A great effort from the boys as we hosted Thatcham Tornadoes in the Berks & Bucks Cup. Dave O had done a little research on Thatcham and found out that they were top of an extremely difficult league. We decided not to tell the boys this news.
Firstly, congrats to Thatcham... they were organised, effective and very, very physical showing the worth of committing to each and every tackle. Saying that, we thought we were magnificent, especially in the second-half when we added a little bit more organisation by pairing Will and Ben together in midfield. We weren't too bad in the first either, Adam running himself into the ground down the flank. The first goal that went against us was disappointing but on reflection, it was down to good forward play. We would have gone 2 down but for a tremendous effort by Joe to get back and clear off the line.
In the second-half, we took some knocks, made some changes and created chances. Again, the Thatcham goals to go 3 up were superbly taken and once they established daylight between us and them, they were hoping to keep a clean sheet. That wasn't to be. Jack - who was electric all afternoon - unleashed a brilliant first time shot to grab Cumnor a deserved goal.
A 1-3 defeat is hard to stomach but we won't come up against a team as good as that in our League this season. In fact, the Thatcham manager said we're the best team they've played. There are so many positives to take forward and there were some heroic performances in Blue. Take that spirit and intelligence into our upcoming games and we'll be absolutely fine.
Player of the Week: plaudits to Henry, Ben, Jack, Rory and Adam but the award went to Will who excelled in defence and in midfield.
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