Posted by sven on October 4, 2009, 6:48 pm, in reply to "Re: City 4 Bedford 1 - report"
well said padz.perhaps its because you dont mention 1 of their relatives they get upset.its the same old thing with certain people.i think some of them comments come from the same pc.
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: Bert, not sure whether that was supposed to be
: tongue in cheek or what, "every week
: you pick sav and malone" , that might
: have something to do with them being top
: players perhaps?, in the last few weeks i've
: said Bairdy was MOTM so obviously i know
: absolutely nothing about the club i watch
: week in and week out.
:
: Perhaps it's you who sees totally different
: to the rest of us?
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: Padz. Guess you must be blinkered. Every
: week
: you pick Sav and Malone as our best players.
: Are they your 'best friends'? They cant be
: best every game can they. You must be an
: expert and see things that some of us dont
: see every week.
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: I'd pick out Steele,Malone,Sav and Clarkey
: as
: our top performers.
:
: I'll admit i had doubt about Clarke last
: season but he's been quality this season.
:
: --Previous Message--
: I thought we won the game today because we
: played football. No back to front kicking,
: missing out mid field. Our mid field today
: did us proud, as did the flanks, and
: distributed the ball accurately around the
: pitch. Steele was able to score his goals
: because of this. We havent always played
: our mid field as well as we did today,
: because the ball more often than not was
: kicked over their heads, expecting one man
: up front to do all the work and score the
: goals. Today it worked (well done Fordy)
: Lets hope we play like this more often. I
: personally dont feel the substitutions
: improved anything, apart from giving them a
: run out and resting one or two ready for
: our 'win' on Tuesday night. Defence played
: well (didn't need Bairdy up front today
: either). Good to see Pondy can hold his own
: in defence as well as mid field. His ball
: distribution was excellent. Savage &
: Malone had one of their better games with
: the mid field working well together. All in
: all a good game for the spectator (if you
: were an OCFC one), and comments heard round
: the ground were encouraging. However we will
: come against better and stronger teams than
: Bedford, and if we play like we did today we
: can beat them all. Well done lads.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Thanks, Hugh, for an accurate report on a
: splendid City performance. Bedford started
: brightly but were disappointing once we got
: in front. Steele's finshing was superb today
: and I thought Liam Malone had another
: sterling match: he is an improved player. He
: looks half a yard quicker than last season
: and was really bossing the midfield in the
: second half. Clarke also played well as you
: said and it was great to see Steve Davis
: back and looking hungry when he came on. But
: for me the revelation of the last few games
: has been Mark Janes. I was a bit surprised
: when he was taken off because he was playing
: so well and Bedford looked troubled every
: time he got the ball. It's great that three
: lads who came up through the ranks as
: youngsters together are in the squad
: now--Bell, Janes and Davis--and all so good
: going forward. Only downside for us today
: was the recurrence of Andy Ballard's knee
: injury on his return. If Andy Gunn is still
: unfit next week we could be struggling
: defensively.
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: Zamaretto Premier Division
: Saturday 3rd October 2009
:
: Oxford City (3) 4 (Steele 25, 30, 42, 59)
: Bedford Town (0) 1 (Lewis 68)
:
: This was a convincing win and a dominant
: display by City to take their unbeaten run
: to eight games. Lee Steele was the hero with
: four goals for the first time in his senior
: career but his was only one of several
: excellent displays in the City team.
:
: Bedford, mid-table but with a couple of
: decent cup results behind them, could have
: been behind in the second minute as Darren
: Pond latched on to a poor Armitt clearance
: but his shot from twenty yards just cleared
: the bar. Bedford had their best chance of
: the first half four minutes later when
: Draycott found himself in space but took too
: long to shoot, with the result that Dave
: Savage was able to get a challenge in, and
: Wall’s shot sailed harmlessly over.
:
: City began to dominate the game, with Steele
: linking up the play well, Mark Janes full of
: running out wide and Pond pushing up to help
: out up front. Savage and Liam Malone were
: starting to run the midfield and City forced
: a series of corners.
:
: Savage tested Armitt twice from distance
: before City got the lead their play
: deserved. Lee Steele capitalized on an
: error from Lawley on the edge of the area,
: cut inside, made space for himself and
: smashed the ball home from 10 yards out.
: Five minutes later the lead was doubled.
: Mark Bell crossed from the left, Janes
: headed back across goal and Steele was once
: again in the right place to hammer home from
: 6 yards out. A clash of heads left Janes
: lying on the pitch but he was soon able to
: resume his all-action performance.
:
: City were well on top now and any Bedford
: attack was repulsed long before it became a
: threat. Janes went on a tremendous run
: capped by an outrageous dummy which had
: Darby sliding right off the pitch, and
: deserved better than to see his cross headed
: away, but the next goal was only delayed by
: a minute. An excellent Malone tackle was the
: start of a move which saw Pond and Bell set
: up Steele, who rifled home from 15 yards for
: a magnificent hat-trick.
:
: James Clarke, whose positioning and
: awareness at the back were superb
: throughout, ran nearly the full length of
: the pitch in injury time, picking up the
: ball in his own area and only being denied
: by a foul just outside the opposition area.
: Bedford looked shell-shocked and glad of the
: break.
:
: Half-Time: City 3 Bedford 0.
:
: Bedford tried hard to get themselves back
: into the game and made two early
: substitutions, but it was City who were
: still by far the more dangerous and Steele
: added a fourth with an almost nonchalant
: flick from close-in, just making contact
: with a Janes cross that had looked to be
: going behind him.
:
: City made three substitutions but were still
: on top, Stephen Davis and Jamie Brooks
: adding fresh energy down the flanks and
: Michael Alexis impressing behind Steele as
: Pond went to right-back. Bedford, to their
: credit, did not stop trying, and Lewis
: scored a consolation from close range
: following a corner.
:
: This did not stop City from going forward,
: and further goals could have followed. Davis
: produced some more dangerous crosses and
: Alexis was perhaps unlucky to be penalized
: when it looked like he had been fouled
: inside the area.
:
: Full-Time: City 4 Bedford 1
:
: This was another excellent 90 minutes from
: City, who were as dominant as at VT. This
: time they reinforced their superiority with
: goals. All of the City team can be proud of
: their efforts, but it would be perverse
: indeed not to award the Man Of The Match to
: the scorer of four goals, so it has to be
: Lee Steele once again.
:
: City: Knight, Clarke, Perpetuini, Savage
: (c), Pond, Ballard (Alexis 59), Bell (Brooks
: 63), Malone, Baird, Steele, Janes (Davis
: 63).
: Bedford: Armitt, Clark, Lawley (c), Miller,
: Darby, Wall, Daniel, Cavill, Battersby,
: Draycott, Lewis.
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