The Great Escape

After last week's drubbing, Cumnor needed to get something from the trip to Oxford City. And not just in terms of points, but pride and belief from a committed performance. We certainly left Cowley with the sense of a reputation restored but we should have left with all three points.

The positives were many: having Fyn back from injury strengthened the defence, Finlay showed some lovely creative touches, Charlie had a superb first half, Adam and Doddie delivered from out wide and Tom and Nathan worked tirelessly leading the front line. Our goals too, were superb. Finlay had a split second to look up and shoot early from 25 yards out and did so, finding the corner. Some great midfield play saw Adam put in a wonderful cross for Nathan to drill home. And the equaliser after a period of sustained pressure was well deserved with Doddie's searing cross met by a leaping Will. The draw came from a desire to fight till the very end. We were bold and aggressive and going three up front and three at the back (sorry Toby, for not getting much game time) demonstrated that surrendering a two goal lead was unacceptable. The boys were challenged to fight at half-time and prove themselves to be worthy of the win. It wasn't quite to be. The goals against us were down to poor positioning, sloppy decision making and defending, all made more glaring by our lack of communication. We don't talk to each other and that isolates people on the ball or poses doubt as to who will deal with a dangerous situation.

Overall, the positives to come back from behind and get the 3 - 3 draw against tough opposition will do us good. So an excellent first 20 minutes and an impressive last 15. Let's use this and move on.

Player of the Week: Joseph, captain's performance, enjoying a superb start to the season.