Greens knew the game would be tough having only the 9 players due to various reasons and regular goalie missing. Seb duly took up the challenge for his first full game between the sticks.

We were quickly 3 nil down whilst the defence took time to organise and goalkeeper Seb was finding his feet. However we were matching Tigers all over the field, Capt Taylor who subsequently gained the MOTM award working box to box. We pulled a goal back to make it 4-1 after a fabulous run by Joe slotting home from inside the box following good work from Tom. Tigers quickly made it 6-1 before the half time whistle.

Coach Newman shrewdly deduced we had some defensive frailties, no fault of the back three but down to some inexperience and we moved some players around for the second half. Alex coming into a more deeper role, Oli going wide right and Joe playing more of a Kevin Beattie type role for the second period.

And boy what a difference all players stepped up and second half was 3-1 Alex firing home a greens goal and the Referee awarding a very dubious penalty for Tigers when perhaps a second half draw or odd goal defeat would have been fairer.

The boys were down but we go again and have Chantry Grasshoppers coming to the impregnable Gandish Sat for our first home game of the season hopefully with more availability.

Coach Newman and Garwood left Copdock hoping not to receive the Chairman’s dreaded vote of confidence after three defeats on the road. At time of writing the phones are silent!