Men's 3rd XI
Matches
Sat 02 Nov 2019  ·  Middx, Berks, Bucks & Oxon - Division 3
Sonning Hockey Club
Men's 3rd XI
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4
South Berkshire 3
M3s off the pace

M3s off the pace

Chris Roberts4 Nov 2019 - 13:50
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Halloween Horror Show

Main points (imagine England v SA earlier in the day)

We only had 12 players, whilst the 1s and 2s had 29 between them for some reason
We tried a slightly different press, and a different way of running the subs, which both failed miserably in the first half (either Toon needs to explain things better.........or people need to listen to him.....probably a bit of both)
We actually started okay but allowed South Berks to dominate after about 15 minutes
They had some good chances, their first goal had a hint of a backstick about it (through very Sonning tinted glasses admittedly) but their second just wasn't cleared and we allowed it to dribble over the line
Neil tried admirably to own the Centre back slot and mopped up some stuff nicely. However, he must have frozen 4 times trying to find the ball out left to Bambi, and gave it to their CF each time
Second half was more of the same, really wet and windy, with lots of Sonning huff and puff but nothing to show for it apart from two more gifts to South Berks, their forward only having to roll the ball in from about 6 inches both times
GRRRRR

MOTM I've actually forgotten, no one stood out really, Lappin got a mention as did Rich for a few good saves
DOTD O'Mara for his tantrums..and mentioning his Oxford hattrick from the 90s.........again

Match details

Match date

Sat 02 Nov 2019

Kickoff

15:00

Competition

Middx, Berks, Bucks & Oxon - Division 3

League position

7
South Berkshire 3
8
Sonning 3
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