, T. Sheikh, Lowe, S. Sheikh, Berry, Foster, Hillary, Matthews, McManus, Waywell, Cooke, Dowd, Fernando, Robinson, Wright, Todd.
MOM: Heaton
