Former players include Michael Ball (Everton and Rangers) and Stephen Wright (Liverpool and Sunderland). The club motto is 'To Enjoy, Not Destroy.'
JACK was a bit shell-shocked after coming up against Croxteth Park Reds a few weeks ago.
The Reds are a good side. An excellent side, in fact. Three or four of the lads are among the best Jack's played against, showing pace, good ball control and a real hunger to win the ball.
It was also a physical battle with some firm, fair tackling. One boy though was keen on shoving and pushing at set pieces which Jack was not used to. He'd obviously picked it up from watching TV.
A repeat of the fixture saw Jack ready for a battle.
This time he took no nonsense and, even though his team deservedly lost, I was very proud of him. He stood his ground and eyeballed any opponent thinking he was a pushover. After a few minutes, his chief protagonist gave up and concentrated on playing football instead.
Ironically, when he wasn't busy trying to wind up defenders with shirt tugging and elbowing, he ran into space and was a real threat. It's a learning curve for everyone at this age.
Here's the official match report...
Marine U7s 1, Croxteth Park Reds U7s 3
Up against the stronger Croxteth Park team and with a slightly depleted squad, Marine were always going to be up against it and so it proved.
Croxteth had the better of the early exchanges and eventually went into the lead with Marine showing the Reds a little bit too much respect.
Marine came back strongly and after a period of pressure on the Croxteth goal, Callum Duncan got onto the end of a well-taken corner from Andrew Begbie to level the scores.
Croxteth upped their game slightly and never allowed Marine to get into their stride with some very committed tackling and despite an excellent all round display in the heart of midfield by MOM Andrew Begbie and some tireless running by Peter Silcock, Croxteth added two more goals to deservedly win a tough and exciting encounter.
The lads should be proud of their efforts in the two games so far against the best team in the league and the gap between them is far from insurmountable. The experience should stand the boys in good stead for the remainder of the season.
Its great to see players like Callum Duncan, James Field and Liam Bromilow begin to flourish this season after spending a lot of time on the sideline last year, it’s a joy to see, well done boys. Colin Begbie
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csb wrote...
I have been mulling over our two games against the Reds quite a bit over the weekend. Sad I know!
I think the main difference between the two teams was attitude. I got the feeling that one or two of our boys were a bit intimidated by other boys.
You would not describe them as a dirty team by any means but they certainly use a more physical approach than any other team the boys have ever faced. I think our boys are just too 'polite' in a match situation. They certainly dont hold back in training!!
The question I am asking myself is; Do we want our boys to play like that?
At 6 years old it doesn't seem natural to me but do they need to be a little bit more streetwise? How do we teach that to them?
Maybe we need a 6 year old Dave Mckay (my dad told me about him) in the heart of our midfield.
Posted by: csb | October 1, 2007 1:35 PM