 12/11/2007, 9:01 AM
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The Yellow Scribe
Joined on 30/09/2007
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Letchworth Yellows Strike Seven
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Melbourne Dynamos 2 – Letchworth Yellows 7
A brace apiece for strikers Jordan Leech-Levy and Caspar Courlander led to a well-deserved first victory in the league this season for the Yellows. With goals also coming from midfielders Josh Valpy-Nelson, Kyle Males, and Fenton Hancock, this was a game that has been a long time coming.
But to their credit, Melbourne never gave up, and for a team that has lost so many of their best players since last season they played a very positive part in a highly entertaining encounter at Shepreth.
On an otherwise gloomy day some of the Yellows play really deserves credit. But there is still much to do if they are to compete with teams higher up the league. But let’s enjoy the taste of victory while we can and give the boys credit for their attitude today and over the past few weeks.
The surprise package of the day was definitely Danny McCarthy. Thanks to his fathers desire to take the trip to Melbourne via Cambridge, Danny missed the warm up completely, but he was a revelation today, tackling well, and distributing good, clean ball from his midfield position.
And on several occasions, our dependable central defender Michael Bentley popped up on the right wing doing a creditable impression of Lionel Messi, not only bamboozling the opposition defenders, but also doing it at pace. I don’t where the extra speed has come from, but it’s a fantastic addition to his game.
Ryan Fells took up where he left off last week, and Lucas Campbell-Gump continues to impress up front. But today’s heroes have to be the midfielders.
Adam Morris managed to engage in several fine passages of play, as did Josh Valpy-Nelson, continually fighting for the ball, space, and the chance to go on another foraging run up field.
But special praise must go to Kyle Males who played his best game of the season, although you’d never know it if you listened to him berate himself every time the tiniest error came into his game. But the two wide men of the team, Chris Moore and Fenton Hancock both deserved their joint man of the match award, not least for staying out wide. Because that is where they do most damage. Hancock was a real live wire today, and it was great to see him get on the score sheet near the end of the game. And Alex Garbas in midfield, Ollie Priest and Charlie Smith in defence and Sam Luck in goal also chipped in with fine performances.
Managers Man of the Match was jointly awarded to Moore and Hancock for their superb play, although I have to say someone else got my vote simply because he added another dimension to his game today, something never seen before on planet Leech-Levy, the fine art of the assist. Yes, you read it here first. Like a London bus, you wait a lifetime and then three of them come along all in one game.
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