Sportsmans League Division 3
Pimlico Rangers 7 v Lokomotiv Londres FC 1
Loko Outbattled in Game to Forget
It was De Ja Vu for Loko in this first game of the season, as with last season we started with a stratch team with players playing out of position, with no keeper and it really showed.
Only eleven players turned up and there was a no show from who we thought would be our new goalkeeper. Mark (pictured above) went in goal, Dale, Ivan, Chris and Paul K were in defence, with Simon, Peggy, Marc and James in midfield and Dave and Samuel up front.Loko started ok but the first goal was a long ball, Ivan and Chris both went for the same header, missed it and Chris was too far behind his man who ran through and slipped it past Mark.
We had a couple of promising moments early on, Peggy got down the left and floated a ball to the back post but nobody was coming in, then Samuel was slipped in but was given offside and it was a tight decision.
Pimlico killed the game off when they twice got wide played balls across the goalmouth and tapped in from inside the area. Poor play and we were now second to most balls.
James had hurt his ankle after the first goal and was now just a passenger not able to get involved so he swapped with Mark and went in goal. Chris and Samuel both got yellow cards for late tackles and fines will be on their way.
Half-Time Pimlico Rangers 3 v Loko 0
Dale asked for a little desire, composure and discipline in his team talk and for ten minutes after half-time we got this, but a mis-hit goal kick from James went straight to their striker who was pushed wide by Dale, he slipped a ball back into the box and their centre midfielded hit a low shot that James couldn't make an attempt for because of his injury.
Straight from the kick off Dave ran through three men and laid it off for SAMUEL who curled the ball home into the top corner and was a Loko comeback on the cards, sadly not, as a headed clearance from Dale was pounced upon by three of their players in the box whilst we stood and watched and they again shot low knowing James couldn't react.
The sixth and seventh goals were both throw outs from the keeper, mistakes by Loko players and one on ones with easy tap ins, it was schoolboy errors from a team whose confidence had disappeared.
They also hit the bar twice in the closing moments both from defensive mistakes and Loko were relieved when the final whistle went. Having only eleven players, with players out of position, the injury to James and no keeper was a step too far.
Final Score Pimlico Rangers 7 v Loko 1
Manager Dale Mellor's comments:
"It was a bit of an embarrassment today, I know we only had eleven, injuries and no keeper but their was no desire, composure and discipline today. Only one player stood out today and that was Simon who was everywhere on the pitch and put in a fantastic performance.
We need to have some structure in place in order to progress and as such the club will be producing some rules to follow with consequences for not complying, as it is unfair on the rest of the team who have been let down on numerous occasions.
Heads up, we have a lot of very good players to come back in and I'm positive that if we play this team with our full squad we would beat them nine times out of ten.
Lets get a team out to compete next weekend."
Team Line Up
1. Mark
2. Paul K
3. Chris [Y]
4. Ivan (c)
5. Dale
6. Simon
7. Marc
8. Peggy
9. Dave
10. Samuel [Y]
11. James
Goal
Samuel (1)
55th Minute - Dave ran through three teed up Samuel who hit the top corner.
Man of the Match
Simon - This was by a mile, he was everywhere on the park and showed 100% desire all throughout the 90 minutes, people should look at him as an example to follow on the park.
Match Report by Dale Mellor.
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