United U/18's defeated Walsall 5-0 at Carrington this morning. On a very hot day, the game was divided into three 30 minute periods. The United starting line-up had most of the play in the first period but neither keeper was really tested and the score was 0-0. Half way through the second period, coach Paul McGuinness made four changes...bringing on Danny Welbeck, Ben Amos, Corry Evans and David Williams. The changes had an immediate impact with Welbeck notching a goal that was ample reward for UNited's superiority. The second period ended 1-0. Futher substitutions ensued for the last thirty minutes with Mitchell Bryant, Scott Moffatt and Kenny Strickland all coming on. Welbeck quickly added a seconf before David Williams scored twice in two minutes to give United a 4-0 lead. At this point United were dominating and could have scored a bag full. However only one further goal was recorded, a nice effort from Anton Bryan.
Team:
1. Zieler.............................solid
2. Eckersley........................outstanding....wonderful tackling, covering and supporting the forwards
3. Drinkwater......................solid
4. Dudley............................OK but not convinced
5. Cathcart.........................assured and composed as usual....very good player
6. McCormack......................got stuck in
7. Eikrem.............................lovely skills, great passing and vision....got better as game wore on
8. Derbyshire.......................disappointing...kept giving ball away
9. Bryan..............................worked hard and deserved his goal
10 Fagan.............................usual hard worker
11. Galbraith........................looked good on the ball, nice touches and tracked back well
12. Corry Evans (6).............dominated midfield when he came on
13.Amos (1)........................not much to do...one great save from 1v1
14. Welbeck (9)...................gave different option up front...nice touches, took goals well
15. Bryant (11)....................hard to tell
16. Williams (8)....................very strong and scored two good goals
17. Moffatt (3)....................hard to tell
18. Strickland (4).................hard to tell
Anton Bryan came back on for Fagan
Galbraith came back on for Moffatt (who took knock)
Brandy and Hewson trained with reserves so I expect to see them playing at Hyde tomorrow night.....
Team:
1. Zieler.............................solid
2. Eckersley........................outstanding....wonderful tackling, covering and supporting the forwards
3. Drinkwater......................solid
4. Dudley............................OK but not convinced
5. Cathcart.........................assured and composed as usual....very good player
6. McCormack......................got stuck in
7. Eikrem.............................lovely skills, great passing and vision....got better as game wore on
8. Derbyshire.......................disappointing...kept giving ball away
9. Bryan..............................worked hard and deserved his goal
10 Fagan.............................usual hard worker
11. Galbraith........................looked good on the ball, nice touches and tracked back well
12. Corry Evans (6).............dominated midfield when he came on
13.Amos (1)........................not much to do...one great save from 1v1
14. Welbeck (9)...................gave different option up front...nice touches, took goals well
15. Bryant (11)....................hard to tell
16. Williams (8)....................very strong and scored two good goals
17. Moffatt (3)....................hard to tell
18. Strickland (4).................hard to tell
Anton Bryan came back on for Fagan
Galbraith came back on for Moffatt (who took knock)
Brandy and Hewson trained with reserves so I expect to see them playing at Hyde tomorrow night.....
