BHFC BLACK 2-1######## A game of 2 "alves "

A game of 2 "alves" as they say, we were massively  on the front foot in the first 25 mins of the game, playing some great stuff, setting up again with Joe Regan & Hayden Porter playing as wing backs and a welcoming return after injury from Faith Mensah .Faith slotted back into the old fashioned sweeper role playing just behind Joe and Hayden . I am a big fan of this system I think it gives us a lot of space and width & I think the kids are getting used to it , and with our players now seemingly being comfortable in any position we can change it at any time to suit the opposition. We took the lead with a lovely move playing out from the back Will Packer found himself in loads of space and played a superb pass into Nathan B who drilled the ball low and hard into the bottom corner of the net. The second came from the left foot of Hayden P putting us 2 up at the break .The 2nd half was a different story the opposition came out firing on all cylinders wave after wave of attacks and you can see why they have came from higher divisions, strong and quick up front Coby pretty much kept us in the game after numerous saves, the best coming from the right foot from there number 9 from 20 yards out which was heading straight into the top corner , and Germans reaction was lightning tipping over the bar. Numerous saves followed with  Cobi pushing  round both posts gavering high crosses really was a masterful display. Another great game for the Fig, mostly his job today was in the middle of the pitch where he battled away but seeing we were really under the cosh later on sat back in the heart of the defence without any prompting from me and Kev. 50 minutes where I thought we had the rub of the green especially in the 2nd half , but we will take it as we definitely didn't deserve to be on the losing side in  the first game of the season  .A  game full of positives with the kids giving they're all , just one negative, we allowed them too much time on the ball today especially in and around our box, so in training Saturday ill dig out some practices on shutting down early .
A bit tongue in cheek Saturday at training Kev brought the head protectors and boxing gloves !! the kids  really enjoyed it, we also did a bit on shielding the ball and using our strength (iron bars), Max said to me at the end , can you let my dad know next time we are going to do it and ill bring my own gloves !!!!
This Saturday we are being joined by  FA tutor Mick Jolly, his role is to go around chartered standard clubs and give feed back to grass roots coaches, not to criticise but to watch and if needed give me another slant on the session or maybe how I can tweak it to make it better. I am always up for feedback, this is Mikes fourth time with us, it also gives me hours towards my continuous professional development as a coach , but with 85 hours already this year and another 32 hours being added once ive completed youth module 3, I only need to do 6 hours a season to keep my coaching badges live !!!!!!! Ill  see if he wants to bring his gloves !!!