University Beavers vs Western Suburbs (Match Report)

Final Result : University Beavers 1: Western Suburbs 1

Player of the Day : Luke Manfred

Saturday was looking pretty good. Not messing with any superstitions, the beaver drivers split up from KP and all choose their own route out to Narnville, the park looked good. Long shots during warm-ups missing, Tayne late, pork chop hungry – everything was going to plan for 3 straight wins.

It didn’t take long to figure out that Western Suburbs were a tad better/more aggressive than our last two opponents. Maybe this came as a shock as the Beavers struggled to maintain the good possession it has been use early on. Reverting back to Capital 10 football, The ‘Mad Dawg to Mann’ Hail Mary formula was looking danger time. With about 20 gone, someone sent one through (lets say Dave) which he latched on to, dribbled, then lasered in the top left from 30 out. Pretty sweet goal, celebrated with a hot Milo, and Indiana Jones later that evening.

25th Minute, Luke Manfred …….1-0 BEAVERS

It stayed that way until half time. It was essentially a 10-10 battle as pocket rocket Sam and PJ were flirting on the right wing for the remainder. Maybe 11-10 to us if you include Wilko reffing. Sammy bombed one from about 7 yards, but to off set that they Bechamed from 4 yards.

Not a lot changed in the second half. We probably secured some better possession around midfield, but weren’t too decisive closer to the box. A lot of this was from Suburbs aggressive fouling as soon the beavers got on a roll. Then, out of no where a sloppy defensive corner turned deadly as we own goaled. Didn’t get a clean look myself, but Shaggy took the blame.

65th Minute, Ben Yagesmier OG…….. 1-1

The final 25mins we owned more possession as they played a tad deeper obviously happy to concede a draw, they used their size advantage and defended bloody well. Really it seemed the only way through would be from a set piece, which we had plenty of but all came to nothing.

That was it 1-1, the points shared. Don’t like saying it, but probably a fair result.

Going forward the Beavers need to figure out how to beat these kind of scrappy teams if we want to win it all. We seem to struggle when the game doesn’t open up, allowing these older/slower teams to stay behind the ball for most of the game. As Capt 10 is loaded with these teams expect similar battles as the season pushes on. Luckily the teams above the beavers on the ladder either drew or lost, keeping us in striking distance at 4th.

Reporter: Smith