Tougher test this week against a big Cheadle team with 2 debuts for Robbie Wilson & Miles Plant. Our usual start saw George win face off and score for 1 – Nil with more pressure seeing Josh fire wide. But this wasn’t going to be easy and Cheadle scored 2 in quick succession before Josh’s first of the day. We’ weren’t firing with a lack of movement and we ended the quarter 3 – 2 down.

Early good work by Alex and George saw Josh bring us level but despite another from George we kept giving easy balls away in defence – all square at 4 – 4 at half time. Another from George and a great move from George to Jamie to Josh saw us move 2 clear and, from there, we never looked back.

A Cheadle injury saw us move to a 9 man game and Ollie Plant, increasingly confident in midfield, fed George for our 5th and then 6th. A brilliant and tenacious run by George followed by a superb feed to Jamie saw us move 9 – 5 clear. We wrapped it up 11 – 6 in a game in which we did improve throughout.

… and although we need to work on our movement and passing there were some good positives too. Ned, despite a few sliding past him, put in a sterling performance, particularly in the 2nd half. Ellis Booy looked increasingly confident in attack and Miles stood firm in his debut, as did Robbie in defence.

In a game where all of our goals and assists came from our 10 year olds there’s much to smile about. As for Man of the Match, it’s impossible to look past George – not just for his goals and assists but his continued attempts to involve other players – Well done George – when this clicks we’ll be very tough to beat.