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Hit the Bar Vs Dehulberto La Cortina
League-leaders Dehulberto La Cortina, with 33 points from 11 games, were this week's formidable opposition. Hit The Bar really needed to record a win in order to give themselves any chance of promotion, but going on recent form, this wasn't likely. All six of the regulars again turned out for HTB which was good to see, giving the team an opportunity to gel further/start to gel. With the previous fixture between these two ending 7-5, a low-scoring game was forecast. Early on, both teams created chances, with the only difference being some clinical finishing of the highest order from Dehulberto. HTB on the other hand didn't have their goal-scoring boots on and squandered several clear chances, although the keeper was making things all the more difficult. At 3-0 down, HTB were in danger of losing confidence in the fact that they would ever score, but they eventually tucked one home. Dehulberto replied again making it 4-1 at half time. As is so often the case, HTB seemed to improve in the second half, and their defending and tracking back took a turn for the better, as did their attacking play, with a couple of well-worked goals resulting. Dehulberto only managed to add the one goal in the second half but, coupled with their first half performance, it was enough to win without ever being truly threatened. The final score: 5 - 3.
Player Ratings
Squirrel: Will have been pleased to see a defence actually turned up this week, cutting down the number of one-on-ones he had to try and save. Made some excellent stops, coupled with some pretty decent distribution and finished up with his cleanest sheet of the season - 7
G-Man: Made and created a number of good chances but became frustrated by the keeper's excellent goal-keeping and his inability to slot his shots past him. Kept going though and made a decent contribution to the team performance - 6
Nez: Has been a bit out of sorts of late and still hasn't quite regained his early-season form. Scored a nice goal but became too easily frustrated when HTB lost possession - needs to knuckle down and work on winning the ball back and forget about the missed opportunities - 6
Ricky Organ: Played an important role in firing up the team in the second half but ideally would have been doing this from the off. Scored one of the precious few goals and played an all-round decent game - 7
Owen: Is fast becoming a valuable defensive asset - something HTB has been crying out for. Made some good solid tackles and played a big part in keeping the opposition's shots on goal to a minimum, but still needs to cut out the sloppy pass from his game - 7
Dancing: A fairly lively performance and kept trying to the end. Scored the first goal but would have liked to have got more shots on target. A good defensive display too although still gets beaten too easily. It had to happen sometime, a probably undeserved.... SURERANDOMALITY STARMAN - 7