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Nathanial scored assisted by Alfie

Nathanial scored assisted by Marley

Nathanial scored assisted by Joseph

Man of the Match - Suchit

Man of the Match - Nathanial

Still gutted for the boys after yesterday's defeat.

Two reasons why we lost that game, one was we let them bully us and get into our heads, the opposition were getting angry and frustrated because they were losing 3-1. Too many of our boys were moaning about how rough it was getting and ended up not being settled when they was on the ball, we need to toughen up against these Coventry teams, we was in control at 3-1, it was such a shame to come away with nothing

I've got two man of the matches

First one was Suchi, him and Marley were up and down that pitch putting tackles in getting the ball down and taking control of the midfield, Suchi nicked it for me when in last min, he was left one on one at the back with there pacey striker, but he kept with him and forced him out wide, brilliant to see the never give up attitude from him.

My 2nd man of the match was Nathaniel

Wow what a goal scoring machine this lad is another hat trick 👏 there big defenders were trying to rough him up, but he was having none of it and getting stuck into them, we need this lad fit and playing for us every week, the top goal scorer in the league last season ,let's hope he can do the same this season.

Couple of shout outs

Alfie down that left wing done me proud, pace, power and great use of the ball, really good to see.

Other shout out

Arian, what a nightmare for him with the size of them goals, I think its wrong myself, but he made some great saves and came out a plenty of times strong and brave 💪.

There was some dodgy linesman decisions against us for sure, and I think they must of dug the ref up from the local graveyard for the day as I've seen more movement in a scarecrow, but if we remember we lost our first game last season and went on a good winning run, so we'll dust ourselves down and go again on Sunday ⚽

😂 I forgot to say the other reason why I think we lost, our fitness dropped in last 20 mins, which is understandable considering we've only had one pre season game, we knew this might happen due to long distances having to be travelled by coaches etc, but on a positive note I hope our late fitness boost will carry us through to the end of season when it will really matter 💪⚽