Farley's Blog
Head Coach Scott Farley shares his thoughts on events past, present and future!!!Hi all and welcome to Farley’s blog.
02-11-09
Since my last blog we have played only three times in five weeks. On 4th October we made the long trip up the A12 to Harwich and Parkeston and won 7-1. We had a scheduled week off the following Sunday and were then due to play Dagenham and Redbridge in the Essex County Cup but they withdrew from the competition. That put us through to the next round which set up a trip to local rivals Barking Ladies who are currently 4th in the Eastern Regional Premier Division. We then travelled to Ekco Whitecaps and won 12-0 and last Sunday we played Division 2 side C&K Basildon Reserves in the first round of the League Cup and won 13-0.
The Harwich game took us to the top of the league but our performance was well below par compared to recent weeks and, to be honest, the 3 points were the only real positive thing to take from the game.
We travelled to Ekco with a bare eleven players due to injuries (thanks to Chelsea and Georgia who shared a half each in goal). We played a new formation, 3-4-1-2, for the first time and it worked really well. It gave us a three pronged attack and with Hayley and Rianne tracking back from midfield it gave us a solid back 4/5. Although we won the game 12-0 it should really have been 20! During the first 25 minutes we missed chance after chance but the good thing was that we were creating a chance with every attack. Once the first goal went in the flood gates opened. It can be hard at times to keep concentration when you dominate a game like we did for so long but I was pleased with the way we worked until the final whistle. It was a pleasure to see that our football was back with some well worked goals.
Last Sunday we played C&K Basildon Reserves from division two in the League Cup. This local derby resulted in a comfortable win as we progressed into the next round 13-0. We were more like our normal selves, especially in the first half when our football was top class. Our movement and pace were just too strong for Basildon.
As a coach it is pleasing to watch things that you work on in training pay off in a game and our first three goals were just that. Last Thursday in training we worked on getting the ball wide and Hayley Williamson provided three perfect crosses for Juddy and Titch (twice) to score with pin point headers. After that we played some of our best football to date and added another six goals without reply.
The second half was a bit more low key as Basildon worked hard to try and contain us. To be fair to them they were a little more organised, but we were still too strong in periods of the second half and added another four goals without reply. It was also pleasing that we kept a clean sheet for the second week running.
This Sunday we play host to Boca who are currently third in our division. If we can repeat the kind of form we showed in the first half last Sunday we should come away with another three points.
Hope to see you all on Sunday!
FarleyThe Harwich game took us to the top of the league but our performance was well below par compared to recent weeks and, to be honest, the 3 points were the only real positive thing to take from the game.
We travelled to Ekco with a bare eleven players due to injuries (thanks to Chelsea and Georgia who shared a half each in goal). We played a new formation, 3-4-1-2, for the first time and it worked really well. It gave us a three pronged attack and with Hayley and Rianne tracking back from midfield it gave us a solid back 4/5. Although we won the game 12-0 it should really have been 20! During the first 25 minutes we missed chance after chance but the good thing was that we were creating a chance with every attack. Once the first goal went in the flood gates opened. It can be hard at times to keep concentration when you dominate a game like we did for so long but I was pleased with the way we worked until the final whistle. It was a pleasure to see that our football was back with some well worked goals.
Last Sunday we played C&K Basildon Reserves from division two in the League Cup. This local derby resulted in a comfortable win as we progressed into the next round 13-0. We were more like our normal selves, especially in the first half when our football was top class. Our movement and pace were just too strong for Basildon.
As a coach it is pleasing to watch things that you work on in training pay off in a game and our first three goals were just that. Last Thursday in training we worked on getting the ball wide and Hayley Williamson provided three perfect crosses for Juddy and Titch (twice) to score with pin point headers. After that we played some of our best football to date and added another six goals without reply.
The second half was a bit more low key as Basildon worked hard to try and contain us. To be fair to them they were a little more organised, but we were still too strong in periods of the second half and added another four goals without reply. It was also pleasing that we kept a clean sheet for the second week running.
This Sunday we play host to Boca who are currently third in our division. If we can repeat the kind of form we showed in the first half last Sunday we should come away with another three points.
Hope to see you all on Sunday!
02-11-09