Round Three – Staffs Cup 1st Round

After a second successive knock down, though this time not as excessive, a 3-1 defeat at home to Corner Pin though Seabridge hit the woodwork twice and also had two chances cleared off the line, the outcome of the game could have been completely different. Seabridge just manage to muster 11 players for a tough cup fixture against Yarnfield College.

Lee Wilshaw returns to the Seabridge side after a season out whilst his wife had a baby, also the Seabridge featured two new faces to the side:
Chris Williams – A central defender;
Joe Fletcher – a young fast striker;

Seabridge dominated the game and could not find the back off the net as Seabridge had two shots tipped over the bar by the Yarnfield keeper, final result 2-1 to Yarnfield College, but that could have easily been 4-2 to the Seabridge:

Fletcher – 6 Poor performance again, poor keeping for second goal;

Cooper – 8 Great performance, tackled hard and attacked well, setting up Seabridge goal;
Joseph – 7 Dissapointed to be playing full back after a great performance upfront the previous week;
Chris Williams – 6 First match and lacked sharpness, but looks like he could be a v.good Centre half;
Wilson – 6 was at fault for second goal, though was fairly solid for the rest of the game;

Smith – 6 Battled in midfield but lacked game sharpness;
Orpe – 8 fought well and tried to create passing movement when available;
Wilshaw – 7 played like he hadn’t been away, coming close to scoring;
Riley – 7 Scored and was a constant threat to the opposition full back;

Joe Fletcher – 6 quite first game, not really managing to accomplish much;
Thursfield – 6 Won his fair share of headers but didn’t manage to do anything else.

Orpe gained his second M-O-M award, and Cooper gains his 3rd assist of the campaign.

After three games the Fantasy Football table is as follows:
Joseph11
Orpe9
Riley8
Turner7
Thursfield3

I am currently in 6th place with two points; Thursfield is in 5th place on appearances alone, but Joseph has taken the top spot for the first time ever, and new guy Orpe is close on Joseph’s heels with 9 points after gaining MOM twice.