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U16 Draw Blanks at North Coast Having two wins under their belt the under 16 platoon and myself had great expectations as we prepared to go North by Northwest to the wind-swept home pitch of North Coast Integrated College. With the young guns from Year 11 unavailable the Year 12 boys would have to prove their metal and set out their claims for each of their positions for the approaching semi final. Being guaranteed a place in the semi’s the mood on the journey to the match was somewhat over confident and a lack of focus on their last league fixture was evident. Upon arrival at the pitch our team had their first glance at their opposition who were, on average, much smaller than us and again thoughts of a ‘goal fest’ were evident on the Magherafelt lads’ faces. The pattern of play for the first few minutes of the game was to be replicated throughout both halves. Decent possession by Magherafelt in the NC half either resulted in a poor final pass, a snatch at a shot or lost possession due to over-exuberant play from an individual. As the first half ended 0-0 and as groundhog day began again in the second half frustration was building in the MHS camp while confidence was growing in their opposition and this paved the way for a few chances to fall at the feet of the NC forwards and were it not for some excellent stops by Scott in the MHS goal frustration would have been replaced with misery. The whole match really did see the good (some excellent, simply moves and individual skill), the bad (defensive blunders and lack of effort/poor attitude) and the ugly (overall frustration leading to rash passes and then angry outbursts among the team) of MHS’s Under 16 team’s performance. Reasons to be cheerful
Reasons to be fearful
Reasons to be earful
Reasons to be tearful
See you all on Monday 23rd November at Meadowbank for training! K Irvine [26th November 2008]
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