It was great to be back at the Aspect Arena yesterday afternoon. To hear the sounds of the turnstiles clicking as I approached the ground was fantastic. The little things in life, which bring cheer to your heart. These tiny things seem so important after the last 18 months everyone has experienced.
Walking round the ground, just looking at people's faces, just happy to getting back to some kind of normality. You could say, back to the old routine...but how have we all missed that old routine!
In my previous blog, I mentioned that the team maybe should be taking a more pragmatic approach to the season ahead. In hindsight that was a little unfair without seeing the team play. What I saw yesterday afternoon, encouraged me greatly. Player's wanting to play out from the back. It didn't come off every time, but they weren't scared to try again. They were encouraged to try again. Good passing from the centre-midfielders, always looking forward. Always looking to break the press. Player's willing to try a trick, exuding confidence. I'm not sure what has happened to Lamar Reynolds since the last time I saw him play, yesterday he was a revelation. He did not stop running all day. He was a constant threat. More importantly he had a smile on his face. In fact all the player's had a smile on their face.
Let's not carried away totally, as the real stuff starts next week with the visit of one of the joint favourites for the league, in big spending Dorking. But if we can go into that match with the confidence and the willingness to play football, and look to entertain the fans, then the team will get 100% support from us watching and constant encouragement to try again.
This blog cannot pass by without mentioning one of the funniest things I have seen on a football pitch in a long time. There was a little scuffle on the pitch, which led to a bit of a free-for-all. James Blanchfield decided to run over and get involved, and was immediately but on his backside. Now it was very windy yesterday, so I will give Blanchy the definite of the doubt, and he may have lost his balance in the wind!
No comments:
Post a Comment