OUR FIRST LEAGUE OUTING RESULTED IN A VERY GOOD WIN OVER AN EXPERIENCED CARLTON SIDE WHO HAVE RECRUITED STRONGLY UNDER PAT WALSH BUT TODAY WE STOOD UP TO THE PLATE WHEN QUESTIONS WERE ASKED THE OPENING EXCHANGES DIDN'T GIVE MUCH AWAY WITH BOTH SIDES PROBING BUT SLOWLY WE BEGAN TO GET FOOTHOLD WITH LEWIS AND CARTER CONTROLLING THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK WE WENT IN FRONT WITH HAYLES BLASTING IN FROM CLOSE RANGE WHICH WAS DESERVED AND SHOULD OF GOOD 2-0 UP SHORTLY AFTER TIME AND AGAIN MACCA AND WEBSTER WERE CREATING CHANCES BUT WE COULDN'T CONVERT,AN EARLY CHANGE SAW R.MCKEAG REPLACED BY MO WHO CONTINUED WHERE MCKEAG HAD WORKED HARD ON THE LEFT FLANK,OUR SHAPE AND DISSAPLINE WERE GOOD AND WENT IN 1-0AT INTERVAL.
SECOND HALF STARTED WHERE WE FINISHED THE FIRST OUR MOVEMENT WAS TO MUCH FOR THEM AND YET AGAIN CHANCES WENT BEGGING AND WE WERE MADE TO PAY WHEN LOSING POSSESSION ON THE RIGHT SAY WELL WORKED MOVE FINISHED WELL BY CARLTON.
WE COULD HAVE GONE INTO OUR SHELL BUT IT SEEMED TO SPUR US ON JOE AND GAVIN WERE IMMENSE AT THE BACK AND KEPT ANY ATTACKS TO A MINIMUM ALONG WITH MARRIOTT COMING TO THE RESCUE WHEN CARLTON BROKE THROUGH.WOZZA WAS REPLACED BY BOAFU AND IMMEDIATELY COULD HAVE BEEN IN ON GOAL BUT THE CHANCE WENT,MO WAS STARTING TO TORMENT THEIR FULLBACK AND ON 2 OR 3 OCCASIONS A CALMER HEAD COULD OF INCREASED OUR LEAD THIS STARTED TO FRUSTRATE HIM AND WE LOST A BIT OF SHAPE BUT THEN A MAGIC CALL FROM MACCA PUT IN TAZ 1V 1WITH KEEPER BUT IF COULDN'T HOLD HIS NERVE AT LAST THOUGH MACCA WAS IN ON GOAL AND MADE NO MISTAKE TO MAKE IT 2-1 WITH AROUND TEN MINUTES LEFT,WEBSTER WORKED TIRELESSLY THROUGHOUT AND WAS UNLUCKY NOT TO GET ON SCORESHEET BUT HIS TIME WILL COME,WE PLAYED OUT LAST FEW MINUTES WELL TO TAKE OUR FIRST POINTS OF THE SEASON,I'M SURE CARLTON WILL BE THEREABOUTS COME THE END OF SEASON SO GOOD RESULT FOR US ALTHOUGH GIVE M.O.M TO CARTER TEAM PERFORMANCE WAS EXCELLENT TODAY