Peninsula 3 Storm 2

Another good performance and another narrow loss. I thought we were much better this week than we were against Gorge. In our game at Claremont I felt we were a bit flat and lacked some of the zip we had against JDF. However in our game last Saturday we came out flying and were well worth our 2-1 lead at half. It was a pleasure to watch. We won plenty of loose balls in the midfield, our decision making was good and our passing was quick and strong. I was especially pleased how we didnt let their first goal affect our game - we came right back down the field and replied with our second goal. In fact we probably could have and should have had a bigger lead at half, and that would have been nice considering our lack of substitutes.

I thought this was the biggest deciding factor in the outcome of the game. In the second-half our energy sagged and they took full advantage to score two goals to take victory. Even so we had a couple of good chances at 2-2 to score and missed them both, so we will spend some more time on finishing at practice this week.

We have Lakehill next Saturday at Braefoot and I expect another tough opponent. If we can find and keep the same tempo and passing game we had against Peninsula for the first 30 minutes then I think we'll be fine.