If we can hold them out for 30 mins, & quieten their fans, then it's all to play for.
I'm quite happy with that part of my earlier post - we held on when we had to then grew into the game very frikkin nicely.
Been back in West-Oxon for a good while now but I've been reading forums, local paper sites etc. Seems like half the Stains fans are talking shit about us being tinpot with no fans & the other half being big enough to say how impressed they were with us. Spoke to a couple of them after the game & they were impressed with our performance, said we looked like a classy team on the ball, defended & attacked well & were surprised at our offensive attitude.
They pinned us for much of the first half & I was thinking we were gonna be fucked after an hour if it stayed like that. But it was chalk & cheese because 2nd half we gained the upper hand by competing more aggressively, winning more headers/2nd balls etc then calmly popping the ball about. It quickly developed into sharp attacking play using the width of the pitch on both flanks, and then a little slipped ball through the middle and Austin did what he does to reward our excellent 2nd half play. Can't wait to see it again because it was right in front of us and it just went fucking berserk. From when you just knew Austin was gonna get to the ball before the keeper, then when he flicked it past him & ran round his other side, then when you were just waiting for him to roll it into the empty net, then the celebrations at the corner flag - just a magic, fantastic moment. Won't forget that in a hurry.
Smith had a real presence about him, commanding & very safe hands, GG & Lecs were giants, Darby grew & I'm sure will continue to, JD was immense, putting tackle after tackle in & calmly moving the ball around, Ferry caused havoc in the 2nd half, they couldn't pick him up & he started attack after attack, JPM ran his bollocks off, MM & Wardy both attacked well down the flanks & worked hard, & Austin looked like he'd been playing the lone striker role for years - this boy is the absolute real-deal/dog's bollocks.
Great fun abusing the Stains fans on the streets in our convoy of double-deckers en route back to the park & ride
