U14 B v Gresham's

Tuesday 14th January 2014

Won: 2-0

From the Captain, Jem Salmon
An exciting game from the U14 B team on Tuesday 4th February. Winning 2 goals to 0, the boys played a strong game, finding it easy to break through the Gresham's defence. With goals from Cameron Cowie and  Ollie Tomlinson Rowe, Felsted had a good lead and continued to put pressure on the Opposition throughout the game.

Man of the match goes to both our centre defenders Serge Savva and Toby Guild for keeping our defence strong and not letting the opposition get within shooting distance. Man of the match Serge Savva gives us the secret to our success, he said 'we worked strongly as a team and dominated the opposition.' Our other man of the match today, Toby Guild, says 'we made our passes perfect and made the most of our opportunities'


Coach's Corner
This was a very pleasing performance from the entire squad, particularly given the fact that we had not played a competitive match for over three weeks. The 'new look' defence was outstanding, with centre back pairing Toby Guild & Serge Savva being the very personification of 'rocks at the back' whilst Samuel Barrett and Max Cochrane added a genuine attacking threat from either defensive flank. Consequently our intimidating goalkeeper Will Barker managed only three touches all game and not one of those was a shot at goal!

The midfield were a different class to the Gresham's players and dominated for most of the match, whilst our forwards - Cameron Cowie, Jem Salmon and Dan Conlon - were much quicker than Gresham's defence. However the boys displayed a certain level of naivety in trying to play too much hockey in front of the Gresham's 'D' meaning the first half finished goal-less. I was much happier with the opening to the second half as the boys moved the ball wide and created a number of opportunities which culminated in Ollie Tomlinson-Roe's drag flick to score the first goal. When Cameron Cowie scored the second goal, I was hoping the boys would kick on and score another couple, but a combination of good goalkeeping and some poor finishing left it at 2-0.

Our focus for the next couple of weeks will have to be on decision making in possession and movement off the ball. This squad have real potential and I fully expect some of them to make the step up to 'A' team at some point this season.

Boys' U14 C v Sutton Valence

Saturday 11th January 2014
Result: Draw 1-1

Felsted's season began with a promising draw against the B team from Sutton Valence.  In a positive start, Felsted created a series of chances, before Max Cochrane neatly finished a short corner to put the home side ahead at the break.

After the break, Sutton Valence came back strongly, and after a few exchanges in midfield, they forced home an equaliser. Both sides played positively, looking for a winner, and the final chance nearly saw Felsted grab a victory, but it was not to be, and honours were shared.

Man of the match was Ollie Tomlinson, and captain today was Jackson Buckler.