Birkenhead Ladies 6 - AFC Waverton 0
Sometimes the scoreline is a reflection of the game, sometimes not. This 2012/13 opener was the latter, although the home sides shooting prowess was the clinical difference between the two teams, particularly the sharp shooting of Chloe Humpheys and Katie Brady. Joe Hart would have struggled to stop at least two of the Birkenhead sides goals, let alone our Lucie. She was excellent though making a string of decent saves and in diving in the box into a crowd of boots, showed how we have missed her bravery. Up front we shot wide, hit the post and had a couple of great chances saved really well, but this difference in finishing between the sides was noticeable.
Rebecca was excellent on her first u16 game and she really has become much stronger and skilful in the last 12 months. The youngest player on the pitch but the equal of anyone in this group in terms of determination, running and quick thinking. Emma captained the side and did well despite struggling with a shoulder injury. Lily was excellent at the back drawing praise from the opposition supporters whilst Ellie was off on a number of those storming runs, the kind that nobody dare tackle her such is her strength and speed. For this performance she was voted player of the match.
A decent start but a fairly hard one with no subs and all credit to the girls as it was really tough out there on a big pitch. Fitness will be crucial this season on such a small squad and we need to target this in training and in the girls own time.
Training Tuesday again at 7. Two more then we go to Wednesdays 7-8 at Old Hall Leisure.
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