East Wake Goals

The camera doesn't lie. Let's check our egos, look at some still pics (click to enlarge), and see how we can improve:

Here we see a completely unmarked player beyond the far post. Our widest players here appear to be even with or only just beyond the far post. This player most certainly should have been accounted for prior to the kick being taken, and should have been tracked once the ball was in the air.

We are not playing the ball here - we've been suckered into jumping with/challenging an opponent who has no chance of reaching this cross. Always play the ball, not the man.

Just prior to the header which makes it 1-0, you can see the spacing between the goal scorer and our two closest players. This is obviously way too much space, allowing him to not only win the ball, but direct his header at goal without fear of challenge or collision. You can also see that he's actually ducking to head this ball, not jump. If there had been anyone within two steps of him, he would not have scored.

This is the second goal:

We see three distinct clusters of players here. Four of our players to the right, two of our players to the left, and three of their players directly in front of our goal, unmarked. One of them scores. Much like the first goal, we allowed a corner to be played over us to the far post to a player who collected it. At that point, too many of us overreacted and ran towards him, even though he did not have a good shooting angle and was looking to cross. We chased the ball, rather than tracked and marked runners.

Third goal was a fluke. Won't happen again.

Fourth goal:

Blake, you're coming to help Sean here, and though he does get beat, his man is going outside him. We don't want to step and help in this situation, unless the player immediately cuts in on goal. Instead, let's drop centrally and help with the cross, while Sean recovers. This situation came about because we tried to take a player on deep in our end and lost the ball. We should be looking to pass in this area.

Fifth goal:

Another free header. Way too much space. Another player ducking to head the ball, meaning if anybody had been close, they could have easily prevented this.

We'll work on it and get better.