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I felt obliged to go along as I live only 15mins away. I was hoping they may have dropped the price a little because it was a development side but sadly not.

The boys gave a decent account of themselves against a physical Weston side. Yeoman missed a penalty and also hit the crossbar from a freekick but overall the score was a fair reflection of the game.
Halpin came off a halftime and may have picked up a knock, although it did not appear too serious.

Positives-
The team like to pass it about, mostly on the deck and all players look comfy on the ball.
Ibbetson looked like a very good shot stopper.
Spear was lively up front and a feisty little git too. Looks like a choirboy but can dish it out.
Yeoman was tidy in midfield and so was Kudi for the last half hour after moving there from RB.
Manager (Harrop?? short rotund bloke?? ) was very positive with instructions and players really responded well to this.
Niall Thompson was rapid on the wing and although it took him a while to settle into the game after coming on at halftime by the final 20mins he was a real threat.

Negatives
Struggled to get the shape defensively at times and were often unorganised in who was picking up who.
Quite often got ourselves in trouble on our own goalkicks playing short when it really wasn't on. Not sure who to blame for this, keeper for playing the ball or the fullbacks asking for it despite having opposition players close by.

Hope this gives some insight to the match for those who were unable to attend.

Now officially signed, on OS.