It was a cool but sunny day at Manson reserve with the usual wind blowing straight down the ground to give the south end a big advantage. It was a question of who was still standing as several players were out and we had the bare 11 with Daniel as a last resort sub. Missing were Diego, Steve, James, Andrew & Ricky.
Rovers started with Luke in goals, Chris sweeping, Anthony & John as twin Central
Defenders, Drew & Petar as Right & Left wing-backs respectively, Paul, Michael &
Connor were in midfield, with Matt & Lucas up forward.
Daniel was on the pine.
The ground was rough and the ref not much better as the game commenced at a slow pace. The Ref’s motto was “He who calls loudest shall get the free”. The play was end to end with not much finesse as each team had loose shots on goal that gave the keeper a bit of practice. Ringwood had the wind but Luke was able to neutralize any forward moves or corners. Talk in the backline was at a premium as several basic errors indicated.
Finally after a few forward passes Lucas controlled the ball and passed to Matt right in front who had little trouble beating the keeper. Rovers were gaining the ascendancy in the midfield where Paul, Connor and Michael had a lot of the ball.
Half-time score: Ringwood 0 : Rovers 1
The Ref continued to confuse with some obvious calls missed for late tackles from
Ringwood. The sideline antics between the Ringwood linesman and one of our supporters did not bring the game into any greater repute.
Rovers opened the game up more with the wind with some excellent runs down the wings from each side of the ground. Drew, Connor, Petar, and Paul really broke the lines and set up many forward moves turning into goals.
Michael controlled the midfield giving many opportunities up forwards. Matt was first on the board in the second half, with a looping volley from 25 metres out that beat the vocal keeper, giving both Matt and Rovers their second of the afternoon.
Next John put in a well weighted cross that Lucas could not quite reach. This was followed by shots from Lucas and Drew that were both just wide giving the keeper plenty to think about. Finally, Matt and Lucas combined to allow Lucas an easy shot past the keeper to keep Rovers dominant.
Matt continued the theme with a 20 metre shot that the keeper just managed to tip out. Connor then finished off some good team play with a nice left foot goal from 20 metres out. We now had a 4 - 0 lead with Ringwood busy arguing amongst themselves.
Finally, Rovers were winning in most positions on the field as Chris, Luke and Anthony repulsed any Ringwood attacks, John, Drew, Daniel and Petar were combining well, with the midfield well on top allowing Lucas & Matt plenty of chances.
A good team effort in spite of a weak Ref and a lumpy ground.
Only 3 weeks to go and we are not counting!!
Scores at full-time: Ringwood 0 : Rovers 4
ROVERS – a good team effort today, after a quiet start.
We played the best football all day.
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
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